The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-31
BRYAN WELCOME
Continued From Page One.) .

vate debts While protecting the
lives of our citizens everywhere and
guaranteeing the personal safety Of
all who owe allegiance to our flag, we
should, in my judgment, announce
i that persons engaging in business ana
/ holding property in other lands for
business purposes, must be subject 10
/ the law of the countries in which they
engage in business enterprises. Many
profitable fields of investment are now
| closed because the people of the
small nations are afraid that an in
vestment of foreign capital will be
made an excuse for a foreign invasion.
Several times on this trip this fact has
| been brought to my attention and
am convinced that for every dollar
we could secure to American invest.
ors by an attempt to put the govern
ment back of their private claims, we
lose many dollars by closing the door
to investment. Mark the distinction
between the protection of the lives of
our citizens and the use of the navy to
guarantee a profit on investments.
We do not imprison for debt in the
United States, neither do We put men
to death because of their fault to pay
what they owe, and our moral pres
| tige as well as our commercial inter
ests viii be conserved by assuring
all nations that American investments
depend for protection upon the laws of
the country to which the investors so.
Colonization Lost Us Prestige.
| Before leaving international poll
tics let me add that our nation has
lost prestige rather than gained it, by
our experiment in Colonization. We
have given the monarchist a chance
| to ridicule our Declaration of indie
pendence, and the scoffer has twitted
us with inconsistency. A tour
through the principal institutions has
shown that we should lose no time in
announcing our purpose to deal with
the PHILIPPINES as we dealt with the
Cubans. Every consideration, com
mercial and political, leads to this con
clusion. Such ground as we may need
for coaling stations or a naval base,
| will be gladly conceded by the Filipi-
nos, who simply desire an opportuni-
ty to work out their own destiny, in
| spired by our example and aided by
our advice. Insofar as our efforts
| have been directed toward the edu-
cation of the Filipinos, we owe them
a distinct service, but in educating
them we must recognize that we are
| making colonialism impossible. If
we intend to hold them as subjects we
would not dare to educate them, for
| government with ultimate indie
| pendence must be assumed if we con-
template universal education in the
PHILIPPINES.
Popular Election of Senators.
Il return more convinced than be-
| fore of the Importance of q change in
| the methods of electing United States
| Senators. There is now noticeable
everywhere distinct leaning toward
| Democracy in its broadcast sense. In
all the countries which / have visited
| there is a demand that the govern
ment be brought nearer the people.
In China constitution is under con
sideration, in Japan the people are de-
manding that the ministry, instead of
being chosen by the emperor from
among his particular friends, shall
be selected from parliament and be in
dominant sentiment; in India there is
agitation in favor of a native con-
gress; in Russia the Car has been
compelled to recognize the popular
voice in establishment of Douma,
and throughout Europe the movement
infests itself in various forms. In
the United States this trend toward
democracy has taken the form of
growing demand for the election of
United States Senators by a direct
vote of the people. 1t it difficult to
over estimate the strategic advantage
of this reform, for since every bill
must receive the sanction of the SEN
ate as well as of the house of repre-
sentatives before it can become law
no important legislation of national
character is possible. | am within
the limits of the truth when | say that
the senate has been for some years
the bulwark of predatory wealth and
that it even now contains SO many
members who to favor-seeking corpor-
ations and are so subservient to their
masters as to prevent needed legisla-
ton.
Settlement of Labor Troubles.
Society is justified in demanding
that the differences between capital
and labor shall be settled by peaceful
means. If permanent, impartial
of an industrial dispute may appeal,
or which can of its motion institute
an inquiry, public opinion may be re-
lied upon to enforce the finding. If
there is compulsory submission, in
vestigation, it is not necessa-
ry that there shall be compulsory ac-
ceptance of the decision, for full and
fair investigation will in almost every
case bring about a settlement.
No reference to the labor question
is complete that does not include
some mention of what is known as
government by injunction.
Has Dropped BimetaIishn.
-.Our opponents have derived not
only partisan pleasure. but also Barti-
san advantage from the division -caus-
ed in our party by the money ques
ton. They ought not, therefore, be
grudge us the satisfaction We intend
in the fact that the unexpected has
removed the cause of our differences
and permitted us TO present a united