The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-04
FACES THE CLUBS
BRYAN ADDRESSES THE OONVEN-
TON AT ST. LOUIS.
Takes ~ His Text the Jefferson Button,
Preaching . Sermon Upon the General
Principles Of RepublicanlGovernm
and Paying . Glowing Tribute to the
sage of Monticello-Four Propositions
of the Declaration of Independence Inn
possible to Improve Upon-Then, States
Rights and Partisanship.

! BEFORE the AFTERNOON SeSSiOu VI Xix
Democratic clubs convention had COM
paeted it's work, people began to assem-
bic there and crowd in at the doors, ne
quiring the utmost efforts OF the ser
geant-at-arms and his assistants. To-
gether with a squad Of police to keep
the crowd within. bounds
By o'clock every seat in the galleries
was taken and the auditorium was
packed to suffocatiocl- 1t was $40 p. m
when Senator Money. the chairman
called the convention 20 order.
When Mr.. Bryan appeared he was
greeted with storms OF cheers. He look
ed as fresh and heaIthful as though the
two months past, he had spent in quiet
| home life instead of in almost a contin-
uous succession of speeches and travel.
While removing his overcoat the crowd
kept UP a continuous uproar. The ladies
on the platform became affected with
enthusiasm and at last, standing upon
their chairs, each sought to outshout
| and outw,ave the other. 1t was fifteen
minutes before Mr.. Bryan began to
speak.
After stating that it was his purpose
to address a few words to the members
of the assembled Democratic clubs, Mr..
Bryan said in part:
JEFFERSON BUTTONS.
''The club can be of more service in
this campaign than any previous cam
| paign, because in this campaign the
work is being done by the people them
selves. Those clubs have adopted a
button which presents the likeness of
Thomas Jefferson If you had searched
through an history you could not have
| found man more worthy of being
known as your ideal statesman, be
cause in the history Of the human race
there has never been but one Thomas
Jefferson. OF ell the constructive states
men whom the world has ever seen.
Thomas Jefferson stands first. At a
time when republican government was
an experiment he wrote that immortal
document which declared among the
self-evident truths, that all men are
created equal: that they are endowed
with certain inaNenable rights; that
governments are instituted to preserve
those rights and that governments de-
rive their Just powers only from the
consent OF the governed.
HARD TO IMPOSE UPON.
'Ir stating these four propositions he
stated the groundwork and principles
of Democracy. Men may write books,
men may fill libraries with volumes,
but they never can improve upon the
simple sta tement recorded in few
sentences and comprehendfng all that
there is in government Of the people, by
the people and for the people. In my
judgement no statesman ever lived who
so fully understood human nature as he
did; no one more fully understood the
capacity Of the people for self-soveTn-
ment, no one more fully understood the
dangers to be guarded against. He
stated the principles which underfie De-
mooracy and then he applied those prin-
cipleS TO every question which arose
during his life. We can invent no new
principles; we are seeking to discover
no new truths; we are simply applying
new conditions to these princinples
which must forever control the people
and most cherish their love for the gov
eminent under which we live.
"As You have chosen jefferson as the
representative of your ideal will read
to you the code-tlne articles Of faith
given by jefferson and regarded as the
platform of the party which he organiZ-
ed. 1t does US good to re-read those
principles and renew our allegiance to
them.
NO FAVORITFISM.
equal and exact justice to all men.
Of whatever sect or persuasion and
justice to all" This the first, this IS
the fundamental principle. equal and
exact justice to all
Show me the abuse Of government
show me the law which has been violat-
ed-and / will show you a violation of
these principles. The greatest danger
which government has to fear when en-
trusted TO human hands is fayuriteiSm.
Favoritis,m Is the greatest of all abuses
among governments and yet favoritism
is dangerous even in our government.
because our government is administered
through human beings, and human be-
fngs are human.
MY friends, if you would have a gov
eminent just, then you would have
government fulfil the sdea of perfect
government. You must have a gov
eminent just in that 1t Is no respecter
OF persons, a government which deals
with an equal hand, a government
which recognizes no favoritism and a
government which. in its administra-
ton OF law, deals out justice to all alike
and publishes the great william as 1t
does the petty thief
kiGHTS.
"Our constitution and our surroundings
made II possible for US to have and en-
force at all times justice to all men. The
support OF the state governments Is the
Democratic concerns and Assures and rea-
hZes bulwarks against anti-repu bEcan
tendencies. Ny friends, our form OF gov
eminent recognizes the right OF the state
OF the nation depen5s as much upon re-
specttng the state government as IL does
upon respecting national government We
neglect to preserve that local government
provided by the constitution. we ercount-
er those dangers which will threaten this
republic as they have threatened ell
others; and the concentration of power
In the hands of a few people viii be the
result and the people win suffer the con-
sequences of usurpation OF their rights
When you do this you take away from
tbs people that vatchful care or free
government that leads them TO the place
who win seize he reius Of government and
use force to subtue a people balf-sub-
dued BY Indifference
The preservation az the general gov
eminent in MS old constitutional vixo- is
the saeet-aDchor OF our Liberties and
safety abroad
press. freedom OF the person under the
protection Of the habeas corpus ard trisl
By jury irnpe-rfzIly selected
CHOOSES HIS EYITAPH.
Ile->e. M lT1Sff1S. were TIE plI0clrtet
upon which he was elected and they were
sufficient 70 cover all the conditions which
existed thea ard then, as an explanation
srd O defen>e Of chese principles he con-
cfI6ed as follows.
That these principles should Re Tire
guide OF our lcoesteps ard the ground
work OF our political fajsh ard upon
which We should depend for liberty and
safety
Il rad these extracts from the teach
inEs Of Thomas Jefferson TO show yoa.
my friends. that IL ought 90 b the arnoi-
ton o. every member OF the>e clubs 20
carry cur govern rr,e-r. hack ard reS~e 4.