The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-01

and contended that the people of these
islands are as much entitled to liberty
and independence as the Cubans are.
1T is a question of rights and human
ity, he said and | hope that the Amer
lean people will not on November be-
tray the Filipinos. who were our allies
and are fighting for principles gained
from our history. The only way in which
We can wipe away the black stain on Co
lumbias brow. placed there by the Re-
publican Administration, is by driving
from Office and power the Administration
that has diSgraced US and putting in
power the man whom we know We can
trust-William j. Bryan.
All the trade of the Philippines is not
worth the sacrifice of one of the gallant
lives that have been given in the vain e.
fort TO subjugate these people. The
splendid platform of the Democratic
partyLs not opposed to expansion, but
is opposed to criminal conquest.
My friends, you, like myself, or your
fathers, came to this country from Ire
land, to find a land not governed by ty-
rants. Proud as L am that 1 am an Irish
man. l am still prouder to be an AmeTt-
can citizen We are d great cosmopolitan
nation. Thousands of Germans have made
their homes in this country, to os ape
from the militerism of their own land
Think you that they viii vote for mill
/! taTism at this election? The Russians
and the Poles came here to escape forei-
Bile CONSUMPTION So did the thousands of
Italians and Austrians in this country.
Neither Will they vote for a policy OF i'm
periaiism.
The people OF Ireland came here TO es-
cape the lash OF bad government and land
lordism. The American trusts represent
here what the landlord represents in Eu-
rope. They aim to keep down the middle
classes, to monopolize the wealth and
II Of no
classes, the rich and the poor, the en-
ployer and the employed. Il is an I'M
natural condition, and the American peo-
pie in their might should rise and over
throw It. It is q fight between the masses
and some Of the classes, for, thank God,
some of the classes are with us this time :"
Speaking of the methods of intimidation,
bribery, and coercion adopted by Republi-
cans with the hope OF defeating Mr.. Bry-
an Mr.. Finerty said:
The man who votes against his con-
science is a coward; the man who allows
his employer to dictate to him how he
shall vote is fool and the man who sells
his vote or buys vote ought to be in
| the penitentiaTy. Have you not the souls
| of freemen? Have you not lived long
| enough in the atmosphere Of America to
| ablor industrial slavery? Rise, go to the
| polls and do your duty like men. Maintain
| your manhood and be true to yourselves
| in casting your ballot for that man nearest
! of all others to the people since Jefferson
| spoke and Lincoln wrote-William Jen-
| nings Bryan"
p T Moran of Washington, the Ma
tional Treasurer of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians, followed Mr.. Finerty in u
brief speech devoted to a denunciation OF
imperialism and an appeal to the people
to vote as freemen, not as serfs or bonds
men to the trusts and great corporations
that rule the country.
Eugene O'Dunne, of the Baltimore bar,
| attacked the Mckinley Administration be-
| cause of the secret alliance with England,
1.-The robber nation across the sea-
| Robert T. Leach. the Democratic Con-
! gressional candidate OF the Third district,
was the last speaker. He said 1t was not
! necessary for him to tell Irishmen what
! imperialism was. They knew only too
we'll The imperiafstic form of govern
ment, the rule without the consent of the
/ governed, that had been exercised over
them, explained their presence In the
United States today. He besought them,
as they loved liberty and independence to
vote the straight Democratic ticket on
Tuesday next.