The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-31
Foreigners Now for Bryan Because
American Competition Is Threat
ming Their Markets.
NOVEL MEETING PROPOSED
CIVIC FEDERATION ARRANGING FOR
JOINT DISCUSSION.
imperialism. Money and Trusts to He
Handled by w. ID. FOulke, III.
I'll. Hanna and others.

NEW YORK. Aug. 30-The Republican
Club of the city OF New York opened the
national campaign tonight with recep-
ton TO Senator Depew, who returned from
Europe Saturday last, after a few months
vacation. Senator Depew talked of his OBJ
servations while abroad and discussed the
issues of the present campaign. He said:
"They are changing their opinion about us
i'm Great Britain. Until recently were
not in the European mind, although We
thought we were 1t was not until a year
ago that we became factor in the affairs
OF the world. In 1892 II was safe 10 say
that Europeans were against General Har-
rison, because il was to their interest to
have Cleveland succeed. Under the opera
ton of the Mckinley tariff law it meant
America for Americans. In 1896 they were
for Mckinley and against free silver. 1t
was selnshness again. because they had
purchased hundreds of millions of our Sc
curities and were opposed to reputation
They realized that the value of the securi-
ties which they held would be cut in two.
when went over this year 1 found that
public opinion had changed again. This
was because they no longer held our Sc
curities, having paid for $4,000 600 of our
exports with them. They were opposed to
us because the gold standard has given us
new impetus and has placed US in the
front rank. Now they are for Bryan and
against Mckinley. 1t is the selfish argu-
ment because of American competition,
which Is threatening the markets or the
world. We are manufacturing better goods
and are selling them cheaper than they
can do. Now they look at the giant and
find that they cannot compete with West
England. France. Germany.
Russia and Italy are all struggling for new
markets for their manufactures. So the
United States is in the family of nations
where ii never was before.
Abroad they are so Interested IN the
coming election, regardless of l6 to l. that
there would be great jubilation among the
manufacturers IL Bryan should be elected.
Now We are considered an important fac
tor in world affairs. We simply express
a wish and all the powers want TO join with
us. The note of John Hay saying that
channel for its goods in China. had anyone
else written it, would have been ridiculed,
but Hay signed il there was instant
recognition.
From the victory of Dewey at Manila
| and the policies of Mckinley at Washing
| ton, what is TO stop us? Nothing, unless
We stop ourselves. Nothing, unless we take
| a rail out of the track to see how smash
| up would look. IT we are afraid of impe-
| ralism, We will stop and run away from
| the flag. We will run away from the boys
| of Great Britain, Russia, Germany and
France"
Senator Depew closed his address by
| stating that, while he believed President
Mckinley will be reelected, he learns from
| persons who crossed from the Pacific re-
| Gently that there Is no sign of the enthu-
| siasm manifested in the election of 1896, and
| that the business men of the country
| should be awake to the realization that the
election of Bryan means their ruin, and
that they remember that the turtle can
| overtake the hare.