The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-05
), WEDNESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 5. 1900.


side or the mountains in the summer
time, and when l think of this l wonder
whether it is due to natural or to hu-
man laws that so many people are COM
PEELED to toll the year round and have
so little opportunity for rest and recrea-
tion. l believe it is partly due to hu-
man laws and not entirely to the laws of
God. l believe that our Government is
not administered as nearly as it should
be for the protection of the rights of all
and for the advancement of the interests
of all. And when we protest against
legislation which has for its result the
spreading of the arms of society further
and further apart, we are usually de-
nounced as dsturbers of the peace and
stirrers up of discomfort and sometimes
characterized as anarchists. But those
who bring this accusation against us err
either ignorantly or wilfully There is
nothing in. the principles of the party to
which l belong that would lead a man to
do aught to injure the property of any
man or to put an obstacle in the way of
the honest accumulation of wealth. All
that we seek is to enable the man who
accumulates the wealth to enjoy it, and
protect him from the man who wishes
it make the rest of any rich man less
sweet to know that more were enabled to
rest? believe it would increase the en-
joyment of those who now enjoy a rest
to know that their enjoyment was not
shared by so few, and that every year
increases the number of those who might
partake in the summer time in the rec
reation and recuperation necessary for
hn oafi iNyo nrfn Of ~
life"
The stop at Deer Park consumed about
an hour and a half
AT Cumberland the principal meeting
was held at the Academy of Music, be-
ginning at o'clock. Mr.. Bryan entered
the hall few minutes before that hour
and was received with a volume of APP
plause which fairly shook the building.
The hall was crowded to it's dome and
the meeting was a very enthusiastic one
throughout. Hon. Frederick Williams
presided.
WELLINGTON is FOR BRYAN.
Senator Wellington made the first
speech of the evening. He was listened
to with interest and was frequently ap-
plauded, although at times there were
very pronounced Kisses. The Maryland
Senator lost no time in declaring his op-
~ sition to he present Administration
and his determination to support Mr..
Bryan. He had taken this position, he
said, because of his views upon the Span
ish War and it's consequences, and be-
cause of his opposition to Imperialism.
He said in part:
AS the governmental policy of Presi-
dent Mckinley was developed l was COM
PEELED to differ from it at several points
and gave evidence of my disagreement in
the speeches delivered by me during the
past three years urcn the floor of the
Senate touching the Spani o. American
War, the Philippine Islands, Porto Rico
and the South African affairs. Upon the
principles therein advanced l stand today.
l gave friendly warnings to the Republican
party that if they became responsible for
certain policies l would not follow There
fore the party having become so RESPONSE
BILE l am compelled to refuse submission
to its behests and to range myself against
it for conscience.
Il cannot see my way clear to inveigh
against imperialism, against the unconsti-
tutiCnality of the Porto Rico tariff bill,
the unrighteousness of attempting to en-
slave the inhabitants Of the Philippine
Islands and the dishonor of breaking our
pledge to Cuba, and then because of the
mandate of a sinister influence which dom
mates the President forsweaT my convic-
tions; set at naught my declarations and
DO as Senator Hoar and others did. ap-
peal to the past and the future. The
past is dead. / cannot change it. The
future is net in my keeping and it is not
in my power to fashion it. Therefore, l
am here tonight to reiterate the convic-
tions l voiced in the Senate and record
my opposition to the principles of Presi-
dent Mckinley as evidenced in his foreign
policy and with all the vehemence of a
positive nature protest against the viola
t;c1 of the principles upon which our
government is founded against the desc
Grafton OF tie Constitution and the re-
versal of the policy which has given us a
century and a quarter of national life,
such as the history of man has not record
ed in any age or cline.
HE OPPOSES IMPERIALISM.
/ Il am here tonight to declare my un-
alterable antagonism to the policy of
Imperialism and my opposition to the rep
resentative of that vicious principle. 1t
is an occasion of more than ordinary i'm
portance for any man to antagonize the
political party which he has served for a
quarter of a century. l have. however,
determined to do that which | believe for
the best interest of my country, and in the
performance Of that duty | find it neces-
sary not only to oppose the reelection of
President Mckinley but to emphasize that
position by supporting his antagonist who
in this election stands for a free govern
ment according to the Constitution"
continuing he said that the nation was
at the parting of the ways and he be-
lieved the present tendency of the Re-
publican party was full Of inevitable dan
gers ard disasters.
Senator Wellington did not believe there
was any danger of material changes in the
tariff and financial laws in case of Mr..
Bryan's election.
In the last Congress-" he said, 'the
money measure became "a law. And there
is not at issue in this campaign any direct
legislation on the money question, for
there is no possibility that there should
be within the next four years, after Mr..
Bryan's election, unified majorities in both
houses of Congress-
WELLINGTON'S CUT AT HISSERS.
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