The Washington weekly post., 1900-03-20
WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1900


ssAriy century given protection to the rtpub-
| lies q Central and South America.
We favor the expansion Of trade By every iegiti-
nate and peaceful ueznz. but are opposed 10
| purchasing trade a; the esnnoo's month. with
( human blccd; neithe. do We believe that trade
secured and held BY force is worth the price that
nest be paid FOR il. We ia favor Of extending
| the nations influence but We believe that that
influence sho.a@ BE ezteJesd. by force and Nio-
ience. but through the persuasive power OF high
and honorable example.
We oppose nilitsrizn. Il imposes upon the
| people an unnecessary burden and Is constant
| menace. small siandng army and we'll
! equipped STATE militia are suacien; in time OF
peace. in war the Citizsn-soldisr should be re-
| Puhl!c's defense. We believe, with jefferson. IN
| peace commerce and honest friendship With ali
nations and eutangIiRE alliances with ucne; and We
regard with apprehension the doctrine advocated In
some quarters that this nation should. in It's deal
| ings diplou.scy. show partality toward any Of
| the European nations.
sympathy for the Beers.
Not because of hostility 10 England. but because
| We believe in the principles OF a republic and re-
! iect as did our forefathers. the theory Of mon
/ srrhy. sympathiEe with the Beers in their
| heroic Efforts preserve their national integrity
/ The failure Of the Republican leaders Who four
| years ago. expressed sympathy for the Cuban pat
| riots TO feel interest in the struggle Of the
Dutch in South Africa shows the paralyEing iH1u-
| enee Of the imperial policy TO Which the acminis-
tration Is nov erceEyOring to commit this country
While the committee on resolutions was
out, Richard l.. Metcalf, of Omaha; w.
D. Oldham, Of Kearney; W. II. Thompson.
| CT Grand Island, and 4. G. Tibbetts, of
| Lincoln, were chosen as delegates at large
| TO the national convention at Kansas
| City. While the convention was in the
midst Of hot row over the choice of al
| ternateS to the delegates al large, Mr..
| Bryan appeared in the hall. This put
| 'op to all business, and the delegates
, ~-ent wild as he mounted the platform.
/ Mr. Bryan's speech.
| Mr.. Bryans speech dealt almost entire
| ly with the three questions which he has
been discussing in various parts of the
| country-money, trusts. and Imperialism.
He charged the Republican party with
practlcing a deliberate fraud upon the vot-
ers in 1896 by holding out the hope of in
| ternational bimetallism. when the lea lers
neither expected nor desired the Testora-
| tiOn of the double standard, either by in
| dependent action or by international
| agreement. He said that the Republicans
| were opposed TO the free coinage of silver
| at any ratio or under any conditions and
pointed to the fact that the Secretary of
| the Treasury and the leading Republican
| papers were talking In favor OF the gold
! standard at the very time that the COM
mission was in Europe trying to get id
! of it. He said that the ratio of Is TO |
was the only ratio that was discussed and
| the only ratio for which any considerable
| number of people were working.
| He denounced the currency featu Of
| the financial bill and said that the Re-
| publican party had never in a campaign
| advocated the retirement of the green
backs and that il would not be able 70 de-
| fend that bill before the country. He said
| that a national bank currency secured by
| government bonds could not be perma-
nent settlement of the currency question
unless we had permanent and increasing
| national debt.
| On the trust question he reiterated his
| condemnation of the Republican party,
saying;
| The Trusts in McKinley's Messnge.
"The trust is so bad thing that the
| President felt it necessary 10 denounca
trusts in his message last December, but
/ he did not recommend a remedy. The
| trust portion of his message might be con-
| densed as follows: The trusts are bad;
| for the life of me | don't know. what 10
| 90 about them. 1 hope somebody, knows
more than l do and will suggest some
] thing
"A Republican Congress listened to the
| reading of the message and then proceed
| ed to establish a paper money trust,
which gives TO the people a larger chance
of injury and to the banks larger op-
portunity for profit than any other trust
| n existence"
| Ha cafd hot ba
powerless to interfere with the trusts. be-
cause the leading Republicans were con-
nected with the trusts, and the party had
TO rely upon trust contributions to carry
on the coming campaign. He presented
and defended the remedy which he sug-
gested at the antitrust meeting in Chi
| cago last fall, and which he has frequent
| ly discussed since that time.
Taking up the Philippine question, Mr.
/ Bryan referred first TO the Porto Rico
| bill and said:
"The desire to impose import duties on
| goods coming from Porto Rico compelled
| the Republican party TO disclose its i'm
! periahstic tendencies. This bill has arous-
ed storm Of protest from the Republi-
cans in public and private life. But why
should any Republican be surprised?
| Outside the Constitution.
imperialism means that the neonIe
brought under the flag are not to share
in the guarantees of the Constitution. II
is amazing that the Republicans have
contemplated the permanent acquisition
| of the Philippine Islands, without stop
/ ping TO consider the future status ofsthe
/ Filipinos. Are the Filipinos TO be citi-
zens? Are they TO be allowed to come TO
/ the United States with their Oriental
methods of living to compete with Ameri-
! can labor? What good does il do to ex-
| clude a few Chinese and then bring in by
force eight millions of FiipinOs? Are the
! FilipinOs TO expect to participate in our
| elections? Is a Presidential contest to be
determined by the returns from the Phil
| ippine Islands? Are the questions which
| concern our people TO be decided some
day by the Senators and Representatives
i'll Congress from the Philippine Islands?
And If the Filipinos are not TO be citizens
are we going TO change our Constitution
so as 10 hold them in a perpetual state
I of vassalage? Can We expect anything
but their hatred so long as we rule them
| through carpet-bag governors?
The Republicans have studiously avoid
ed a discussion of the Philippine question
They have opposed the consideration of
that question by the cry that nothing
! could be done until the insurrection was
put down. The Porto Rico tariff bill
however, gives US some idea Of the treat
ment which the Filipinos may expect. and
! Prof. Schurman one OF the Presidents
commissioners. says that this bill will
! arouse suspicion in the mindl Of the Fill
plho as 10 MS future condition He states
ms fears in the following language; In
I tAe very moment when We need 10 inspire
confidence IN the minds of the conquered
/ Fllpinos, shall We commit an act which
Wlll confirm their distrust OF US, quicken
! SlSTlCI9nS mi
maps lneradicabie antipa thies2 God for
bid Mr. Bryan continued:
Independence for FiiIpino..
| The only settlement Of the Philjprine
question consistent with American inter
| ests and American principles is The set
| tlement proposed by the Democrats in
| the Senate before war broke out N the
Philippine Islands, namely: A declaration
i ef The natinn,s nLLrrnse u -i.o Ii. III