The San Francisco call., 1896-09-24
THREE SPEECHES
IN ONE NIGHT
Mr.. Bryan's Husky Voice
Sounds to Thousands
in Brooklyn.
GLAD HE'S A DEFENDER.
Attacks the Supreme Court for
Its Decision on the
Income Tax.
GHOST OF LINCOLN INVOKED.
His Opponents Remind Him of the
Man Who Feared He Would
Get Justice.
GHOST OF LINCOLN INVOKED.

flow meeting, and later he addressed a
large gathering of laboring men in the
upper part of the city.
A solid mass of humanity packed the
Academy of Music. 1t was crowded fully
an hour before the beginning of the meet
ing. The doors were closed and thousands
turned away. The streets surrounding
the academy were blocked with a dis
appointed throng, who struggled and
fought to gain admittance to see the
Democratic standard bearer.
When Chairman James D. Bell took his
seat on the speakers stand at o'clock
there were in the hall over 5000 people.
There was a fair sprinkiing of ladies
present.
Among those who sat on the stage were
Elliott Danforth chairman of the State
Committee), Mr.. Blackburn of Kentucky
and Colonel Thompson (ex-Congressman
from Kentucky. Judge Gaynor of this
city was chairman. The audience cheered
him to the echo.
Mr.. Bryan was escorted to the theater
by congressman Clancy and B. j..
York of the Kings County Democratic
Committee. He remained in an ante
room until his turn came to speak.
Judge Gaynor said that in this campaign
the Democracy would not be wanting for
leaders, Senator McCarren was intro
duced. He read a resolution, which was
adopted with rousing cheers, pledging the
Democrats of Kings County to the
earnest and compromising support of
Bryan and Sewall. When the names of
Senator Quay and Mr. Platt, both of
whom were sarcastically alluded to in the
resolution, were heard there were Kisses,
while loud groans followed the mention
of Chairman Mark Hanna's name.
Then Mr.. Bryan suddenly appeared.
He had become tired of waiting for the
preliminaries to end, and, with Bernard
J. York, entered the stage from the rear
and walked calmly down the narrow aisle
formed by the sitting and standing
people. A mighty shout went up. The
audience seemed to rise as one man. In
one instant men were shouting with all
the power of their lungs, and as nearly
everybody was provided with a small
American flag these were waved in the air
until the whole audience seemed to be a
kaleidoscope of red. white ana blue.
Those who did not participate at first
soon became enthused and rose and
cheered with their more emotional neigh
bors. 1t was stirring scene. Order was
finally restored after the cheering had
lasted many minutes. The crowd wanted
to hear Bryan and Bryan alone, so his
introduction was brief.
1--WE will dispense with the formal parts
of the meeting and / will now introduce
to you your great leader, Mr.. Bryan" said
the chairman.
That was all the Judge said. His last
words were drowned in the roar that came
from every part of the house, and as the
band played Rally Round the Flag" the
people had a new incentive to shout.
When quiet was restored Mr.. Bryan spoke
as follows:
If you don't stop, if you don't pre- serve
order, our opponents will say you are against
order as well as against law. l esteem it
great privilege 10 be permitted TO defend
cause which have espoused in this campaign
and am glad 10 be permitted to present that
cause to the people of Brooklyn. l only wish
that that great divine whose name has added
even TO the fame of your great city, Henry
Ward Beecher lapplause1 were with US to- 1av
that ne might again champion the cause Of the
people in their great fight.
Before addressing myself to the money ques-
tion desire to say something in regard to the
planks of our platform which have been
assailed by the enemy. only speak OF the
because persons high in the Republican party
have called attention TO them and sought to
twist them into meaning never intended and
TO give them an Interpretation which they viii
not bear.
Mr. Bryan then read the plank denoun-
cling Federal interference, and declared it
as mild in tone when viewed by the side
of the plank on the inviolability OF State
rights In the Lincoln platform of 1860
Continuing Mr.. Bryan said:
Now, my friends, if our platform is wrong, 1
want these Republicans 10 repudiate Abraham
Lincoln. [AppIause.l Because if you take
Abraham Lincol from the Republican party,
you nave taken from it its most sacred
memory. [Applause.] Now let me call your
attention TO another thing they complain Of
They say we criticize the Supreme Court. Let
me read you what we say on that subject
The speaker quoted the plank in the
Chicago platform denouncing the Supreme
Court for its decision against the income
tax, and continued:
What criticism is there? I call attention to
the fact that the court overruled the decisions
OF a hundred years. We declare that Congress
ought to use all the constitutional power that
remains Let them insist that having taken
part we dare not use what they have lett. We
demand that Congress shall use such power as
may come from a reversal by the court as it
NAY hereafter be constituted. Has no court
court? If not, what right had this court to
reverse the courts for 100 years before it?
IApplausel This court changes from time to
lime Judges die or resign and new Judges
take their places. Is IL not possible, my
friends that future Judges may adhere TO the
rrecedents OF a century instead OF adhering to
3 decision rendered by majority OF one, and
that one changed his mind in two months?
Every time lawyer goes into court aud asks
a
is not an infrequent thing time law
yer does 1.-THE attacks the correctness OF the
decision which he desires to have reversed
LET me read TO you what the Repu blican plat
form said about decisions of the Supreme Court
in 1860:
We condemn the recent opening OF the African
slave trade under the cover of our National nag
aided by perversions Of judicial power.
That is what the platform said-it declared
that decision OF the court was perverslon OF
judicial power. There is no language IN our
platform that is as harsh on the supreme Court
as tha Republican platform. lApplause.l
Ny friends, on these two questions on wnlch
we are assa:led by the Republicans to-day, we
have not taken as emphatic stand as the Re
publican party took in the first platform upon
which IL elected n President OF the United
States. Let me read TO YOU now what Abraham
Lincoln said about the Supreme Court This is
from his inaugural ADDRESS:
DO not forget the position assumed by some