Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-06

understand democracy, 1t means the rule
OF the people, and that platform presents
those policies which, in my Judgment, are
best for the great majority of the Ameri-
can people. That platform is sound from
beginning to end. 1t breathes the spirit
of the declaration of independence, and 1t
is the forerunner of that movement which
is to carry the government back and
plant it again on the old foundations
where government shall protect each in
dividual in the enjoyment of life and lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness, and
stop using the instrumentalities of gov
ernment for favoritism and for the bene-
ut OF special privileged classes. (Cheers.)
l believe, my friends, that we have suf-
Tered more in this country from favorit-
Ism on the part of the government than
from any other cause. Favoritism has no
place in government. For the past twen-
" years or more our government has
been operated, in my judgment in the
interest of a few people and against the
rights and welfare of the great masses
OF the people, and now, when the people
are asserting their rights to proper con-
sideration, we find that those who are
entrenched behind these bulwarks, which
have been their hope in the past genera
ton, call us anarchists and socialists and
disturbers of public order. My friends,
as look into the faces of these people
cannot believe that they are anarchists.
L DO not believe you find anarchists out
upon the farms and plantations and in
the workshops. l would find them at the
head of these great syndicates and cor
porations, which think they are greater
tnan the government and refuse to re-
spect the law.
Il beg you to study the issues involved
in this campaign; study the results
which will follow, from victory on either
side, and then cast your ballot where
you think 1t will do the most good for
fQ mil 1inC my
At Huntington.
Mr.. Bryan spoke from the rear plat
form of the train to quite a large audience
at Huntington. He was presented by
Senator Harris, and in the course of his
remarks said:
1T was not very long ago that the
president asserted the Monroe doctrine
and you found that the gamblers upon
the stock market, the financiers of New
York who had been Mr.. Cleveland's de-
voted admirers, expressed desire as to
whether or not we were in position to
assert foreign policy of our own, and
the people of the south and the west were
the ones that promised to stand by him
while he enforced an American policy.
(CheersO You cannot have an American
policy as long as you have your financial
system resting upon a handful of gold,
with foreigners ready to pull it out from
under you at any time. (Cheers.) The
gold standard is a tyrant in times of quiet
and has always been coward at the
first suggestion of danger" Great ap-
plause)
Camden Heard Minute Speech
from the candidate. 1t was just begin
ming to grow dark and bonfires lighted
up the landscape Waverly and Dickson
also turned out fair-SiZed crowds of
cheerers. Nashville was reached al S:35.
Mr.. Bryan was accompanied to Nash
vile by Senators Harris and Bate, Repre-
sentative Benton McMillin, ex-Represen-
tative Enloe, j. M. Coleman, chairman of
the state democratic committee; j. w.
Gaines, democratic nominee for congress
in the Nashville district, and other demo-
Gratis of prominence. Mr.. McMillin, who
left the candidate at Nashville, accom-
panied him through West Virginia, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, and it is due largely
to his efforts that Mr.. Bryan is in such
good physical condition. He took person.
al charge of the nominee, insisted that he
would have plenty of rest and kept him
from hundreds of inquisitive visitors.