The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-05
ON SAME PLATFORM.


permanently acquire or 10 hold. against
the consent Of the Inhabitants. the Phil
ippine Islands: that r. was hts purpose
only 20 restore law ana order hy Amcri-
can arms In the contest then being waged
aud 20 prevent foreign Interference In the
affairs Of the archipelago
This was my understanding. and upon
that promise l voted for the ratification
Of the treaty. Without my vote Il would
not have been ratified The treaty was
ratified but tha promise Of the President
was not fulfilled ] will do nv Mckinley
Justice. When he gave the pledge ne IN
tended that Il should be kept ! believe
hts purpose then was that
there should BE- no permanent nc
QUESTION But. sir. that intention
faded away against the malevoient In
nucnces that have pursued his admins
tratl0n and made themselves felt. Grad
uully the President changed front. Con
gress had adjourned. The Greatly had been
adopted the stipulated price was paid.
our armies continued aghtlng during the
intcrreEnum Of Congress. The first cam
paign had ben failure. Another cam
paign has about begun"
A. senator Wellington proceeded tho
signs 81 dlsapproval began again 60 min
gle with the applause. There were occa-
sionai cries Of "Pus him out" one voice
yelled benedict Arnold and other
called for "l6 to J."
Referring 20 Porto Rico the Senator
called attention 90 the attitude FIRST and
last Of The Presldeus on this subject. He
reiterated the charge Of secret alliance
with Great Britain. After a summary
Of other events MIR Wellington said;
Such. Ia brief. are the events which
have led M to che present campaign. and
have fashioned the policy OF the Repub-
lican administration under the leadership
~ President Mckinley Such has been
his vaccilating conduct and his policy.
Weak IN It's nature ID g. worse than that
81 the tyrunt. IL leads 90 the same end
Il commits our country 10 the docrine
that we should be free ourselves. but YET
enrlave other people. II commits thu
American republic 10 the English system
OF colonization. I. FOR one. register my
antagonism 10 this proposition. I believe
that q Il detrimegfal to the best interests
Of our whole well AeiaR. 70 our financial.
commercial. intellectual and social id
vancement. Further. / believe that u h
"a menace, dark and strong, 20 the exist
cnce OF self-government among as"
Mr.. Wellington declared his conviction
that President Mckinley is but tho pro-
consul or the English Queen In tho man
akemeni OF American affairs"
Great Applause for Bryan.
- 'tN NHuNtNAioh OF MF. Weiltngtou'E
address he was loudly applandesi Mr.
Bryan was promptly introduced. and the
applause which had welcomed his first an
pearancc was repeated
re began by referring 20 Senator Well
lngtons speech As n notable occurrence.
He also rebuked the Kissing OF the sem
ators utterances. asking u those who had
been guilty OF this conduct had conduct
81 themselves IN like manner when the
fraiH nfn -
party. As MIR. Bryan proceeded he was
cheerei and applauded. and Il soon re-
came evient that Notwithstanding his
criticism Of some members OF the audi
ence he had the respect. II not the good
Will. OF all there He declared that Mr.
Wellington could not come to the Demo-
cratic party either for money or for hon
or, and said Il must BE- that his only rea-
son was his belief that his country was
In peril. Mr. Bryan said:
Il have listened tonight 10 speech
that ought TO produce a profound impress
sion upon the American people. My
friends, I want 90 emphasize chs impor-
lance Of Independence OF opinion and ac-
tion In a country like ours. / believe with
senator Wellington that the claims OF tho
country are infinitely greater than the
claims OF any party. tApplausc) be-
lieve with him that man should make
hts party affiliations suit hts convictions.
not make his convictions suit his party
creed. (Reuewed applausel
Did They Hiss In Is0G.
I'm 1ss; Gold Democrats left US and sill
yer Republicans came to as. / heard some
PeoFis kissing here tonight because Sem
aior Wellington left his party upon the
paramount issue OF this hour ] want to
ask those men who Kissed II they Kissed
when Democratic senators left the Demo-
cratic party on the money question IN 1885.
II a Democratic senator had a right 20
leave the Democrats party % save the
gold standard. cannot a Republican sena-
tor leave the Republican party to save the
Declaration OF Independencef Which Is
the more important That you shall have
a financial system which yoa like. or that
you shall have government deriving its
just powers from the consent
OF the governad2 Senator Well
iugton and differ upon the
tarin question. But did not John G.. Car
Isle. the apostle OF tarff reform. support
William Mckinley. the apostle OF protec-
ton when he thought that money was the
paramount issue7 We loaned YOU some
gold Democrats IN 1895 They have come
baeS and Il Is only fair that you Repub-
Leans should pay us interest. Continued
applause and cheeringl. And II may be
permitted % speak for the Democratic
party, let me say that am willing 10 ac-
cept Senator wellington as interest and
give you a receipt In full. applause ami
cheers for Wellington.
Courage has always been admired. but
sometimes people have admired physical
courage more than they have admired
moral courage. To my mind moral courage
r. as much above physical courage as man
is above the brute. Moral courage Is Of
ten wanting where physical courage Is
present. and what this nation needs more
than the physical courage Of is people IN
the moral courage Of the citizen who
would rather die right than live wrong
Great app ause).
1T requires moral courage FOR a man
to separate from his rarty. Senator We'll
lingtou has displayed much moral cour-
age IA leaving the Republican party. and
may We now more that the Same courage
viii he displayed by tens OF thousands
hundreds Of thousands. and millions Of his
fellow Republicans OF the rank ana dle
who are not held 20 the party by ties 80
strong ard so binding And yet
o. there not enough 20 inspire
even a Republican senator 20 lczve
his party I ask not what Senator Well
ington did IN 1855. ask not what he
viii do 81 1e0L The same intelligence aud
the same courage within his keeping to-
day will be hts four years from now 20
guide and direct him then: but to-day In
meeting the crisis that y upon "a. has he
not enough 20 inspir him 10 break party
ties and endure the misses Of those who
trex the courage 20 do what he has done