The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-23
Mr.. Bryan on Trusts and Imperial

The Hon. w. J. Bryan made a stir
ring addr IS before the Nebraska State
Convention on Monday last, and in it
h" dealt entirely with the money ques-
ton, trusts and Imperialism. The lat
ter subjects lie seemed to put more in
tie foreground and it Will lie thu Sc
which the American people are luuked
TO to weigh in the delicate balance of
their dlstiinli alton and deth one the
arrogant traduceIs of The pc .ple's
trust-Wm. Mckinley and the Repub-
lican party 1T the next elect, n.
Mr. Bryan talked much about trusts
and amoug other things he said:
The trust is so bad thing that the
Pre-ident felt it necessary to denounce
tru,ts IN his message last December,
but he did not recommend remedy.
Tue Republic party, Mr.. Bryan
said, was powerless to interfere with
the trusts because the leading Republic
cans Were connected with the trusts,
and the party had to rely upon trust
co itIibulions % carry Oh the coming
campaign. He presented and defeGd-
Ell the medy-Federai supervision of
trusts which he sugse,teu at the an-
thrust meeting in Chicago last fall
and which he has If, quent'y discussed
since that time.
Mr.. Bryan then referred to the Pu-
erto Rican bill, of which he saIu:
The desire to impose import duties
on goods coming from Puerto Rico
compelled the r. publican party TO dis
close It's impe rialistic tendencies. This
bill has aroused a storm of pro- est
from Republicans in public life and III
private life, but why should any Re-
publican be surprised? Imperialism
means that the people brought under
the flag are not to share in the guaran-
tees of the Cun>titut,on. 1t Is amazing
that Republicane have contemplated
the permaL ent acquisition OF the PHI
ippints without stopping to consider
the future statu- of the Filipinos.
care the tiipinus to be cillzens?
Are they To b. allowed to come to the
United STATES with their Oriental
methods of living to compete with
American labor? hat good does it
do TO exclude few Chinese aud then
bring in by force 100000 tilipinos?
Are the Fillpinos to expect to par
ticipate in our elections? Is Presi-
dental contest to lie determ ned by
the returns from the Philippine Is
lands? Are the questions winch con
Germ our people to b. decided some day
by the Senators ana Representative in
Congr 5. from the Philippine Islands?
And if the Filipinos are mol to be citi-
liens, are We not going to change our
CONSTITUTE ion so as to hold them in
perp, tual state of vassalage? Can we
expect any thing but hatred so loug as
We rule them though carpet-bag gov
ernOrs?
The only settlement of the Philip
pine question consistent with American
interests and American principles is
the settlement proposed by the Demo-
Gratis in the Senate before war broke
out in the Philippine Islands, namely:
A declaration of the nations purpose
to give the FilirinOs independence as
soon as stable government is estab-
lished. When that declaration is made
hostllities will cease and it will be easy
10 establish stable government To
Independence should be added protec-
ton from outside interference. Not
protectorate such as European coun-
tries exercise for the spUliatlon. of Il
protected, but pro; ection such as this
nation has exercised over the republics
of Central and South America"
Mr.. Bryan read letter written by
ABB aham Lincoln, November 81, 1854,
to Mrs. Bixby, of Boston, "a mother
who had lost five sons in the Civil
War.
He said that the English language
contained no more beautiful expression
of sympathy. He contrasted it with
the sordld assurances of those who say
that the trade to be secured will be
worth the blood that is spent for it
and ask why the people who wanted
the trade did not purchase it with their
own blood instead of the blood of other
peoples sons.