The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-07-11
.BRYAN'S MASTER EFFORT.
THE SPEECH THAT CAUGHT THE
CONVENTION.
A BRILLIANT OUTBURST.
The Roy orator OF the rIatte" Rev
cl1tion-The Eastern Gold Men Ably
Answered McINiniey, Napoleon,
Waterioo--The Paramount
Issue silver and Not
1arin Protection
A BRILLIANT oUTBURsT.

CmCAGo. July 10. The speech of
Hon. W. !. Bryan OF Nebraska, which
SO nearly stampeded the convention
to hlm, and which put HIM fairly in
the race for the nomination for Presi.
dent, was as follows:
II would be presumptuous. indeed, 10
| present myself against the dist,n-
guished gentlemen TO whom you have
listened, il this were but measuring
OF ability, but this is not a contest
among persons. The humblest citi-
zen in ali the laud when clad in the
armor OF righteous cause is stronger
than all the hosts of error that they
can bring ! come TO speak to you in
defense Of II cause as holy as the cause
of liberty. the cause Of humanity.
loud applausel
"When this debate is concluded a
motion viii be made to lay upon the
table the resolution offered in COM
mendation of the administration ana
also the resolution in condemnation
Of the administration. | shall object
to bringing this question down to a
level of persons. The individual is
but an atomic is born, he acts, he
dies-but principles are eternal, and
this has become a contest of principle.
Never before in the history of this
country has there been witnessed such
a contest as that through which we
have passed. Never before in the
history of American politics has a
great issue been fought out as has this
issue, by the voters themselves
"On the fourth of March, 1885, a
few Democrats, most of them mem
bers of Congress, issued an address to
the Democrats of the nation, assert
ing the money question was the para
mount issue of the hour: asserting
also the right OF majority of the
Democratic party to control the posi-
tiOn of the party on this paramount
issue; concluding with the request
that ali believers in free coinage OF
silver in the Democratic party should
organize and take charge of and con
troll the policy of the Democratic par
ty. Three months later, at Memphis,
an organization was perfected, and
the silver Democrats went forth open
ly and boldly, and courageously pro-
claiming their belief, and declaring
that If successful, they would crystal.
ize in platform the declaration
which they had made, and then began
the conflict with a zeal approaching
the zeal which inspired the crusaders
who followed Peter the Hermit.
spread of the silver Movement
"Our silver Democrats went forth
from victory unto victory, until they
are assembled now, not to discuss, not
to debate, but TO enter up the judg-
ment rendered by the plain people of
this country (Applausel In this
contest brother has been arrayed
against brother, and father against
son. The warmest ties of love and
acquaintance and association have
been dlsregarded. old leaders have
been cast aside when they refused to
We expression TO the sentiment of
those whom they would lead, and new
leaders have sprung up to give direc-
tiOn 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 fastend upon the represent
atives Of people.
I'VE do not come as individual"
Why, as individuals, we might have
been glad to compliment the gentle
man from New York (Senator HilD,
but we know the people for whom we
speak would never be willing to put
him in IA position where he coulc
thwart the will of the Democratic
party Cheers | say il was not
question of persons; it was a question
o I principle, and 1t is not with glad
ness, my friends, that we find our
selves brought into conflict with
those who are now arrayed on the
other side.
The gentleman who just preceded
me Governor Russell, spoke OF the
old State OF Massachusetts,. Let me
assure him that not one person in all
this convention entertains the least
hostility TO the people of the State OF
Massachusetts (applause), but we
stand here, representing people who
are the equals before the law of the
largest citizens of the State of Massa-
chusetts. (Applause) When you come
before us and tell us we will disturb
your business interests, we reply that
You have disturbed our business inter
ests by your course. Great applause
aud cheeriuC) We say to yol that
you have made too limited in its appli-
cation the definition OF business men.
The man who is employed for wages
Is AS much a business man as his EN-
ployer Continued cheering.l The
attorney in country town is as much
"a business man as the corporation
counsel in a great metropolis. The
merchant at the cross roads store is as
much "A business man as the merchant
of New York. The farmer who goes
forth IN the morning and tolls all day,
begins in the spring and tolls ali sum
mer, and by the application Of brain
and muscle to the natural resources
OF this country, creates wealth, is as
much business man as the man who
goes upon the Board of Trade and bets
upon the price OF grain"
"rhe miners who 90 a thousand feet
into the earth, or climb 1000 feet
upon the cliffs and bring forth from
their hiding place the precious metals
TO be poured in the channels of trade,
are as much business men as the few
financial magnates who, in a back
room, corner the money OF the world.
1--WE come 10 speak of this broader
class of business men. All, my friends,
we say not one word against those
who live upon tho Atlantic saast but
those hardy pioneers who braVed all
the dangers OF the wilderness, who
have made the desert to blossom as
the rose-those pioneers away out
there, rearing their children near 10
natures heart, where they can mingle
birds; out there where they have
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