The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-07

Mr.. Bryan arrived at Washington al
hour behind schedule. He found
wildly enthusiastic crowd Of immense
PROPORTIONS waiting his coming He
spoke for half an hour, and almost
every sentence was punctured with
cheers.
only the army contractors and the
trust magnates were, he said, getting
policies. The man who works with
brain and muscle-what chance was
there for him to get anything out of
1t?
Hanna an Object Lesson.
During the course of his remarks Mr..
Bryan asked if there had been any
revelation OF the VIII of the Almighty
concerning the Philippines, and If So TO
whom it had been made Someone in
the crowd suggested Hanna. Mr.. Rry-
an responded to this suggestion with a
deprecating wave of the hand, saying
that he had no fault to find with Mr..
Hanna.
Indeed" he said ''ile is one of the
best friends we have; one of the best
object lessons Of the degeneracy of the
Republican party"
At Salem Mr. Bryan said that he
wanted to present some evidence that
the Republican party is not willing to
trust to the judgment of the American
people He then said:
Il have read recently an editorial
that was published in the Omaha
World-Herald. which is attributed to
me. on the pension question, and yet il
was published two years before 1 be-
came connected with that paper. 1t
was sent all over the country in 1896
and I was charged with being its au-
thor after I had denied it and ex-
planned that at the time the editorial
appeared had no connection with the
paper; yet today that editorial is being
reprinted and is doing service again
among the Republicans. They have
of ord
in congress and have never been able
to find anything upon which to base an
argument that was not friend of the
old soldiers in the United States. But
the Republicans must be excused for
endeavOring to find something against
me on the proposition. and all need
70 say il reply is that if L am elected
will not have to search very long or
search verv far to find a commissioner
of pensions who viii be more satisfac-
tory than the present commissioner"
At Plainfield. Hendricks county, re-
ferring to the Philippine islands, he
said that if IL was not right for one
man to steal a pocietbook 1t was not
right for many men to steal 1,200 is
lands.
At Greencastle, the seat of the De-
paw university, Mr.. Bryan addressed
himself especially to the untVersltys
students. saying he thought the present
conditions such as appeal especially to
young men. lie warned them against
trusts, saying that any system calcu-
lated to curtail opportunities fer 1ndi-
vidual endeavor and doom the bulk Of
the aspiring young men OF the country
to perpetual clerkships was 20 be I'M
reservedly condemned He also spoke
Of the increase of the standing army
and the tendency to imperialism as
subjects in which the youth Of the land
are especially interested. Referring to
the possibilities in case of permanent
extension OF the American government
nj ~ IL. 4.
IF the carpet-baggers steal in Cuba
only 200 miles away what cannot be
expected OF them in the Philippines,
1000 miles distant?"
He declared: You can't raise people
UP by sitting down on them" and
pleaded that the Filipinos should be
given fair chance in the race of lie.
Brings Up Porto Rico.
At Terre Haute Mr.. Bryan spoke for
half an hour. He said the reason why
more time was spent in discussion of
Imperialism than the money question
was found in the relative Importance
Of the questions; 1t was not due to
q change of heart upon finance. If
there were new questions to discuss in
this campaign the Republican party
had only itself to blame. Mr.. BRYAN
said that If the president can ignore
the constitution when he deals with
the Porto Ricans, he can ignore it when
he deals with the people. The same
power that could force the Porto Rican
bin through congress and through the
White House can compel the sUbjuga-
ton of the people when the time ar
riveS for il.
IF we are going into the business of
holding colonies" said he, I'VE should
begin ~ apologizing for the war of the
revolution. How are you going to de-
fend your policy if you denounce the
British system? England only wanted
to assert q right to govern people OF
her own blood within 5000 miles Of her
own shores, when we want to go 1000
miles away and subjugate an entirely
alien race in a country SO far away
that before the Spanish war no Repub-
Ecan could have told whether they
were in the eastern or western sphere"