Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-03
Mr.. BRYAN'S SPEECH
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE TALKS
ON ECONOMIC QUESTIONS.
Principal Portion of His Speech
Devoted to the Question of
Trusts and Their Regulation.
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New York, Aug. 31.-The home
coming welcome of w. J. Bryan was
made complete last night, when he
was greeted in Madison Square Gar
den by throng of welcomers number
ing more than 10000. 1t was such q
welcome as seldom, if ever, has been
accorded to a private citizen.
Mr.. Bryan's eyes filled with tears as
he acknowledged the laundering well
come. For eight minutes, while the
great building seemed to tremble and
shake from the shouts and applause,
he strobe nervously from side to side
to side of the platform.
Mr.. Bryan spoke for an hour and
twenty minutes and was constantly in.
terrupted by cheers and applause. He
said:
Mr.. Bryan's Speech
Like all travellers who have visited
other lands, l return with delight to
the land of my BIRTH, more proud of
its people, with more confidence in its
government and grateful to the kind
providence that cast my lot in the
United States.
"My national pride has been in
creased by the abundant evidence 1
have seen of the altrulstic interest
taken by Americans in the people of
other countries. No other nation can
show such record of benevolence
and disinterested friendship.
my love for our form of govern.
ment has been quickened as 1 have
visited castles and towers and peered
into dark Dungeons, and am glad
that our nation, profiting by the expe-
rience of the past and yet unhampered
by traditions and unfettered py caste,
has been permitted to form new GEN.
ter of civilization on new sod and erect
here government of the people, by
the people and for the people.
81 also return more deeply impressed
than ever before with the responsible
ity which rests upon our nation as an
exemplar among the nations, and more
solicitous that we, avoiding the causes
which have led other nations to de-
cay, may present higher ideal than
has ever before been embodied in ma
tional life and carry human progress
to higher plane than it has ever be-
fore reached.
81 do not know that l can better
show my appreciation of the welcome
accorded me by my countrymen than
to submit some suggestions drawn
from observations during the past
year.
Brings Peace Message
"The first message that l bring from
the old world is message of peace.
The cause of arbitration is making
real progress in spite of the fact that
the nations most prominent in the es.
Enlistment of The Hague tribunal
have themselves been engaged in war
since that court was organized.
"There is perceptible growth of
sentiment in favor of the settlement of
international disputes by peaceful
means.
'It was my good fortune to be pres
ent at the last session of the interpar.
liamentary union, at which were rep
resented all the leading nations of the
world.
"This peace congress, as it is gen.
orally known, not only adopted resolu.
tions for the limitation of ornaments
and the arbitration of all questions re-
lating to debts, but unanimously en-.
dorsed the proposition that all ques-
tions of every nature should be sub
mitted to an impartial tribunal for in-
vestigation or the mediation of friend
ly nations before hostilities are COM
menced.
"While the idea is of American ORR
gin, it was heartily accepted by the
representatives of England, France,
Germany and other European coun-
tries.
Would Have America Lead
81 believe that if our nation would
propose to make with every other ma
ton treaty providing that all ques-
tions in dispute beween the parties
should be submitted to The Hague
court or some other impartial interna-
tional tribunal for investigation and
report before any declaration of war
or commencement of hostilities it
would find many nations willing to
enter into such a compact.
81 am sure from the public utter
ance of the present prime minister of
Great Britain that such treaty could
be made between the two great Eng
fish speaking nations, and their EXAM
pie would be followed until the danger
of war would be almost, if not entire
ly removed.
''To take the lead in such a move
ment would establish our position as ii
world power in the best sense of the
term. And what argument can be adj
vanced against such action on the part
of the United States?
"Shall we yield to any other nation
in the estimate to be placed upon the
value of human life? l confess that
my aversion to killing increases with
the years. Surely the creator did not
so plan the universe as to make the
progress of the race depend upon
wholesale bloodletting.
81 prefer to believe that war, in.