The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-07
APPLAUDS
GERMANY'S STAND
Her Refusal to Withdraw Troop from Pekin Com
mented Upon With Keen Satisfaction.

meet that last proposition and then say
it was wrong in the light of the Bacon res
olution? If the Bacon resolution had passed
we would not have war today in the Philip
pines. Republicans, you are responsible for
the defeat of the Bacon resolution. 1t was
your Vice President who cast the deciding
vote, and from that day to this you have
never promised independence to the Fflipi-
nos, and you, who prevented the promise
of independence are responsible for the con-
ditions that now exist.
Don't say that you have not had time
When Congress met you had time to give
to the national banks a monopoly of your
paper money but you did not have time
to promise independence to the Filipinos
You had time to turn the government over
to those who used it for private gain but
you have not had time to stop the war
In the Philippines and return to the De-
claration of independence. You Republi-
cans are very much afraid of a 6O-cent dol
lar but you are not afraid of the SO per
cent citizen that you have made in Porto
Rico. You are very much afraid that we
cannot maintain the parity between gold
and silver, but you do not worry about the
difficulty of maintaining the parity be-
tween the citizens here and the citizens
in Port Rico and the Philippine Islands.
The Nj ,ht Meeting
The meeting here tonight was held on
the wharf. Not only the land but the
water was covered by people; many were
out in small craft and two large steam
boats were well filled.
Mr.. Bryan spoke for an hour and three
quarters, the longest speech he has deliv-
cred during the campaign.
Mr.. Bryans introduction was an attack
upon the Republican party and was in
part as follows:
IT am sure that the Republicans who
do me the honor to come here tonight
come for some better reason than curiosi-
ty. CA voice. Here's one.o l want TO
talk to Republicans because l want 10
convert them. There is a Republican here
who Is not at liberty to vote as he pleases
and there is no use for him to stay be-
cause " convert him he will only feel
the worse because he cannot come to the
mourners bench. (Applause) (Here MI
Bryan took off his coat.)
"On the question of paper money the
Republican party does not clearly declare
for the retirement of the greenback, ana
l want you to ask your Republican friends
what excuse they can give for bill which
retired greenbaoks which drew no interest
and substituted bonds which drew interest,
In order that national banks may issue the
money and control the volume of 1t. want
you to ask your Republican friends this
question: How can you have national
bank currency resting on bonds and have
that currency as permanent system un-
less you have permanent bonds for the
currency to rest on?
81 want you to ask your Republican
friends why they do not openly advocate
a permanent national debt as a blessing to
this country. That is what they want, and
they are not willing to argue the state
ment publicly
Much of the speech was devoted to the
trust question.
Mr.. Bryan presented arguments against
large standing army and discussed militar-
tr.. t,x..N ,to1tc II nh
o'clock. He will leave for Chicago at 7:1
clock tomorrow morning.