Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-13
IN WEST VIRGINIA,
Mr.. Bryan Speaks at clarksburg.
Parkersburg and Wheeling.
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS At DETROIT.


Western TOur-his Object Lesson
on the Army.
Wheeling, W. Va, Sept. THE tour
Of West Virginia, which was begun
last Wednesday by William J. Bryan
was concluded yesterday with speech
at this place. He Travelled from Deer
Park by the way of Clarksburg and
Parkcrsburg yesterday, making three
speeches of length and two or three
other brief and informal talks at such
places as st. Mary's and Sisterville.
In West Virginia Mr.. Bryan has made,
all told, six set speeches and num-
bei of briefer addresses and has had
uniformly large audiences. The
speech at Parkersburg was devoted
almost exclusively to the question of
imperialism. Discussing the title to
the Philippine islands, Mr.. Bryan
asked: "Who says the Lord gave
them to us?' To this question
voice in the crowd responded: Mark
Hanna" This response ELECTED a
shout and Mr.. Bryan replied: while
| am not prepared to deny that God
does speak through the human voice,
| do think that when he gets ready
to speak to the American people he
will choose some other mouthpiece
than Mr.. Hanna" He contended that
under the republican scheme for the
control of the Philippines the people
of those islands must necessarily be-
come subjects as they could not be
citizens under those plans, and there
was no place under a republican form
of government for subject. In this
speech Mr.. Bryan discussed more fully
than at any time before the charge
that he had secured the ratification of
the peace treaty with Spain. On this
question he said. 81 want to call your
attention to one argument that the
republican party seems more fond OF
making than it does of making any
other in defense of imperialism. The
main argument that | have been hear
ing lately in defense of imperialism
is that | helped to ratitiy the treaty.
| Republicans give me too much credit
when they say | secured the ratifi-
cation of the treaty. favored the
ratification of the peace treaty. | do
not know that my voice changed one
single vote, but | am willing to waive
all that and | am willing to assume
the responsibility for the ratification
of the treaty, but it was republican
president who appointed the commits
sion that made the treaty and that
treaty was made according to the adj
vice of the president, and that treaty
might have given independence to the
Filipinos when it gave independence
to the Cubans. You ask who is re-
sponsble for the shedding of Ameri-
can blood in the Philippines and I
say that that party is responsible for
the shedding of blood that was re-
sponsible for treaty that made free
men of Cubans and tried to make
vassals of the Filipinos."
Gov Roosevelt Speaks Mt Detroit,
Detroit, Mich, Sept. 1.-THE initial
meeting of Gov. Roosevelt's western
tour, which was held in the big as
sembly room of the Detroit light
guard armory last night, was all that
the governors most ardent partisans
could have desired in point of attend
ance and enthusiasm. The floor and
galleries of the great hall were crowd
ed. Many were on the outside, UNI
able to obtain seats or standing room
within hearing distance. The vice
presidential candidate received u ire
mendously enthusiastic greeting as
he made his way up through one of
the side aises. A large proportion of
the audience stood upon chairs and
yelled frantically for Teddy" 1t
was with difficulty that the shouts
could be appeased and silence re-
stored so as to permit the pro-
gramme to proceed. Homer Warren,
chairman of the republican city com
mittee called the gathering to order
and Brig. Gen. Duilield, who was in
troduced as another of the leaders
in the Santiago campaign, presided.
The democracy, said Gen. Dutiield, was
before the country on platform OF
fictitious fears, but the only fear on
both sides was as to what Bryan
might do if elected
When the governor arose to speak
the great crowd arose almost en-
masse and remained standing and
shouting for some time. The gov
ernor's speech occupied about an hour
in delivery aud was listened to
throughout with thoughtful atten-
ton. He gave the audience an OBJ
iect lesson when he asserted that our
soldiers in the Philippines had less
to fear from any body of armed ban,
dts in that country than they had to
fear from the principles Of the Kan
sas City platform and the success OF
the democratic ticket. lie said five