Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-30
SCHuRMAy SCORES ON BRYAN
Cornells Scholarly President vsntilate,
PopOontic Platform.
INCONSISTENCIES or THE FUSION DOGMA
Attitude Of President Mckinley En-
pinin-d and Future Of the Fill
pino- Ouuined In clear Lam
guRge at Lincoln.

LINCOLN. oct 2o.-(special TelegramJ--
Or Jacob Gould Schurman. president Of
Cornell university and recently chairman Of
the United states Philippine commission.
made prosperity aud patriotism paramount
issues 10 the discussion Of campaign prob
lens at the Auditorium tonight before the
NJ l. Hayward Republican club Of the Uni-
versity Of Nebraska and an assemblage ot
1850 citizens He discussed The administra-
tons policy of expansion from the stand
point Of one who has reached conclusions
only after personal observation aud close
study OF the conditions in the new posses
sions. In terms emphatic he showed the
inconsistency Of the democratic party on
the three questions money trusts and ex-
pansion.
President schurman began his address
By saying that the issue OF The campaign
vas the maintenance Of the prosperity Of
the people and the honor and good name Of
the nation. After speaking az some length
on the improved conditions under McKin-
ley's administra tion he discussed the trust
question and exploded some Of the imcon
sistent arguments advanced by " J. Bryan
on this subject. He next took up the sill
Yer question and closed with general dis
cussiou on the subject Of expansion and i'm
perialism.
Fruit OF Republican RuI~.
He pictured the prosperity OF the land in
the following words
Under republican control the bgn' whicil
four years ago blasted the activities Z
LABOR ana paralySed IN" movements 9t cap-
ttal has given place to the bloom and fruit
age Of a splendid prosperity which lbs
before you It, every field or production.
transportation and exchange The farmer,
the mechanic and the merchant, the con-
Sumer and the producer. the man who re-
cetves wages and the man who pays wa gss.
AIl allNe re lGtTg IN the good times HniCl
encompass them as with an atmoSphern =
joyous abundance rder republican con-
ton, which democrats msuaced with pro-
gram Of repudiation. has been kept unsul-
lied. and, In obedience to the pole star ~
national honor and duty. the sovereignty
over our new possessions has been invi1ia-
comes before you. therefore. with record
or. high and honorable achievements. and
u Sonctts authorization 80 continue them
Tour years longer II desires 10 Do In he
future what IL has done IN the past Its
promises n today are guaranteed by its
performances Of yesterday. IL has no new
isms TO lay before the lovers of novelty.
no fsds 10 beguile the credulous and
wary. Its simple program Is the conservl-
tism ot that prosperity you now eniov IN
der the protective tariN and the gold stand
ard and the maintenance OF the nation
honor and prestige wherever the American
name Is known. That's an, nothing moro.
rot believe thar the American people will
fling away prosperity or renounce the eco
ii'iii' HiiN tlidN'lhl A'uhlN4'lH hl WHICH u
rests.
Bryap's newest Boxey.
After a long discussion he summed up
the money situation as follows.
Four years of splendid prosperity under a
protective tariff and the gold standard have
revealed, that all VINO run may read.
the illusory and absurd character OF these
sible condition 10 This method of deaiIrg
with the paramount issue is hard times,
here; in the high meridian OF prosperity.
u ffil stFtr ,f,g M 70
essaying To fool the American people with
a fresh nostrum and a fresh prediction OF
the destruction OF the republic.
The new bogey Is our administration In the
Philippines: the new nostrum is Label. 4
told that II this panacea Is not adopted tho
overthrow Of the republic Is inevitable.
phantom. too, will have collapsed Mean
time the nation Is offered the pill OF anti
imperialism or threatened with an earth
quake which will overthrow the republic.
And the nation which Mr. Bryan would
compel TO choose between his pill and his
but never before in ali It's history enjoyed
such overrowing prosperity and such an
The fact Is that all this talk about i'm
perialism is the veriest moonshine. II has
no basis In reality; II Is product Of un-
brided lima gination. u is "A mere coinage
OF partisan brains. In itself il Is unsub-
stantial as the air. Gentlemen. the issue
Of imperialism IL tissue OF etherialism
There Is nothing in H.
To liberty loving Americans who are not
lnIpTUlPu OF IulllpilnN cbNuluons no pOilGf
Is more seductive than that Of turning over
the Philippines 10 the Filipinos. Yet no
policy could In fact be more fantastic. Who
the Filtpinos7 They are not a sing'e
nation; they are an aggregate Of some four
score peoples or tribes. speaking different
languages and representing all stages OF
civilization and barbartsm. Aguinaldo the
leader OF the Tagalogs. who are not the
most numerous tribe. IL unknown even by
name To many OF the other tribes. The
most numerous of all the tribes are the
Nisayans. And IL was the Visayans, and
the most prosperous and Intelligent OF the
Nisayans, the people OF the island Of
Negros. who as far back as the spring Of
1893. voluntarily raised the American flag
and refused admission 10 the Tagalog IN
citers OF rebellion. Among al the tribes tbs
great majority OF the people of education
and property welcome the sovereignty or
the United States. The masses are
ignorant, superstitious and credulous. and
Aguinaldo's followers have known how 70
play upon them. but IL IL still a fact that
the vast majority ot them either acquiesce
IN American sovereignty or remain a5so-
lutely Indifferent 10 the question of inde-
pendence. A one Of them told me IN Cebu
they want above all things 20 be left alone
and 10 be sure OF their rice and rish. As
20 government they have little interest in
Il.
Now when Il is proposed 10 turn the