The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-11

here tonight SO as to be hard
The first thing on the programme is
a one minute speech by Mr.. Nash in
a presentation to Mr.. Bryan. Now,
let us have Just as much quiet as pos
sible. ~ AF
Mr.. Nash--Ladies and gentlemen. in
behalf of the Organized Labor Bryan
Lind Club of the City of st. Paul.
who have rendered me the honor of
presenting their congratulations and
good wishes to you upon this occasion
turning to Mr.. Bryan / wish to pre-
sent to you this silver pen as a token
or our appreciation for the manner in
which you have conducted this cam
paign. and we trust that when the
measure for the free silver coinage
comes to you for signature, you will
utilize this little token-not because
of its intrinsic value-upon which your
adversaries lay so mucn stress-but
because it embodies the sentiments
of class of citizens who have always
proved themselves to be the country'S
staunchest bullwark against oppres-
sion, tyranny and injustice. (Ap-
plause)
The accompanying address contains
the expressions of our club upon the
stand we have taken in this CAM
paign against the trusts and combines
which now threaten the very existence
of this republican form of government,
voice Good for Nash') and more es-
pecially against the coal combine,
which has been felt, and its cruel
eXtortions have been felt by every
wage worker in this great Northwest.
In conclusion, all l ask is that the
Organized Labor Bryan-Lind club be
put on record, and copy of the ad
dress in full will be presented to the
press for your consideration when you
receive your morning papers. L thank
you
Mr.. Pierce-Ladies and gentlemen,
Mr.. Bryan got up this morning a great
deal earlier than any of you did. 1t
was 2 o'clock this morning, or l o'clock,
L believe, and he spoke until 8 o'clock.
He has made some sixteen speeches
since. And yet he is bright as a dol
lara silver dollar that will come
through the mint when he has signed
the bill authorizing the redressing OF
the wrong Of 1873. (Applause.) 1 don't
know how he manages to be heard in
such an audience as this-I am sure L
can't, and wont try to be heard, be-
cause he can speak for himself. Now
allow me to introduce to you Mr., Bry-
an. Great applause)
Mr.. Bryan Begins.
Mr.. Bryan-Mr. Chairman, ladies
and gentlemen, it gives me a great deal
Of pleasure to be permitted to defend
our cause in the presence of an audi
ence in this great city, and before adj
dressing myself to the subject in hand,
I desire to express to the organized
labor Of this city my grateful appre-
citation of the gift which they have
presented. 1t is a gold pen with a
silver holder, and if 1 shall be elected
by my countrymen to be chief executive
Of this nation Ca voice, You willD,
hot To- L
you Willo and that holder shall be
used to sign a free coinage bill Great
applause) And l am glad that the
pen with which my signature shall be
affixed is the gift of the laboring men,
because, my friends / believe that
the laboring men of this country-aye
more than that, the laboring men Of
all this world-are interested in the
restoration of silver to its ancient place
by the side Of gold. (Applause)
l would not favor the free coinage of
silver did l not believe that it would
be beneficial to those who toll, because
my friends, my political philosophy
teaches me that there can be no pros
perity in this nation unless that pros
perity begins first among those who
create wealth and finds it's way after
wards to the other classes of society.
applause More than that cfviliza-
of the people, and it is only by. carry
ing the mass Of the people upward and
onward that we can expect any adj
vance in civilization. There can be no
real civilization where a few in a land
have more than they can use and the
many have. an insufficient amount to
give the necessary Sustenance. Ap-
plause) Nor do 1 believe that these
great inequalities can exist in nation
old
maxim of equal rights to all and spec
ial privileges to no one. ~
My friends when government. is
properly administered. there will be no
railroad Wreckers to make themselves
rich by bankrupting those who put
their confidence in them (applause);
when government is properly admins
tered there will be no representative
of a coal strust sitting 9by every fire
side to exact tribute from these who
desire to be protected from the cold
Of winter (applause)5 when0 govern
ment is properly administered there
will be no syndicate fattehing out of
the governments adversities after they
have brought those adversities upon
the government for their own benefit
(applause); when government is prop
erly administered there will be no cor
porationS which assume greater author
(applause); when government is prop
erly administered it will recognize those
fundamental principles set forth in
the Declaration of Independence, "All
men are created equal that they are
endowed with inalienable rights, that
governments are instituted to preserve
these rights and that governments de-
rive their just powers from the consent
of the governed" (Applause) When
these four principles are applied then
government will be what it ought to
be-
Jackson has well said that there are
no necessary evils in government. that
evils exist only in it's abuses and. my
friends, it is not government that we
raise our hands against. No man who
understands society or the necessity
for government will ever raise his
hand against government, it's against
the abuses of government. (Applause)
Its against the abuses of government,
and we shall not be driven from our
purpose to eradicate these abuses, al
though every man entrenched behind a
special privilege shall heap abuse upon
those who attempt to rob him. Gap
plause0
Dodging the Money Issue.
We have made the money question
the paramount issue of this campaign,
and yet our opponents are not satisfied
TO meet this question openly. They
have never been satisfied to meet the
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