The age-herald., 1900-08-23
Interesting CoIIOquyBe MT.
 Bryan and a Republican,
CONCERNING THE FILIPlN0S
At Every Place MT Bryan Urged the Voters to Support the Democrat ic Candidate for Congress
 in That District

Falls City, Neb., August 22.-This has been busy day for MT. Bryan. He may be said to have begun the day before yes- terday closed, for it was after 1 o'clock this morning when he reached Auburn, his first stopping place after leaving Lincoln. Getting a few hours sleep there he was prepared to commence the day early. He began his speech at Auburn shortly after o'clock. There he made an hours ad- dress and, after being driven rapidly to the depot, he was compelled to wait fifty min- utes for delayed train to take him to Tecumseh, the next stopping place. At Tecumseh he spoke comparatively briefly, and after taking a nasty dinner started upon 22-mle drive across country to Pawnee. This drive was made by means of three relays in two hours time, and was apparently a pleasant diversion fop MT. Bryan.
 At Pawnee, as at Augurn and Tecumseh, there was good attendance, as there was also at the night meeting held at this point. The day meetings were all held in the groves of the court houses of the counties Rain was threatening in the morning, but the day had not progressed far when clouds lifted somewhat making the weather quite desirable for outdoor gatherings The meetings were all held in the First Congressional district, MT. Bry- ans old district, and he was accompanied throughout the trip by MT. Berge, the Democratic candidate for Congress At each place MT. Bryan made an appeal in Mr. Berges behalf. The trip from Pawnee to Falls City was made in a freight ca- boose behind a special engine secured by the Pawnee County committee.
 An Interesting Co iquy
 At the Tecumseh meeting the most in- teresting incident was a colloquy between MT. Bryan and gentleman from the au- dience, evidently Republican, who took the privilege of propounding several aues- tons to the speaker MT Bryan responded 10 all of them quickly and with good na- ture This gentleman interrupted MT Bry- an towards the close of his speech by sug- gesting that the Filipino's were on a pari- ty with our Indians. To this MT. Bryan responded:
 Now, as I understand you, you think we were right in taking the property of the Indians?"
 No sir"
 Then do you think 1t right to take the property of the Filipinos?'
 No, sir, and nobody is going to do so.,
 How does the treatment of the Filipinos differ from the treatment of jailbirds in this country? Do you believe in punishine jaiIbrds?'
 MT. Bryan, your face is the face of an intelligent man, and you cannot fail to see the difference between putting men in the penitentiary for the commission of a. crime and going over to the Philippines and taking charge of the government of the f1lipnos? When I see a man like you who favored the peace treaty, think that man ought to have some consistency about him.
 T am much obliged for your mentioning that replied MT. Bryan, for didn't feel like bringing 1t to your attention unless called upon to do so. I urged the ratifica- ton of the treaty and also urged the pass age of the resolution promising independ- ence to the people of the Philippines and Ii your Republican administration had passed the resolution, there would not have been one drop of blood she'd"
 oh, this is your opinion"
 Ihat IS not only my opinion. but if you will stop to think about 1t and give the public the honest result of your thoughts, it will be your opinion that if we had made the same promise of independence to the Fiipnos that we did to the Cubans, we would have had no conflict there. Had we treated the Cubans as we did the Flipinos there would be war in Cuba today, and had we treated the Filipnos as we did the Cu- bans, there would be no war in the Philip pines today"
 The questioner made an indistinct refer ence to MT. Bryan's capacity for the Pres idency and asked Mir Bryan if he believed the Filipnos were capable of self-govern- ment.
 To this MT. Bryan replied: Admiral Dewey stated in a message to the Secretary of the Navy that the Filipinos were better capable of self-government than the Gu bans, and that he believed his judgment, after a study of both races. Whether you believe I do or not, you are not able to draw the line between the natural right of luSno Aus HlIed Ino6 puB noG uoIUM uBqnO to be free. If It Is true of the Cubans, 1t Is true of the Filpinos, and I want to make it so."
 AtPawnee At Pawnee MT. Bryan spoke upon all the questions at issue, paying somewhat moro attention than usual to the financial and trust questions. He charged the Republt- can party with having done nothing to re- lieve the people at large from the burdens of the trusts saying that more trusts had been organized In the past three years than during the entire previous history of the country. He also gave the usual de- gree of attention to militarism, charging
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