Little Falls herald., 1900-09-07
AND STILL THEY COME.
Men Who Were For Mckinley
In 1896 VIII Support Bryan.
TENS OF THOUSANDS LIKE THESE.

| 'sImperialism II the Most Dangerous
Possible Policy" Says DR.. Rogers.
Bryan Commands the Respect of
All Thinking Men - O'Brien, Who
Ran Ahead Of Mckinley In 1896.
DR.. Henry Wade Rogers, former pres
ident Of Northwestern university and
recently called by the faculty of Yale,
says he will vote for Bryan and Ste
vensOn.
In 1896 he voted for Mckinley and
Hobart. He declares also that he be-
lieves the gold Democrats of the coun-
try as body will support Bryan this
year because they believe imperialism
| is the most dangerous policy the repub-
lie could adopt and that the party that
is responsible for such policy should
be defeated.
In statement approving the indorse-
ment Of Bryan by the anti-imrerialist
convention at Indianapolis DR.. Rogers
said:
The gold Democrats, as rule, are
anti-imperialists. The majority Of them
voted for Mckinley as the surest way
! to defeat Bryan. The most Of them, l
believe, will be found supporting Bry-
an in this campaign. That which was
the paramount issue in 1896 is not the
paramount issue in 1900.
They believe that Imperialism is the
most dangerous possible policy for the
republic to adopt and that it is of the
utmost consequence that the American
people should repudiate it absolutely
by defeating the party that is respon-
sible for it.
! For this reason they will vote for
Bryan in 1900. Notwithstanding the 16
to plank. just as in 1896 they voted
for Mckinley Notwithstanding the pro-
lection plank in the Republican plat
FORM
John L. Valentine. president of the
Wells Fargo company, has written a
signed statement in which he says he
will vote for Bryan because he fears
for the Union if Mckinley is reelected
and that he believes the chief executive
| and party are welded to the policy of
imperialism and militarism. He says:
1T is possible to state, without the
slightest qualification or equ1vocation,
that the fixed aim and purpose Of the
! national administration respecting the
Philippine Islands is and without
doubt will continue to be to retain the
great Asiatic archipelago as perma~
! nent acquisition Of the United States.
Since the Republican national conven-
ton Mckinley has delivered an address
Of acceptance in which he says, The
Philippines are ours, and there will be
no abatement Of our rights, no policy
to scuttle,' etc.
Bryan is not a demagogue. He is
absolutely honest, which demagogue
Is not; he is passionately sincere, which
demagogue is not. Mckinley is
kind Of syndicate, but Bryan is Bryan,
and Bryan is his prophet. More power
for good or evil rests under Bryan's
black slouch hat than under any other
single headpiece in America. Upon the
question of Imperialism know his rec
ord and position to be consistent and
fearless, and l prefer a man who is
himself to one who is kind Of syndi-
cate Therefore. for better or for
worse, shall vote for Bryan
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higgin-
son. the venerable soldier, scholar and
itterateur, announces his intention to
vote for Bryan. In a letter applying
for membership in the Bryan club of
Massachusetts he says:
"T hovo hohi+uo11v vo<o1 o1 q no,~,.
crat since the first Cleveland campaign,
In which took an active part, but
voted as a gold Democrat four years
ago. However it may then have been,
the issue of anti-imperialism now
seems to outweigh all others, and Mr..
Bryan's late speech on that subject
ought In my opinion, to command the
respect Of all thinking men,"
Thomas OBr1en Of San Francisco,
one OF the most prominent Irish-Amer-
ican Republicans on the Pacific coast,
has declared for Bryan and Stevenson.
In a letter to the Democratic national
committee he places his services at the
| disposal OF the party managers during
the campaign. He will make speeches
in some of the larger cities, both east
and west.
Mr.. O'Brien was Republican candi-
date for congress in 1896 in the Fourth
! district Of California. His oratory
widely extended his reputation as a
public speaker, and he made an ex-
cellent record. running ahead of Nc
Kinley In the district but was defeat
ed by 8 small ma1oritv. In the Irish
nationalist movement he was q prom
inent leader, and to this antipathy to
the English can be traced his turning
from the Republican party.
One hundred and eighty millions
of dollars already spent in "paci-
flying" the Filipinos: Who said that
the threat of nilit4rism was an
empty one?
The Germans and 1mperialism
The great western states Of Ohio,