The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-02
BRYAN IN INDIANA.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM AT LAPoRTE
AND SOUTH BEND.
IMPERIALISM DWELT UPON
CONTRADICTION FOUND IN REPUn-
LICAN POLICY.

Republicans Cannot Justify Their
Actions as tO Porfo Rico or the
Phiiippines-How the Republlcnn
Party stands for "a National Debt.
tion Intends 60 Do--IIepubIicnns
Want BIg standing Army.
South Bend Ind. Sept. Hon. w. ].
Bryan. Democratic candidate Tor the pres
idcncy. to-day made his second bsief visit
OF the campaign TO Indiana.
lie arrived az this point a few minutes
past 1 O'Clock this afternoon, speaking
briefly at Iaporte. en- route. and here
more at length tonight. lie was enthu-
slastlcally received at both places and
both at Laporte and South Bend, tue au-
dlences were large In size ana comph-
mentary in attention. as well as In tneir
manner OF receiving the speeches. Al
South Bend MIR. Bryan was escorted 90 the
residence OF Hon. h. +. Shively whore
ne was introduced to members OF tho rc-
ception committee ana other prominent
citizens.
At Laporte. Mr Bryan's arrival was an
nouncod By firing Of anvils and the shouts
OF a multitude of people who had gatherea
at the railroad station. A platform had
been erected near the depot aud from this
Mr. Bryan talked for about ten minutes
while the train took on a dining car. He
did not attempt 10 make a set speech IN
this brief period. but contented himself
with pointing out what he dcnominated
the Inconsistencies OF the Republican
party and the means OF meeting their ar
guments. lie said:
''If Republican tells you that a permn-
nent debt Is a good thing. you tell him
that In ali the campaigns OF the past the
Republican party has been Dragging about
how Il paid OF the national debt and
.hat vet to-day the Republican party
stands for a currency system that can
only make IL permanent, for you cannot
have bnnkn5tes secured by government
bonds unless there are government bonds
TO secure them"
This suggestion called out applause.
| III a Republican tells you that it Ia a
good thing 10 have a large standing
army" ssais Mr. bryan. ''you tel him that
alweys pointed 20 tho advantage OF not
having a large standing army. remini
him that when a Republican Presideni
went into once that wo had an armY
OF g 600 soldiers. and that same Presldent
asked for n standing army of 10000 sol
dsrs in December. 1855. four times tl,c
standing army the country had v nen he
vas lnaugurated. and then reEand him
OF the fact that ~ we are h. have i'm
{ al.HN4 oil
standing army sbaa $50 have row. The
Eame spirit that leads " 90 take posses
sion Of the Philippine Islands ard govern
them without fhnir consent aud tax them
without Representation. will lead us 20
se.ze any other knds weaker than we
are.
Tbe Jenersonian Idea.
III a Republican cells you that impe-
rialgm Is the same as the expansion that
Jefferson sought for. you tell him that
Jefferson wanted to expand the iimiu, Of
toe republic and to build up the terri
tory iDso states. and that he wanted the
Inhabitants 20 be citizens and 10 share In
the guarantees OF the constitution. while
tho Republican party has already enact
ed a law In regard to Porto Rico chat
rests upon the theory that outside or the
foriy-hve states the President and Con-
gress have power as unlimited as any
despot svef exercised In any part OF the
world. (AppIsuse)
III any Republican attempts to justi-
f. she Torio Rican policy. you tell him
that when We found the people OF Porto
RioS they had representatives. in the
SPANISH Legislature aud that we now re-
fusc 10 give them Representatives in our
legislature. when VIC found the Porto
Ricans they had free trade with their
mother country, but now we rcfuso 10
give them free trade with the United
States. although they must swear allegi-
ance 20 our nag"
Here Mr Bryan was reminded that his
time was brief He closed as follows;
II want TO suggest two questions for
you to use with thoac who defend the
imperiaiistic policy in the Philippines Ask
them whether the Filipino IL 10 be "a cit
izen or a subject. " he Is 90 be a citizen
he must share with us IN the destiny Of
this nation. II he Is To he a subject we
must change oOr form OF government.
do not want him as a citizen: / do not
want him az a subject. want 20 give
him independence and let him work out
HIS own destiny" Great applause and
cheerlng)
. Meeting ne south Bend.
The meeting az South Bnd tonight was
held IN the Court House grounds. A
THUNDERSTORM. which struck the city
about 7 o'clock. threateHed to drive the
people inside. but Mr.. Bryan expressed
preference for an outside meeting. not
withstanding more rain was threatened
and his wishes we're accedad 10. lie had
"A fine audience regardless OF the unto
ward conditions. The people stood ankle
deep In the wet grass and mud in many
places. but they generally remained quiet
and In n listening attitude throughout
the entire meeting.
Mr.. Shiveicy presided. He es,nfented
himself with a mere presentation OF Mr.
Bryan. The speech was a general discus
sion OF the campaign. but especial atten-
tion was givqen TO the consideration Of
the paramount issue. This. he Insisted.
was the question of imperialism and he
likewise insisted that tho Republicans
were doing all they could 10 eyade this is
sue. Mr. Bryan declared that they were
doing AL IN their power TO convince the
country that finances were the Issues at
stake This they were doing notwlthatand-
ing their declaration that silver IS n dead
issue. He himself had predicted that
they would ind II a very lively corpse.
bat he had never dreamed Of its becoming
so vivihcd as It had been by the Repub-
ilcana.
As for himself he had never doubted
that the position OF the Kansas city plat
form was correct. but while this was true
IL was still fact that the tendency 10 I'm.
perlallsm was OF more immediate concern
than the question OF the finances. In that
problem sgas comprised the perpetulty OF
.wha.