The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-16
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| the issues which confront US.
THE CANDIDATES.
mo one doubted that William Mckinley
| would be renominated at the Philadelphia
| convention. Every one hoped that the ac-
| ton of That convention would be unani-
nous upon both candidates on the ticket,
| and it was so. We have added the popu-
larity and favoritism of that gallant sol
| der of the Spanish war, Theodore Roose-
| welt. [Great applause.J 1t was the unani-
| nous choice OF the Republican party of
| the United States. He is a fitting compan-
| ion for cur gallant soldier President lap
| plausel, and the effect of his influence
| upon the people as the highest type of
| young American manhood is that he adds
strength to the ticket. [Applause.l The peo-
| pie of the United States, wi,nout respect TO
/ party. admit and honor integrity and hon
| esty of purpose.
Now my friends. when IL came to the
selection of who should be the candidate
| of the opposing party-I might say parties,
| but let's call IL the cuckoo party for the
| sake of assembling lit was desperate
| chance for Mr.. Bryan because already,
| ness and commercial world, influences and
| laws which are as infallible as the
| laws of nature, there began to
| be throughout the business world
| Democrats whether it would do TO re-
| nominate this man again upon the Chicago
platform That feeling, the growth of
| that sentiment had been so strong, and
| growing stronger every day, that when it
/ came to close quarters at the Kansas City
/ convention Mr.. Bryan was obliged to bring
| together all the forces at his command and
| using the influences of the PopulistS, the
| Socialists and all the isms that pervade
| politics, he issued the edict. Unless you
will reaffirm the. Chicago platform upon
| the silver plank / will not be your candi-
| date i afraid he would not be.
| [Laughter.] You all know that within the
| narrow limits of one vote the silver plank
| was carried What narrow escape we
! made, and when you reflect that that one
| vote came from the delegate from Hawaii,
| where Grover Cleveland pulled down the
| American flag and which is a part of the
| kingdom that our people claim is the picket
| line OF imperialism, what visitation IL
| was upon Mr.. Bryan TO think that he was
saved only at the instance of and by the
vote of the delegate from Hawaii. IA
| voice: He was of dark color. SEN
| ator Hanna: Very dark.'l
| BRYAN STILL FOR FREE SILVER.
'Mr. Bryan is just as much the advocate
of free and unlimited coinage of silver to-
| day as he ever was, but he was warned
| by that narrow majority at that conven-
ton that at least very large majority Of
his party and an overwhelming majority
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seal against silver He had up his sleeve
this other issue of imperialism.
Colonel Posey has told you exactly the
! truth that the position of the Democratic
| party upon the Philippine question was
made and fixed up in the city of Wash
| ington by Mr.. Bryan and his close adj
visers themselves. I was there about that
| time [laughterl, 1 knew what was going
on. could see by the evidences when the
| question was discussed in the Senate, after
| seeing Mr.. Bryan day after day in the cor
| ridors and anterooms of the Senate. but
| tcn-holing his men that were holding back
and away from his influence. that he had
said that treaty must be passed
| and IL was passed. While those
| of us who had the pleasure and
| enjoyed the right of voting from principle
| to sustain the strong arm of the admins
| tration, working from the standpoint of
| duty, we felt that we had taken a promi-
pent part in that glorious act of ratifying
| tegrity of the American army and the
American navy and upholding the Ameri-
| can people, still for all that we were not
| numerically strong enough to have accom-
| pushed that purpose had 1t not been for
1 the cohorts of Mr.. Bryan. Did he and his
cohorts act from the same motive as that
which inspired the Republican members
| of that Senate? No, am ashamed to say,
| no, because We knew that the purpose he
| had in view were purely political and in
| tended to be used just as it has been used
10 make an issue, possibly paramount
| issue. but at least a collateral issue in the
| coming campaign. And that has been the
| result.
II will quote the word of one of the most
jeminent statesmen in the United States a
| man of whom there is not q word that can
| be said against his motives or his patriot
| ism-a man who, from the convictions of
| his principles, has been honestly opposed to
| the policy of the administration regarding
| the Philippines. / quote from Senator
| Hoar, of Massachusetts, Standing in the
presence of twenty or thirty prominent
business men in Boston a month ago-I was
present at that gathering-it was an infor-
| NAL meeting, considering the practical
| questions of the Campaign, and we asked
Senator Hoar for his views. That grand
old man rose, and, laboring under the SOL
| emnity, as he felt. and the Importance of
the occasion, feeling that he had been
from his President, and yet strong
under his own convictions that have
| rooted within him in a lifetime he said
| Gentlemen, you all know that L have not
been in harmony with my party upon this
| Philippine question, but that is only one
| of many important questions. and as long
| the principles of which We're the beginning
and baptism of its life / shall stand by
| my party. But he said. L propose to tear
| the mask from the face of that hypocrite
| William Jennings Bryan. [Great applause I
call him hypocrite.' said Senator Hoar
| because. like my friends Senator Lodge
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which inspired the action on his part to
ratify the treaty. You told me then, but
| / could hardly believe Ii was true. / now
| see it was true and that he was acting the
part of prince of hypocrites in all of his
| connections and advocacy of the President
on that OCCASION
| HYPOCRISY AND DECEIT.
Those were the words of Senator Hoar,
| of Massachusetts,, the grandest old man in
| the Senate, a man whose whole life and
! energies have been devoted to the prin-
| ciples of the Republican party, and there
| fore no one would dare to doubt for one
| single moment the motives of that man.
| And 1 repeat it here, and 1 will repeat
| it from every rostrum from which it is
| my opportunity TO speak, that the action of
| Mr.. Bryan and those who are following
| him in this contest upon this Philippine
| question has been one of hypocrisy and
| deceit from the beginning and will continue
| so to the end. [Applause.l They are at
| tempting to convince those of our fellow
citizens who sometimes for some reason
! are willing that other men shall think for
| them, that it is against the best interests
| OF our country against the precedent estab-
| Hshed by our forefathers, against the Con-
| stituton of the United States, aye, and
| against the Declaration of Independence
1 that this act which, as Colonel Posey has
| told you was the legitimate result of the
| war forced upon this country in the in
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