The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-09

| TO admit the truth, he said he did it for
| fear I was going to be elected and be
couldn't take them back until the danger
was over.
But what did the Republican party
promise in the way Of money? Nothing
and what we got we got not because of
the Republicans but without regard to
them. DID the Republican party discov-
er gold in the Klondike? There is Moth
ing said in the platform about it Laugh-
teri, although we might know that if the
Republican party expected to discover
gold anywhere it would do it in British
possessions. They had famine in Eu-
rope and we sold them breadstuffs at a
high price and got in some money. Did
the Republican party cause the famine?
But suppose the Republican party
was responsible for everything that has
happened that gave any benefit for those
who worked for wages, the Republican
party has Offset also the benefits that the
laboring man has allowed by allowing
trusts to extort from him when he comes
to buy what he has to buy Great ap-
plause). Let the laboring man spend his
money for something he needs and then
he VIII find out for whom the Republican
party has been looking OUT. He will find
that the trusts have raised the price for
what he has to buy more rapidly than
any Republican legislation has or can
raise the amount Of his income You viii
find that the Iaboring mand, the ordinary
business man, mas no share in these
trusts. and yet he suffers from all of
them"
Continuing, Mr.. Bryan discussed what
he termed the tendency of the adminis-
tration's policy toward imperial and mil
itarism. He asserter that the increase of
the army four-fold under the Mckinley
administration meant an increase of
about $t500J0,010 for the support Of the
army. The creation Of a large army"
he said. can have but two purposes.
The first is to carry on wars in other
countries for the benefit OF those who
exploit the foreign lands, and the second
is to supp ess by force in this country
the discomfort that ought to be cured by
legislation
The supreme question for this hour"
Mr.. Bryan said, 'fs whether the nation
shall enter upon the doctrine Of force
and conquest, or stand upon Amer, n
ground and recognize the right of these
people (the Ffipinos) TO govern them
selves. (ApDlause)
Let me ask You Republicans. did YOU
buy the Filipinos from Spain? Who says
that you can buy sovereignty over hui
man beings? VIII the Republican party
assert that doctrine? If so. what be-
comes Of the doctrine that governments
derive their just powers from the con-
sent Of the governed? (Apnlauye) You
say that we just bought the land. IF
SO. how did we ket the Filipinos? We're
they thrown in with the land?
daughter and great applause.) Spain
found the Fflipinos there, went in with
club beat them into submission and
then sat down, holding the club. We
found her sitting there. paid twenty
million dollars for the club and then sat
down there ourselves. Great applause.
Is that your title? What excuse do YOU
give for imperialism I have heard hut
three-frst. that there is money in IT,:
second. that God is in IL: third. that we
are IN it and can't get out Of It."
IApplause)
Mr.. Bryan made his second sneech IN
Milwaukee tonight. adore sing a larger
crowd than that which greeted him at
National Park this afternoon. It was
the occasion OF the opening Of the Wis
consin Industrial exposition The address
was non-pOlitical and dwelt on the ad-
vantages Of competition as illustrated bv
the exposition. eff all these factories -
he said. ''were owned by one corpora
ton II would rot he necessary for vorr
10 have any exposition. because II would
not he necessary to advertise wares or
approach perfection You would take
what You got and be thankful for It."
(AppIauseO
Mr. Bryan returned to Chicago 70