The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-06
SAVANNAH GA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER g. 1900

does promote tho trusts and raise the
prices OF what the farmer buys. And "
the Republican party can raise the price
OF what the farmer buys. then the farmer
suffers rather than gains hy the Re9uh-
liran administration The Republican
party to-day has armyed itself against
every proposition of lmportau,e. except on
the tarif question Tor which 10 stood ten
years ago"
The Philippine Question.
Discussing the Pm lippine question. Mr..
Bryan said IN part
Republicans tell us that the Philippine
war g. the same as the war between the
states. man does not need 10 have
much intelligence 20 . the difference be-
tween the principles involved In the
Civil War the North was holding the peo-
plc OF the South In the Union. but the
people were not 20 he subjects. they
were TO be citizens. They We're not held
In the Union 60 be denied the privileges
OF citizenship They are to-day sharing
with the citizens of the North IN the citl-
zenship % this Uuion. and they are vieing
wi the citizens Of the Nsr h 20 see which
section can add most TO the grandeur and
elory of this our common country. ZAP
piausel That Is not the same as n is In
the Philippines We are not bringing the
Filipinos in as citizens We are bringing
them IN az suhjec.s and n you want to
know the difference between the South
sharing as she does In the guarantees OF
the constitution and the Fliipinos weight
ed down BY a colonial system such as g.
practiced IN other countries. just com
pare tho South to-day. self governing,
with the South during tha Garnet bag
period II you want 20 know what a colo
;iai : >.icy w!n mean n the Philippine
Islands just remember how white mon
al home were treated by a Garnet bag
government. and then imagine how brown
men 70o) miles away from home will be
treated under a carpet bag government
Outside the Constitution.
Mr.. Bryan then dwelt on the principle
that all men are creoted equal. and should
have the right of self-government as an
inaiiens be right. and as the very fouuda-
ton OF our declaration of independence.
lie added: Republicans. ! am not in
du.ging in prophecy when | tell You that
your party Is drifting away from It's an
clent landmarkS I am not telling you
something that may be. ! am telling you
something that has been. for ns much as
your leaders may try TO deceive YOU about
the Porto Rican hin. they cannot deceive
you since that bnl became law. Repub-
llcans. do you believe that a man elected
President according 70 the constitution.
who takes the oath to support the const-
tuition. should then administer a govern
mcnt without the limitations OF the constl-
tution7 II President elected according
TO the constitution can govern sOo.0oo
Porto Ricans entirely Independent OF that
constitution. then he can govern 5000 .0oo
Filipnos without the restraints OF the
constitution. and II he can govern SoOo. 600
Filipinos outside OF the constitution he can
ff.I M mn kgV
disturbed with the limitations OF that con-
stitution. once you admit that President
created by a law y above that law. ana
YOU will have established the doctrine Of
despotism on the ruins OF a republic. 9"
Great appiause)