The Dickinson press., 1900-10-27
MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR
AGAINST BRyANISM
NO CONFIDENCE IN A PARTY THAT
DENIES sELF-GOVERNMENT.
of National Financial Honor and
Not Whether Aguinaldo
Shall Succeed.

10Y 1Ous N0OCH0 e. nU01, OuatoO
States Senator.)
am asked to state briefly why I think
anti-impenalists should vote for Presi-
dent Mckinley this fall. There Is in my
judgment such a thing ~ imperialism,
and such a thing Is anti-imperialism. Tho
imperialist says the Philippine 1slands
are ours. The anti-imperialists say the
Philippine Islands belong to the
Philippine people. The impsrialists
say we viii establish for them the
bsst government we think they are At
for. The snttimpenaiists say they have
= right to establish for themselves such
a government as they think good and ct
for themselves.
Now, President Mckinley made tho
freely, and Mr.. Bryan, when Its defeat
was assured, came to Washington and
saved It. These two great political lead
e1a, between whom you are to take yodr
Adce, are equally responsible for every
thing that hae happened 50 far. When
the treaty became The law Of the land,
tie public faith was pledged to pay $780,
VVVbVVV AN oVVGEeA6uSy ONcI IS AS4AAkV
pine Islands, and that Congress, and not
the people, should dispose Of them here
after. 1t became the constitutional duty
Of the President. until Congress should
oct, or declare otherwise, to reduce them
to order and submission. The Supreme
Court OF the United States so held long
ago. The only difference up to THE point
between President Mckinley and Mr..
Bryan 10 that President Mckinley be-
hsved he was doing right, belonged to a
party which had always been, as he him
eeif had been, the champion Of politica1
liberty, In the past, and is right on all
Of the other questions that are at stake
IN The coming election, and is at to ba
trusted with all new questions that shall
arise. On the other hand, Mr.. Bryan
thought the whole transaction wrong;
makes some thin and frivolous excuses
tor his conduct, and the party with whom
he acts; and the men who surround him
and will surround him as his counselora
are men who have been the opponents Of
1~lghteousness. equality and civil liberty
always In the past, are wrong on ali ths
other sreat questions that are at STATIC h
shs present election, and are not, In my
Judgment, to be trusted with new CUES.
lions, however important OF vital, thaS
a1s to come up Ia the future.
In the matter Of imperialism there has
besn little practical difference betwsea
President Mckinley and Mr.. Bryan b
The past. There wilt be little practical
difference IN the future. Mr.. Bryan doea
not oven promise to use Ids power as "a
ecuttve and commandar1n-cAief tu call
ing our troops from thu Philippines He
pnfy promises 70 call Congress toeethse,
BE knows very we'll he cannot command
even the strength Of his own party II
undo the mischief which seventeen Of hi
own followers In the Senate, at HE owl
instance, wrought when they ratified tht
teaty-Messrs. MoEnery, MoLaur4o
Morgan, Pettus, Sullivan, Allen, buttAr
Harris, Teller, Kyle and Jones (of Ne;
vada)-have not chapeed their untads
Possibly Mr.. Clay Of Georgia and M
Kenney Of Delaware among his assoc
stes have done 70. It 10 hopeless, evst
r tho psmoorats IT a tie, or even a ma
3ority IN the Senate. to expect them 4
accomplish anything IN behalf Of the Id
dependence Of the Philippine Islands.
In 1895 YOU regarded Mr.. BEyan's cam
paisn y q passionate crusade Of dts
honor" You said it, success would brtn{
with Il not only adversaty, but dlss,aca
Woa6 It, success not bring Asgracl
now1 Mr.. Bryan said at Topeka that /
be wqre elected the free coinage Of sbvsl
Should b. accomplished before anqEAe
presidential election. Bscrstary 9ae,
seys Be can lawfully accomplish II s
executive power aiods. Whether MI
Gage II right t1 his construction ot Ii,
powers Of che frssideut under exaStnl
law, I will not undertake to say. But
will undertake to say that Mr.. BYya,
win not hesitate TO use that power II b
has the great authority Of Nj. Gage 10
It's lawfulness. do not believe the ma
who promoted the ratification Of th
Spanish treaty means business ID tAi
matter Of the Philippine fslands. But
do believe he mean business In the ma.
2r OF the free coinage Of silver, In til
mst1sr Of tree trade. and In his purpos
to reconstruct the Supreme Court. q
mesns bad business. He means bushes
which Will ovsrthrow prosperity and On,
barrass manufacture: which will redue
wages and destroy credit; which will d.
bauch the currency and render the stand
ard Of value uncertain; which will impal
the obligation Of contracts and the valu
Of savings; which will hurt our credit an
break our faith. All this you believe, q
! do. You said so In 1893. You hav
been confirmed In your opinion by ever,
thing that has happened since. VIII 70
support a candidate who, If he have b
way, you admit will accomplish all Thea
things, because he and his party give 20
an empty promise Of Justice to 10000
600 AslatieS, and at the same time threa
, en- g~rtsvous injustice and wrong to 10
=. 100000 Americans7
will not vote for a candidate for Il
~presadsnc1, or help to bring a party I'M
power who, while they plant one heel q
NE forehead Of Booker Washington, Ar
the othee On the forehead Of Robe
: Small. wave the Gag over Aguinaldo az
AAbin. GEORGE +. HoAR.
Worcester, Mass.