The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-25
LIBERTY BETRA} !:
TO GAIN THE WORLD
What Shall it Proft Us, De-
mands Bryan.
TRUSTS MEAN ROBBERY
And the Splendors of an Empire Lead
to Ruin.
BRYAN SPEAKS TO MANY REPUBLICANS
He Shows Them the Remarkable Changes That
Have Occurred in the Policies of the
Party. His Words Greeted
With Applause.
(By the Associated Press.)

Manhattan, Kansas. August 24.-W. ].
Bryan began the day with speech here
at 1890 a. m. The community is regarded
as strongly Republican. but there was
large audience. Mr.. Bryan said he pre-
ferred speaking to Republicans on the
principle that it is always right to save
brands from the burning" He believed
most Republicans would leave their party
when convinced that they could SO serve
their country better than by remaining
in it, In the first place, he said, the
Republican party had been a silver party,
now it had become a gold standard party.
1t had supported the greenbacks. now it
proposes to substitute a bank currency for
the greenbacls. 1t had, heretofore, de-
nCunced trusts. now its leaders were
found generally defending the trusts.
Speaking of trusts. he asked what the
| individual Republicans especially the Re-
publican farmers were getting cut of the
trusts. 1--WE do net object to the honest
accumulation Of wealth. he said, 81 want
government that gives every poor man
the hope OF being rich some day, govern
ment thals gives the rich man assurance
| that his children will be protected if they
ever become Door. What / object to is
a government that protects few men in
| their robbery OF the masses and then de-
nounces everybody as an anarchist that
| does not like to be robbed. l want you
Republicans to see what change has been
made in the Republican party. You Re-
publicans recognize that there has been
a transformation in the purposes.
IF you cannot see the change that has
taken place in your party's position on the
econcmic questions, | am going to ask If
you can see the change that has taken
place in your rartys position on these
new questions that have come up since
the Spanish war" (Applause).
He declared that policy of imperialism
is impossible without large army.
when the government comes from the
people" he said, 1.-The people will come
from their homes to support it, but when
you build on brute force you have got to
have an army 10 prevent the people
making faces at you.
"If we are ia resort to Imperialism in
the Philippines in order to get the trade
OF those islandes is it not reasonable to
suppose that the same policy will be
brought into requisition to get the trade
of ctAer countries ?"
Then the speaker saids
erty his mother thanks God that he
gave her strength to bear and rear
son for such noble sacrifices, but what
American mothers want to raise boys
at so much per head? That is what i'm
perialism means l believe in the ex-
pansion of trade, I want this country
to extend her trade, but l would not
put one American citizen on the auction
block and sell him for all the trade of
the Orient, if l had to buy it by his
blood" (Great applause)
Mr.. Bryan asserted that the Republi-
cans are evading the question of expan-
sion and said that after having asserted
over and over again that the Nsilver
question was dead, they resurrected it
far beyond the predictions of Democrats.
Important as was that issue it could not
be used to prevent adequate discussion
of issues of more pressing questions.
In closing Mr.. Bryan said:
'The splendors of an empire have lur-
ed Governments on to destruction in
the past. We do not want the splen-
dors of an empire. We want Govern
ment of the people, by the people, and
for the people. That is glory enough
for u.s. (Applause) And when Republi-
cans tell you what we are going to do
and how we are going to reach out and
go into lands for their exploitation, you
remember that passage from the Scrip
ture and you can paraphrase it by an
answer they cannot meet: What shall
it profit us if we gain the whole world
and lose the spirit which prizes liberty
as a heritage to all men in all lands
everywhere.