The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-19

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 1s.-The rule
established by William ]. Bryan to
avoid any public addresses on Sunday,
was broken tonight when he spoke
briefly to a crowd of newsboys at the
Newsboys' hall
He did it 80 oblige his friend and
supporter, Colonel I. G. Butler, presi-
dent of the Newsboys' association.
At SIR. Bryan's request the affair was
kept quiet, and outside of the little
vendors, few visitors only we're pres
ent. In the belief that Mr.. Bryan could
not come, Colonel Butler dismissed the
boys shortly after o clock. Nearly all
were out of the hall when Mr.. Bryan
made his appearance. They scrambled
back to their places, and heard this
little speech from the candidate:
Boys, l did not come to make
speech tonight, because this is the day
that l rest and l have felt the need
of having a day of rest more recently
than ever before. But I came because
I never like to decline an invitation
to be present at any place where an
endeavor is being made to do good.
And / don't know of any work which
is better than that work which is done
for boys. We were all boys once-and
some of us not so very long ago-and
when see boys 1 am reminded of
what one of our presidents. l think it
was Garfield, said-that you could not
tell what possibilities were buttoned
up under the vest of a boy When
think OF the possibilities that lie be-
Meath a boy in country like this. |
can appreciate any movement which
has for it's object the betternient of the
condition of boys or giving to them
higher ideas in life. and the making of
better men.
ALL BOYS ONCE.
Now, we are not ourselves RESPONSE
BILE for the surroundings Of youth. We
are born into this world and the sur
roundinEs meet us and to a certain
extent they affect us. But beyond that
we have much to do with the shaping
of OUT own course. What we amount
to in this world depends upon the ideas
which we have Some one has said
that a person who aims at the stars
will shoot higher, which simply means
that those who have the highest pur
poses wiz accomplish most. A meet
ing of this kind, where they teach you
patriotism, where they teach you re-
gard for each other, respect for each
others rights. necessarily elevateS your
ideas, gives you broader views of life,
and those views will help you to &C
complish more. Now, in this country
in which we live, boys are more blessed
than in any other country on earth.
because the boy in this country has
everything open to him and the boy
in this country may accomplish more
than he can in any other country. L
am here simply to testify, by my pres
ence more than by my words, to the
interest that I feel in organizations
such as this. I care not under what
auspices they are conducted. No good
effort is ever lost and if a kind word
spoken to a boy, a kind hand given to
a boy. gives him hope, makes him de-
sire better things, starts him on an
upward course, there is no measuring
the influence that that kind word or
kind act has. There is a song that
they sing in Sunday school. Kind
Words Can Never Die kind deeds can
never die.
WHAT MAY FOLLOW.
Now, there are times when human
life, or many human lives, will depend
upon the action of one person; there
are times when the welfare of the COM
munity will depend on one person;
there are times when the welfare of the
nation will depend upon one person,
tial one person may become in the des-
TIMES of the nation how useful he may
be to his fellows and society-you can
see that if a kind word or act should
be the case of getting that boy started
right leading him up to take advan
tage of his opportunities, what results
may follow.
II want you to remember that no
good ever comes to boys or men from
hnt oh al tTe
pays. / know it is hard always to be-
lieve, but if you take broad view of
life and it's possibilities, you will find
that it always pays to do what you
believe is right. 1t is always neces-
sary that you should try to find out
what right is, and the education which
you receive in the schools enables you
to see things and understand things,
and then the desire to do the best
thing leads you to take advantage of
the opportunities that are offered to
you | notice the notices on the wall,
and notices from the national songs.
want you to grow into larger boys
and into men. approaching the advan-
tages which your country affords, and
then that each one of YOU shall have
the ambition to make the most out of
those kinds. because, you know, if adj
vantageS come to persons and they do
not use them. advantages might just
as we'll not have come. and il a per-
son desires to use advantages and they
do not come, then he is helpless. But
if in a country like this you have the
and then make the best of
the opportunities. you can see the high
est form of citizenship.
IMPROVING OPPORTUNITIES
II feel interested in you boys who
are starting out so young to make a Iiy-
ing. Some of us, instead of having to
depend on our own exertions. were
carried forward by others. / am not
sure that you who begin this life of
independence and of necessary activ-
ity so early, have an advantage over
US who did not; but whether you had