The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-08-13

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the Pittsburg Post, and spoke as follows:
"Mr. Chairman and Ladies and Sen
tlemen-I thought it might be necessary
in coming so far towards the east to
bring few of our people to keep up the
enthusiasm while | set forth the truths
set forth in the democratic platform
| cloud cheersl; but after | have seen Il
few audiences like this ] wonder
whether | might take back few of you
to set an example of enthusiasm to the
people of the west daughter and cheers.
There is no more Il wild west, it is the
wild east" CTremendous cheering
and laughter.)
A voice-"Youre brick" CHEERS
and laughter.)
Mr.. Bryan, resuming-"I am not eX-
pected TO enter into Il discussion of the
issues of the campaign because it is not
considerate to discuss the campaign-at
least for Il candidate to do so-unti he
has been formally notified of the nomina-
| tiOn.'
daughter and cheers.)
Mr. Bryan-"Therefor | am going to
leave TO those who come after me the
| discussion of such questions as may be
pertinent at this time and | shall simply
thank you for this extremely hearty
and unexpected manifestation of inter
est When l left home / told them
was coming into a camp which now was
the enemy's country and which we
hoped to-"
A voice-"Go east. young man, go
east" daughter and checring)
Mr.. Bryan-"But which we hoped
would be our country before the cam
paign closed. (iiight, right and ap-
plause) Therefore, | have been more
than gratifed to find that it was not
necessary to open the campaign III the
east. 1t has been already opened
there. ICheers and laughtcr) But
shall promise you this, that in the prog
ress of this campaign not single pr-
vate in the ranks will stand nearer to
the enemys guns than he in whose
hands the standard is. (Cheers.) We
are prepared to defend orr platform. 1t
presents, as we believe. those policies
which are for the best interests of all the
people and we are not terrified because
| our enemies have sought to apply to us
c!pithets and hard names when hey find
it impossible to oppose the positions
which we have taken. (ApplauscD
They shall not be permitted to put us
i'll the attitude of opponents to govern
ment, but we shall show them that there
Is Il difference between defending gov
ernment and defending the vicious lcgis,
lation inaugurated by the government for
private ends. Tremendous chcering)
Andrew Jackson, than whom there
never was n braycr, trucr democrat. has
expressed it well in the words: There
are no necessary evils in government: its
evils exist only in its abuses
1T is true, my friends. that what we
attack is the abuses of the government
and not the government itself. tCheers.)
The worst enemy of this country is the
man who seeks unjust legislation or de-
fends unjust legislation after it has
been obtained. He is the best Friend Of
the government who. in the first place
seeks to prevent unjust legislation. and
if unjust legislation has been enacted
seeks to erase it from the statute books
VINO is the best friend of government?
Not the man who secures vicious egis-
lation because of the pecuniary profit
which it brings him, but the man who
loves his government so well that he
would ma Ike it so good that it would de-
serve the love of every citizen in it, CAP
plause.) My friends. in this campaign
there is only one issue. If that is set
tied it will not give us Il government per-
feet in all its details. but that one ques-
tion must be settled first before other
questions can be settled. A letion that
is not able to adopt its own financial poll
cy is too impotent to legislate on any
question where the people are concerned.
lCheers.) We do not say that our Oppo-
nents are insincere: we do not say that
they are less honest than we. but we do
say that when they attempt to say to the
American people that we must be de-
pendent upon the legislative act of some
other government, we say it matters not
how honest they may be. we dare not en-
trust legislation in their hands. cloud
cheers.)
Il have said that in this contest we
test, as in that, a line will be drawn be-
| say it | do not say it. my friends. to
criticise the man who believes that this
nation is not great enough to legislate for
its own people. He believes it honestly
and | call your attention to the fact that
in the struggle of our forefathers for lib
erty there were those who honestly be-
lieved that we ought to continue in this
land the political supremacy of Great
Britain. loud cheers.), In this they
were but mistaken. and if you go to the
cemeteries you will find no monument
reared by a grateful people to commence
rate the names of those who thought
English domination should continue.