The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-25
BRYAN ADDRESSES VOTERS IN THE
REPUBLICAN COMMUNITY OF
MANHATTAN, KANSAS
GIVE THE POOR HlE A CHANCE
TT rs THE REPUBLICANS WHO
WOULD RESURRECT THE Sill
YER QUESTION
IMPERIALISM Is THE ISSUE
Must We Hold China, Too9-PIck-
pocket Created Something
of Stir at One
Stop.

MANHATTAN. Kan, Aug. A.-WiIIiam
Jennings Bryan began the day with
speech here at 1890 a. m. The community
is regarded as strongly Republican, but
there was a large audience. Mr.. Bryan
said he preferred speaking to Republicans
on the principle that it Is always right
to save brands from the burning" He
believed most Republicans would leave
their party when convinced that they
could serve their country better by leav-
ing it than they could by remaining in
Il. He then proceeded to point out what
he believed to be the Inconsistencies of
the Republicans on the various issues of
the day. In the first place the Republican
party had been a silver party. now it had
become a gold standard party L. has
supported greenbacks, now it proposes to
substitute bank currency for the green
backs. 1t had heretofore denounced
trusts, now it's leaders were found gener-
ally defending The trusts. Mr.. Bryan
was asked what the Individual RepubH-
cans, especially the Republican farmers
were getting out of the trusts.
II want you Republicans to see the
change that has taken place In the Re
publican party. want you Republicans
to recognize that there has been trans
formation in your party's purposes. You
Republicans have been looking at the
outside of .he egg. You say it's the same
size, the same color it used to be, but
you don't know what change has gone on
In the contents of the egg, and II you Re-
publicans cannot see the change tina. has
taken place In your partys position on
the economic question, l am going to ask
II You can see the change that has taken
place in your partys position on these
new questions that have come up since
the Spanish war" (Applause).
He declared that a policy Of Imperial
ism is impossible without a large army
'Wh han the government comes from the
people,, he said, "the people will come
from their homes to support it, but when
ycu build on brute force, you have got
to have an army to prevent the people
making faces at you.
IF we are to resort TO Imperialism In
the philippines in order to get the trade
of those Islands, is it not reasonable to
suppose that the same policy will be
brought Into requisition to get the trade
The speaker did not believe that Amerf-
can mothers wanted to raise boys to be
exchanged as soldiers for trade at so
much per head. On this point he said:
when an American boy dies for db-
erty, his mother thanks God that he gave
her the strength to bear and rear a son
for such noble sacrifice, but what
American mother wants to raise boys at
so much per head? That is what impe-
rialism means. Believe in the expansion
of trade. 1 want this country to extend
her trade, but would not put one Ameri-
can citizen on the auction block and sell
him for all the trade of the Orient If
bad to buy his blood Great ,applause);
Mr.. Bryan asserted that the Republi-
cans are evading the question of expan-
sion, and said that having asserted over
and over again that the silver question is
dead, they resdrrected it, far beyond the
predictions of the Democrats. Far more
important was that issue If 1t could be
used 20 prevent adequate discussion of
issues of more pressing questions. In
closing Mr.. Bryan said: THE spiendors
of an empire have lured governments on
to destruction in the past We do not
want the splendors of an empire. We
want a government of the people, by the
people and for the people. That is glory
enough. for us, (Applause). And when
Republicans tell yvd What We are going
to do and how we are going to reach out
and go into lands for their exploration,
you remember that passage of the scrip
ture, and you can paraphrase it by an
answer they cannot meet: What shall il
profit us If we gain the whole world and
lose the spirit which prizes liberty as an
heritage to all men in all lands every
where