The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-27
Answers Minister Barrett.

I.ogansport Ind. October 26.-After
/ speaking at Knox and North Judson, w.
! J. Bryan today addressed a gathering in
/ Winamac county. He said we have been
| trying to point out to republicans the fact
that President Roosevelt is changing the
| ideals of the nation and substituting the
"big stick" for the light of liberty, but
many have refused to believe 1t.
| Now an appontee of this administra-
| tion has come to our aid and declared this
| change In language so plain and forci-
BILE that no republican can longer doubt
It, l refer to an article written by John
| Barrett, United States minister to Pam
anna. It is a campaign document con-
trbuted by the presidents appointee and
spread broadcast as an argument in Ia
vor of Mr. Roosevelt's s election call your
attention particularly to a paragraph
which reads follows:
IF they who today stumping the
land against President Roosevelt could
have gone to foreign parts in the old days
when the flag stood for nothing, when
American merchants and travellers were
everywhere snubbed when our army ana
navy were the laughing stock of the
world when we had no influence In the
councils of the nations; and II again they
could have journeyed around the world
now when the flag means more than the
standard of any other nation; when our
merchants have access to all markets;
when our navy Is respected in every port,
and when our advice Is sought In con-
cIave of powers they would in such sense
cf stricken conscience renounce their pres
ent attitude and pray for the success Tor
party which has accomplished this
mighty change and OF a leader whose
name Is honored in the most remote por-
tions of the earth
Washington Held That Flag.
Republicans what do you think of this?
What do you think Of the old days when
the flag stood for nothing? Washington
held that flag in his hands Did ii stand
| for nothing then? Did it stand for nothing
when our revolutionary fathers followed
1t from Bunker Hill to Yorktown? Dld lt
stand for nothing when II was in the
| hands of Jefferson the autnor OF the
! declaration of independence? DID II stahu
| for nothing when 1t was held aloit py tHs
elder and younger AdamsY Did II stami
| for nothing when Madison held II and
when 1t was held by Monroe? Did 1t stana
| for nothing In the hands Of Jackson? Dld
t stand Tor nothing in the hands OF iln-
coin and In the hands of Grant? Dla II
stand for nothing in the hands OF haFts
and Garfield and Harrison? What SLY
yan republicans and you veterans of the
civil war? Did It stand for nothing when
Won followed II through the years OF war
and upon bloody battleheldsF
Emblem OF an Empire.
Did It stand for nothing until it be-
came emblem of an empire, and became
the companion of the Presidents big
stick?" Did it begin to stand for some
thing only when it waved over Philip
pine subjects, bought in a job lot at $50
/ apiece? Did II begin to mean something
/ only when 1t was carried against men
who were fighting for the same doctrines
! for which our revolutionary sres were
willing to fight and die? Republicans.
what do you think of this new doctrine of
your party proclaimed by the Presidents
appolntee? Do you endorse this doctrine,
or will you put 1t aside and say 1t is
merely the hattery of an offcehoder who
kneels before his new-built throne and
eulogizes the man from whose hand he
receives his daily bread?
Barrett Is a true and faithful expo
nent of the policy of our present Presi-
dent He speaks with frankness of the
new policy that the nation is to pursue If
Imperialism Is endorsed. We must forget
all that we have ever known of patriot
ism and the principle of government be-
fore we can throw our hats in the air
and cheer for Roosevelt and his colonial
policy Surely there must be multitude
of republicans who will refuse TO apollo
gize for century Of glorious history"
Great Crowd Greets Hay.
New York. October 26.-The crowd at the
| ~ e fppatfrsr in Carnegie hall