Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-23

out their consent. This country annexed
the Philippines because it believed 1T was
its duty. and because it believed their ac-
QUESTION was demanded by the best in
terests of the United States, and they will
stand annexed, he declared, amid great en-
thusiasm.
Constitution and the Flag.
AS to the question of whether the Consti-
tuition follows the flag, Mr.. Davis said that
it is now before the highest tribunal of the
| land for an early decision, and the settle
ment of the question should be there made,
and not, as Mr.. Bryan proposes, upon the
hustings.
Mr.. Bryan's followers, remarked Mr..
Davis would have the people of this coun-
try believe that there is no money question
| in this campaign. Mr.. Bryan he stated,
says 1t is in the campaign, and that he
stands on 1t exactly where he stood four
years ago. And Mr. Bryan is right, de-
clared the speaker. Mr.. Davis added that
so long as the snake Cthe silver question:
wriggles it is to be struck. The gold demo-
Gratis, said Mr.. Davis, also stand where
| they stood four years ago, under the stand
| ard of William Mckinley.
But the real ISSUE said Mr.. Davis. in
conclusion, the paramount as well as the
immediate issue in this campaign, is Our
| country, its preservation at home and the
maintenance of its dignity and prestige
abroad The question is. In whose hands
| will you intrust the honor of our country
| In the hands of william Jennings Bryan
and his cohorts or in the hands of William
Mckinley, who has been trusted and found
| trustworthy?
ITS an old story, that Of the horse
which the Trojans were persuaded by the
WlleS or their enemy to admit within their
walls, upon the representation that its pos
session would confound that enemy and
work their own salvation: and which when
admitted was found to be filled with armed
| men. who poured out and destroyed the
citadel of the Trojans and with it their lib
critics and their country.
The Lesson Taught.
But the lesson of that story still holds.
Wherefore let us beware lest we admit
within the sacred walls which inclose and
guard our institutions this Trojan horse
called anti-imperialsm, from which, if once
admitted, there would surely pour forth
the forces of the enemies of those institu-
lions, having their loins girt about with
hypocrisy, having on the hreastplate of po-
lltlcal unrighteousness, having their feet
shed with the preparation of the gospel of
socialism, bearing the shield of national
| financial dishonor crowned with the he'll
met Of misrule and welding the sword of
| industrial ruin
Seated upon the platform were Judges
| Cole, Barnard and Clabaugh OF the District
supreme Court, Judge Kimball, ex-Commis-
| sloner John w. Douglass. John Joy Edison,
Marshal Aulick Palmer, NJ. I. Weller A. B.
DuVall, eX-Gov. AlonZo Hart, Samuel Mad
dox John r. Young, S. S. Bond, E. s. Nc
calmont and several other prominent cit
| liens, while seated in the audience were
men and women representative of the best
elements of the national capital. The Ma
! tional University Republican Club, under
| the direction of its officers, Mr.. Gus A.
| Schuldt, president; Clark McKerchen. vice
| president; H. b. Dodge, secretary, and R.
Rollins, treasurer, marched to the hall in a
| body.