The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-28

of rage in which men are moved TO visit
upon a black man a punishment In de-
gree and manner that would not be visited
upon a white man for the same offense-
that is true-but the question asked MN
in the University Of Chicago did not re-
late-as he we'll knew-to that phase OF the
race question at all. 1t related TO the en-
joyment by the black man in the United
States of his political rights, secured TO
him by the fifteenth amendment TO me
Federal Constitution. / am not here to-nlgnt
to attempt a vindication OF the wisdom OF
that fifteenth amendment; L am not mere
10 affirm that il was wise 10 give the negro
a ballot but | am here TO say that the
negros ballot is entrenched in the Con-
stitution of the United States-as deeply
entrenched as my own right of franchise.
[Great applause.l Mr. Bryan said 10 lot
OF old soldiers of the civil war in Kansas
the other day, i am glad 10 see you, L am
glad to have you supporting me Laughter J,
because you in your youth fougnt 10 give
consent of the governed TO the black man,
and / want you now TO help me 10 give
consent of the governed to the brown man
Laughter, and thought that was mock
cry, because in that section OF the country
south of Mason and Dixons line, from
which Mr. Bryan expects to receive lZU
electoral votes, consent or the governed is
according to Lincoln. whom he quotes SO
glibly, is destroyed in that section or the
country, and therefore destroyed for all
[Great aplause.l Out in Kansas someone
olina? Oh he said, the Republican party
took the ballot away from the negro in
the District of Columbia another evasion
entirely unworthy of a man holding his
position as the candidate of a party for
President of the United States. 1t is true
the Congress OF the United States con-
ferred the franchise upon the people and the
whole people of the District of Columbia,
and then after experiment IL took away the
franchise from the black and white alike
in the District of Columbia, and Mr.. Bryan
knew it perfectly we'll. Neither white nor
black vote in the District of Column
bia. Mr.. Bryan knew that He has been
e member OF Congress, sat through two
sessions, he knew that perfectly Well
lApplause.l | may be overestimating his
faculty of observation. ILaughter.l
NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM.
MIR. Bryan denounces the national bank
ing system and announces that his mission
iii the world is its destruction; announces
that he, when he gets the power, will re-
turn to an issue of greenbacks which Mr.
Lincoln said he was very doubtful about
whether it could be maintained with con-
vertibility into coin in sufficient volume to
answer the needs of the people and to pro-
tect labor from the evils of a vicious cur
rency. Mr.. Bryan is quoting Mr.. Lincoln
a good deal on the labor question and am
surprised that this point has escaped him
in regard to labor. Now, Mr.. Bryan pro-
posing TO do all OF these things, proposing
to destroy the independence OF the 1udici-
airy, proposing to impair the authority OF
the executive, proposing to strike down by
revolution our representative institutions
and destroy thereby the legislative branch
of the government, is out asking the people
who disagree with him in all of these poll
cies yet to vote him into power because
they agree with him on his issue that he
calls imperialism"
Mr. Irish here paid his respects to the
issue of imperialism, which he clearly
showed TO be a device of Mr.. Bryan to as
He declared that the Democrats of the
South, from whom Mr.. Bryan expects tc
get 120 electoral votes, are almost TO man
in favor of expansion and holding the Phil
ippines. One Democrat with whom the
speaker had talked, was asked his opinion
about holding the islands without the con
sent of the governed and replied quickly
THE Filipinos have no rights that we are
bound to respect; we want to sell cotton
When asked how he could consistently
support Mr.. Bryan. who holds views con.
trary to his own. the man said that the
Southern Democrats would see to it that
Mr.. Bryan is not allowed to do such q
foolish thing as give back the Philippine
islands if he is elected President. The
speaker exposed Colonel Bryans duplicity
in the matter of the ratification of the
treaty of Paris. Mr.. Irish devoted some
time TO W. R Hearst, editor of three vel,
low Journalism New York, Chicago and
San Francisco-and read many editorials
from his pen, In which he denounced the
Democratic leaders for their stupidity In
talking about letting go of the philippines
Mr.. Hearst's writings. as read by Mr.. Irish
show him to have been q most ardent ex-
pansionist, even an imperialist, since he ad
vocated sending to the philippines enough
paying the cost of such troops out of the
revenues of the islands, upon which they
would be a proper charge.
REFERRED TO TILLMAN.
Mr. Irish paid his respects to Mr.. Till
man, who, he said, is posing in the North
as the laboring mans friend. The speaker
called attention to the low wage scale pre-
vailing in the South. and declared that In
a short time, with that portion of the coun-
try coming rapidly into competition with
the North labor question of momentous
Importance will be up for settlement
whether the wages of workingmen in the
North shall be reduced to the level OF
those in the South, or whether the scale
in the South shall be raised TO correspond
with that fixed in the North. In conclu-
sion Mr. Irish said:
1--WE say to Mr.. Bryan: Give us back
the seats in the Senate you have lost fol-
US; give us back the States in which you
have destroyed our power; give us back
the executive authority which your leader
ship has thrown away; and, above all, un-
faithful leader political empiric and
quack, give us back that most priceless
possession of all political parties-the con-
fdence Of the people, that has been lost
under your sway. IGreat applause.l We
owe him nothing but defeat. and tonight
as l stand here. and the people
who are in concert with me every
where stand and ponder their duty
1 conJure them 10 action. Don't be
solicitous about the political future. That
political future can have upon 1t no cloud
as dark. IL can be brought into temporary
illumination by stroke of lightning as
destructive as would be the supremacy OF
Mr.. Bryan and the policies to which he
of time In the future to correct whatever
may need correction, we will have time tC
consider In sober mind all of the problems
that now enmesh us, but the first thing
necessary to these conditions in which we
will pluck the flower of safety from the
nettle danger is the defeat of Mr.. Bryan
and l ask you-employer and employed
ask you, man and woman, / ask you, citi-
zens of the commonwealth of Indiana, tc
stand by the honor of your old State. &c
stand by the conspicuous place which she
has made in history by her relation to these
great reform movements since 1S96-sta1nd
by the best good OF all your countrymen
stand by the fire on the workingman's
hearth and the food on his table and the
shelter over his wife and children, stand
by your own interest and the hope of the
young men and maidens in the land, by
giving such Il deathly blow TO political
demagogy, fraud, chicanery and mis-
leadership as will make IL impossible for
many long year to come for another
demagogue the equal In danger and power
of Mr.. Bryan to become prominent in
American politics"
SICKLES DEFENDS THE FLAG