The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-16
THEY ARE FOR BRYAN.
Continued from First Page.

tldlSt tildN Nht pplitS upOii Ni4ANA
this administration has entered Will mean
the abandonment of the principles upon
which cur government was founded; that
ii will change the republic into an en-
pire. The first of the means before us for
the preservation of the union if our al
legation is true, is the overthrow of the
admnistrati- n.
I'VE are told there is peace in the Phil
ippnes and our 10000 soldiers there are
merely performing police duty. The Presi-
dent has said the Philippines are ours and
there will be no abatement of our rights
and no scutue policy. This seems to in
| dictate that we have entered upon a CO.
lonia policy.
Il am not able to explain the motive OF
Mr.. Mckinley in taking this policy. l be-
| leve he is the master mind in his cabinet
| and that nothing has transpired except
that which he himself has originated.
| And he has carried it through thus far
! without interruption.
He is the one person responsible for what
has been DONE and if we are opposed 10
| what has been done, our chief duty is the
| overthrow Of the administration of which
| he is head.
The troubles in China have been ag-
! graveted and the missionaries and am
hassadors of the various governments
have been put in peril by the policy of
the United States. Is it not true that in
the last ten years there have been state
/ ments again and again that it was the
purpose of he various states of Europe
| to partition China? When we entered the
| Philippines II was an additional menace to
the Chinese empire and it has led to the
! revolution in China and put the mis-
| sionareS and ambas sa doris in peril of
their lives. Instead of being a fortunate
| circumstance the fact that we were in
the Philippines was the chief occasion of
that revolution in China. l ask. is Gen.
Chaffee or Gen Grant to be put under
| the lead of a prince of the House of
| &c. many, or, on the other hand is the
government of the United States 10 take
upon itself the peril of allowing one of its
| officers to take command Of the troops
of England and France ard Germany and
be responsible for all mistakes?
who does not see that the day of Eng
| lands downfall is approaching? And we
are asked to follow in her example and
tread in the imperial footsteps of Great
Britain, knowing that these steps are
leading the British empire to destruction.
| Now is the time for the people TO arrest
this progress TO ruin and the laboring
men of this country are the men to whom
l appeal. If we accept Imperialism il
means that some people shall do the
| thinking and the rest do the working;
then the course of liberty cannot be
saved"
Gov. Boutwell, asked the negro voters
to work against Imperialism for the sake
of the ten million colored population in
che Philippines, and claimed that the fact
that some negroes were deprived of their
rights in the South was no excuse for
the oppression of the Filpinos.
Bryan's Election the Only Way.
How is the overthrow of the admins
tration 10 be Accomplishment" concluded
Mr.. Boutwell,.
There is but one available means, and
you know what that is. l am for Bryan
tremendous applause). l am for Bryan in
spite of what he may believe concerning
the currency or finances of the country
This question to which we invite the
countrys attention is question of life
or death to the republic. In such cri-
sis shall we stop TO consider whether the
silver should be worth more or less than
IL is" If the currency is impaired we can
redeem it. 1t was impaired during the
Civil War and we redeemed 1t afterwards
IF you have not been deceived in man
and he promises to do what is right you
are not to blame if you try him. Mr..
Bryan to me stands in that position. Even
his enemies say nothing against him as a
man. In this very city he has made the
most explicit promises to pursue that pol
icy which we advocate. l am disposed to
trust him.
Il believe Bryan is as honest in his
| purpose 10 Feueetn tnlS country from deg
radiation and its policy of imperialism as
any many who sits in this audience.
Therefore, for one, | am in favor of sup
porting Mr"Bryan in spite of his beliefs
in things concerning which he has not my
approval"
Committee on Resolutions.
At the conclusion of Gov. BoutwelIs ad-
dress the Committee on Resolutions was
| announced as follows:
|
Rev. Herbert s. Bigelow of Cincinnati
Ora Williams of South Dakota, George G..
Mercer of Philadelphia, Patrick O'Ferrall
of Washington, d. c.; Charles b. Spahr OF
New York, Dr. w. A. Croffut of Wash
ington, d. c.; F. ]. Van Voohis of Indian-
apolis, George C. Paddock of Illinois, Gen.
]. S. Beatty of Columbus o.; Rev T. A.
, Bacon of Maryland Edward Osgood
Brown of Chicago. L.. w Brown of Ohio
Charles r. Goldman of Massachusetts
Louis r. Enrich of Colorado. Moses Hal
lett of Colorado. DIR. L. w. Habercom Of
Washington, d. c.; George P. Munroe OF
Georgia, William Poots of New York
William Spencer of New York. Edwin
Burritt Smith of Chicago. d. c. Tillotson
of Kansas, Prof Albert H. Tolman OF
Chicago, Sigmund Sisler of Chicago
The committee went promptly to work
, at the Denison Hotel and will report the
platform tomorrow. The business ses-
sl@nS or the convention Will be resumed
r tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
BourLe Cockran's Letter.
> well attended public meeting was held
tonight at Tomlinson Hall, at which ad-
: dresses were delivered by Moorfeld Storey
! of Boston, Sigmund Slsler of Chicago
Rev. Herbert S. Bigelog of Cincinnati
and Capt Patrick OFerrall of Washing
ton.
The reading of a letter from Bourke
Cochran brought forth tremendous
round of applause. Mr.. Cochran wrote in
, part as follows:
I'VE cannot hope to deal intelligently
with the issues of this campaign until
we liberate ourselves from the domina-
ton of the questions, discussions and pas
sions of the last campaign. Within four
I years political conditions have changed
decisively, and as conditions change. is
sues change with them. The question
which the people must decide now is rad
ically different from that submitted Ia
! them in 1895 Then the election of Mr.
Bryan would have placed the Democratic
perty in complete control of the legis-
lative well as of the executive branch
. of the government, with full power to
I enact all its beliefs into law, while now
/. his election will result not in placing the
S control of the government In the hands
Of he Ilpponaraf htf In,