The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06

who are making money out of the abuse
generally find fault with the people who
complain and try to put them i'll the at
titude of opponents of the Government.
want to assure you that the most loyal
supporters of the Government are not
found i'll the great trusts, which think
they are greater than the Government
and control it. Great applause).
''They are found among the masses and
want to secure the love for the Govern
ment of every citizen by making it so
good that it will deserve their love. (Ap
plauSe) Remember you cannot reform
evil by talking; you have got to reform it
by voting, so that people may complain
rs much as they like about n bad law,
but the way to get rid of it is by repeal
ing it, and the way to repeal it is to vote
for those who believe in repeating the
laws that are bad and not those who
want to make more bad laws and keep all
the bad laws already in existence.
'If the people of this country would all
recognize the power of the ballot and use
the ballot as they should they would see
less complaint against injustice. If our
laws are bad, remember the people who
permit the laws to remain are to blame.
If our laws are to be good those who
want them good have got to make them
good. l thank YOU" Great applause
and cheeripg).
IN MILWAUKEE.
Milwaukee, Sept. 5.-The platform ar
ranged for Mr. Bryan to speak from was
erected in the midst of the National Park,
comprising in extent about ten acres of
ground. This park is situated OH the
| south side of the city about three miles
from the heart of the town. The long
distance and the lack of facilities for
transportation us well rs the threatening
weather probably prevented the crowd
! from being as large as it otherwise would
hive been AS it was the area of ground
surrounding the four sides of the plat
form was well filled with people extend
ing rs far out rs the voice of the speaker
could be heard. There was Il crowd vari-
ously estimated Mt from 5000 to 10000
people. Those who assembled to listen
to the speech were we'll dressed and or
derby, among whom were many ladies who
braved the impending dampness for an
opportunity to hear Mr.. Bryan speak and
catch glimpse of the candidate.
The hour of 230 O'Clock set for the
| speaking to begin arrived before Mr..
| Bryan and his party made their appear
ance. 1t was fully twenty minutes past
| the hour announced before the carriage
i'll which he rode drove into the park.
Notwithstanding the strain which he had
undergone during his triVfrom the East
the exercise and effort of speaking in the
morning on the trip from Chicago to Mil
waukee, he appeared in good condition.
considering all the circumstances, and
made his address without very great
effort. The speech of Mr.. Bryan was very
much abbreviated on account of the rain
| to the evident disappointment Of the null
| titude who had by his time assembled to
| get their first opportunity of listening to
the address of the apostle OF free coinage
The meeting Mt Schlitz Park this even
ing, which was addressed by Mr. Bryan,
so far as numbers and enthusiasm was
| concerned, was success Mr.. BRYAN
| was announced to begin his address at s
O'Clock, and long before that time the
galleries and the large auditorium was
filled with thousands of people unable to
| gain admission to the hall The stage
contained il large number of laiies and
distinguished citizens
| Mr.. Bryan was introduced by ey-Gov-
ernor Peck, of Wisconsin, as civilian j.
Bryan, ut present of Nebraska but later
of Washington, ID. c., and was extended
Il very warm ovation. When silence was
restored Mr. Bryan spoke as follows:
81 learned early in life that public
officer was but II public servant and |
think it is an idea Which we ought always
to bear in mind 1t is well for the officer
himself to remember it, and equally i'm
portant for the people to remember it, In
other words, public officer is simply a
| hired man employed at IL fixed salary,
employed for certain time to do certain
work. He is not in office merely because
he wants to be; his only reasons for being
there ought to be those whom he serves
! wants him to be there. In other words,
the officer is merely chosen by the peoD Die
to do work which they must have done,
and they have no reason for choosing
him except that he can do that WORK for
! them. Officers are not elected to think
for the people; the people are supposed
to think for themselves. They are elected
to act for the people simply because the
| people are so numerous that they cannot
act for themselves in these capacities. An
officer, | might say, is necessary~~evil
1t would be better for the people if they
could act for themselves, but that being
! impossible they. must do the next best
thing and act through someone else, and
the beauty about our form of Govern
ment is that instead of acting through
somebody who rules by right divine our
people act through representatives whom
they themselves choose, and whom they
| can turn out of Office whenever they get
tired of them. (Applause).
Since the public officer is elected to
carry out your ideas it is important that
| you shall know first for what policies
| does candidate stand and, second, will
he carry out those policies if elected? I
believe in the platform not because I
| stand upon it believe in it because 1t
| presents doctrines which believed in be-
fore they were written in that platform.
| (Great applause.) And have reasons for