The evening times., 1900-10-16

BALTIMORE, Oct. 16.-So many thou
sands of Democrats crowded into Music
Hall last night to listen to the eloquenee
and logic of distinguished Democratic
orators in their discussion of the issues
of the campaign that every inch of space
was pre-empted.
The two orators of the eVening-Senator
Augustus o. Bacon of Georgia and At
torney General Isidor Raynor, of Mary
land-both made speeches of great
strength and brilliancy, but of widely diff
ferent character. Senator Bacon did not
indulge in flights of oratory. He argued,
calmly. logically dispassionately, incon-
troyertibly His clear tones, forcible and
weIl-chosen words. with the Southern ca
dence in his voice, caught the crowd and
riveted its attention
AL times he aroused the enthusiasm Of
his audience to such pitch that 1t was
minutes before the applause would per-
NIT him to resume.
THE most remarkable outburst came
when. addressing Republicans present, he
said: II have been Democrat all my
life love my party and believe that It's
principles are true and great and good;
but 1 want to say tonight that Whlle
would not leave my party on the econoH-
ic question, if on this Issue of Imperial
ism the positions were transpcsed, the
Democratic party standing where the
Republican party stands and the Republi-
can party taking the position OF the DEM
ocratic party, solemnly, and before my
God, I say that I would vote with the Re
publicans-
Attorney General Raynor's address was
O= al a0i he
ence rose to every climax with tremen-
dous enthusiasm that seemed 10 shake
the hall.
Points in MIR. Raynor's Address.
Among the mcst effective things said
by Attorney General Rayncr were the
following:
Il believe that the present political
contest involves issues Of vital import
ance to the Republic. In fact, / mi ght say
that il involves the issue whether We are
a Republic according TO the charter CT
Independence and the Constitution CT t1e
country. The question is: Shall We main
tain the institutions bcQueaihed to US by
the patriots OF the Revolution, CT shall
we surrender the principles for which
they imperiIed their fortunes and their
lives and change the entire Structure er
our Government, announcing to EIanN NJ
that when, in 17I6, we declared for II ertJ
pheres We proclaimed a lien n Inock-ry
to the world and that We have since
then discovered that a constitu.i ionai r.
public is failure; that frledcn an
equality Of man is Il myth, ard that It
is our inalienabie right, pired By the
love Of conquest and the lust Ct plGnde2,
to overcome and crush The sp- p-rit Cf IL
erty in every inferior race that c2nnct
resist the advance CT cur arms and can
not match US on the fed CT battle.
This is the doctrine deian y an
nounced by the Republican party
I'VE fought for lie at Bunksr HILL at
Trenton and at Saratoga. The British
sovereign was right when he proclaimed
as his ultimatUm that we were only en-
titled to such q degree cf liberty as was
commensurate with cur we-fare, and We
were wrong when at the point Cf the tag
onet and az the cannon's mouth we tore
and shiyered his UltinatUm into shreds
Taxation without reprcsentauCEl his
affords no serious ground Cf coCDla mt
Adams and Pinckney and Rutl-dge and
Charles Carroll OF CarrolltCn thought i
did and their couRtrymen save EMPHASIS
to their views upon this subject with
their desolated fields and smoking home-
steads. But what did Carroll AMI Pink
ney know about subject Of this sort
with NJ. Marcus Arrelias Hanna and Mr.
Matthew Stanley Guay. Mr.. Hanna who,
1 venture TO assert, has never read a linz
of the Constitution, aDd could not per-
haps understand 1t if he did, and Mr.
Quay, who has had no time to attend to
the framing of the Constitution because
nearly the whole of his time has bee n
occupied in celebrating over the fran Il :
OF indictments.
'I state this proposition at the outset
unreserVedIy: That We never had any til
lie to the Philippine Islands; that we have
40 title now, ard that we never acquired
any title or the slightest colorado right to
the islands by virtue of any provisions of
the Treaty cs Paris. Spain had no title
that Spain could give, and we took no title
that was not founded on fraud and dis
honor. When hostilities commenced be-
tween the Government of the United States
and the Government of Spain the revoiu-
tionary forces under Aguinaldo had COM
p1ete possession Of the Philippine Islands
that Is to say, they had the whole of the
civilized portion Of those islands under
their control and the Spanish forces in the
sity of Manila were surrounded by line
II Notifications extending from water to
water. The people of the Philippines had
organized a civil government
II assert here tonight that we never had
The slightest intention of taking possession
sf the Islands, and that the whole false
conception of our duty and the whole in
famous proceedings that we are now en-
gagged In was a thought inspired by sub
JeQuent events and not within the remot-
Est expectation OF any American citizen
Dr. any representative of the American peo-
pie Or the President of the United States
when the battle of Manila was fought and
The American flag was planted in place OF
The despotic colors of Spanish tyranny.
This whole Philippine war is without the
slightest Justification or proyocation. His