Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-08-23

AUBURN, Neb., August 22.-W.
]. Bryan began at an early hour
what he evidently expected to be
a busy day His Grst meeting began
here at $50 o'clock in the court
house grounds. A light rain was
falling, but a good-sized crowd was
present, including many ladies. All
the speeches of the day were plan
ned to be made in the First Con-
gressional District, which was rep
resented by Mr. Bryan in Congress
and which, since his retirement,
has been represented by Repub-
lican, member. He maze plea for
the election of Hon. G. w. Berger,
the Democratic candidate for the
Office OF National Representative,
and asked for the support of the
whole Democratic ticket. Compar-
ing the government to corpora
ton, he said that all citizens were
stockholders. AS such they owed
81 to themselves to look we'll after
che conduct OF the directors of the
corporation. He charged the Re-
publican administration-the Gov
eminent directors-with deceit in
all its policies. This deception. he
said, had been praeticed in regard
the financial system, the trusts and
the foreign policy of the country.
He charged the Republican party
with the intention OF fastening a
national debt upon the people. He
devoted himself especially to the
enlargement of the army, saying
that If I'VE could take the Philip
pine Islands, we could subject any
weak people"
The Republican party was build
eng its policy upon the plea that
"Might Makes Right"
They were asserting that the fin
incial question was this year the
paramount issue only because the
Republican party regarded the
dollar of more consequence than
the man. He dwelt upon liberty
as a Godgiven right, saying that
the Filipinos were as much EMIT
led to it as we are, In forming
them a good government, we are
only promising what kings prom
ised under similar circumstances.
We have, he asserted, no title 10
the Philippine Islands, according
to the Declaration of Independ-
ence. In the first place, Spain had
no title, and in the second place,
we cannot buy people. Already
more had been spent in the way OF
treasure in the Philippines, to say
nothing of blood, than the profits
of trade with those islands would
bring for many years. The flag
had been hauled down in Mexico,
and the Mexican people were bet
ter of with their own government
than they would be with an Amer
lean carpet-bag government in
that country.
Mr.. Bryan said, referring to
alleged Republican inconsistent
cies:
.You Republicans who were
shouting yourselves hoarse when
Mckinley said in 1891 that Mr..
Cleveland was trying to make
money the master and all things
else the Servant-did not it take
you several days to come around
and hurrah for Mckinley when he
followed in the footsteps and did
the same things that Cleveland had
done? You Republicans who said
that the
GrecnbackS Saved the Country
when both gold and silver left il,
did it not take you several days
TO turn around and advocate the re-
tirement Of the greenbacks? You
Republicans who were boasting
that the party was paying off the
national debt, did not it take you
some time TO turn around TO that
position where you could say that
a permanent debt is a good thing?
You Republicans that used to de-
nounce the trusts in the most Wig
orous language. did not it take you
some time to turn around where
you could say that there are good
and bad trusts, and that the good
trusts are those which contribute
most literally TO the campaign
fund? and don't you think that
some of YOU Republicans are in a
position where you are not going
TO turn any more?
you Republicans, who for years
have been boasting OF the Fourth
of July. that we had a country
which did not need a large military
establishment here as they have in
Europe, don't you think you will
refuse TO turn when the Republican
party wants an army which is four
times as large as ii was VIXEN this
Republican administration was elect
ed In 1896? You Republicans who
used TO brsg of this-are you not
little afraid that now you cannot
turn over and make your opinions
conform to the Republican policy