The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-17

When Colonel Roosevelt rose to speak he
vas given such an enthusiastic greeting
that for five minutes he could not make
his voice heard In his endeavor to restore
order. He said In part:
Mr.. Bryan has been advocating a course
b the Philippines that would stain in
oelibly, with the stain or shame our ma
| t1onal history. Now, / ask you In con-
/ oiderlng Mr.. Bryan's prophecies TO remem-
Der two or three facts-to remember who
the Filipino insurgents are, for whom Mr..
Bryan appeals by quoting the doctrine or
remember two or three things in connection
With the Philippine problem. In the first
pace; there are over op,S eig MY Of tbese IA fr, bns
are against us. The proposition OF Mr..
Bryan is that we should turn over the
friendly Fflipinos TO the Ftipinos who have
been shooting at our soldiers, that we
,ahould. with Incredible baseness, desert the
men who have been faithful TO US and who
have trusted In our good faith, and turn
them over to the wicked mercies OF those
who have been opposing us. He invokes
the consent OF the governed doctrine for
the Filipino. / can only stagmatize that
vokes the same doctrine for our fellow
Americans who are colored In North Caro-
lima IApplause.1
To-day / nave seen, marching In the
Grand Army column colored veterans as
well as white veterans. AT Santiago /
saw the colored troopers or the cavalry
and colored infantrymen under Lawton
and Hawkins advancing up San Juan Hill
and the slopes OF Ell Caney. side by side
with the white troopers and white infantry
men. and leaving behind them lines of their
dead and wounded. They stood shoulder to
shoulder with their white brethren under
the flag I'm battle. IAppiause.l Surely, We
have a right TO ask that where they have
dared and endured and died that they
should be given the privileges OF citizenship
that we extend TO my man or white color.
fApplause.I We ask no special privileges;
We ask equal rights for any man, black
or white. il he shows himself entitled TO
lose rights, a fair ned. Ihir play. no
lApplause.J Mr.. Bryan does not raise his
voice for these attributes for these qualities
here In America, but he turns and asks
Us TO free a Tagal bandit who has been
shooting al our troops. 20 free him by al
lowing aim TO murder. plumber and ravish
at his own dark will in the islands that
have fallen to US as the result OF the war
with Spain
BRYAN's PATRIOTS"
Now, who are these Tagalogs who are
IN instruction against us? Mr.. Bryan and
followers have been saying that they
e the educated and civilized people OF the
Rnds. Now, let me relate two or three
stances Of what they lave done over
re. In the first place. Aguinaldo, their
ier-have you ever followed his career?
anti-imperialists called him at one
the George Washington or the Philip
s. Now. just follow out what this
ge Washington did He first OF all
ed the insurrecti0n. All right so far.
he sold out 10 the Spaniards for $780,
n OF IL down and part OF II TO be paid
hen he went TO Hong-kong You can
he authority for that In the proceed
Z the Spanish Cortes. and also I'm the
T AIR. Foreman. the English author
the Philippines. He sold out in his