The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-11

referred at some detail to the case of
Raphael Prex, now being confined in the
ing concealed weapons In Puerto Rico, for
neither of which charges he was tried eX-
cept by military tribunal, and in neither
of which cases he had been given trial
by jury Of his peers. Yet, Mr.. Towne
pointed out, he was being confined there,
under a life sentence, and the commit
ment read by order of the president.
"a man. exclaimed Mr.. Towne, We
hemently, cannot be an emperor in the
Philippines and remain merely a president
in the United States"
And he read the fifth amendment to
the federal constitution, which he declar-
ed to be In effect an integral part Of the
bill of rights of the American citizen.
Mr. Towne spoke but few minutes,
and outside the doors of the Exposition,
in spite of the snow which had begun to
fall and blow, quite a little company had
gathered before the barred doors, so
last effort was made to stow these people
away in corners of the auditorium, where
they could hear If even they could not
see the orator of the night, while Ring
wallis Svea band played patriotic airs.
Mr.. Bryan received an ovation-not to
mention beautiful bouquet of white
roses, edged with pink, which Mrs.
! Holmes presenter to him as the man
/
lean people than any man since Lincoln.
Mr. Bryan then said:
MR.. BRYANs SPEECH.
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: I
am grateful to the mayor for his kind
and him that 1t adds to the pleasure of
this visit that l can come to a city pre-
/ sided over by a Democrat (applause) and
| to a state presided over by silver Re-
! nuhlican (ApD1anSe
1t Is gratifying progress since my first
i speech in this city; progress ever since
ladies for their kind remembrance. The
! ladies took an interestsin the campaign
! of 1885, and we'll they might. But If it
was difficult for the women to understand
! the intricacies Of the money question. L
think it will not be difficult for them to
/ understand what war means, and what
imperialism means to their sons. CAP
! plauseD
l am grateful that ] am to be permitted
tonight to address this magnificent au-
dience. You are not all of my way of
thinking. | think | can say. that with
assurance. l hope there are many here
/ who have not been with us in the past.
( I would rather talk to those who differ
from me than to talk to. those who agree
with me. In the first place, when L talk
to those who agree with me l run some
risk because ] can not improve them,
and I might injure them. But when talk
to man that differs from me can't hurt
! him, and l may help him. daughter and
appiauseD
1t is hard to forget that we belong to
parties up here in Minnesota and down in
Nebraska, and it is not always easy to
tell which party We belong to daughter
because the fusion forces have worked
together, while one has called himself a
Democrat, and another a Populist. and
another silver Republican. We have all
agreed on the great questions which are
hard, as l say, for person to forget that
| he is member of a party, | want to ask
you tonight to forget for a little while
that you belong to, any party; Let me
speak to you as a citizen to citizens.
SPEAKS AS A CITIZEN.
/ have been introduced to you in Ian
4 guage which is a little embarrassing, be-
cause it might make 1t appear that
spoke to you as a candidate. do not.
| amply paid for all that have ever done
for my fellow men or for my party But,
my friends. am interested In this fight,
and l shall be in the fight while God gives
me life, no matter whether it be as can
didate or as a citizen l pledge you that
until this fight is won and this govern
ment placed back upon It's own founda-
! ton, l shall be with you. and when the
fight Is hottest you may expect to see me
get Great applsugs;l
/ l want to talk to you as priavte citi-
zen to private citizens / want to ask you
whether It is not your duty to cast your
/ lot with those who realized the situation
of this nation, and the ideals OF those
! who founded it. An ideal is everything.
You line the walls of your sons room,
with the pictures of prize fighters and
you will make a prize fighter out of him.
Put upon the walls of your boys room
TIE pictures of men and women of prin-
cple and character. who have labored for
| the uplifting of the human race, and you
/ will give him ideals that will make him a
! blessing to society. Great applause.)
/ QUESTION BEFORE THEM
! The question that confronts Us now is