The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-09
BRYAN SPEAKS AGAIN
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and abide Judgment on any question ZAP
plauSe)
And, my friends. not satisfied with TAX
ing a step toward an English hnanclaI
system that 1t did not dare to proclaim
in 1885, it has taken a step toward an
English colonial system that 1t dares not
now defend. (ApplauSe) Its policy upon
imperialism is today driving men out of
| the Republican party who have been Re-
! publtcans from the birth of that party.
And If you go through the country you
will find that various questions appeal
| to various elements of this population,
and that on every question We are bring
ing the people out Of the R 1tz[ % can
able to justify itself on any of these
/ questions (Applause:) 1t has alarmed
! the people who were born IN other coun-
| tries and know something Of the dangers
of militariSm (Applause). 1t has alarmed
the people who were born in this coun-
try, and were nurtured in the belief that
a sacred document (Applause).
DOES NOT DEFEND ITS POLICY.
The Republican party today dares not
defend it's policy in the Philippine ISLANDS.
The Republican party today is Nspon-
sible for every drop Of blood drawn from
American soldiers IN the Philippine ISL
ands or drawn by an American soldier.
| OIong and continued applauSe.) There
never was any occasion for war In the
Philippine islands. applause and cheer
| ing2
! the Philippine islands ii the Republican
| party had dealt with the FilipiroS &C
! cordlng to American principles. The Re-
| publican party refused to recognize the
binding force of the Declaration of In
dependence in its dealings with the Fill
| pinos, and that Republican party that
had placed the dollar above the man in
its domestic legislation places the dollar
of trade above human rights in dealing
with the Filipinos. (Applause.) A year
and half has elapsed since the war
1it IN he al
have 65,U 100 soldiers there now, and the
Republican party could stop that war at
any time, but it has not had time to deal
with the Philippine question; Great ap
plause.)
ALL TO MAKE MONEY.
toward the gold standard; it had time to
turn over the paper money of this coun-
try to national banks and to let trusts
grow and thrive and fatten on the people.
But 1t had not time to say a word that
will stop bloodshed and make peace in
stead of war in the Philippine islands.
Great applause) And, why not? Be
cause 1t wants to make money out of a
colonial policy; because the same in
tluences which dominated it in its domes-
tic policy now dominate 1t in its foreign
policy. When the Republicans come
into the campaign to defend the Philip
pine policy you dare them to defend 1t
on the ground that 1t will pay. If they
say it pays to sacrifice our soldiers and
kill other people in order to gain trade
tell them that you are not willing to
trade one American boy for all the trade
of the Orient. Great applauSe)
PURCHASING TRADE WITH BLOOD.
Let me suggest an argument that will
close the mouth of every man who says
war Of conquest will pay. Whenever a
Republican stands before an audience
and tells that audience that a war of con-
quest will pay, that we can afford to
purchase trade with blood, you tell him
to go and buy 1t with his own blood and
not send others there to shed their blood.
Great applause)
But, my friends, you are going to lis
ten tonight to one who has left the Re-
publican party because he was not will
ing to indorse its policy; one who has left
the Republican party rather than be
silent when he believed that sympathy
ought to be expressed for those who
were fighting the same kind of battle
that our forefathers fought a century
and quarter ago.
If l wanted to write a scathing con-
demnation of the Republican administra-
ton l would say that it was the first adj
ministration this country ever had that
man had to go out of If he should
say he desired to see a republic live.
Great applause.) The first time when
it became necessary for a man to sever
his connection with the administration
in order, to express his sympathy with
those who were struggling for the right
to govern themselves. lApplause) If
to have a different idea of government
from that taught in our schools hereto
fore. Today Republicans tell us that we
are going to be good to the Filipinos,
that we are going to give them such a
measure of liberty that they are able to
enjoy; that We are going to measure
their capacity and fill their little cups
full Of liberty for them. We insist that
liberty is not the gift Of human gov
eminent, but is the gift of God himself
wild cheering.) And when the Repub-
hcans tell us that they are going to give
to the Filipinos large measure Of lib
erty we reply to them that when God
created the Filipinos he gave them their
right to liberty and what God has join
ed together let no man put asunder en-
thusiastic cheering)
Mr.. Bryan was followed by Hon. Web
ster Davis, who was received with APP
plause second only to that accorded to
Mr. Bryan. He confined himself largely
to an attack on the attitude of the admin
istration towards the Boer war. He re-
peated his charge that there was a secret
Alliance between the government Of
Great Britain and the United States