The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-25
NO GLORY OF EMPIRE
MIR. BRYAN DECLARES IT is NOT
WANTED.
is A LURE TO DESTRUCTION.
GOVERNMENT BY TIE PEOPLE FOR
THE PEOPLE NEEDED.
The Democratic Nominee Addressed
an Audience Composed Largely of
Republicans-said He Does Not Oh
ject 10 the Honest Accumulation
of WeaIth-ImperinIis Must Have
Force of Arms at Its Back-A Word
About Finance.

FoTce oI arms ht ltH bnck-A WOru
About Finance.
Manhattan. Kan. Aug 24-W ]. Bryan
began the day with speech here at 1OS1
a. m. The community is regarded as
strongly Republican. but there was large
audience. Mr.. Bryan said he preferred
speaking to Republicans on the principle
that 1t is always right to save brands
from the burning. He believed most Re
publcans would leave their party when
convinced that they could so serve there
country better than by remaining in it,
In the first place. he said, the Republi-
can party had been a silver party, now 1t
had become gold standard party. 1t
had supported the greenbacks, now It
proposes to substitute a bank currency for
the greenbacks. II had. heretofore, de-
nounced trusts, now its leaders were found
generally defending the trusts. Speaking
of trusts, he asked what the individual
Republicans. especially the Republican
farmers. were getting out of the trusts.
Imperialism Must Have Force.
I'VE do not object to the honest accu-
mutation of wealth." he said. II want a
government that gives every poor man
the hope of being rich some day a gov
ernment that gives the rich man assur-
ance that his children will be protected
IL they ever become poor. What l OBJ
ject to is a government that protects a
few men In their robbery of the masses
and then denounces everybody as an an
archist that does not like to be robbed.
81 want you Republican to see
what change has been made in the
Republican party. You Republicans rec
oenize that there has been transfOrma-
ton in the purposes. If you cannot see
the change that has taken place in your
party's position on the economic ques-
tions, I am going to ask If you can see
the change that has taken place in your
party's position on these new questions
that have come up since the Spanish
war" (Applause.)
Docs Not Object to Honesty.
He declared that a Policy of imperial
ism is impossible without large army
when the government comes from the
people" he said, the people will come
from their homes TO support It, but when
you build on brute force you have got
to have army to prevent the people
making faces at you.
IF we are to resort to Imperialism in
the Philippines i'm order to get the trade
of those islands, is il not reasonable 10
suppose that the same policy will be
brought into requisiton to get the trade
of other countries?" Then the speaker
said:
when an American boy dies for lib
erty his mother thanks God that he gave
her strength to bear and rear a son for
such noble sacrifice, but what American
mother wants to raise boys at so much per
head? That is what imperialism means
l believe in the expansion of trade; |
want this country to extend her trade
but l would not put one American citizen
on the auction block and sell him for all
the trade of the Orient if ! had to buy
ID by his blood" Great applauee)
Mr.. Bryan asserted that the Republi-
cans are evading the question of finance
and said that after having asserted
over and over again that the silver dues-
ton is dead. they brought it to life far
beyond the predictions of Democrats I'm
portant as was that issue, 1t could not be
used to prevent adequate discussion of
issues of more pressing questions. In
closing, Mr. Bryan said:
Destruction in the Past
'The splendors of an empire have lured
governments on to destruction In the
past. We do not want the splendors OF
an empire; we want "A government of the
people, by the people and for the people
This is glory enough for us. (AppIause)
And when Republicans tell you what we
are going to do and how we are going
TO reach out and go into lands for their
exploration. your remember that passage
from the Scripture, and you can para
phrase II by an answer they cannot meet,
What shall It profit us If we gain the
whole world and lose the spirit which
prizes liberty as an heritage to all men
in all lands everywhere "