The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-15
CAPTURES TIE COUNTRY.
W. j. Bryan's Triumphal
Tour.
AT Every Station by
Thousands OF Enthusias-
tic admirers.


presidential chair after November,
is now the idol of the North as
well as the idol of the South and
West.
In the HISTORY of this country
no Presidential nominee has ever
created the wild enthusiasm that
Mr.. Bryan created while on his
tour from Nebraska to New York.
At every station of any Importance
there were hundreds and thous-
ands who wanted to hear him talk
or get q grasp ofhis hand.
In McKinley.s State Ohio the
/ enthusiasm was great as elsewhere,
and in McKinley's birthplace and
home, Canton, Ohio, thousands of
people were at the depot to re-
ceive the boy orator Of the
Platte.n In Pittsburg, Penn. right
in what was thought to be the
very nest Of gOldbugism, thOus-
ands of people who wanted to hear
Bryan speak could not on account
of the immense crowd. Two ofthe
largest halls in the city, that
together seated about 5000 people
were filled to overlooking and on
the outside there was such an
eager crowd that 100 policemen
were putOn duty to preserve order,
EXTRACTS FROM MR.. BRYAN's SPEECHES.
"My friends, / believe that each man,
whether he be high OF low, rich or
poor, is the best judge Of the effect of
any proposition upon himself (great
applaUse), and he alone has the right
to say how his vote shall be cast and
ON which side his infiIsnce shall be
! thrown. Wy friends, it Is the principle
OF the broadcast Democracy thatthese
questions must be settled By the COM
mon people, and that this government
has created q particular class to
legislate for others. Tremendous
applause). When / say that no man
can accuse me of attempting to deny
to TIL capitalist or financier the right
to have his views and to have his
opinion and 90 express that OpiuiOn,
/ simply deny to bin the exclusive
right to think upon these subjects. /
deny to him the right t. act for any,
body but himself. Great applause).
lyon have co right as American
citizens to go to the polls uselessly.
You have no right to cast your votes
with Indifference, but it is a duty You
owe yourselves, yonr families andyOur
coantry and your God to make your
ballot represent your conscience and
your Judgment. l met last night a
gentleman who told me that his en-
plOyer was against me, but that he
was for ME. / have heard that re-
mark before. The employer and the
employee have II right to differ in
politics. But remember, my friends,
salary that a man receives does not
purchase his citizenship. No wages
are high enough for that. The dollars
which are paid for the labor Of the
hand or mind are paid for labor and
not for votes. loud cheeringJ. |
want to suggest that who
attempts to use emplOylments to lob
the employee of his citizenship docs
not deserve to live In a country like
this. tLond cheeringl. The franchise
is given to each individual Tor his own
use, and it must not be taken from
him by purchase or by intimidation.
1t is his. 1t is his birthright, and the
man yielding il up against his con.
science and his judgment sells his
birthright and docs not receive IN
return even a mess Of pottage. loud
cheers). | ask you to do your duty as
you see it, and tIust your fellOwmen to
stand by you in the exercise Of your
rights. loud cheeringl, / thank you
for your attention. ~tCheering).
!
"My friends, in this campaign there
is only one great issue. III that il
settled, 1t will not give US agGyernmeDt
perfect in all it's details, but that one
qnestion must be settled first before
other questions a be settled. A
nation that is not able to adopt its owr
financial policy is too impotent to leg
islate on any question where ~thepeopls
are concerned. (Cheers) We do moi
say that Our opponents are i~nsincere
We do not say they are less honest
than we, bot we do say that when they
attempt to say to the American people
that we must be dependent upon the
legislative act of some other govern
ment, we say it matters nothOw homes
, they may be, we dare not entrusl
legislation in their hands. (LOuC
cheers). have said that in this con
test W. have a repetition of the cOntesl
of l776, and that in this campaign Al
ia that a line will be drawn betweeu
the patriot and the Tory, and when
say it, / do not say it, my friends, II
criticise the man who believes that thil
nation is not great enough to legislat,
for its own people. He believes il
honestly, and / recall your attention
to tile fact that in The struggle of on.
iorefalhers for liberty, there werethos'
who honestly believed that we onghl
to continue IN this land the pOlitiea
supremacy OF Great Britain. (LOuI
cheeTs). In this they were but mis-
taken; and if you go to the cemeteries
you will find no monument reared bJ
a Urataful 1eonla RI mann TN