The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-09
BRYAN on THE INcOME TAX.
The Republican Critics of the De-
mOcracy's Attitude Roasted.

| The Republican Critics of the De-
mocracy's Attitude Roasted.
Cedar Rapids, Ia, Oct S.-To an appre-
ciative audience that filled the grand
stand and bleachers at Athletic Park and
flowed over into the field, William J.
| Bryan made a short speech this afternoon
! during his stop of nearly two hours in Ce-
| dar Rapids. Between 5000 and 5000 people
| were present. John NJ. Redmond intro
| duced Mr.. Bryan who said in part THE
| three parties which agreed on my nomi-
nation made the money question of. the
| first Importance, and our opponentsk xviii
! concede that the settlement of the money
| question overshadows all the questions
| and yet our opponents, not satisfied to
| fight the battle on the money question,
! have attempted the bringing in of other
issues. They have even gone so far as
| to declare that in expressing desire for
| an income tax we were not showing
| proper respect for the supreme court,
! which declared the last income tax law
| unconstitutional We believe that we
| have a right to express a desire for an in
come tax; we believe that we have
right to express a hope that a future
court will undo what the present court
! has done, and in expressing that desire
we were not subjecting ourselves to any
! just criticism.
Let me show what has been said in re-
] 1
/ you the name of the anarchist who said II.
Here is what some one has said The
! practical effect of the decision to-day is
| to give certain kinds of property a posi-
| tlon of faVoritism and advantage incon-
sistent with the fundamental principles Of
| our social organization and to invest them
with power and influence that may be per-
| ilous to that portion of the American peo-
| pie upon whom rests the largest part of
the burdens of government. and who
ought not to be subject to the dominion
| Of aggregate wealth any more than the
property of the country should be at the
mercy of the lawless. What man was
it, do you suppose, who said that the peo-
| pie ought not to be subject to the domn-
| ion of aggregate wealth; what anarchist
do you suppose that was? republican
| judge of the supreme court and his
| name is Harlan. Nothing in our
| platform is more severe than that
and yet that is the language
| of one of the judges of the supreme court.
Let me read again: While l have no doubt
that congress VIII find some means of sur
mounting the present crisis, my fear is
| that in some moment of national peril,
| this decision will rise up to Illustrate its
| will and paralyze its arm. l hope it may
not prove the first step toward the sub
mergence of the liberties of the people
| in sordid despot.sm of wealth. Who
is it that fears submergence of the liber-
| ties of the people In a sordid despotism
| of wealth, what anarchist said that?
These are the words of republican
/ member of the supreme court of the
! United States, Justice Brown, in critics.
| ing the decision of the supreme court
| Greet cheerng) More than that, he
| adds these words: AS l cannot escape
| the conviction that the decision OF the
| court in this great case is fraught with
| immeasurable danger to the future of
i h. ..
| the proportions of a national calamity,
| / feel it duty to enter my protest against
| it,
IF two republican members of that
| court can use the language which have
| quoted against the decision certainly the
] democratic party have a right to express
| the hope that some future court will go
| back to the precedent of a hundred years
| and refuse to be bound by an opinion rem
| dered by majority Of one. Great cheer
| ing) So that if our opponents are not
| Wiling to meet us on the money ques-
! tion and desire to turn the fight on the
! income tax, | am willing to array the pa
| triotism of the great mass of the people
| who are overtaXed against the patriot-
| ism OF the few men of large wealth who
| enjoy the protection of the government
and yet refuse to bear their share of the
| burdens"
The remainder of the speech was de-
voted to the money question. no new lines
| being taken up. Mr.. Bryan left for Mar
shalltown, Ia, over the Northwestern a.
5:45 O'Clock. His train Travelled on spe-
| cial schedule.
Marshalltown, Ia. Oct. S-Short speeches
were made by Mr. Bryan between Cedar
| Rapids and Marshalltown this evening 10
! crowds at Belle Place and Tamaca City
| Marshalltown was reached at TAO o o'clock
Two meetings were addressed by Mr.
| Bryan tonight, the first in a big tent
erected in front OF the court house and
| the second in the opera house. Both
places we're crowded. After the meetings
Mr. Bryan retired on his special car,
which was attached to the regular train
on the Northwestern, leaving for Sioux
| City tomorrow morning at las O'Clock
There was nothing new in the first speech
In the course of his remarks at the opera
house, he said: ''We have to depend large
ly upon clubs to carry this election. /
| think that tho club Is more important in
| this campaign than II has been In recent
| years. The silver clubs must do much upon
our side to Offset the Grub that employees
| hold over their employees. (Cheers.) l want
to ask the silver clubs Of Iowa, as have
already asked the silver clubs throughout
| the United States to do one thing that
will prove their loyalty and aid our cause
/ want TO ask the free silver clubs In Iowa
| and every silver club I'm the United States
TO meet at the polling places on the day Of
| the election in the early morning and give
the whole day to work for free silver. Gap
| plause) More than that we are not able
10 hire carriages as plentifuliy as our op-
ponents and l want to ask the members
OF the silver clubs to go to the polls with
their wagons and their buggies and their
carriages so that we will have vehicles
there TO bring to the polls any persons who
are not able to come without being
brought. (Applause.) My friends, this is
but a little request, and yet II the men,
bers Of the clubs will comply with It, it
means much for the cause of bi-metal-
| lism."
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.