Evening journal., 1896-09-22

independence, that all men are created
equal and stand alike before the law.
Applause Who is the patriot and
statesman, according to J. Pierpont
Morgan? He who believes the masses
were made with backs to bear the bur
dens and the few were made TO ride
upon the backs of those who toll. lap
plause.1
"The people OF this country desire a
government which is no respecter Of
persons, but will deal as heavily with
the great transgressor as with the
petty criminal, and which will not con-
fer special favors upon a few people,
who control legislation for private
gain. lApplause.l If you believe in
that way, you have a right to your
thoughts at the polls, but II you believe
II is safer to trust the destinies of this
country to the syndicates and corpora
tions, American and European, then
you have an opportunity TO so decide
this fall.
A NEW LEAF TO BE TURNED.
IL know there are many people who
have not yet given up hope that the
| people are able to govern themselves
without the aid of these branches that
has fastened themselves upon the gov
ernmcnt. Applause. / believe a new
\ leaf must be turned over. j believe
the time has come when the Secretary
Of the Treasury, instead OF being in
vited before the magnates of Wall
street and told what he must do, ought
/ to invite the magnates of Wall street
l before him and tell them what they
must do and make them do il. Ap
plau5e.l You say it cannot be DONE
| Then our government is a failure, be-
| cause there is somebody in the govern
ment who is bigger than the govern
ment itself. [Applause.
You say we are not able to manage
| these trusts2 Yes, we are. A trust
cannot exist unless it is connived at by
the lawmakers or those who enforce
1 the law. You have had something to
do with the coal trust and your coal
costs you about a dollar a ton more
this year than last 1t means that trust
can go to every fireside and exact an
unjust tribute before the man who sits
| by the flreside can be warm.
AGAINST THE TRUSTS.
ut means. that our natural wants
| drive us into a pen where the men who
own the trusts can slaughter us at
their mercy. Applause They told
us if we would repeal the Sherman law
we would have better times. Have we
had them? No. The farmer has seen
no better times. They are trying to
array the laborers against the farmers.
The laboring man has no better friend
than the farmer. In all his struggles
against capital, and if hard times are
to continue, the farmer can stand il
I longer than the laboring man.
"He can raise on his farm what he
has TO eat and clothes to wear. While
hard times to the laboring man and
loss of employment means that he
shall become a tramp. Applause /
/ have been called an Anarchist because
have opposed the trusts and syndi-
Gates which would manage this coun-
try. / am glad to have the opposition
of these men. / am glad that il / am
elected there is not a trust or syndicate
that can come to me and say: We put
you there; now pay us back Tire
mendous applause.l
LEFT FOR THE PARTY's GOOD.
"They say that our opponents hav,
a great amount Of money. Let then
have it, my friends. There is some
thing greater in this nation thar
money. God is still greater than Nam
mon among the American people, anC
truth can yet prevail in spite of all that
the powers OF darkness can bring
against it. CThree cheers for Bryant
/ am glad in this contest that there is
nobody on our side but the people, be
cause when you receive the support OF
the people all they ask of you is that
you do your duty without fear or IA
vor and they are paid for their suf
frages. These are the kind of peopl,
that It is pleasant to serve. These ar,
the kind of people who, standing be
hind a man, inspire him to do his dut,
on every occasion. The kind of people
, for whom a man can fight, KNOWING
that he is doing his duty to his coun
try to his family and to his God
ask each one of you to make you
votes represent what you want.
> government is acomposite photograph
y OF the people who constituted that gov
ernment. II the government does no
look WELL don't complain of the gov
, ernment, but try to make yourselve
! look better and the likeness will b
! better. If the government and law
to be better you must make it so.
I'VE have driven out of our part
n certain ones who say that we are n
4 longer Democrats. There is not
!, Democrat who ever belonged to tn
| DemOcfdLlc party LndJ we WOuiQ nc
/ drive out rather than surrender tn
4 immortal principles upon which tn
r Democratic party rests.
n "All that l ask is that a man VIII
Il leaves the party shall have a reaso
: he shall not be ashamed to tell to hi
Il / fellow-men. l object to corporatio
n | lawyers, syndicates and trusts leavin
Il the party and then putting the blam
on the Democratic party. / object whe
they say that they leave the party fo
their country's good, but l say tha
c they leave for their party's good. w
n are tired of having them running ou
It finances on the Republican plan.
It "A government of the people, by th
e people and for the people shall not pei
Ir ish from the earth. / thank you"
70 AS soon as Mr.. Bryan had conclude
o there was rush for the exits, it b,
e ing known that he was to make a shol
address to the overflow from the stan
II erected outside. Some OF the more eI
a thusiastic leaped to the stage and ell
It deavored to shake hands and exchans