The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-14
BRYAN Is SPEECHES.
In Presence of HonorS Paid
the Murdered LaWton
so HE JUST MUMBLES
And Shuffles Out of 1t the
Best Way He Can.
SO HE JUST MUMBLES

Fort Wayne, Ind, Sept. 13.-The people
Of this city today dedicated to the MEM
DRY of General Henry W. Lawton
monument crowned by a cannon captured
by him and christened the principal park
in honor of Lawton. The exercises were
under the auspices of the Union Veteran
Legion William ]. Bryan was the prin-
cipal orator of the occasion.
Governor Mount spoke just before MI.
Bryan. The governor took up the ques-
ton of the Philippine war, denouncing
Aguinaldo by name and showing a ten
dency to strong condemnation of the in
surgents and all who may sympaihize
with them, He spoke Of the fact that
the gun had been taken from men who
had turned it upon our flag and our sol
diers. The governor added:
IF this cannon was captured in just
and humane war and from those'resisting
the lawfully constituted authority over
these islands, fighting the soldiers of the
government that had liberated them from
Spanish thralIdom, then where is the hon
or of the capture and the glory OF this
gift? Honor these insurgents as patriots,
and then you interpret wrongfully the
words, the viii and the aim of our dead
hero, this service becomes a hollow
mcckery and this trophy of patriotic valor
becomes a monument to the dishonor of
our soldiers and the shame Of our coun-
try
Further on Governor Mount said: 81
trust 1 may never see the day when 1
shall so far forget my dSotion and my
loyalty to my country as to characterize
our soldiers as the agents of oppression,
turning the banner Of liberty into an en-
sign of imperialism; nor do I apprehend
such contamination"
Mr.. Bryan made no direct reference in
his address TO the utterances of Governor
Mount about the Philippine war.
Il was invited to participate in this re-
union," Mr.. Bryan began, mot as can
didate for Office, but as citizen of this
republic and 1 am here to speak to you
not as d candidate for Office but as a
Citizen
This remark called out enthusiastic ap-
plause.
Mr.. Bryan then referred to his own
record as soldier, saying: II can hardly
say that 1 am here as a soldier, Tor L
feel that my military service was so in
significant compared with the service of
many who are here today that 1 am
hardly entitled to be classed among the
soldiers. So far as my title is concerned,
1 feel that it is hardly fair that one
should be called a colonel who saw no
active duty and who did not have his
courage tested upon the battlefield
Mr. Bryan then paid high tribute to
the character of the volunteer soldiers
and their wives, saying: Il have SUI
preme faith in the man who fights when
his country needs fighters and then
works when his country needs workers
Further on he said: You have met to-
day to do honor to the memory of SOL
der, of one In the regular army. We need
soldiers in the regular army. We need
some who are ever prepared by military
training for the work of the soldier. The
differences between us are differences as
to the number of regulars that we need.
1t is not the Place today to discuss the
size of our standing army; this is not the
time to exchange opinions as to how
many soldiers we need; but. no matter
what our opinions may be as to the size
of the standing army, we are all glad that
when an emergency comes we find the
soldier measures IN the standard Of
soldier like Lawton did,
Mr.. Bryan said that thereewere victories
Of peace as well as of war and that he
longed for 1.-THE time to come when no
hostile arm would be raised against
fellow-man."
Tonight Mr.. Bryan attended two camp
fires. the first ar Liberty hall and the sec
ond at Princess rink. He made non-par-
tisan speeches at both places. Mr. Bryan
left at midnight for Toledo enroute to
Columbus, Ohio, where he will speak to-
morrow.