Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-10-14
BRYAN ON POLITICS
ASSAiLS POLICIES OF REPUBLICAN
PARTY AT EXPOSITION.
Nearly fi!iS Amphitheater and Is in
Cheery Mood. he Attacks New
Tariff, Opposes Ship Subsidies and
CritiCiSeS President Taft. Large
Crowd AppluUdS Him.

Seattle, October 13.-Wiliam Jen-
nings Bryan, speaking before a
throng that almost filled the big NM
phitheater at the exposition, last
night, attacked the new tariff law,
the central bank plan, and opposed
the proposed ship subsidy, advocated
by President Taft during his recent
visit to Seattle, as contradictory TO
the principle of the tariff. He also
said that the Democratic party had
been more than vindicated on the
issues of bimetallism, Imperialism
and that President Taft had taken"
the income tax from him.
Mr.. Bryan's Speech.
Mr.. Bryan was in a happy mood.
Il appreciate the courtesy extend
ed by the exposition management in
giving permission for IA political
speech tonight" he said. Il appreci-
ate the opportunity that is afforded
me to speak without restriction upon
public questions; and in the time that
it is proper for me to occupy, | desire
to bring encouragement to the
hearts of Democrats, and, if possible
lead Republicans from darkness into
light" daughter and applause.)
Following his Introductory, he
launched into discussion of bimet-
allism, going back to the campaign
OF 1896.
Il carried this state in 1896" he
said, and let no man who voted fol
me be ashamed of the fact that he
voted for independent bimetallism
instead Of voting to allow other ma
tions to control the finances of tht
country. On that question our pas
position has been vindicated, and thu
only reason why the money question
is not before the country now is be
cause the people secured from an un
expected source that increase in mo-
! ney that we tried to secure from thu
only source tnat was then IN sight.
Discusses Imperialism.
Mr.. Bryan then took up the issue
} of Imperialism in the campaign o
1900.
You need not be ashamed of tn,
position that our party took upon i'm
! perialism," he said 1T is the onl.
position that can be defended in thi.
country. We said that we did no
want the Filipinos for citizens. ]!
there any party that would dare tt
defend the making of citizens out o
the Filipinos and states out of thu
Philippine islands? No, my friends
our position on that subject is nov
the universal position. We said no
only that we did not want them al
citizens, but that as republic W.
could not have them as subjects. Viii
anybody dispute that proposition?
'In the last campaign Mr.. Taft ad
mitted that independence was the ul
innate thing. He put it off two gen
eratiOns, But, my friends, | thinl
that is only due to his habit of mint
of postpOning difficult problems unit
tomorrow. CHEERS But the yer,
!, fact that he admits that that mus
be the policy, even two generation!
hence, is proof that the Democratic
party saw at once what the Republi
can party did not see until years af
terwards. (Cheers) So on that sub
iect we have been vindicated.
I'VE have spent enough money or
Imperialism to store the waste wa
ters of all the mountains in the West
and reclaim every foot of arid lanG
that can be brought under cultiva-
ton, but we have not done it. They
had a meeting at st. Louis not very
long ago; they asked for the i'm
provement of interior waterways, and
asked for $5O0,OO0,000 with which
to carry on the work. and they esti-
mated that the expenditure of $500
100000 in interior waterways would
result in a saving of 100000 a
year in the cost of transportation.
I'VE have not spent the $500, ,000,-
900 in improving our waterways: we
have not saved $1S0,000, 1000, but we
have spent over 500, 10000 on i'm
perialism in the Orient, and instead
we have an increase in the army and
navy alone of more than S125, ,00O,-
600 every year as result of that
venture (Cheers)
We have more than doubled the