The age-herald., 1900-08-16
BRYAN SPEAKS
 TO SONS OF ERIN Discusses at Length the Ques- ton of Imperialism.
 - HE COMPLIMENTS FRESHMEN Assembly Adopted an Address Saying This Country Should Not Share iu Seizure of Territory
 Nor Form Alliances
HE COMPLIMENTS IRISHMEN

Chicago, Aug. 15.-Mr. Bryan, MT. Steven son and others made speeches today at Sunny Side Park at the annual meeting of the United Irish Societies of Cook Coun- ty.
 MT. Bryan's speech was the first of the series, but before he was heard, the as- sembly adopted an address, saying that this country should not share in seizure of ter ritory and should not have an alliance with any European monarchy and particularly none with England.
 MT. Bryan spoke in part as follows:
 I do not want you to think that my hap piness depends upon any public office with in the gift of the people of this country have a higher ambition than to be Presf- dent. (Applause.)
 q hope you will credit me with the am- bition that is within the reach of every cit izen of this land an ambition which all can entertain and which, to my mind, Is higher ambition than that for any office, and that is an ambition to do what l can to make this nation so great and so good that to be a simple citizen will be greater than to be King in any other land eAp- plause.)
 "I am not here to fiatter your pride by telling you what the descendants of Erin have accomplished. I am not going to dwell upon the work of the sons of Erin, be- cause it would take all the afternoon and leave me no time to speak of what the daughters of Erin have done. (Laughter and appause)
 velopment of this country is too well known to need detailed description. The people of your race have given to the world the highest examples of oratory they have been distinguished in poetry and in music, in business and statesmansh1p; you have had millions who have taught | the world how to live, and you have had | an Emmett who taught the world how 10 die" Cheers and applauSe) Name ought to be O'Brien A Voice - Your name should be O'Brien," QIaughter and applause.) | MT Bryan-"My friend tried to ingrati- | ate me into your favor by suggesting that my name is OBrien, and not Bryan II l the gentleman knew as much about IL as | I do he would know that Bryan Is the orig l inal name and OBrien derivation. tAp- l plause and laughter) When Bryan pe- l came king he put on the o, and OBriens | are descendants of the king, while the | Bryans are the common people who never 1 got stuck up about relative pelng hihs' | Slaughter and applause.)
 l 'The object of my speech IS pracucal | one want to use this occasion to point to l a great lesson 1 believe the fact that this l nation has here the representatives or ali | of the races of Europe gives it peculiar 1 aQVanta2e among the HdllOIS. IiiS ltiSe that the best blood of all the civilized races l mineles here in the development of the l American character enables this nation to | turn upon every question the light or unl- | yersal history and avoid the dangers from | which other antions have suffered (Ap- | plause).
 | "When problem arises in this country | we can look back and find what has been | the experience of others If we knew the l history of our own people only, we would l not be so well prepared to detect danger | before we suffer from it; but If any one
 does not know the growth of landlordism | and its dangers he has to only ask an l Irishman what landlordsm means, and he | need not read history to find out. Great | applause)
 l If any one wants to know whether an | alien government is good, all he has to do | is to ask an Irishman what his opinion is | of an alien government, although the gov | erning power be separated from the gov | erned only by a narrow channel. (Ap- | pause).
 | "Ask the Ir shman"
 "If you want to know what miltarisn is, and what its burdens are, all you have l to do is to ask a German who came tC
 this country to avoid the militarsm of the l old world. (ApplauSe.) And so I might gC
 through the various experiences of other | nations. The fact that we have here the l representatives of these people enables us | to scent thedanger from afar and to guard
 against their experiences here. And
 miss my guess if the American people
 thus made up, will not develop civiliza'
 tion higher greater and more enduring
 than any civilization which has preceded
 ours. Great Applause)
 MT. Stevenson followed MT. Bryan. Hi.
 speech was a tribute to Ireland's part il | history.
 | Hon. Charles A. Towne was the thirt | speaker of the day. MT. Townes speech
 was largely an appear to make good anC l keep good the promises of the Declaration | of Independence.' He declared that thu
 American principle was reacting not onll
 upon Europe, but upon Japan and Soutl
 Africa.
 Hon. Samuel Alschuler, Democratic can
 didate for Governor of Illionis, criticised
 in sharp language the attitude of the gov
 ernment of the United States toward thu
 Boers and the Filipnos
 | A night meeting was held at whicl
 speeches were made by Hon. John Finner | ty and Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia.
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