Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1900-10-26
A NOTABLE EVENT.
HON. W. J. BRYAN IN ROCKVILLE

IN our town, on special train, on Tuesday
morning about 10 o'clock, and was greeted
with shouts Of applause from the expectant
and anxious multitude Of people assembled,
embracing all political compilations, white
and black, young and old, big and little,
from the town and all parts OF the county,
together with large assemblage from the
District Of Columbia that came likewise in
a special train.
A stand had been improvlsed aud hand.
somely festooned with flags, banners and
other decorations on the lot Immediately in
front OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroad de
pot. Amid shouts that made the very vel.
kin ring, and the smiles and waving of hand.
kerchiefs by the large number of ladies who
had come to greet him, the stalwart patriot
and statesman appeared-the very imper-
sonation of q commanding and intellectual
giant. He gave no evidence Of fatigue from
his long and arduous campaign, whilst his
voice was clear and ringing as a silver
clarion.
With the subsiding of the enthusiastic
greeting the great Nebraskan sprang to the
emergency that faced him as did Napoleon
along the Danube or at the bridge of Lodi,
and said
"Mr. Chairman and Ladies and Gentle
men: The time allotted 10 your town ia 80
short that II is impossible to enter into any
extended discussion of any question, but l
want to suggest some inquiries for you to
consider for your own satisfaction bet een
now and election day.
THE Republican party stands TO day for
certain well-dehned policies, and you ought
not to vote the Republican ticket unless
you believe in those policies. There is only
one way to make party do right, and that
Is TO punish it when II does wrong. Just as
long a. you support party regardless of
what the party does the party will act re
CARELESS OF your interests. The trouble
with the Republican party to-day is that ii
Is so dominated by the corporation interests
Of this country that II torgets the toiling
masses who must furnish the great majority
of the votes for all parties. And all over
this State and all over this nation are Re-
publcans who toll and who have been for
gotten by the Republican leaders.
"The Republican party has placed the
dollar above the man and is now demand
ing the repeal of the Declaration of indie
pendence and the substitution OF European
ideas for American ideas in order that 1t may
have q chance to exploit distant Islands
Applause
industrial monopoly rules at home, and
after having formed the industrials in the
great trusts the Republican party now wants
this nation TO Join the International Land
Grabbing Trust and reach out for new fields
TO conquer.
"If you believe that the industrial mo-
nOpoly 10 good vote the Republican ticket,
for you can do so with the assurance that
you can get all the monopoly you want. If
you are tired of seeing the independence OF
the citizen destroyed, IL you are tired OF see
ing thousands and tens Of thousands of la
boring men compelled " look for their daily
bread to q lew great employers, II you are
tired of seeing those who produce the
wealth of the country enjoy less than their
proportion OF the wealth they produce you
can vote the Republican ticket with the
assurance that this policy of concentration
OF capital and Capitalization Of government
will continue.
"If you want To open the door of oppor-
tunity TO the young men OF this country
and plant 10 the heart of every child hope
and make every citizen have something TO
live for in this country you have got 10 leave
the Republican party and give expression to
your views by your votes. Applause
mot satisfied with making the whole
people the victims OF monopoles, the Re
publican party TO day seeks to fasten upon
the American people standing army four
times as large as the army was in 1896
When q Republican dares 10 defend the
Presidents recommendation that the army
be made 100000 l want you to ask him to
give you a reason Tor such increase. Why
do we want to add $4,000 soldiers to our
military establishment Do we need them
for service across the ocean2 Then vote
against the policy that requires three times
as many soldiers to force taxation without
representation upon helpless people rs II
takes To protect the people of this country.
"And If the Republican says that they
need these soldiers in this country you ask
him whether we are going To keep them idle
or whether We are going To keep them busy.
Why do you want that these soldiers should
be kept idlel And yet, my friends, | had
thousand times rather keep 100000 soldiers
in ideness than keep them busy as soldier
is kept when he is busy, either here or else
where. had rather that they be supported
10 idleness than that they spend their time
killing others and sacrificing themselves.
1--WE are opposed 10 the policy behind
which this demand for q large army is made
| We are opposed TO q colonial army The
Republican party TO day in its Porto Rican
measure stands for the same policy that Eng
land stood for 1874 years ago. When get
ready 10 indorse the theory of government
that is IS inches In diameter, round 10 shape
and fired out OF q cannon, will 90 and live
under a monarchy, where | can have II
without interfering with my neighbor. APP
plsuse.
"Imperialism, as the Republican party
favors It to-day, is not the expansion we
have had In the past Jefferson favored ex
pansion, but he never was an imperslist.
jefferson gave US land that could be built
up into States, and they made 10 great States
ont OF the Louisiana purchase, but the Re-
publicans expect 70 make no States out OF
the Philippines Islands. The McEnery reso
luton expressly declares that the Philippine
Islands will not be an integral part Of the
United States. When Jefferson expanded
1t carried the expansion with the flag, and
when the flag hoated over that land the
Constitution was round about him ~ his
protection and shield but the Republican
party carries the flag across the Pacific
ocean and leaves the Constitution on this
side. Applause
~ want no expansion unless the expan'
SION takes 10 land that can be settled by
American citizens and built into American
States. When Jefferson expanded he gave
u this country more land per capita, but II
we take in the Philippine Islands and the
people with them we will have less land
then per capita when get their property
than we did before We commenced. AN
10 favor OF expansion if the people whom we
want want us, but expansion is like mari
sge-it ought 10 be satisfactory W both