Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-10-29
Bryan and SeVall Club
MET AT THE COURT HOUSE IN
IRREGULAR SESSION FRIDAY
NIGHT.
Speeches Were Made by Hon j. D.
Orear and Hon. P. II. Cullen-A
So, Large Crowd Present-Mr
Cullen's Speech in
Part.

The Bryan and Sewall club met in
regular weekly session at the Court
House Friday ave and a good audience
was in attendance. The meeting was
called to order by president Potts and
after the transaction of routine bust
ness a number of new names were
presented
8. s. Craig reported the following
names: T. j. Cornett, W. M. Pear
son, s. L. Woods, Orlando Hit, @. G.
Gentry, M. D., r. i. Gulick and
Ernest E. Scott.
Marshal Lane gave in the following
names: N. T. Johnson, Gus Terrell,
]. E. Pratt, Bud Fox, Gus Graham, Fl.
Glandon and Frank Hazard.
This makes the total membership
ITO.
Prosecuting Attorney John d. Orear
was then introduced by Mr.. Potts and
made a snort speech to the point. He
dwelt at length on the last bond issue
and denounced Secretary of the Treas
ury John G.. Carlisle as the worst
traitor this country had ever seen,
even worse than Benedict Arnold. His
speech was frequently applauded.
After he had finished Hon. P. H.
Cullen, the speaker of the evening,
was introduced by Mr.. Potts. His
speech was a splendid effort and he
was frequently applauded.
Mr.. Cullen's speech in part was as
follows:
'The speaker who has just preceded
me has devoted some of his time to
the "gold" Democrats. I will not fol-
low his example. They deserve no
attention and will receive none from
me. In this colossal contest they
amount to no more than a fly on an
ox's horn. For the weakest of the
free silver Democrats to fire at them is
like discharging a 20-pound cannon at
q hummipg bird"
The speaker then devoted some at
tention to the plank denouncing arbi-
trary interference by federal author
ity in local affairs and government by
Injunction, unreservedly endorsing the
plank, and said: "Any American
citizen who endorses arbitrary inter-
ference by federal powers in local
affairs, and who holds imprisonment
without a trial by jury superior to q
right of trial by jury, honors absolute
ism and dishonors freedom, for they
are the children Of arbitrary power
and antagonistic to the basic princi-
pies of Republican government"
They say the railroads are opposed
to Democracy. / will tell you why.
The Democratic platform challenges
the railroads and the trusts to COM
bat. Let me read that PLANK:
'The absorption Of wealth by the
few, the consolidation Of our leading
railroad systems, the formation Of
trusts and poels, require a stricter
control by the federal government Of
those arteries of commerce. We de-
mand the enlargement of the inter-
state commerce commission and such
restrictions and guarantees In the
control of railroads as will protect the
people from robbery and oppression"
1t has for some time been q serious
question with thoughtful men wheth-
or the railroads shall control the gov
eminent or the government shall con-
troll and regulate the railroads. The
Democracy has declared that the gov
eminent shall be the master and all
railroad bosses and hirelings know
that with the new blood, new energy
and infinite courage embodied and
embosomed In Bryan and Democracy
the day Of shameless plundering Of
the public by railroads is at an end.
That Ia the cause OF railroad opposi-
ton.
The money question is the great
bone OF contention. II there is q man
here that wants q 53-cent dollar let
him be expelled, for he is not q DEM
ocrat. II there 10 q man here who
wants a dishonest or unsound money
he is not in harmony with Democratic
ideas. The Democracy wants sound
money. The Democracy wants an
honest dollar.
II the present dollar lis an honest
dollar let 1t stand. II it Ia q dishonest
dollar let honest men condemn it in .
voice that will drown the thunders Of
heaven.
What is an honest dollar? No Re-
publican has W defined; no "gold
bug'' has ever enjoyed the luxury of q
thought about IL. An honest dollar IL
. dollar that never changes In value;
that has always aud at all times the
same purchasing power-Iust a. the
yard stick has always the same length,
the pound the same weight, the bushel