The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-23
THE JOURNEY DOWN.
MI. Bryan Makes Speeches at Various
Nebraska Points.

Falls City, Neb., Aug. 2S.-Yesterday
was a busy day for Mr.. Bryan. He
may be said to have begun the day be-
fore the previous one closed for it was
after 1 o'clock in the morning when he
reached Auburn, his first stopping place
hours sleep there he was prepared to
commence the day early. He began his
speech at Auburn shortly after
o'clock. There he madean hours adj
dress, and after being driven rapidly to
the depot he was compelled to wait
fifty minutes for a delayed train to take
MIN to Tecumseh, the next stopping
place At Tecumseh, he spoke compare
lively briefly and after taking a hasty
dinner started upon twenty-five mile
drive across country to Pawnee- This
drive was made by means of three re-
lays in two hours time, and it was APP
parently a pleasant diversion for Mr.
Bryan.
At Pawnee, as at Auburn and Tecum-
sch, there was a good attendance, as
there was also at the night meeting
held at this point The day meetings
were all held in the groves of the court
houses of the counties Rain was
threatening in the morning, but the day
had not progressed far when the clouds
lifted somewhat making the weather
quite favorable for outdoor gatherings.
The meetings were all held in the
First congressional district, Mr..
Bryan's old district, and he was ac-
companied throughout the trip by Mr.
Berge, the Democratic candidate for
congress. At each place Mr.. Bryan
made an appeal in Mr. Berge's behalf.
The trip from Pawnee to Falls City was
made in a freight caboose behind a spe-
cial engine.
At the Tecumseh meeting the most
interesting incident was a colIoquy be-
tween Mr.. Bryan and a. gentleman in
the audience, evidently a Republican,
who took the privilege of propounding
several questions to the speaker Some
of the questions indicated unmistak-
ably that the qestioner was out Of tenn
per, but Mr.. Bryan responded to all of
them quickly and with good nature.
This gentleman interrupted Mr.. Bryan
toward the close of his speech by sug-
costing that the FilipionS were on a. par
with our Indians. To this Mr.. Bryan
responded:
Now, as understand you. you think
we were right in taking the property
of the Indians?'
mo, SIR
''Then do you think it right to take
the property of the Filipinos?"
mo, sir" responded the man in the
audience, 'and nobody is going to. How
does the treatment of the Filipinos diff
fer from the treatment of Jail birds in
this country? Do you believe in pun
ishing the jail birds?"
Mr.. Bryan: Your face is the face
of an intelligent man. and you cannot
ting men into the penitentiary for the
commission of crime, and going over
to the Philippines and taking charge of
the government of FilipinOS ?"
when I see a man like you," was
the response of the interlocutor, who
favored the peace treaty, think that
man ought to have some consistency
about him"
CT am much obliged for you mention
ing that" replied Mr.. Bryan, for 1
should not feel like bringing it to your
attention unless called upon to do SO.
I urged the ratification of the treaty
and also urged the passage of q reSolu-
ton promising independence to the peo-
pie of the Philippines and If your Re
publican administration had passed the
resolution there would not have been
one drop of blood shed in the Philip
pines.''
'Oh, that is your opinion"
THAT is not only my opinion, but If
you will stop to think about it and give
the public the honest result of your
thoughts, 1T will be your opinion that if
we had made the same promise of indie
pendence to the Filipinos that we did to
the Cubans, we would have had no con-
f1ict there. Had we treated Cuba as we
did the Philippines there would be war
in Cuba today, and had we treated the
Filipinos we did the Cubans there
would be no war in the Philippines to-
day.
reference to Mr. Bryan's capacity for
the presidency and asked Mr.. Bryan if
he believed the Filipinos were capable
of self government
Admiral Dewey stated in a message
to the secretary of the navy that the
Filipino and the natural right of the
government than the Cubans, and that
he based his judgment on study of
both races. Whether you believe as
do or not, you are not able to draw the
line between the natural right of the
Filipino an dthe natural right of the
Cuban whom you and your party said
ought to be free. If it is true of the
CubanS, it is true of the Filipinos, and
I want to make it So"
At Pawnee Mr.. Bryan spoke upon all
the questions at issue, paying some
what more attention than usual to the
financial and trust questions.
He urged that if annexation in the
tropics was to be undertaken for trade
purposes only, there was sure to be dis
appointment. Tropical countries did not
supply a great deal in the way of COM
merce- Great Britain's trade with the
United States was, for instance, far
greater per capita than her trade with
India, and yet Great Britain did not
own the United Statesmen quite.
He did not agree with those who con-
sidered it a ssrelfgiouS'' duty to hold on
to the Philippines AS matter of fact
the majority of the Filipinos were al
ready Christians 1t was further true
that the Christians there were antagon-
iStic to American domino ton, while the
Mohammedans and SuIus were friendly.
This, he thought, was due to the pay
ment of a monthly stipend, of $3.50 to the
sultan, contrary to the views of all
Americans
He enlarged upon the idea advanced
at Wahoo that it was not profitable to
kill the FiIipinos.
1t would be very easy thing to
keep the Philippine islands, he said,
but If you keep the islands you have
got to keep the people. If you kill the
people you destroy the main argument
with people after they are dead. SO if
you killed them all, you would be COM