The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-09-12
The Nations Peril.

| III his acceptance speech at Indian
| apolis Bryan said that If elected he
would call congress together imme-
| diately in extra session. That Is pre-
cisely what The Press pointed out Oh
| the same morning would probably
be the course Bryan would take We
gave the reasons then why Bryan's
election would mean Democratic
house of representatives and perhaps u
free silver majority In the senate. Bry-
ans absolute control of the Democratic
party was demonstrated at the Kansas
City convention. In the executive chair,
with the federal patronage at his dis
posal and cabinet made up of Alt
gelds, Suffers and Pettigrews, he
would rule supreme.
Bryan tells the country that he
would at once scuttle out Of the Philip
pines and leave the so tribes there to
fight 1t out among themselves as to
which one should rule, though he could
not evade the responsibility of the
United States to other nations for the
safety of their citizens resident In the
Philippines and the property they own
there. The United States would have
to make reparation for all damages Of
that kind to Foreigners In the Philip
pine Islands, though exercising no con
troll there, or else the European powers
would take possession of the islands.
But Mr.. Bryan says TINT he would not
permit them to do 50. Then lac would
have to fight the European powers or
keep on drawing millions from the
treasury to pay for injuries to foreign
ers and their property by the savage
and semielyillzed tribes In the Philip
pines. Amy sane man can see the
frightful consequences Of Bryan's pol
ley.
In the meantime Bryan holds out the
greatest Inducements possible to the
Tagals, who might hope to rule the
other tribes In Luzon, to keep up their
| guerrilla warfare on our soldiers and
| kin every one possible. Bryan prom
ises to reward them for that bloody
| work by giving them independence Is
J. 1t any wonder that the Manila Free
doin 'hias already ppneesra. fep%p t.i..tt
the Filipino junta ut Hongkong has
voted to send $1,000, 900 to the Demo
|
Bryan? If the junta ean raise the
money from the rich spectators who
have furnished funds TO Aguinaldo, its
use In behalf of Bryan would be the
natural and most effective way to help
the Aguinaldists, But the junta proba-
bly, does not know about what happen
ed to Vallandigham and the Copper
heads IN our civil war
And what of silver? On that CUES
ton Bryan was significantly silent. He
| has said many times that there "can
never be true and lasting prosperity in
| this nation until there IL free and I'M
| limited coinage of silver ut the ratio Of
| IL to | ." The same extra session that
would support him In scuttlmg out of
the Philippines would pass free coin
age OF silver bill and cause ten times
| greater loss to the United States than
| did the civil war There would be u
| panic unprecedented In the worlds his.
tory.
And what about the tariff? Mr., Bry-
| an says that ii Is unconstitutional
and ubiquitous. The repeal of the
| tariff laws and the adoption of the
| free trade policy must come at the
| same extra session II Bryan Is honest,
and that is generally conceded
What prospect to hold out 10 Il ma
| ton enjoying greater prosperity than
| any other nation on earth and prosper
| ity unprecedented In its own history!
| The danger is too great for any patri-
| otto man TO remain quiet. Every one
should do what he can TO remove the
possibility of such frightful Disaster
| Philadelphia Press