Evening star., 1900-10-06
W. ]. Bryan Warns Them Against
the Trusts.
SPEECH at GREENCASTLE, INDIANA
He Outlines a Plan for Treatment
Of Philippines.
FOR A PROTECTORATE

| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. October 6.-The
| first stop of the Bryan train today was at
Plainfield, Hendricks county, where Mr.
Bryan discussed trusts and told the people
that they had the remedy for them in their
own hands. Referring to the Philippine ISL
| ands, he said that If it was not right for
one man to steal a pocketbook 1t was not
right for many men to steal twelve hum
dred islands.
Greencastle, the seat of De Pauw Univer-
| sity, was reached while Mr.. Bryan was at
| breakfast. He left the table good-naturedly
and went to speak to the people who had
congregated in large numbers. He address,
| ed himself especially to the university stu
dents, saying that he was pleased to talk
TO young men, as he thought present condi-
tions were such as should appeal especially
to them. He warned them against trusts as
calculated by their combina ations and ma
nlpulations to materially reduce the op-
portunities Of the rising generation if not
to destroy the chances of many of them
Any system calculated to curtail opportuni-
ties for individual endeavor and doom the
bulk of the aspiring young men of the
country to perpetual clerkships was, Mr..
Bryan said, to be unreservedly condemned.
He also spoke of the increase of the stand
Ing army and the tendency to imperialism
as subjects in which the youth of the land
are especially interested. Referring to the
possibilities in case of permanent extension
of our government to the Philippines, Mr..
Bryan asked: IF the carpetbaggers steal
in Cuba, only 300 miles away, what may
be expected of them in the Philippines,
1900 miles dstant?'
Pleads for F'ilipinOs.
There" he declared, you can't raise
people up by sitting down on them" and
pleaded that the Fiipinos should be given
fair chance in the race of life. He declared
that the republicans have no plan for the
Philippines. Republicans, your President
has no plan,' he said; your cabinet has
no plan: your Congress has PLAN your
orators have no plan; your editors have no
plan: you have no plan. Search your head
search your hearts. you know you have no
plan that you would even dare tell your
neighbor." On the contrary, he said. the
democrats held well-defined plan. They
would have the F,lipinos treated as the
President has promised to treat the Cubans:
In other words, would have them given
their liberty. Then he would have the
United States stand by them like an older
brother.
As the train moved off big ehorus, oc-
eupying large and patriotically decorated
float, sang a song predicting triumph for
Mr.. Bryan and destruction for all his foes.
At Brazil Mr.. Bryan spoke for half an hour
to a large audience composed largely Of
coal miners. His speech was devoted to
labor questions.
Speech at Brazil.
At Brazil Mr.. Bryan said:
when we ask the republicans today to
defend imperialism they tell us there is
really no such thing; when we ask them to
defend militarism they tell us there is real
ly no such thing; when we ask them what
they are going to do on the trust question
Mr.. Hanna replies he does not believe there
are any trusts. The trust question was be-
fore the people some in 1896, but not much.
hpfnra II nrinninIo hr1f yxyoh how
had great many applications of the prin-
ciple since and the people since know more
about 1t now than they did then. Some of
the people then thought the trust did not
amount to anything, and when l see a man
who has learned by experience what he
ought to have learned by reason l am re-
minded Of one of SolomonS proverbs The
wise man foreseeth the evil and hideth
himself, but the foolish pass on and are
punished
Il told you in '96 that If the trusts fur
nished the money to carry on the cam
paign for the republican party these trusts
would make it back if the republican party
got into power. Some of you republicans
laughed at it. There are some republicans
with such short memories. of them
hate SO to exercise their minds, that / am
going to condense that proverb Of Solomon
so 1t Will be SO short that no republican can
forget it: The wise man gets the idea in
his head; the foolish man gets it in the
neck No. you can't help getting the idea
but you have your choice as to where you
will take it. You know that today about
the principle which underlies the trust, be-
cause, while in 1896 You ran across the
trust occasionally, now you meet them
every day When, under democratic ad
minfstration, a mill closed down, every re-
publican paper would point to the closing
down of the mill as the effect of a low
tariff, but now trust will buy up a mill
and close 1t down and the republican who
knows his party is responsible for the
trust, cannot say a word about 1t !"