The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-09-22
AT LOUISVILLE, l. ky.
Appeals to the Country on Higher
Grounds than Party Fealty

MIR. Bryan received great ovation
at Louisville, KY, where he spoke to
4O, 600 people, and expressed himself as
follows:
We are entering upon campaign,
and, as we have nothing to conceal, |
tell you frankly that | have come to
Kentucky because want the electoral
vote Of Kentucky in November. TAP
plause and cries you will get them. ~
AS the nominee of the Democratic
party | might appeal to you ON the
ground Of the regularity of my nolnina-
tion. | might call your attention to
the fact that the Chicago convention
was regularly called Ly the regular
authority, and oil over this Union
Democrats assembled in the regular
way to select their delegates to that
convention. | might call your atten-
tion to the fact that no convention ever
held in the country as accurately re-
llected the sentiment of the party
which selected the delegates rs did the
Chicago.convention. Great cheering J
In no convention within this genera
tion have the voters taken so active and
SO influential part as did the voters
of the Democratic party take in the
Chicago convention. II you have re-
gard for the will Of majority of the
party regularly expressed, then can
appeal to you on the ground that [ am
the nominee OF the Democratic party
in the regular way. But | shall ap-
peal to you for your support on higher
grounds than party reg ularity. (Cheers)
expressly release, SO far as | am con-
cerned, from the support o. the Chi
cago ticket every Democrat who be-
| lieves that the success of that ticket
would imperil our country. Cheers
L shall not ask any man to violate his
| conscience or be deaf to the voice
of his1udgment. shall ask no false
| fealty to party above love of country.
(Applause.) would not do it myself,
l will ask nobody to do what will not
| do. (Applause and cheering.) l be-
lieve, friends, that the Chicago plat
form presents the policies which will
be best for the people Of this country.
| believe that these policies put into
law will bring blessings to the Ameri-
can people, and call your attention
| to tho fact that in this campaign the
lines are drawn between plutocracy
+, and Democracy, there is no middle
ground. Cheers and applause.) say
to you my friends that in g campaign
J like this on the one side are arrayed
the syndicates, trusts and combina.
lions of money grabbers OF this coun-
try and in Europe, and on the other
side are the toiling masses, and NO
man has the right to throw away his
ballot. (Applause.)
IL tho SUCCESS OF the Chicago ticket
will be q bad thing for this country
every one of you who believe SO ought
to vote the Republican ticket to save
your country from distress. II the cleo
tion of the Republican ticket would be
| n ho1 fo,
ought to vote for the Chicago ticket tc
save your country from distress. (Cheeri
and cries OF "W We are going to.") The
Chicago platform does not present new
doctrines. Our platform declares
against the issue OF bonds in times O
peace, and against trafficking with the
syndicates which have been saving ou
country at so much per save during the
last few years. Great cheerlng.)
Let me read you what one OF you
own citizens once Deid on the subject
In 1878 Hon. John G.. Carlisle (hisse
and applause) used the words which
shall quote. (aisses and applause.) LIE
me read these words: "This troubl
now going on canuot cease until all tn
industrial interests OF the country ar
!, fully and finally emancipated from tn
heartless domination of syndicates
stock exchanges and other great com
binatiOns OF money gamblers in thi
country and Europe" tApplause.)
That, my friends, was the languag
; of john G. Carlisle. 81 thank God,
said Mr.. Bryan, THAT the Democrats
Q party has driven out of its ranks,th
{ representatives of these syndicateiip
e Ieoek no votes under false pfeteese
Z want your en1ra&e under no c9nd
ltion6 whereby you may be dacdives