The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-30
FORCED TO LEAVE BRYAN.
cor. WARDER or KANSAS CITY WILL
JOTE ron MkINLEI.
lie Is n Lifelong Democrat and Worked for
Bryan In Is08 Now His Feelings on
ENpansIon uaNc Made Him a Republlcan.

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Bryan In Is08-Now His Feelings on
Expansion Have Made Him a Republican.
Col. George ". wardcr, who fourteen Year,
ago was elected Mayor of Kansas City, Mo,
on the Democratic ticket and il now A
practiCing attorney In that city. IL in New York
on private business. -Four years ago hc WORKED
and spoke for William j. Bryan. lie was an
enthusiastic Free Silver man and wrote a book
on silver, entitled "Ihc Conflict Between Man
and Mammon. which was largely used by tho
Democrats as a camraiRn document, Ills
year Col. WardcT Is an enthusiastic Mckinley
man. lie intends 10 make speeches in Missouri
and in the East If his services are called ior ly
the Republican National Committee.
Col. Warder says that four years aCo hs
thought that Mckinley Nas a politician and
that Bryan was a statesman. Now lac thinks
that Mckinley Is the statesman and Bryan
the politician. TIN cause of the Missourian's
conversion il the attitude of the Democratic
party toward expansion. lie does not think
that there Is any such thing rs Imperialism or
militlrl-m. Hc believes that this issue, 20
called. was fabricated for political purposes
and that 1t Is unworthy Of any political party.
As a lifelong Democrat who helped to ight
the battle Of Democracy and was proud OF it3
expansion record, ! am forged by my cOuylc-
llOllS ulb'TIy 70 IfIll1lhNf the IdIbUiOlHt
issue In the Democratic PLATFORM" he said h. a
reporter, That any such issue exists, or
that any part Of our people or their leaders
are contonding for an empire and any other
part are trying TO preserve the Republic. ] DO
not believe, and ! deem IL n Islander ON the
patriotic masses Of our free and united country.
/ am compelled 10 regard II as the flat creation
of a distorted fency. tho product of a political
juggler converting warm air into political
fireworks: a myth, n delusion and a lame and
impotent conclusion, intended 10 mislead the
ignorant and unthlnking. II is intended TO
conceal an attack on modern progress and eN-
pansion and. II successful. would emasculate
our nation and warp its future greatness
Col. Warder also makes the point that Com
Rress has no right 10 cede 10 any country tho
territory OF the Philippines or to ALLEVIATE It
in any way from the United States now that it has
been acquired by conquest and by treaty.
There Is no power." he said, under tie
law or the Constitution by which the ConGIees
or the President can discover these Islands
from this nation. Congress cannot give them
away, sell them to a foreign power or set up
an independent Government on these Islands.
as Mr. Bryan proposes TO do. Nj. Bryan,
as a lawyer, ought TO know the Constitution
Of this country. and there is no authority any
NuNlt III bht NbliNNiNhAlNh III lllANAliiN uil nv
of our territory to be discovered from the juris-
diction of the United States. This matter
depends wholly on the construction of Sec
ton 8, Article ". Of the Constitution. which
says: The Congress shall have power to
dispose Of and make all needful rules and reCu-
lations respecting the territory or other prop
erty belonging 10 the United States ] con-
tend that this section does not give Congress
any authority to part with, the jurisdiction
of a single acre Of our national territory. This
gives only general authority to dispose Of our
territory by dividing and naming, surveying
and selling 1t, providing for local government.
enforcement OF the laws and similar acts Of
Ownership"
In an open letter to a Kansas City news
paper Col. Warder gave the following reasons
why every patriotic Democrat should sup
port Mckinley in preference to Bryan:
"t~irst-Because every issue Is virtually settled.
Sna e'i pTiaci RS sn0 TIE hspI tSriff and d" ffhf,ss m nSin%T
standards are not fundamental questions.
but QUESTIONS OF policy; and the gold stand
and IL, therefore. permanently settled. All
parties now agree on a tarin SUFFICIENT 20 nay
on necessities. and in such a way as 70 give
the best protection to our own products md
commerce. The. only real question between
pnnsion or anti-expansiOn, And on this tho
Republicans stand on the old Democratic priE-
cig1les OF Jet,srsonian %sS SRRqnid ~. rodo -.
best President since Washington and Lincoln,
and that under the most trying complications
and difficulties. and shown himself a careful
and able statesman.
Third Because Bryan has proved himself
to be a selfish politician, using his oratoriCnl
gifts at $500 an hour or the gate receipts, and
acting tho part OF a walking delegate Of tho
labor trust In appealing 10 the restless. ida
workinRmen and plain people. which l. in
consistent with true dignity and statesman-
shin:
pine question Is inconsistent. unstatesmanliks
and undemo"ratic.
"Fifth-Because he Ia more a Populist than n
and by the Populist platform II
bound TO support. the initiative and %referer-
dunn md otherwise revolutionize our Gov
eminent.
"Slxth-Because he represents such a con-
mass OF discordant Democrats.
populists, Greenbackers and extreme elements
he is not strong enough. and no man il
strong enough. TO control them, and IL elected
1is administration would produce endless
and discord and be worse even than
1leveland's last term
Col. Warder Is very hopeful that the Re-
oublicans will carry Missouri. He says that a
yreat many OF the old-time Democrats Who
served In the Confederate army and Hre
low loyal Americans are going to vote for
Mckinley because OF Bryan's attitude on tho
Philippine question. The race question cuts
'ery little figure In Missouri and will not lie
trong enough 10 make the old Southern ele-
nent vote against its convictions. He says
hat the German element has not been touched
~ the policy OF expansion. The Germans are
tronger than ever for Mckinley and sound
money.