Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-08-26

OMAHA, Neb., August 25.-Mr. Bryan
made two speeches here to-day, one of
them IN the afternoon and the other in
the evening He spoke on both occasions
at Syndicate Park, under the auspices of
the Jacksonian club of this city. There
was a large attendance upon both
speeches and applause was frequent and
general.
At the afternoon meeting Mr.. Bryan
was preceded by Webster Davis and J.
R. Sovereign. He was not heard until
after O'Clock and he spoke briefly. He
devoted himself to a considerable extent
TO State politics, urging the fusion forces
of the State to make sure of success not
only of the electoral ticket, but of the
members of Congress, United States SEN
ators and the State ticket. After urging
the people to carefully study the ques-
tons DIT issue that they may vote with
clear understanding, MI Bryan said:
IF Republican policies are right then
those who represent the opinions held
by Democrats, PopuIsts and FREQ Silver
republicans ought to be overwhelmingly
defeated, for there is a difference between
Republican policies and ours in their
terms as wide as the great gulf. The poll
icies for which our people stand are d.
rectly antagonistic to the policies for
which the Republican party stands, and
both cannot be right"
He referred to the Republican policy in
the newly acquired possessions, saying
among other things on this point:
The Republicans say we want a 5O-cent
dollar; they have given us an Scent cit
izen in Porto Rico
Referring to the election of L. S. Sena-
tors, Mr. Bryan said:
Il want a Senate that will be in har-
mony with the Congress and the Presi-
dent, if we win this fall If we had a
Democrat or a Populist in the Senate in
stead of John NJ Thurston, there would
be to-day no war in the Philippines be-
cause that one vote would have been suf-
fictent to have carried the Bacon resolu-
ton, and do not believe that the admin
istration would have carried on a war
without the majority of the Senate
In conclusion, Mr. Bryan, in suggesting
series of questions for his hearers TO
PROFOUND to their Republican friends, pro-
posed the following as to the Philippines:
If a Republican says imperialism is
good, you ask him why it is; If he says
that the F'ilipinos belong to us, ask him
how we got them; demand of him an alb
stract of title to the Filipinos and he can
not even show quit-claim deed from any
body who ever had any authority to give
it,"
Mr.. Bryan talked tonight at Syndicate
Park to one of the largest crowds he has
addressed during the campaign. Indeed.
there were many more persons present
than could hear him. He was among
friends and neighbors and he manifested
his confidence by his freedom of manner
and scope of treatment. The speech COW
cred much of the ground which has been
gone over before, but the language was
generally fresh and illustrations new.
Defining some of his general views and
speaking of civilization in the abstract
and as applied to politics. Mr.. Bryan
said:
Il have my idea of what civilization
should mean. I want to see If it is your
idea. Some people say that we Democrats
are enemies of prosperity. 1t is not true.
l have home. 1 hope l may some time
have better one would that every
head Of family had home and the bet
ter the home the happier I would be-
L want prosperity to be the reward of
industry and l want every citizen to be
secure in the enjoyment of the fruits of
his toll. l do not envy the rich. am
not DESTROYS of pulling them down. I
want civilization that makes every poor
| man hope to be better off and relieves the
rich men from the fear that his children
VIII be trampled on il they ever become
poor. (Applause). I want a civilization
that embraces within its benefits every
deserving member Of society. 1 do not
want civilization that will prevent a
man from riding in a carriage, but I
want a civilization that gives hopes to the
driver OF the carriage as we'll as to the
man who rides IN it. applause.
L want a civilization that gives hone to
| the girl who works in the kitchen as well
| as to the one who sits in the parlor.
| tGreat applause). I want a civilization
that makes life worth living to every hui
man being. And when I speak thus I am
not an unselfsh man. am selfish. I do
| not know what may be my life In the
years to come. 1 do not know what may
be the lot Of my children and If 1 dared
10 favor system that helped the few at
the expense of the many, my children NAV
be among the many who will suffer rather
than among the few who Will profit by tia.
| law (Applaus-)