The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-02
And Incidentally Gives Another Ex-
ample of Insincerfty and Amaz-
ing Inconsistency.
SAYS SILVER IS A DEAD ISSUE
And Was willing to Cruelty Every
sound Money Man ON q Silver
Cross-Trusts and Expansion.

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Sept. 1-Mr. Bryan
to-day made his second brief visit Of the
campaign to Indiana. He arrived at this
point few minutes after o'clock this
afternoon, speaking briefly at Laporte en-
route, and here more at length tonight
He was enthusiastically received at both
places and his audiences were large and at
tentive.
At South Bend Mr.. Bryan was taken in
charge by a committee OF leading Demo-
Gratis. and was escorted TO the residence
of Hon b. F. Shively. where he was in
troduced to members of the reception COM
mittee and others.
At Laporte sir. Bryan's arrival was an
nounceG by firing of anvils and the shouts
of men, women and children at the rail-
road station platform had been erected
near the depot, and from this Mr.. Bryan
talked for about ten minutes. He said:
IF a Republican tells you that the gold
standard is good, ask him why his Presi-
dent sent a commission to Europe since
the last election to get rid of gold stand
ard; if any Republican tells you that the
greenback is bad and ought to be re-
tired. ask him why his party did not dare
10 make that assertion in the last cam
permanent debt is a good thing. you tell
him that in all the campaigns of the past
the Republican patty has been Dragging
about how 1T paid off the national debt,
and yet that to-day the Republican party
stands for a currency system that can
only be permanent on the theory that the
national debt shall be permanent. for you
cannot have bank notes secured by gov
N bonds unless there
bonds TO secure them.
This suggestion called out applause. and
Mr.. Bryan continued: IF any Republican
tells you that the trust is good thing,
you ask him why the Republican platform
denounces the trust and II the Republican
SAYS that the trust Is a bad thing you ask
him why the Republican administration
allowed more trusts TO be organized during
the last three years than had been organ
fzed in all the history of the country before
that time. Ii does not matter which side
the Republican takes you can confront him
with the questions that he cannot answer;
for If he desires to defend the trusts, you
can point to the Republican platform
adopted at Philadelphia which denounced
trusts. and if he dares TO denounce the
trusts you car point to the record of his
administration that has failed TO destroy
the trusts"
be used to meet other Republican argu-
ments. IF a Republican tells you,'' he
said. that it is a good thing to have a
until this campaign the Republicans have
always pointed 10 the advantage of not
having a large standing army; remind him
that when a Republican President went
into Office, we had an army of 5000 SOL
diers and that that same President asked
for standing army of 100000 soldiers in
December, 1895, four times the size of the
standing army when he was inaugurated
and then remind him of the fact that if we
are to have Imperialism We will never have
a smaller army than We have now. The
same spirit that leads US TO take possess
sion of the Philippines and govern them
without their consent and tax them with
out representation will lead US to sieze any
other lands weaker than we are.
If a Republican tells you that imperial
ism is the same as the expansion that
Jefferson sought for you tell him that jeff
erson wanted 10 expand the limits of the
Republic and to build up the territory into
States, and that he wanted the inhabitants
10 be citizens and to share in the guaran-
tees of the Constitution, while the Repub-
tcan party has already enacted a law in
regard TO Porto Rico that rests upon the
theory that outside of the forty-five States
the President and Congress have power as
unlimited as any despot ever exercised in
the history Of the world. Applause
IF any Republican attempts to justify
the Porto Rican policy you tell him that
when we found the people of Porto Rico
they had representatives ain the Spanish
legislature, and that we now refuse TO
give them representatives in our legisla-
ture. When we found the Porto Ricans
they had free trade with their mother
country, but now we refuse to give them
free trade with the United States, although
they must swear allegiance TO our flag.
Here Mr.. Bryan reminded that his
time was brief. He closed as follows: But
/ am told that there is only one minute
left in the time / have to speak 10 you,
and In that minute 1 want To suggest two
questions for you to use with those who
defend the imperialistic policy in the Phil
fppineS. Ask them whether the Filipino is
10 be a citizen or a subject. If he is to he
a citizen he must share with US in the des-
tiny OF this Nation. If he is to be a sub
ject we must change our form of govern
ment- do not want him citizen; l
don't want him as a subject; / want to
give him independence and let him work
out his own destiny" ICheeringl