New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-15


attention. and encouraged him with repeated
outbursts of applause
DR. schurman referred to the benefits OF the
gold standard and to Mr.. Bryans Tree SILVER
nostruIn." stirring the audience to much en-
fhusiasm When he declared that MT Bryan
IS the biggest boomer Of bogies In the united
States" there were few Kisses. drowned by a
tempest of laughter and applause. His remarks
upon the situation in the Philippines were so
convincing that the Bryan shouters were ST.
fenced and there was a storm Of cheers wnen
he concluded John s. Wise kept the audience
In a happy state for good half hour Cress
well Maclaughlin. of Cornwall N Y, made the
closing speech.
GENERAL GREENE'S SPEECH.
General Greene got a rousng reception from
the Republicans in the hall when he opened the
meeting He said in part:
little more than fGr arg yeafs assssnbies Abra
ham Lincoln delivered that immortal speech on the
o5eSea AsP ssps ii f Of st6e s c@mpagn in
which the 0pIbG Tsnor9 party d the two parties dur
ing these Intervening forty years .n mat to ac
compsh? The history Of the Republican part, his
largely the history Of Int tne ms has the Demo
cratic party had president and during S only bra f0g5
q the National Government 4 this b niSo BUT n ans
been glorious; II on the moral soe we The civil
Service; have insisted on honesty In complying
Win cur 9 the material side we have increased
in numbers in wealth in prospery IN eyer y be
caise the measures which have been proposed oy
5ne he Teatr part Of this long period have
been carried 9g5 the Union resumed and main
tanned specie payments re.SffSI .e ami system
the CYL tie nrospeTftv Which we now enjoy:
the party which has liberated twelve nom SUI W.
iscts from foreign tyranny; has carried on me
pre- nsnfly fscr the Responsibilities and duties
have ilDeXDecteGly arisen as a ilat
war-the party which has accomplished me sr17,,
ss;s 6iishei IT'S reputation for capacity manage
public affairs and TO produce the greatest goou 10
nat on the other hand. has been the attitude
has offered nothing but unwse criticism and IN IN,
avang protest AGAINST me IaeasproSS tb coIntrv
IT, Southern section CT the party uphetd Saver!
and fought 20 disrupt the Union: the Northern
Foth sections opposed the reconstruction measure
ana in the South they now legislattng 10 nni-
iify these measures by preventing the coiored race
nj -. SSsg lion IN Songfess which is based
the numbers which they have thus disfranchised;
Sationai affairs the principal thing which hey &C
Comps sTs.em and The introdTction OF modified
fariF rates. the resu: Of Which was promptly 70
cisi distress which ii has ever known With this
distress the older element of the democracy Ios'
which gained control in 1870 and offered as rem
edy for the terrible disaster which they themselves
had created the payment Of all debts al % cents
Curing than generation II alone should
f To nf6s1 ne Ps s a 81 this great land to
fhe management Of n party Thlch Wileh en- u. pg -
power has done nothing but vanly protest agan a
the progress Of events BIT It Is not hione on p Us
publican party appes TO v3ter7 Ior Their contlnea
Tahiican party that.it has s-appicd with the prob
lens Of the cay and found proper solution for
IS the speakers who will address you this evening
51irst among these IS the distinguishes president
o. Cornell University; man who nap I; COM
learning with the power n dealing with the practi-
caI affairs Of every day fe As he head a., OF me
possessions in the Pacific studying on the spot the
character 81 thc People Sin me ne bst form ~
government for them. He understands these prob
ans h,s j@densnt ssS5 theor ana In;
Pz!nation. I have theISl'sSaf 10 present 70 you
President Jacob g. schurman.
IN Introducing President Jacob G. -schUrmen
TO the audience General Greene referred to DIR.
SchurTran's service on the Philippine Commits
e;en.- senle, one in the, audience yelled: Good
boy, Cornell"' and there an attempt TO give
the Cornell University yell The same cry was
repeated at times lateJTr5 4, few men who wanted
10 make disturbance in the han uttered other
cries in part of DR.. Schurman's address. and
some Of the audience were moved to cries Of
Put him out"' but DR.. schurman said: Don't
put him cut. Keep him here and convert him
In the closing part Of his address the only dem
onstration by the audience was applause
DIR. SCHURNIAN on PHILIPPINES.
Dr. schurrran said in part:
Here. then. is Mr. Bryan's idea and method Of
i IIs a bose seeoiu Sfs
10 rho people. and destruction and disntegration Of
Tho fact IS that ali this talk about imperialism
Is The verest Tnoons6ine II has no basis in re-
l. the rs d9nge Of P%rsan 1r25nS t In t ss
OF imperialism is tissue Of etherealism. There +:
In the United States we have government by pub
lc opinion. This is the highest political result K
which man in the long and arduous course OF his
elssye 10 II as the very essence Of the REPUBLIC
parig YOU'D dare to ~f t. no
ti$1 efnld survive Ehish raI counter TO IL Pubic
the Endorsement Of the people the policies OF
ADMINISTRATION are empty words and barren parch
whether expressed or unexpressed In laws and
to The Sesrt Of eeTy npera H thu
IN 81 RI by P9ge 9y IN
people Hostility 20 imperialism in all its forms Il
from the time the thirteen colonies revoted agains
tne 1nperiaiistic government Of George III TO th'
rs sb ana a. ans iGy MILE ooM b
West Indies and the distant Philippine Islands.
UNIFORM AMERICAN PRACTICE.
II is objected-and She Declaration OF Ineepen
defce is quoted-thst the native population was no
consulted. But the uniform American practice ha
suit the native population. DID the first settlers 0
New England wait for possession III it was granite
American Indian unworthy Of comparison with tn
ians, ask what the Nation did when il annexe
territories occupied by civilized inha bitants Whe
Of il alone contained an ola established ana treine
o ~ ihe states Of pelawate @e an5 Phos
1sland. But Jefferson annexed these people with
edge and forced upo3 mem govsr1meTt in WRic
an