Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-07-23
REPLY TO SENATOR HILL.

REPLY TO SENATOR HILL
An Eloquent Defense Of the
Platform.
HI vlsWs o. Finance, the 1neoms Tax,
Tenure Of OAoe. the Tariff and Bust
! .sss-Hs Declares He IL Rsady to Nest
The Gold Standard Mon % Every Point.
Au that the imagination pictures of
De,nosthenes and Cicero, all that tUe have
heard Of the great orators Of the Engltsh
tongue, sUas realized.
HENRY GEORGE.
4 The delegates sat as II enchanted 1t
srds display of eloquence pure and u'a-
defled. Henry CLAN himself could not
haUe created so great a furore.
AMOS j.. CUMMINGS.
Bvyan's speech aras the finest Ihave eUer
listened to. JOHN p. ALTGELD.
Here is the speech by w. j. Bry-
an in the national convention at
Chicago that made him famous and
that nominated him for the presi-
dency:
MR. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
CONVENTION:
would be presumptuous indeed to
present myself against the distinguished
gentleman to whom you have listened
II this were but measuring Of ability,
but this is not q contest among persons.
The humblest citizen in all the land
when clad in the armor Of q righteous
cause il stronger than all the whole
hosts Of error that they can bring. I
come to speak to you in defense Of q
cause as holy as the cause Of liberty-the
cause Of humanity.
When.this debate is concluded, a mo-
tion will be made to lay upon the table
the resolution offered In commentator
Of the administration, and also the res
olution in condemnation Of the admin
istration. shall object to bringing this
question down to 9 level Of persona
The individual is an atom-he is born,
he acts, he dies-but principles are eter-
nal, and this has been contest Of prin-
ciple.
Never before in the history Of this
country has there been witnessed such q
contest a. that through which we have
passed Never before in the history Of
American politics has agreat issue been
fought out a. this issue has been BY the
voters themselves On the 4th Of March,
1896, q few Democrats, most Of them
members Of congress, issued an address
10 the Democrats Of the nation asserting
that the money question was the para
mount issue Of the hour, asserting also
che right Of majority Of the Demo
cratic party to control the position Of
tho party ON this paramount issue, con-
cluding with the request that all believ.
ers In free coinage Of silver in the DEM
tocratic party should organize and take
charge Of and control the policy Of the
Democratic party.
Three months later, at Memphis, an
organization was perfected and the sill
yer Democrats went forth openly and
boldly and courageously proclaiming
their belief and declaring that if success.
full they would crystallize in q platform
the declaration which they had made,
and then began the conflict with zeal
approaching the zeal which inspired the
crusaders who followed Peter the Her
nit Our silver Democrats went forth
from victory unto victory until they are
assembled now, not to discuss, not to
debate, but to enter the Judgment rem
dered BY the plain people Of this coun-
try.
In this contest brother has been ar
rayed against brother and father against
son. The warmest ties Of love and
acquaintance and association have been
disregardcd. Old leaders have been cast
aside when they refused to give express
sion to the sentiments of those whom
they would lead. and new leaders have