The age-herald., 1900-10-17
FORGED TO RETREAT
 AT BAYONET POINT
Small Army of Strikers Driven Back by the Soldiers
 Sent to Intercept Their Movements.


 Democrats were not raising a scare crop, Colonel Bryan referred to the Porto Rican legislation of the last Congress, proof of what people say. He declared that this legislation was based upon European ideas and not upon American principles Accord ing to that document he said, a President is bigger than the Constitution. And then Colonel Bryan exclaimed; Beware my friends, of President when he becomes greater than the Constitution. There is no place where you can draw the line; it will become all President and no Constitution
 Quoting the Republican platform as to the disposition to be made of the Filipinos, he said: "Who is to decide their welfare? We. Who Is to decide our duty? We. What has the Filipino to do with it? Nothing. They do not dare defend that plank and I am afraid before this cam paign is over they will try to prove that 1t was not written by the Republican con Vention at all, but that it was put in there by some one who had no authority" He said his reason. for expressing this opin- ion was the fact that the ratification of the peace treaty had been placed at his door. He then took up the question of his connection with the ratification of the treaty and said that the Republicans could not find a Senator who could say that he voted for 1t; that he (Bryan had favored it and continued:
 "But I can prove by Senator Wellington, a Republican, that without his vote t would not have been ratified; that he woul not have voted for it but for the fact that the President had promised him that the Philippine Islands would not be held permanently
 Wiling to Assume Responsibility
 Colonel Bryan then declared that he was willing to assume the responsibilities for the ratification of the treaty if the Re- pubicans would take the responsibility for the treaty themselves and for what had happened since. "The President is respon- sible for that" he said, "and If he had given to the Filipnos the same assurance of independence that he gave to the Gu bans, not a gun would have been fired in Manila and those people would have been our friends today.
 Colonel Bryan then explained his reason for supporting the ratification of the treaty, saving that if it had been rejected the matter would still have been in the hands o. the President so far as this cout- try was concerned; that he believed 1t bet ter to ratify the treaty and leave Ameri- cans to deal with the Filipinos than 10 have the Spanards deal with them. He declared that the treaty had not conferred upon the United States the title to the Philippines and said
 "We can now do what the Republican party ought to have done-and our plat form declares that we shall do it. I have said that the first act of my administra- ton will be to call Congres together and ask it what 1t ought to have done year and half ago." (Applause)
 Colonel Bryan referred to the charge that he was responsible for the continuation Of the war in the Philippine Islands and said: ''If I am guilty of this charge. then who IS responsible for the fact that our tore- fathers for the same battle a hundred years before I was born They shoulu know that 1t was the Almighty who, when
 h m love of liberty. They should know that II was God who linked together in every human breast life and liberty, and what God has joined together let no Repupicah party rend asunder.'
 He said that the Filipinos were not de- sired by any one as citizens and the Demo crats did not intend that they should be made subjects. Therefore, he continued, let them stand under their their own nag and have their own flag and have their own government and be masters Of themselves and work out their own destiny
 Tn closing he said that instead of des'r- ing a nation ever ready to resort to force. he wanted the United States to be peace- maker among nations.
 ..Then," he said, we can claim the re ward promised to the peacemakers and say. .blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God
 Colonel Bryan concluded his speech at o'clock, having spoken one hour and fifty- one minutes The crowd rose and cheered as he left the platform in company with MT. Croker, shaking hands as he left
 MT. stevenson's Appearance
 The applause for MT. Bryan as he went away blended with that for Adlai F. Stevenson as he rose to speak. The cheers died out and the noise of the crowd getting out prevented Mir StVenson rom speal<ing Three minutes after Colonel Bryan left there were vacant seats all over the building, large patches showing every where on galleries and main floor MT Stevenson began but his voice could not be heard fifty feet away. More than half the people left. Frequent attempts were made by Chairman Sheppard and MT. Stey- enson to stop the exit and quiet the au- dience but they were unavailable. A few crowded close to the stand to hear him above the noise and he was cheered 1alnt- ly. He said in part:
 ''The Democratic party in it's convention at Kansas City declared it's sympathy with the poor Boers in their struggle for inde- pendence When that resolution was pre- scented to that great convention the repre- sentatives of the American Democracy arose as one man and voted for this reso- lution. In doing this they voiced the sen timents of Democrats everywhere. It was not strange that the political disciples of the Declarat tion of independence should eX- press their sympathy with the people, who with the Declaration or lnuepenueDcS as their guide were struggling for a larger measure of freedom, and l trust that the time may never come. when Democrats will fail to express their sympathy for those who are struggling for a larger measure of freedom and the establishment of a gov ernment by Agumaldo."
 MT Stevenson said imperialism was not an issue made by political parties, but an issue made by the people before the as- semblng of either of the great national conventions. He reviewed the war in Gu ba and the Philippines, and continued:
 Let me tell you that 1t is one of the most pathetic incidents in our history when Aguinaldo and his little band came at the request of Admiral Dewey to join in battle against the enemy of the Philippines and our own, the Spaniards, and Aguinaldo said to his countrymen and patriots: Wherever you see the American flag gather around it; they are our friends
 Now the war with Spain has ceased, treaty of peace has been made and rati- fled and our government today Is at peace
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