The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-07-18
qRB CHICAGO CONVENTION.
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LIZ V4IlVAuO VVNV A4SE44VASs
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CELL and Col j. Ord, representing the sit
liens Of Cha nlpaisn county and T1ty, were
at the depot to meet the distinguished
man from Nebraska Mr.. and Mrs. Biyan
we're escorted to temporary Platform,
which had been erected on a floor which
stood on a side track. It was drapedt with
bunting and flowers. There5:Was an ova-
ton of handclapping and cheers when Mr..
Bryan steppet: to the front OF the plat
form. He was introduced to the throng
of citizens by Cot J.. S. Wolf aStenerable
old gentleman bearing strong resenl-
blance to Gladstone. When quiet was re-
stored Mr.. Bryan said:
"Feliow Citizens: / believe i have not
visited this city Size about 1879 Cries Of
'.caooa boy, Bryan" and great applause.)
II that year was a student at the Illinois
college. ard We had contest I. think an
intercollegiate contest was had in this city
az your college, ard it was my good
fortune to De present and tonmeet some of
your people. and that is the last time
ana I believe the first time, that I have
been here or passed through here am
not going to make a. political speech this
afternoon. r have just been talking some
at Chicago, and am kind between
speeches, I am glad to have an OCCASION
to talk to you for awhile, and am graft
fed 80 see that so many people. by their
presence here, have shown their interest
in this campaign. In my judgment it is
the most important campaign through
which this country has passed in time OF
peace during our existence as. a. nation.
(Appiause). "A campaign in which. great
issues are to be settled; issues which affect
every man, woman and child in the ma
ton. And i beg Of you that you shall re-
alize and appreciate the important part
which you bear in this ca mpaign. This
is the greatest nation on the earth. 1t is
in advance, in my humble judgment, in
all that makes a nation great; in advance
oe all nations that live or nave lived in
those great things and the opportunities
which people find here have their highest
and best developments.
eve have the best form of government,
and we have the most perfect form Of
government because it is a government
which can be just as good as the people
desire it to be- No government can be bet
ter than the people desire. If our govern
1nent is good our laws are just, it. is be-
cause we make them ourselves / have
confidence in the intelligence, in the pa.
trio tisrn of the great common people of
this country. (Applause.) The only
trouble that we have is that the people are
so often Indifferent of their duties as cit
liens. Some have an idea that patriotism
can only be manifested in time of war. I
time OF war, but glory that in this land
every year gives patriot an opportunity
to show his love for country, and there is
no better year than this. (Applause.)
you have the right to consider and act
upon every question which arises and
when you find a person who tells you that
the masses of the people are not competent
to settle the greatest and most important
questions that concerns our nation, you
find a, man who does not understand the
conditions of our institutions. (Applause)
"Creat questions are simple questions.
Every political question is an economic
question, and every great economic ques-
ton is at least a great moral question, and
when you determine which is right and
which is wrong. when you come to the
settlement Of a question where Justice is,
involved, can be settled only by the great
common people of this nation. {Great ap-
plause and cheers Of That's rightly
mo question can. ever be settled until
the people sit In Judgment upon it. The
politicians have-tried to settle the money
question. The financiers have tried to set
tie the money question But it will not
be settled until the present producing
masses of the country express their opin-
ion, and from that opinion there is no APP
peal. (Applause).
''You have the right not only to hold an
the money question, and you have the
same right, by your ballot, to protect
your own interests and watch over the
welfare Of your family, as has any other
person in this broad land. And more than,
that each person must look after his own
rights and protect his own interests. There
is no class Of persons in this country into
whose hands you can trust the governs
me1lt, believing that they will look out
for everybody else. There Is. too much OF
seltishness in us all, and while we must
each look for ourselves, we must keep FOUR
ta1y OF
themselves and ourselves too. We have.
suffered more in this country, the people
who have tried to care for every interest
except their own, and in the end they have
taken care Of their interest only from
another cause. The money questionsfs not
in this campaign in its simplest form it
has ever taken before the people.
when this campaign is on, before the
election arrives, there will be just one
great question In this country, and thatSis,
is this nation great enough to attend to
its own business? Is this nation. great,
enough to legislate for its own people? If
so, then the people will de!na nd q financial
policy based upon the American interest
and for the caring Of American rights, re-;
gardless Of the aid and consent Of any.
other nation on the earth. tApplause.l
IF this nation is not great eroug to at,
tend to Its own business, then to.w1lat ma!
ton can we go with the expectation OF;
aid? Do you know of any nation that il
standing ready to help u.s. help ourselves. &.
Is there any nation that sets upsths plea
that it cannot take care Of it's own people 2.
1t is left for the United States to 11Ii mBly
bow before the foreign nations and beg
them to do that for which this llation#Was:
ins1ituted-to take .earehoe the people OF
the United States. applause. i 35 45ss
But I did not intend to make a speech
I5sinply wanted to thank you, to come out
here and express my gratitude to- you and
sfoAtlaose like you, who. have conferred ilppn
me this disting uished honor. & 3appreciate;
the honor and appreciate the respo lily
which that honor imposes. Whether & i
shall be elected or not depends not upon
but upon the people. II 81 3 sS
Hss But here the time was up for the train
stos leaYasgand Mr.. Bryan was hsast lsd of
Through the, crowd, wl1ich was 10th to give
AWAY w him. Hundreds OF people shook
shimssb by the hand as he came through The
assembly and promised him their IS uppprt.s
ssSSSs Arcola Mrs. Bryan receiver the hulk
sSfa III tenti ion. As soon as they had been
sihtrodhced Mr. Bryan said :S a lfeneNers
sI eonaes to Arcola: u gtrayel on my
ion, II because she at tended /. Sc eSsf
with the dang hters or your d
fzeii ones. ~ I'M
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