Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-22
Bryal's Speech.
Delivered on the Third Day
Of the Chicago Con-
VentiOn.

L would be presumptuous, indeed, to
present myself against the distinguish
cd gentleman to whom you have lis
tened, II this were a measuring of
ability but this is not contest of per-
sons. The humblest citizens in all the
land, when clad in the armor Of right
eous cause, is stronger than all the
hosts of error that they can bring.
come to speak to you in defense of a
cause as holy as the cause of liberty,
the cause of humanity. loud ap-
plause)
When this debate is concluded, a
motion will be made to lay upon the
table resolution offered in commenda-
ton of the administra tnon, and also a
resolution in condemnation of the adj
ministration. l shall object to bring
ing this question down to a level of per-
sons. The individual IS but an atom;
he is born, he acts, he dies, but the
principles are eternal and this has been
a contest of principle. Never before in
the history of this country has there
been witnessed such contest as that
through which we have passed. Never
before in the history of American poll
tics has a great issue been fought out
as has this issue, by the voters them
selves.
FREE SILVER HISTORY.
ION the 4th of March 1895, a few
democrats, most. of them members Of
congress, issued an address to the dem
ocrats Of the nation, asserting that the
money question was the paramount is
sue OF the hour; asserting also the
right of a majority of the democratic
| party to control the party on the para
mount iTCue, concluding with the re-
| quest that all believers in the free coin
age of silver in the democratic party
should organize and take charge of and
| control the policy of the democrat tic
party. Three months later, at Mem
phis, an organization was perfected,
and silver democrats boldly and cour-
ageously proclaimed their belief, de-
| olaring that If successful, they would
crystalize in a platform the declara-
ton which they had made. Then be-
| gan the conflict with a zeal approach
Ing the zeal which inspired the crusad-
ers who followed Peter the Hermit
EXECUTIVE JUDGMENT.
"Our silver democrats went forth
from victory unto victory until they
are assuming, not to discuss, not to de-
bate. but to enter upon a judgment
rendered by the plain people of this
country. (Applause)
'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 cast aside when they refused to
! give expression to the sentiments of
those whom they would lead, and new
leaders have sprung up to give direc-
ton to this cause of truth. (Cheers)
Thus has the contest been waged,
and we have assembled here under as
binding and solemn instructions as
were ever fastened upon representa-
tives Of the people. We do not come
as individuals. Why, as individuals,
we might have been glad 10 compliment
the gentleman from New York (Sena-
tor HID, but we know that the people
for whom we speak would never be
willing to put him in a position where
he could thwart the will Of the demo-
cratic party. (Cheers).
II say 1t is not a question Of person;
II is a question of principle and 1t is
not with gladness, my friends, that we
find ourselves brought into conflict
with those who are arayed on the 9TH
er side. The gentleman who has just
preceded me Governor RusselD spoke
of the old state of Massachusetts, Let
me asure him that not one person in
all this convention entertains the least
hostility to the state Of Massachusetts,.
(Applause).
THE BUSINESS MAN.
when you come before us and tell
us we will disturb your business inter
ests, we reply that you have disturbed
our business interests by your course
Great applause and cheering) We
say to you that you have made too
limited in its application the definition
of business man. The man who is
employed for wages is as much a bus.
mess man as his employer. CONTINUED
cheering.) The attorney in a country
town is as much a business man as the
, corporation counsel in the great metro
polls. The merchant at the crossroads
store is as much a business man as the
merchant of New York. The farmer
who goes forth in the morning and tolls
all summer, and by application of brain
and muscle to the natural resources Of
this country, creates wealth, is as much
) a business man as the man who goes
upon the board of trade and bets upor
the price of grain.
into the earth, or climbs 1000 feet upon
the cliffs and brings forth from their
hiding place the precious metals to be
poured into the channels OF trade is as
much a business man as the few finan.
cial magnates, who. In back room
, corner the money of the world.
} MERE SELF-DEFENSE.
. 1--WE come to speak for this broader
, class Of business men. All. my friends
we say not one word against those who
live upon the Atlantic coast, but those
hardy pioneers who braved all the dan.
gers of the wilderness, who have made
the desert to blossom as the rose; those
pioneers away out there. rearing theiI
children near to natures heart, where
4 they can mingle their voices with the
: voices of the birds; out there where
. they have erected school houses fol
: educating their children; churches
!. where they praise their Creator, and
!, cemeteries, where sleeps the ashes OF
|, their dead-are as deserving of con.
8 sideration of this party as any people
: in the country. Great applause) Il
is for these that we speak. We do mo-
: come as aggressors. Our war is not q
, war of conquest. We are fighting In
| defense of our homes, our families and
, prosperity. cloud applause.)
I'VE have petitioned and our entrea
ties have been disregarded.
, HE WANTS A JACKSON.
1--WE have begged aud they have