Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-22
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Does Not Want an Empire Half So
Badly as the Presidency-His
Own District.

Auburn, Neb., August 22.-W. ]. Bryan
made the first speech here of series
scheduled for today in the first congress
sional district of Nebraska. The meet
ing was held in the court house grounds
and in spite of light rain a good crowd
was present. The congressional district
was represented by Mr. Bryan in con-
gress and has since his retirement, been
represented by republican member.
Mr.. Bryan made plea for the election
of Hon. G. w. Berger, the democratic
candidate for congress, also an appeal for
the support of the whole democratic tick
ct. Comparing the government to a COR
poration, he said all citizens were stock
holders and as such they owed it to them
selves to look well after the coiduct of the
directors. He charged the republican ad-
ADMINISTRATION, the government directors
with deceit in all it's policies. They We're
asserting that the financial question was
this year the paramount issue only be-
cause the republican party regarded the
dollar of more consequence than the man.
He dwelt upon liberty as a God given
right, saying the Filipinos were as much
entitled to it as we are. In promising
them good government, we are only
promising what kings promised under
similar circumstances. We have, he as
serted, no title to 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, nor was it any more prontaple
! than wise to wage foreign conquest. AL
| ready more had been spent in the way or
! treasure in the Philippines to say nothing
of blood, than the profits of trade with
| those islands for many years would
amount to. The flag had been hauled
down in Mexico and the Mexican people
were better off with their own govern
ment than they would be with an Amer
ican carpet bag government in that
country. --.,
| Mr.. Bryan sharply arraigned the repub-
| lican party for it's alleged Inconsistency in
| the position formerly taken on the ques-
ton of militarism money and trusts, and
the position now taken on those questions
and continuing, said:
The same spirit that carries you to the the
Philippines VIII lead & yon into into some e, o.nel nd
: make them subjects against their will.
! The same spirit of militarism and impe-
/ islands will carry, you wherever you can
find people weak enough to be whipped
by the United States. The doctrine of i'm
perialism is the doctrine of the bully and
people under the pretense that you are
| taking them for their good, and you reach
your hands in their pockets and rob them
/ while you are talking to them Republi-
cans, your papers tell you that the Fill
! pinos are savages. You dare not say it,
because you do not arm savages and turn
lHeIn Out u H6Hl pCopiS. lHSy say VIC
cannot haul down the flag in the Philip
pines because it is raised there. Even this
! administration does not find any trouble or
! difficulty in hauling, down the flag in
Alaska. I suppose they contend that In
a cold climate you can haul it down, but
that you cannot in a hot climate. The
American flag represents the purpose of
the American people. No one can haul
our flag down against our will but the
American people have the right to put it
up where they want it and to take It down
where they desire. The flag is the servant
Of the nation, the people are not the SER
wants of the flag. If that is true, how
are you going to bring the American troops
back from Pekin? They pfanted the Amer
lean flag there. l want the American flag
to come down from the Philippine islands
in order that the flag of a republic might
rise in it's place. l would rather that we
have two flags representing two republics
! than one representing an empire.'