The Atlanta constitution., 1900-08-27
Voice from the Audience.

! nee county committee.
Voice from the Audience.
At the Tecumseh meeting the most IN
! terestfng incident was a co:loquy between
Mr.. Bryan and gentleman in the au-
1 dience evidently a republican. who took
the privilege of propounding seVerai ques-
tions to the speaker. Mr. Bryan respond
| ed to all of them quickly and with good
| nature.
This gentleman interrupted Mr.. Bryan
toward the close of his speech by suggest
Ing that the Filipinos were on a par
with our Indians. To this Mr.. Bryan
| responded:
Now. as j understand you. You think
we were right I'm taking the property of
| the Indians?"
/ mo. sir"
"Then you think IT right to take the
| property of the Filipinos?"
NO. sir: and nobody is going to-. ,
How does the treatment OF the Fill
pinos differ from the treatment OF jail
| birds in this country? DO you believe Ia
Furnishing the jailbirds?'
'Mr Bryan. your face is the face of an
I intelligent man, and you cannot ran 10
! see the difference between putting men
/ I'm the penitentiary for the commission OF
! a crime and going over To the philippines
and taking charge of the government OF
the Filipinos? When l see nam hhG
think that man ought TO have some con-
| sistency about him.
A Clear Explanation.
''I am much Obliged for your mention
ing that" replied Mr.. Bryan. for ala
not feel like bringing II to your atten-
tion unless called upon to do so.
urged the ratification OF the treaty and
also urged the passage of the resolution
I promising independence 70 the people or
the Philippines. and If your republican
administration had passed the resolution;
| there would not have been one drop or
/ blood shed"
"Oh. this Is your opinion"
THAT Is not only my opinion, nut II
/ you Will stop to think about II and give
the public the honest result OF YOUR
! thoughts. II will be your opinion that II
we had made the same promise or lnde-
! pendence TO the Fllpinos that We ala 10
! the Cubans. we would have had no con-
! fict there. Had We treated Cuha as we
! did the Filipinos, there would be war IN
| Cuba today and had We treated the flI,
ipinos as we ala the Cubans. there would
! be no war IN the Philippines TO-DAY.
The questioner made an indistinct ref-
erence to Mr. Bryan's capacity for the
presidency and asked Mr.. Bryan If he
believed the Filipinos were capable of
/ solf-government To this Mr.. Bryan re-
piled:
Admiral Dewey stated I'm a message TO
the secretary of the navy that the fIn-
! pinos were better capable of SELF govern
: mcnt than the Cubans. and that ne be
lieved his Judgment, after study OF porn
! races. Whether you DeleNe as 90 VI
/ not YOU are not able to draw the hhe
! bet veen the natural right of the tlllpno
/ and the natural right OF the Cuban, whlch
you and your party s1ld SAD ,iidns @ush1 70 Is Is
I true of the Filipinos, and | want to make
1 f. so"
Silver Entirely Abandoned.
/ Speaking of the financial ratio Mr..
T Bryan said:
The republicans now openly espouse
/ the gold standard They declared Tor the
/ gold standard at Philadelphia, after they
I threw overheard platform sanctioned
/ by the administration that contained the
promise for international bimetallism.
/ They say they do not believe in the ratio
/ of IL To l. when they make that asser-
/ tion. you ask them why Mr.. Mckiniey's
administration IS coining silver dollars
/ today at the ratio of IL to l. In the
month of March the republican admins
/ tration coined 100000 silver dollars at
Z the ration of lG to l. and yet the republ-
4 cans think that the ratio of l6 To l is
not right. IL is the ratio we have had for
. thirty-four years and the republican par
I ~ today does not advocate any change
/ in the ratio
An Enthusiastic Reception.
I Mr.. Bryan had the largest audience OF
+ the day At the evening meeting at Falls
1 city. IT WAS not only Large. but an en-
thusiastlc crowd. and it listened eagerly
/ as il ipplaudcd yocifcrouSly the speech.
which was of more than an hours duIa-
tion. lie was received at the railroad
/ station bv a large number. and as lie was
driven To lis stopping place was greeted
/ by throngs which lined the street. Many
4 OF the houses were decorated with Tie ha-
/ tlonaI colors and with Bryan Autographs
+ The speech was general IN its purport. tie
spoke of the Importance OF securing
. ii. mocratic congress. saying that, II elect
ed he wanted the opportunity nos ohiy 10
! fl the office. but also TO sign bills that
7 would remedy the evils OF when IN"
I democrats complain. Mr.. Bryan express
. ed himself Is favorable 10 the eicctiOn OF
I senator's by direct vote of the people, ana
] h, repeated ms declaration Of four years
Z ago tnat no question Is settled until al IS
Z : settled right On this basis nothing mad
been done for the past four years. Inc
I republican party ndd done nothing IN the
Z iLtcrcs : al the people at large but All Ior
the favored few. Among other acts wnlcn
he charged up against tn repubhC ans
was the pas sage OF the gold standard law,
which ne denounced as serVtle surrender
I to the natioral bank. lie asserted tna'
the republicans dld not dare d,SIuSS
either the currency legislation or the trust
+ question.
/ Referring to trusts. he said the way for
/ the common people to determine which
party to support as against the trusts was
4 TO ascertain which party the trusts thcni-
selves were supporting. and then take the
opposite course lie paid his respects to
Z Senator Hanna in the following:
Some Remarks on Hanna.
This mornings paper states that Mr..
+ Hanna yesterday went down into New
: Jersey. The home Ot the trusts To make a
Z speech. Did he tell those republicans
/ down there that the republican party was
going 10 Win, ami hot TO worry! ON no.
I lie said TO them: You want to watch oLt.
Don't be oycrCohiideut We have got
/ great fight on hand. We have got to fight
F hard AMI then / can imagine l can see
4 him put mis- band behind him ana say.
I Come down Isn't that a good place for
+ a man TO go to scare the corporations
1 into contributions? Is II possible that a
+ republican farmer can be deceived as 10
I the attitude If the republican parry on
/ the trust question:
i Mr.. Bryan also asserted that there Is
4 general decrease in the output of the in
/ dUs'rial products this wear as compared
I with last year. and he quoted the reports
/ OF the commercial agencies in support of
/ this proposition. On Imperialism he said;
Il don't want our d-um-beat heard
/ around the We rid but do want the light
/ OF American liberty 10 encircle the entire
4 globe"