THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
October 4, 1G00.
Bryan 2t Nstraska Ciij .
Ccfal Lis; at tb tt tTerLMIeraM
KHiMk C5tr. Ktw 8SC ti. Xa ta
jmg rtty araica fwr year ago u
vltMMid tbe auttraerdi&ary spectacle of
a aaaee iMHlsf of refutable cltiaens -at4
Vo (.repeat aJt.st the nforc--acat
f tfce les of the a fate of Ke
I rata s gathered iMkctii a much
larger tfor.g mt -ttlera to apr-s h-r
It. lief l th turfo a fed intent of lb
law the- 4esukca4 ar.d to cbm th
mraf 4 byr; af tfcr men who de
clare1 ibjtt tt mjt l enforced and to
trnMt!U trir IjVklijr to law and r
alar Ao eli a tJfcJr In ten opposition to
taat tat tadweirlal ad social 11. the
lrvL tv tlWu4 tna i-J iwntrii
bc4 fr t ar inrrm and a t.J-lt in the
pea at. sia4 to the eo'.d uid rain.
tt0 w: ct.aefd th ayeecawe Aiil
Urn J ltryaa C J. Cmyth r.l n-Cw.-Iiwttii.
Xrwik ; Waiting wn.
It f the ri(4 entfcu-!aaiic
rji!kl Bdea-Ufige over I.e.J lb he tlc
frf 5laa t t vti.it-Jt,jr cvufo J'.vl d
tfco frub-icly ste4 i f o; .c of lead
Is rewbOca &ti.iat. ti.it the i
mt UtU Oty ex. 4 t.ia.ty tuu4 re.
eat at Lb piia lb piforeanc tX hi
vera duty t aa t."TU r of the at at of
Xabrsaaa. Jt ociy was tbe rnetirg rx
taaslaaUc, bwt tt a.tbgethT friendijr.
Ttvo ewbtle attemta to ora a boa
lii tBtwiUUt e"aplete!7 laliod la
tkr prp-
MATOR MXTTSd' INSULT.
Tfeo taajror of tfc city, J4r. Jvi.a Matte.
Jr.. wa tb eJy Senear an J Ll breach
tooJt tbo farra of a circular fflmclir.g on
lb pss3 of IK city la a n-m er ttat
amn tta lru2" oven of ttic rrja
U wora Ik tt Atf9 atarcH tttfrjr,
aaay of t!ijn tr-..jr reaetteJ tfce t;o
f wtatWa of :a rai. m aad ruaCf Um.
lao JrcnXs a as haUrJ in (... t ark
ItUra "vitfer a4 avMic." n4 rd ai
fUar: Vt hTaa, jt tj cum 13 n.y
Mair t-a tuitt ciiiuM ,r traaa
Vr f ttiiCJ tmtau-a tfua of tbo
acta akaa t jr tt- Attv(r. BRrtai of
tfa atato to rla 11- atxi. vrkt. nd
M-rt aau t? y haft mavJ r "?. k a &jj
tt a i:a to ;j! urt t fi p--tai
aUMt itua rtjr. at which
Co.biri Bryaf ani Attcrtry ib rai
Arayia aro to aj. I ra it it y Outy
tfe tl lr-tri of law. tJt ai.a tto
goo4 ra m f tJto cny to aara ail mtj
ttat tl wiic arrt a&y jrjna
fco atts.i t to diaturb tha af-aera or
tVo Mf1f tlet of tii arsbiae. Tt.o
rat f fro rca at; J t Sfrn4M by
oT Cwd ctsa. ?&. Im Co not
arSb to Ua'rn eao a la y as ay. out cnler
111 t tfrc-l ar-4 tho law iti3..
"JUH.V ATTf-H. JH.
"Mayor.
"rooa tfca t:aso that Mr. Llryoa ur.sj At-tiw-y
C-r.i Suiyta t-jei from trio
atrial utia af i o"r:ora uitii tfcy Jrt
at XI iin:r recttian a cvrl.l
ar-4 Ra-trty to an wr.uaaS t ro. Tf.a
Ji of Nabraaa. f uirtiy Ur.t
a roiR uat rtyfaj' c;aa r?-t-a
at ri-rerj.iA.!H cf tho raj
rontarMtt of tbo c'xaraunity anj t&t trio
la ia rax-rtJ a:-3 tia tf wfc mT.t d--hajaoVd
la .StUa. Oty jut .s sa
at'ory otfcor ef-:.:ut4 Chr!Oarj ryn
aasaity. A cbrtr:r prxir.n : J
T Bryan Hsma rwaria -c rt4 Mr
Iwyan to ft fc't-l thr..u.fh atirt-ts l:rw-d
"k ot i W an at auj.-x-r
If.c.ria of fes ajir.lrrr tnrcrfM ab-t
Itjf ecJ ttirttr wr.-i b- t. And
tt f b'.t ti tin trat bo the t-
torriy f.-ri ana Mt. irtt r.-. tha
.jft.ttia:i. of f-t.i;:f . AAd aup
t't ct-tias wiLbit n.t bvau. u. ir
r rtton
b 3xrt:is waa $ r;i3 ovtr by lien,
tioerjo tt. Tcmrains. rbairmar. rf tho
ttKraitie CMoetjr cwa.tr-lttr. Before it
" atfi-riit:4 tr.ero a ut a (wrton
la t-o acle tti e.4 not unJ-rtar.4
Ibat tK atte.roy rrvrtl'i ou.t aaajnat
tfe f ith treat la tho rl Interact
f Pa! of NVbraaaa City an4 tba
wfe.i !:. fttbor thro ajsy ou
rrwabt b a-aa not tnabiol to urx4r.
otasw 'bo trum tBar4aaa of tb repub-
partiaajj" saaa irotlr.c of
eatu47 r.icbt wi!ch tfewr.fa tli au
!;rfc! f3J fr -or kit" to .hut 4, an
tft N. bratka City atarcb -rka " ai li
frt tia nit i. th only m far. f,r
ltwrtfc ita ofitlnu4 jratJou bero
Jilt. CRT AN TAKKS IT UP.
Mr. Br MfiMi . . v
!
fr-a- tbat bo ba4 not intend e-l la .Ajt j
Noraoaa. city rtr.C lb o caanja cn. but
k-e ba4 tt4 lb. ttrrJy con- j
era. a ault baS arcu4 tb ptlo of ibo !
TM tl5At mmMr hm'a fr--e4 !
aaaajt tbe eniortamem at tbr anti-truat i
tt'V ! ' aa.i loud
fcora. 1 ram s tt diuaa the truat '
Jiatloo uMff tb afc4ar U t.'.o .larch I
factory.- H aald b aa auu2 that
.r.lTTl. ' r,tT a rr.eetir.c
to fro rat ifttit tb erforcrtaeni of tbo
Rfl-trtt.t Ja. and that a rVtaicf
-vio bad tr-a d4 over tA rri.ir a
h. fr,4 tr iiryB f, to
tbaa bia u.val for ax.4 err.etr..
Jlo do'lared tbat tb ataxrh truat
wa a, creater Btuf. to Nelraak oty
froaa fUr.r oo. tid acy m thlr;lt "
fco tfialrrd. nb.t they couii prevent tbo
a.aor&r r&-al from r.frn?.r tb, uW
JTJ1 fie.t tu K hra ,
if tU Uw aa!nt tb J'aj.'ijr4 O l M
tb tbr truat.? .CWr,., ,!r do ,"4
a4 la tb foHitt cf mn who .r---tet
It iV rkt. or ib.mMJva-'
tbo atuy ner.i." mtrt or7 t r
luraa atr!:t cratlaut rhertinr "who
cm t Ot county to drtv tbi. '.larch
trwt out cf yoar community. t..j if
f4ra attorry h.d don'hs. duty he
aVil?. Tyt !TSe th Uw
""t;" War tb Arr.!
raJL to4Sadet Lbautution ? .pro.
Mr. Bryaa avke In f&U
tJbo dcrat. of rovroaeatirc tb. fjr?.
of ial.txa I Bvria in u u b..u4
tbo rablKar.a cf NVbraaaa C.t hav
aad ttt4 rM: th enforr.
fl . i tb atat of nv.
fcraaka and a rpubUraa j.4g- cha.r
mart ef tb rauuiur. commit t Wl.ii
t) rnowtra; ti cabled a n 'r. parti. an one
tia Prpoo? w.a purely tl tiri and tt i
wbi to aot that tb republ ran
8tB bottor a-b to er.ffrrr the att ul-a
aaaonat tty trr.4r. tbn they are to
fre atawtea ajnai arreat corora-
"Trv attocrey ger-r! baa commenced
freraaCtn. to d-.iror local many,
fartsurtr-c eatafc-: abmer.t. but t prevent
tb maufaitirr.a tabbmat from n
tt.nc tr.to a trii.t Ja tb.a conned tlua
tt may V a4i to tb d f?ere-.t :t
jajta-iJn bavo aoott Uit. To Ara altuti.
Woempener's Drug
SXOR E
DRUGS.PAIHTS.OILS.GLASS
A full lie of Perfume
attd Tot-et Gaxi
133 Sc-Jfb I0!h Sf..Btwaan 0 &H,
Lincoln, Neb.
THE TWO JOHNS
ISO f LJaoola. eto,
DeaJers la Flc Wine. Liquors
an4 Cigar. Ju? trade a pe-
ciaJtr. Hct and cold lunchea.
JiAa yi'lertf. John Rcsscstock.
H. C. YOUNG,
General Real Estate
Farms and Ranches.
Good 000 acre stocU fann ner Lia
oolo; living' water; & bargain at 120.00
per acre. I to proved half section, very
choice, 130.00 per acre. Quarter sections
and &Ja at bargains.
Farm loan, payable any time, at 5 per
cent.
1L C Yocsg, Ricbirds 3Ikn Liucola, Neb.
The Oasis
.Julius Ottens
Proprietor.
No. H South EleTenta Street. Dealer
in lice Domestic and Imported Liquors
and Cigars, and Dick Dros.' celebrated
La :er Lteer. Hot lunt h from 10 to 12 a.
tix. and Saturday night.
ufacturtr.c Co. of Nebraska City, was a
prosperous corporalUm Aa evidence of
I hi prui-rUy, I uctc from th Conserva
Uv publjbea by ex-Hecretary of AgTl
cu.turo J. Sterl:if. iIonon of Nebraaka
City. May Si. IS. Hero Is what tho
Cauaervativa aaya:
WHAT MORTON SATO.
Ttiorefor when th ConservatlT
po.nu with pride to tba Araro factory at
Nebrjtaka City, which turns out thirty
tona of rtarch every twenty-four hours,
finds tiwu-kets therefor and successfully
ccm.petw in America ar d Llurove with the
National Starch trust, it 1$ not In ex
uuutt on or mitigation of any views ex
pre4 heretofore. It It merely Irre
futable evidence of the fact that no com
btn nor capital can crush out a man
sed private concertL Nebraaka City
m ita cereal miila and Argo factory, has
two aucccsrf ul plants which no trust haa.
yet. bn able to buj. bully or wheedle.
Tbey plainly Illustrate the fact that lrv
iii:tent competition can onter the mr
kta aratnat all trusts and triumphantly
w'n out.'
"It will be seen that :he Natlon.U Sarch
Co. ia denounced as a truat and the Con
ervaCve declares that the Arfjo com
pany we able to comtete with the trust
and that no truat had "yet I en able to
buy. bully or wbeedl the Argo com
pany.' WHAT MORTON DID.
"About the 1st of S rt ember of J8?9. a
w months after the editorial comment
h'.ch 1 have Just resd. the Aro com
pany Joined tne initea tiarcn o., airiu
the Conaervatlv of Heptember 21. 18J9.
uotd an article front th Commercial
and K"nar.c'.al World, from wluch I take
tb foUowlr.g- estract:
" 'Ever since the starch trust. or
National Starch Manufacturer gr Co., be
lfjLf bu:rrt there han been talk among
tbts rru5.nufacturers of atarcb who re
rii&ln out Jc f It. of the formation of a
.trcr.a; competitive ontanizat'.on, and this
have now tbs pleasure -f rucordlrff.
hum at length been brought to paf s. There
hs J-t been organ:x;d under the laws
of the atate of New Jersey, wi'.h a capital
of (. .'. a powerful concern under tho
ti A the United Stirch Co.. which Is
con"HJat on or combination of the only
fj-ur starch manufacturing concerns In
th Un'.ted State thjit are not in the
truat. th Oiatxo Starch factory, the
American Glucose Co. of Buffalo, G.l
bert ! Graves, the Arro Manufacturing
Co. cf Nebraska City. Neb.. Joy. Morton
Co. and the Slou.t C!ty. Ia Starclt
work owned by Dury a to Co. fheso con
cerrs are th largest snd most important
rnar.ufactr.rers of fine grraila of starch
ITibe United Ststes and their transac
tor, ar in the antrsfate of enormous
marltude.' . .... . A,.Bt
About a year w. u':' " h"rhr:;
frfprir.g upon ita own rar'",: se?I;
this independent company Joins other
iDicfrji-j.i v ' and
third this Independent company, with its
aaaoclAte. Join the atarcn trust and
competition ia at last destroyed. 1 1 any
ctilat-n of Nebraska Oty trunks that thia
atarch company Is net a trust let him
read the extracts from the Ceruative
wbich 1 have quoted, and he wl.l find that
tbs onrar.izution has been recognized at
all lima aa a trust."
Mr. Bryan then quoted extensively from
editorial articles in Mr. Mortons Conser
vative, showing hostility to trusts, com
menting In a genera' war, Mr. Bryan
aa 1 4
-If" the people of Nebraska City defend
th atarch, trust, they must be prepared
to defend all the other trusts, for it is
impossible for them to destroy trusts lo
cated elsewhere and defend a trusts lo
cated in their own chy. Are the people
at Nebraaka City willing to subject them
selves and their cour trymc-n to the ex
torticn practiced by all the trusts in or
der to maintain one trust which has a
factory in their city?
ARE MORE INTERESTED.
"A a matter fo fact the people of Ne
braaka City are mor interested in the
dtolutlon of the atarch trust than the
people of other parts it the state. When
th Argo waa an Independent company it
was controlled by citizens of Nebraska
City and Nebraska City interests could
b considered by its management. But
when th National Stirch company, with
headquarters in New York, is allowed to
m-ina; this plant, the control will be
removed to New York, and the wishes of
th pepl of Nebra-ska City will have
little consideration.
"Mr. Charlea R. Flint of Boston is one
of the directors of the United Starch
company, and Mr. Flint made a speech in
Boton a year ago latt May. la which h
summed up the advantages of the trusts.
On of the advantages mentioned by him
wa that raw material could be bought
at a lower price becat.se there would only
l on purchaser. Is this to the interest
of thowe who sell raw material to the
various starch companies?
CAN BE CLOSED TOWN.
"Another advantage was that th least
product-V plants could be cloaed sown
ar.d the work done at th more produc
tive plama. The pople of your tewn
have already seen a distillery closed
own by the whisky trust. What is to
prevent the Argo company from being
cl a-d down by the atarch trust? When
all the factories belong to one corporation
th closing down of one factory does not
brlr.g loss to the corperation. because the
work can be carried on somewhere else,
but the Argo company, as an Independ
ent company, could not close down with
out aerluus loss. Therefore the chances
are greater In favor of the local factory
bntc cloved down unler a trust than un
der tnde?ndnt mane irement.
"Mr. Flint also suggested as sjiother
advantage, that in ctse of local fires or
strike., the work cou d be done elsewhere
without less. if tte empioyes of the
starch company are urged to support the
trust for fear of losirg their employment,
let me remind them cf Mr. Flint's speech,
"the Argo company, as an independent
company, could not nfford to close down
and turn off its employes, but when the
Argo company becon es a member of the
National Starch company, the employes
have no way of protecting themselves,
because the work here can be suspended
while th employs are starved Into sub
ml'w Under the trust system a. strike
In one factory brings no loss to the com
pany, but It doea bring gerat loss to the
employes. Iet me rive you a ease in
point. The Birmingham Age and Herald
of fcrt ember 12 contained the following
lispafh from Bessemer, Ala.:
f.MPLOYES UNPROTECTED.
Vork was resumed at the Central
Four dry company's plant yesterday. The
men who went out on a strike early last
weak returned to work on the company's
terms. The management here is not re
sponsible for the re-luction In wees, it
fcaving been ordered by the head office in
fsw York, the reduction prevailing
throughout all the pipe plants belonging
to the company." S
"It an order come from the head of
fice In New York to reduce the wages in
all the starch facte lies, the men have
nothing to do but to aubmlt. The same
greed which leada the trutt to raise
T. r . an1 xtort from consumers, w ll
allow it to lower wages and do injustice
to th employes."
"Th attorney general Is seeking to en
force a .tatute in Nebraska. The law is
a good law and ought to be enforced and
tp pecpi of NepraAkOi city ought ta hold
1 or September ot mis year. w.r
i step was taken and the I mted Starch
: cot-any Jotn4 the trist. Mrst have
f a i rtTTvnnrrii. t.uiuviij i r 1
a mass meeting- to commend him, rather
than to condemn him. The fusion forces
believe In enforcing both state laws and
national laws a gamut the trusts. The
Kansas City platform demands the anni
hilation of all private monopolies and if
the democratic ticket is successful I be
lieve legislation will be enacted which
will make it Impossible for the National
Starch company to 'buy, bully or
wheedle" the Argo company into Joining
a trust, and with the dissolution of the
starch trust will come the dissolution of
all other trusts which are now plunder
ing the people."
. Continuing. Mr. Eryan congratulated
the people upon having an attorney gen
eral who has courage to b.ng the suit,
and said that if the United States attor
ney had done his duty there would have
been no necessity for the state authori
ties to take up the question. He said
that if he should be elected the federal
administration would be found moving
against all combinations contrary to law.
His words on this point were as follows:
HIS STAND ON TRUSTS.
"My friends, if the United States attor
ney general, of the republican party, had
done his duty he would have been en
forcing this law Instead of Mr. Smyth
being down here tonight, doing what the
republican national attorney genera
should do. This republican administra.
tlon has brought just three suite in the
last three years, and yet more trusts
were organized during the last three
years than in all the previous history of
the country.
"I want you people to know that If we
get control of this government, the fed
eral administration as well as the state
administration, will lay its hands upon
the starch trusts. I heard it said that
you people down here felt some hostility
toward Mr. Smyth because of his fight
against the trusts, but I do not fear any
hostility toward me. I want you to un
derstand that I am as much against the
starch trust, or any other trust, as Mr.
Smyth is, and I will fight them as hard
as he does, and if by the aid of the peo
ple of this country and of this state 1 am
made president of the United States, I
will promise you that I will do all I can
to dissolve the starch trust and leave the
Argo company an independent Nebraska
City company."
He asserted' that to support the trusts
meant to support the republican policies,
including imperialism, militarism, high
tariff, etc. He took up and discussed
briefly the general issues of the cam
paign. The speech was liberally ap
plauded in many places and there were
fewer shouts for opposing candidates
than at most meetings.
The conclusion of Bryan's speech was
the occasion for prolonged applause, the
cheering being again and again renewed.
Through the greater portion of his re
marks a cold drizzling rain was falling,
and he spoke holding an umbrella in one
hajid-
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LINCOLN VETERANS
They Organize a Bryan Club of 259 Mem
bers, Issue an Address and Present an
Engrossed Copy of their By-laws
and Members Names to Bryan
The old soldiers and sailors of Lin
coln a short time since resolved to
form a Bryan club. An address was
prepared and issued and the result
was the formation, without difficulty
or delay, of one of the largest and
most enthusiastic Bryan clubs in the
whole state. The following is the ad
dress sent out to the old soldiers:
THE ADDRESS:
Headquarters of the Veteran Soldier
and Sailor Bryan Club of Lancaster
County, Lincoln, Sept 21, 1000. To
the Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil
War Comrades: We, the under
signed, a committee of the Veteran
Soldier and Sailor Bryan club of Lan
caster county most cordially invite
you to take part with us in a demon
stration that will take place in this
city on Wednesday, the 3d day of Oc
tober next, under the auspices of the
fusion forces of Nebraska. We do so
because of the respect and love in
which we hold all soldiers anO sailors
regardless of their political affiliation,
and we can do so consistently, in as
much as we have during the dark days
of the civil war, most cheerfully an
swered the call of Abraham Lincoln.
The union was at stake then, and
we have not hesitated in responding to
the call of a republican president.
We honestly believe that the ten
ancies of the republican party at the
present time are extremely dangrous
to the maintenance of .ur reoublican
form of government, and we call upon
all men who fought for the union to
join with us now, that we maj be en
abled to return the republic of the
fathers to the generations to come as
a "government of the people, for the
people and by tho people," instead of
a government by centralized power.
Sad as it may he to us. we charge
the republican party with imperial
istic tendencies for the reason that the
republican leaders do not hesitate to
say so. and because republican papers
advocate such policy. None of you
believe that the Declaration of Inde
pendence is "all rot," no trua soldier
can or ever will believe it. Speaker
Henderson of the United States house
of representatives has said in a speech
in Chicago during this month: "The
Hamilton theory cf government must
be the watchword of this campaign."
And Chairman Hanna cf the republi
can national committee, has said a
short while :ince- "The republican
party means to perpetuate President
McKinley'3 admiuistration," and says,
"the government of the United States
must remain in the hands of the
fittest to govern, regardless of ma
jority." We might ever refer to the
speech of Senator Lods,c, when he
notified President McK'nley of hfs
nominatiou at Philadelphia, and we
could refer to many acts of the presi
dent during the lcist two years which
are of a character to Impress you with
the firm belief that the spirit of im
perialism, or if you liko it better, the
assumption of powers .;ot granted by
the constitution, is rampant over the
land.
We do not wish to make a political
appeal to you; we mean to make a
patriotic anpeal. Ab-aham Lincoln
trusted in our patriotism in 1861; you
may, indeed, you must, if ycu wish
to remain true to your past record as
union men, believe in our patriotism
now, for if we were noz patriotic then,
neither were you; and why should we
not be, all of us, as patriotic now as
in 1861?
You know as wrll as we do that the
republican party seldom thinks of the
soldiers about convention time, but
always thinks very much of them
about election time. The republican
party's burden is carried by you.
It is said by some old soldiers that
the republican party has been gener
ous to them in the pension policy,
and for that reason believe in that
party, fearing that a democratic presi
dent would reverse the republican pol
icy. We desire to call your attention
to the fact that tt ia the duty of any
political party to care for the soldiers
who are in need and deserve assis
tance; they must not rely upon gener
osity for pensions; we refuse to coun
tenance pensions for the old soldiers
as n mailer of generosity. Impress
yourselves firmly with the fexit that
the people of the country, regardless
of party, will see to it that" pensions
will be as secure under a democratic
president as under a republican.
Grover Cleveland called the pension
list a roll of honor, and we want it to
be held so, and during Ills eight years
of administration more pensions were
granted than during the sixteen years
previous. In truth, as in logic, the
pensioner is much safer with -The gov
ernment that believes in . a small
standirg army than under a govern
ment that believes in a large standing
army.
We only refer to this pension matter
to st at rest subsized republican jour
nal's imputation; we do not refer to
it as an appeal to the greed of the old
soldiers, )'cr w firmly believe that
they would have fought even without
pay, had It been necessary. Goi knows
that the pensions are small " enough,
too small, indeed, and all things con
sidered we feel certain that William
Jennings Bryan, as president, would
honor the soldieis as much, if not
more, than any president we ever had.
The festivities of the 3d day of Oc
tober will be in his honor; his high
rense of propriety . made him decline
to invade the home of President Mc
Kinley. while the republican national
committee has seen fit to invade Mr.
Bryan's home. We may, therefore,
with good reason ask old soldiers to
join with us u"pon this occasion.
VICOTOR VIFQUAIN.
P. H. BARRY,
J. H. WILSON, ,
G. L. LAWS,
J. B MBSERVB,
Committee. - -
JOSEPH IvTGRAW,
- ' Secretary.
CALL TO MEET BRYAN.
Headquarters of the Bryan Veteran
League, Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 15. Dear
Comrade: We earnestly urge you to
be present, at the reception to Hon.
W. J. Bryan on his return to his home,
Wednesday, September 19, in the af
ternoon or evening.
We honor him as the champion and
expounder of human Jiberty of the
American republic We were tried on
these principles in the c'ays of the 60s,
now in 1900 those of us who are left
and are able, willingly make such ef
fort as we can to perpetuate our love
of liberty and country to the coming
generations.
Trusting we may never live to see
our beloved republican government
changed by those who have less
thought, and love only pecuniary gain,
aristocratic aud even imperial rules,
we again urge the importance of your
presence in our anks. We meet at
4 p. m. at hair; 123 North Ninth street,
south of Lincoln hotel. Be on hand
early as some business will be called
before going to the depot.
JOSEPH M GRAW, Secretary.
THE PRESENTATION.
Owing to tte.Jact that Mr. Bryan
missed a railroad Connection he did
not get home until midnight, the par
ade that, had been planned had to be
abandoned, and a committee appointed
for the purpose called upon Mr. Bryan
at his home tho next day and pre
sented to him the address prepared by
the veterans of the civil war. Of the
committee of twenty-five, seventeen
were iorraer republicans. The club
has a membership of 2b.
Mr. John W. Wilson presented Mr.
Bryan with a copy of an engrossed poll
of the membership, containing the
names and companies of the 259 mem
bers. He said:
"Colonel Bryan: We the members
of the Bryan Veterans' Bimetallic
club of Lancaster county, have the
3'onor and pleasure of greeting you on
your safe return to your home and
family in our capital city of Nebraska.
We have known and watched you from
the beginning of your, unprecedented
and eventful caret among us and we
have observed with pride the unflinch
ing, manly and courageous stand you
have c'lways taken upon every ques
tion affecting the welfare of your fellow-citizens.
"We welcome you home as our
champion and leader in the great
struggle of the nf asses against the
classes, and we ask you to accept from
us as a token of the esteem in which
you are held by each member of the
veterans' club this copy of the en
grossed poll of our membership, con
taining the names of 259 veterans, rep
resenting all branches of the military
and naval servico of the government
during the civil war, together with a
copy o!! the preamble anrl resolution of
our organization setting forth the rea
sons why we left our political homes
in 1896 and 1900 and joined your
standard.
"Wi beg. to assure you in behalf of
this club that the entire membership
of this organization is actively, ener
getically and aggressively supporting
and aiding you in your splendid strug
gle for humanity."
BRYAN. TO SOLDIERS
Replying to Mr. Wilson's remarks
Mr. Bryan said:
"Mr. Wilson and Members of the
Committee. I desire to express to you
my sir-cere gratitude for your cordial
welcome and for the assurances which
jou give of support in this campaign.
I would not be willing to receive the
support of the so'diers represented in
this club if I did aot believe that their
interests as soldiers, &'i well as their
interests as citiiens, would be pro
tected under a democratic administra
tion. If I am successful in this con
test and become the chief executive of
this nation, you may rest assured that
during the four years cf my admin
istration the soldiers of this country
who offered their services when their
services were needed and made the
sacrifices which fcoldiers ar called
upon to make, will receive just and
generous treatment at the hands of
th-, administration. (Applause.)
"I have not had much experience as
a soldier myself. My brief service in
the Spanish war was in camp, but yet
even in camp I iearned something of
the soldiers' life; I learued something
of the sacrifices whioh the soldier
makes; I learned something of the
dangers which, he enccunters, even
when he is not oi. the. battlefield; and
I learned something also of the sacri
fices made by thtt;e whom tho soldier
leaves behind, and my experience in
the army taught me tba; the lot of the
soldier, hard as it is, is easier than the
lot of the soldier's ,wif and the sol
dier's family; I learned, too, some
thing of the government's 'obligations
to the soldier during that experience,
and if I had not prized the service of
the volunteer before, I learned to prize
it then, and I am now more than ever
a believer In the volunteer soldier and
the strength of the nation which can
rely upon its citizens. (Applause.)
INCENTIVE TO VOLUNTEERS.
"In nations which have v. large
standing army it is not so necessary
that c&re should be taken of the sol
dier after his services is past, but in
a country like ours where we have or
should have but a small standing
army and where all the people, should
be soldiers In citizens' clothes, ready
to don the uniform In any emergency,
the nation has a double reason for be
ing liberal in its treatment to veterans
and their dependants. .It Is both the
Incentive of gratitude and the incen
tive of self-interefet for if the nation
does not do well by those who volun
teer when the nation eeds support,
the nation cannot expect that its calls
will be promptly answered. The sol
dier therefore, as ;i sold er, need have
no fear under th? administration in
case I should be honored by the suf
frages of my country men and elevated
to that office But the soldier is a
citizen as well as a lurvivor- of the
war, and I take it for granted that
your interest In this campaign is due
in part to the fact that you are citizens
of a republic and do not care to be
citizens of an empire. I take it for
granted that you" interest in this cam
paign is due not only to the fact that
you live here now. but also to the fact
that you expect your children to live
here after you. (Applause.)
"You want this government good
while you are here tj enjoy it and
you want to leave a good government
to those who come after you, and I
am not surprised that you who were
willing to offer the highest evidence
of loyalty that man can offer life
when the effort wls ma le to have two
republics instead of One, I am not sur
prised that you are vMing to give
your vote to keep the one republic
that you helped to maintain (Ap-
POSITION OP DEMOCRACY.
"In the campaign of 1900 the demo
cratic party has declared the question
of imperialism to be the paramount is
sue not the only issue, but the para
mount issue paramount because the
changes that may occur in our domes
tic affairs are net so permanent in
their nature and the Mistakes made
are not so injurious K their effect;
but in this campaign we are dealing
with the foundation "priuciplea of gov
ernment, and if those principles which
we have adhered to in the past are
wrong then we must begin to con
struct a new lorm of government, for
the house must fit the foundation. The
republican party has attacked the
foundation of our form of government.
In all the history of the human race
but two ideas of government have been
presented one the European idea that
force is the foundation; the other the
American idea that consent is the
foundation. All governments rest
either upon the consent of the gov
erned and derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed, or
they rest upon brute rorce? We be
lieve that nations rest upon the con
sent of the governed, and we believe
that this government cannot deny to
the people of the Philippine islands
the right of a voice in their own gov
ernment without impairing the doc
trine of self-government in this coun
try, and it is not a question whether
we feel interested in ourselves and in
posterity, for when we strike a blow
at the theory of self-government in
the Philippines we strike a blow at
that theory in this country (Ap
plause.) "When the doctrine that the people
are the source, of power is free from
attack we shall have many questions
to settle. Whether you gentlemen will
all agree with me In the settlement of
those questions,, I know not, but I am
glad In this crisis there is evidence
that the people will, a in the past,
prove equal to the emergency. My ob
servation is that all over this country
the people are becomiag alarmed at
the present tendency of the republi
can party. The republican party to
day does not stard for the principles
which it stood for when many of you
were members of that party. (Ap
plause.) The time came, when you gen
tlemen had to decide whether you
would chaage your part affiliation or
change your convictions, and you de
cided to change your party affiliations.
I believe you acted upon the correct
theory. Whenever a democrat be
lieves that to remain a democrat would
endanger his country I ihink he ought
to leave th- party and when a repub
lican decides that to remain a republi
can would endanger his country he
ought to cease to he a republican. (Ap
plause.) "I appreciate the support which you
have promised ar.d am grateful for the
kindly and cordial manner in which
you have expressed your confidence.
My greatest solicitude is not lest I
fail to be elected president, but that I
may do nothing to destroy the good
will and the confidence which have
been expressed by you and those like
you throughout this nation.' (Ap
plause.) McKinley Vs. Jefferson
That the readers of The Independent
may have the proof of the falsity of
the statement of Theodore Roosevelt
in regard to the policy of Jefferson and
McKinley, the full record of the an
nexations under McKinley and those
under Jefferson are herewith repro
duced together with Roosevelt's state
ment in his letter of acceptance.
"The parallel between what Jeffer
son did with Louisiana and what is
now being done in the Philippines is
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The treaty with France by which
the Louisiana territory was annexed
under Jefferson was as follows:
"Article III. The inhabitants of the
ceded territory shall be Incorporated
in the union of the United. States, and
admitted as soon as possible, accord
ing to the principles of the federa
constitution, to the enjoyment of al
tne rights, advantages and immunities
of citizens of the United States, and
in the meantime they shall be main
tained and protected in the free en
joyment of their liberty, property and
the religion which they profess."
After ratifying the treaty with Spain
by which the Philippines were an
nexed, the senate of the United States
adopted the McEnery resolution which
was as follows:
"That by the ratification of the trea
ty of peace with Spain it is not intend
ed to Incorpprate the inhabitants of
the Philippines Into citizenship of the
United States, nor is it Intended to
permanently annex said islands as an
integral part of the territory of the
United States; but It Is the Intention
of the United States to establish on
said islands a government suitable to
the wants and conditions of the In
habitants of said islands, to prepare
them for local self-government, and in
due time to make such disposition o
said islands as will best promote the
interest's of the citizens of the United
States and the inhabitants of said isl
ands."
The above is the official record con
cerning the annexation under Jefferson
and that by McKinley, and yet Mr.
Roosevelt says: "The parallel be
tween what Jefferson did with Louis
iana and what is now being done is
exact." In Mr. Roosevelt's view the
words: "The inhabitants of the ceded
territory shall be Incorporated In the
union of the United States," and the
words: "It is not intended to incor
porate the inhabitants of the Philip
pines into the citizenship of the
United States," form an exact parallel
and mean exactly the same thing.
All the annexations of territory up
to the McKinley regime were annexed
under exactly the same conditions. The
treaty with Spain by which Florida
was annexed contained the same pro
vision as the annexation of Louisiana
in the following words:
"Article VI The inhabitants of the
territories which his Catholic majesty
cedes to the United States by this
treaty shall be incorporated in the
union of the United States as soon as
may be consistent with the principles
of the federal constitution, and ad
mitted to the enjoyment of all the
privileges, rights and immunities of
the citizens of the United States."
The treaties with Mexico contained
this provision:
"Article I2. The Mexicans who In
the territories aforesaid shall not pre
serve the character of citizens of the
Mexican republic shall be incorporated
into the union of the United States and
be admitted at the proper time (to be
judged of by the congress of the Unit
ed States) to the enjoyment of all the
rights of citizens of the United States,
according to the constitution, and in
the meantime shall be maintained and
protected in the free enjoyment of
their liberty and property and secured
in the free exercise of their religion
without restriction."
The treaty with Russia by which
Alaska was annexed contained the fol
lowing article:
"Article III. The inhabitants of the
ceded territory, according to their
choice, reserving their natural alleg
iance, may return to Russia within
three years, but if they should prefer
to remain in the ceded territory, they,
with the exception of the uncivilized
native tribes, shall be admitted to the
enjoyment of all the rights, advan
tages and immunities of citizens of the
United States, and shall be maintained
and protected in the free enjoyment of
their liberty, property and religion.
The uncivilized tribes will be subject
to such laws and regulations as the
United States may from time to time
adopt in regard to aboriginal tribes
of that country."
The resolution annexing Hawaii was
as follows:
"All white persons, including Por
tuguese and persons of African descent
and all persons descended from a Ha
waiian race, on either the paternal or
maternal side, who were citizens of
the republic of Hawaii immediately or
prior to the transfer of the sovereignty
thereof to the United States, are here
by declared to be citizens of the
United States."
It will be seen that "what is being
done now" in regard to Porto Rico
and the Philippines instead of being
an exact parallel with the acts of Jef
ferson and the policy of the United
States ever since this government was
established, is the very opposite. The
policy of McKinley is entirely new. No
such thing was ever contemplated' by
Jefferson or any other president of the
United States. It is imperialism.
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