The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-11
The Reason We Stick TO Bryan

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We ma, say 10 he beginning thai
the reason we stick to Bryan is be
cause Bryan always sticks t. himself
He is not Bryan ihc anti-imperiais'
= DAY and Bryan The impcriallst to
morrow. He is the same in all cs
srn,ial respects to-day as he will bt
tomorrow. He may bc a little fur
tIcr on the road tomorrow an(
nearer his journeys end, but he is
on the same road. He doesn't start
to WASHINGTON by the highway Of
.,qual rights to all and special pllvi
lcaes TO none and hope to get there
by the way of the ''people be damn
ed" In favor Of the application OF
the princip plies OF common sense and
honesty TO private affairs, he sees nc
reason Why these same principles
cannot he bcnciicially put in daily
nsc in public affairs. In 1896 lie
was in favor of the free and unlim
tied coinage of gold and silver Al
the prescn, legal ratio Of Is 10 ]
without; waiting for the aid Of any
other nation on earth and in 1900 ii,
has stood up manfuliy for the same
thing. At Omaha before the cannol 5
roar ut Manila and at Santiago had
announced to the world defeat the
defeat Of Spain, he forcsaw the in :
lerialism Of to-day and warned his
countrymen against il: and the wise
f"ol Of the country said that The
"BOv Orator OF The Platte" had
made another mistake. His prophcs1
only demonstrates that he is a states
man TO be trusted in hour. Of ma
tional danger and serves 10 refute
the accusations of his enemies that
he is little man who somehow
knows wonderfully we'll what to SAY
and exactly how to say it.
He has been accused BY lis enc
mics of making Il great mistake IN
advocating the treaty Of peace with
Spain whereas "ny man Of honesty
is bound to admit that that course
was the course for any honest man.
That was best, if we intended 10
make subject colonies Of these
islands and it WIS still best if we
intended 10 awe them freedom be
cause it left with Us the power to
carry out all the promises which had
been ma;ic to those already down
troddcn peoples. The ratification Of
the treaty of Paris placed on the
administration at Washington the
entire responsibility of carryin. out
the nations promises to the peoples
OF the conquered territory; and if
that administration has been too H.
famous 10 carry ont the promises or
too ignorant to 10 SO, il is no fault
of Bryan.
Hlr. Bryan has not done thiDy
wrong. He placed it in the power,
and it is admitted that he placed il
in tie power OF the administration
to carry out the promises Of the
country. His lack Of pariisanshio
was very commcn'labIr. He rose
above the party man and reached the
full height Of a statesman wien iei
advocated the ratification Of the
treaty. That's what Tie Republicans
wanted, Of course, as they Thought |
it was an endorsement Of their wis
dom, but when the country began |
to show signs Of rebellion against !
The way in which the admins ration
was failing to carry out the pledges
some Of the good fellows like G, L.
Hoar stand straight up in the meet
ny house and displayed their amount
Of gray matter by laying the blame
IN Bryan. This is their argument.
You should have known that Ne
kinlcy and his crowd would not
carry out the promises Of the nation.
therefore, you should hot have ad
the ratification of the treaty.
But why not says some one?
whats that got to do with it"
WHEN the islands become our own |
-annot we say here Dir. Filipino
axe them they are yours" But
ID! says MIR. noar "Bryan knew
hat would net be done and there.
Ore he is 10 blame" That's Iooic
or you with vengeance. But MIR.
1Oar is an old man and likes to in
ulge himself occasionally we pre-
ume.
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