The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-07

came before the @ehntf ~ came WIN Tie
vot, AMI the vote Of the Republican vice
president defeated a. did all could TO
get the Bscon resolution passed
anu what Republican will say thtt
! could have got the treaty amended
when I could not gef the resolution pass
I'd that promised iudep ndence 20 the FIN
pinos. Great applauseD Therefore We
were compelled 70 either accept the treaty
or reject g. What did a rejection OF the
treaty mean2 II meant one of two things.
either the President would have 10 call
the new Senate together. which was over
wholmlngly Republican. ana then secure
ratification from the new Senate. or
else he would have had TO appoint a new
commission 10 make new treaty " Il
rad been rejected II on the fourth day
of February he had called the new Senate
together on the fourth day Of March ana
had the treaty ratified by the new SEN
ate then the delay would have done no
good. But suppose he had appointed a
commission 20 make a new treaty. who
could tell what complication might arise
while the new treaty was being made IL
those who opposed imperialism had re-
iected the treaty. they would have be-
come responsible for all that might have
happened before the new treaty could
have been ratified. We had seen the Re
publican party win the campaign Of iSS
hN nnltUE out 70 tne FeANit the Nita that
the nation might be ais-redited while u
dealt with q forsisn nation. and II
new commission had heen sent abroad u
would have prolonged the contest. and IL
might have carried II into a presidential
campaign. then there would have been
no question before the people upon which
their judgment could have hesn taken.
'Thr Bacon aesoIutIon.
Il favored the ratification OF the treaty..
not because Il was good. but because q
was easier 10 CORRECT It's mistakes hy lcgis
lation than by diplomacy Whenever you
hear a Republican say that ! am responsi-
BILE FOR the ratification OF the treaty want
you 20 listen enc see II he adds that
also favored a resoluiion promising indie
p.ndence 20 the rfiipin0s. ana you viii
listen In vain The Republican NhD
charges me with helping 10 ratfy tfe
treaty Is not honest enough 10 tell ttu
az the same time that ! favored toSo-
luton that would have prevented Dlooi-
shed In the Philippine Islands. and make
them our friends Instead % our enemies.
Il resigned my commission in the army
on the 10th day of December. the day
the treaty was signed. IL was accepted
on the 18th of December on the 18th OF
December I gave out an interview. II
was published on the morning OF the
isth. 30 that the interview appeared two
days after my resignation was accepted
and In that interview I pointed out that
II was better TO ratify the treaty and de-
clare this nations purpose ny resolution
which would promise Independence 90 the
/ Philippines and end the war. than to re-"
iect the treaty What Republican is hon
est enough 20 meet that last proposition
and then say that | was wrong In the
! light Of the Bacon resolution. II the Ba-
con resolution had passed we would not
I have war to-day IN the Philippines. be-
cause that was commenced a month before
/ a shot was fred. Republicans. you are
responsible for the defeat OF the Bacon
I resolution II wac your vice president
who cast the deciding vote. and from
I that day 90 this you have never promised
/ Independence 60 the Fiiippinos, and YOU,
who prevented the promise OF lndepen-
dence are responsible for the conditions
/ that now exist
Don't cay that you have not had
time when Congress met you had time
70 give TO the national banks a monopoly
OF ,our paper money. but YOU dldn't have
time 20 promise Independence TO the FIJI
pinos You had time to turn the govern
nent over % those who used Il for pri-
vate gain. but you have not had time 20
Z stop the war IN the Philippine Islands and
return 10 the Declaration of Independence.
I You Republicans are very much afraid OF
a b0-cent dollar. but you are not afraid
of the IS ner cent citizen that you have
made in Porto Hico. You are very much
afraid that we cannot maintain the parity
hetws en- golt ana liver. but you do not
worry about the dinicuity of maintaining
the parity between she citizens here. and
the citizens In Porto Rico and the Philip
pine Islands"
Talked Trusts az Wight.
The meeting here tonight was held on
tho wharf How many thousand people
were there II would he impossible ~ say,
hut there were quite as many as %uld
hear his voice. which has lost none OF its
power OF penetration.
Mr. Bryan spoke for an hour and three
quarters. making this the longest speech
he has delivered during the campaign.
At the beginning OF the speech slight
rain was falling. but Il did not have the
effect Of driving the crowd away
Mr. Bryan's introduction attacked the
Republican rarty vigorously, charging u
with dodging nearly all current Issues
Much OF the speech was devoted 10 the
trust question. On this subject Mr.. Bryan
said.
'.rhe Republican party does not discuss
the trust question. When the Republican
marty hfags about existing conditions,
lust remember that ths trust condition
| ls the main condition that u braRs about.
The Republican party has been In power
for nearly four years and yet more trusts
have been organized IN the last three and
a half years than we're organized IN all
the previous history Of the United States.
| (Appiause)
And yet. when You talk 10 people about
trusts. the only answer the Republicans
make Il that there is great prosperity. bus
Il Is always somewhere else. IN some
other county
III you take Dun's report you will find
7 that every month IN 1900 shows more fail
ures than the same month the year be-
I fore. and you viii hnd factories are be-
I ing closed and wages reduced"
lie declared that ali the talk about the
| enormous prosperity Of the country is
no, true Even II true there were greater
I things than a fun dinner pail. The arsu-
rnent Of the hog trough was . slander on
I workingmen who he believed could see
| far enough ahead 20 see what miiltarism
meant for him As remedy for tho
/ trusts he would squeeze the water out
/ and put on the free list articles monopo-
l lized by trusts.
nRYAN AT A COUNTY FAIR.@