The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-10-26

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been for the Democrats and Populists and
Silver Republicans in the Senate, you would
today have a standing army Of 100000
no farmer here ever petitioned the
President or the Senate or the House to
make the army 100000, and, my friends,
why is it that Il tlIner who neither did pc
titIon or would petition will 20 to the polls
and vote to approve of the thing that he
does not like simply because his party does
it?
THE TREATY OF PEACE.
.Thc treaty of neacr was NOT stoned mn
fiji n month after The last election. and
therefore If Won voted tbe Renublicau
ticl,et in 1-qS Won did NOT vote tn outbor-
~. nm immortal roIirv Nv friends if Won
ynte foda, m, an election dav thn EnnnbIi-
c.n tirl.nt vou win vota IN authorize m
;,,,,.,ioI noiic,, and I want ,on IN sion and
tbinl, What If means brtore Won give if
vour annrovaI Tins tar Won are NOT TO
blamn tnr what has beep done but fine mo-
mont Won yotn fine RennbIican ticket Won
assume the resnons;bi1itv for This contrm-
nlatrd cbapoe in our IDEAS nj government
and Lot,ro 7,,,, ,oto to ,,,,l,o No cI,onuo
want YOU 10 understand what the change
means "
4 voice. "This gentleman wants 70 know
if Won did NOT sion tbe treaty >
Mr. BRYAN. ..No. | did not sim the
tre,tv. | was not President. there would
have heen no such treaty stoned if | had
been. But fine Gentleman probablv meant
TO ask whether favored the ratification of
fine treaty | answer him YES. il was n
mistake on his mart in the use of the lano
cation of the treaty and | am clad to have
a chance to tell YOU why. If were to
suggest the reason and defend nv action
without ANYBODY ipouirinn about it YOU
might think | was trying to drag NV hum
BILE personality into this campaign. But if
any Republican saws that | am responsible
for the ratification of the treaty he will not
be able TO find Senator who saws he voted
for the treaty because | favored it; but |
will show YOU Senator. Senator Yelling
ton. of this State rapplausel. without
whose vote the treaty could not have been
ratified Senator Wellington saws that he
would not have voted for the treaty but
for the promise the President made him
that the islands would not be held perma-
nently. TApplause
But. NV friends, am going to waive
the little matter of evidence; am not 90
ING TO ask Won TO prove that secured the
ratification of the treaty. If YOU Republi-
cans are ashamed of that treaty and are not
WILLING To take the responsibility of its rat
ification. | will assume all the RESPONSIBLE
ity myself. But if | am responsible for the
ratification. if the President could not have
secured tbe ratification without NV aid
then LET those Renublicans give me soma
credit for helninG NV sucressful rival IN
ratifv the treaty. TApplause.
NO nv friends did NOT make tbe
treaty. am NOT resnonsible for \ treaty
that Disseminated between the Filipinos
and the Cubans, but when that treaty came
to the Senate the question was whether 1t
would be ratlhed OF rejected, and to reject
the treaty meant 10 throw the matter BACK
mo the hahds OF the President: 1t meant
TO allow MN 10 make new treaty and we
ana not know what he might do but was
Wiling 70 trust the american people, and,
therefore, Salu ratlly the treaty ana bring
our solaleiS nome ana then let TINS nation
give independence 10 the flilplnos without
"sNlis 'iie ana OF consent OIL any other ma
lon oh earth lApplause. but, my
Iileilus' 'heIe Is one peculiar thlhg about
lhe man VINO complained that favored the
Iatll. .,l OF the treaty lie does not tell
you 'nat at the same time l urged the pas
S''se Oh the resolution which promised lnde-
pp ehIence 10 tn ne IllpinoS ana II the he
Pnpl'ci9 parry naa taken ooth parts OF the
iail-I I'LL, ll,e hePuoilcan party had passed
: ; lGsG,u'ion promising luepehpence TO the
m,ino9 a5 az h ,,y 'aae Wnen urged IT.
momiin anu ,,"n l'ni before sioI was urea at
o1,lIa th "efti MGuiu nave oeeh any
..o"oio - ~ ppiIe lsl''ngS ana we