The record-union., 1896-10-03

were Jammed by enormous crowds,
ana all the entrances were besieged by
enthusiasts eager for admittance.
Louis Reemelin, Chairman of the
democratic County Executive Commit,
tee, called the meeting to order, and
was howled down. In self-defense he
presented Mr.. Bryan. Gustav Taple
VINO mad been chosen to preside, came
IN just then and made a speech which
iiopooy heard in the confusion He,
.oo' presented Mr.. Bryan. Cries of
Hurrah for Mckinley" aroused the
Ire or some of the Bryanites present.
ana they tried to find the culprits
Whlle the shouts and calls were at their
night President Cosgrove of the Duck
worth Club jumped up and called the
dlsturbers blackguards. He demanded
the removal of three men in the bal
cony. and when this was done and the
confusion stopped he presented Mr..
Bryan. He said in part:
Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen:
esteem 1t a privilege as a candidate
Tor once to be permitted to present the
cIalrls or our cause to the people Of
CINCINNATI We are compelled to face
an enemy In this campaign which is
not only we'll organized and well
equipped with means both for legiti-
mate work and illegitimate work. but
we are also compelled to face an en-
emy which is not entirely honest in its
dealings with the people. (Applause.)
Before addressing myself to the para
mount issue of the campaign / want
% cali your attention to two or three
questions that have been raised by OUT
opponents Some of our opponents
nave attempted to arraign us before IN.
we are trying to disturb order and To
overthrow law. / want for a moment
to meet that proposition. There is moth
ing in our platform to meet that prop
osltlon. There is nothing in our plat.
form that Justifies that charge. If they
charge that our declaration in favor of
an income tax is an attempt to dis
credit the Supreme Court / deny it
There is nothing in our platform so Sc
we're as the court itself uttered against
the judgment of the Supreme Court
(Applause.)
Let me call your attention to a criti-
cism which Abraham Lincoln made Of
a decision of the Supreme Court, and
when you read his criticism you will
find how far we fall short Of him in crit
icism. And yet there are good people in
this country to-day who think that
Abraham Lincoln was not only great
man, but a good man and a patriot
Applause) Here is his language IN
June, 1857: We believe as much rs
Judge Douglas, perhaps more, in ODE
dience to and respect for the judicial
department Of the Government But we
think the Dred Scott decision was erro-
neous. We know that the court that
made it has often overruled its own de-
(iSiOnS dn y-ha
to have it overrule this
My friends, the position taken by
Abraham Lincoln is exactly the position
which we take to-day. (Applause) We
expect that the decision at some time
in the future to be overruled. We ex-
pect that in this way it will at some
time be possible to make wealth bear it's
share of the burdens of the Govern
ment. (Applause)
Il call your attention to the fact that
the men who are criticising US for still
favoring an income tax do not them
selves criticiSe the income tax. Our op-
ronentS want you to believe that we are
opposed to the enforcement of law. SO
far as that criticism is directed against
me as a candidate l assert as L have
asserted before, that there is not a cit
iZen in the land who believes more thor
Oughly in the enforcement of every law
upon the statute books than / do (ap-
plause). and furthermore, my friends.
if by the suffrages of my countrymen
I may be made the Chief Executive of
this nation, I will promise you that I
will so enforce the laws that some Of my
critics will fall on their knees begging
not to have the laws enforced. CTre.
mendous applause)
Let me state to you a reason for tho
opposition of some of these railroad
Presidents which they themselves do
not suggest. They oppose our platform
rot so much because it declares for free
coinage-they can stand free coinage.
They object to it because we demand
that instead of summoning an army 10
settle labor troubles that we shall have
arbitration to settle them. (Applause)
They say that we are not in favor of law
and order. 1 say that we are the ones
who desire peaceable solution of all
questions, and that they are the ones
who always appeal to force and deny
justice when they do it. (Applause)
But the worst part of all this OppOSi-
ton is that the men who attempt to de-
stroy labor organizations and to make
the laborer defenseless are the men who
in this campaign are attempting to use
the votes of laborers themselves to over
throw their rights. (Great applause)
There is another plank that these
men find fault with, but they do not say
much about it, and that is the plank
wherein we declare against government
by Injunction. and in favor of the bill
that passed the Senate to protect people
who are arrested for contempt. Why
do they not criticise that plank? Be
cGuse the bill which we indorsed in our
Platform passed the Senate of the
United States without opposition enough
to secure a roll call. The bill is just;
it is giving the right of trial by jury,
and these men dare not oppose the just
ice of the measure and therefore they
seek some other excuse upon which to
attack our PLATFORM