The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-18
SPEECHES AT DETROIT.
Mr.. Bryan Makes Three Addresses
and Attacks General Harrison.

and Attacks General Harrison.
On arrival at Detroit the Bryan party
was driven to the Hotel Cadillac. After
dinner the candidate spoke from a plat
form erected at the side of the hotel, next
at the Auditorium, and later from a stand
erected at the City Hall. In his speech at
the hotel Mr.. Bryan said:
I'VE have lost the support of some Demo-
Gratis, but, my friends. it is only the big
Democrats who have left us. The rank and
file OF the party are still true to the tradi-
even all our leaders,, because where we
have given up John we still have Dan. But,
my friends, even If we have lost our lead
ers. it is a great deal easier i'll a country
like this for a party to get leaders than II
is for leaders to form a party. Great APP
plause.) In this contest. where plutocracy
is arrayed on one side and democracy on
the other. the Democrats who leave us in
that they surrender all claim to authority
in the Democratic party and all claim of
jackson. Great applause.) We are fight
ing the same fight that has been fought in
every generation. 1t is a fight that comes,
in our form of government, over and over
again. In times of peace and quiet the
great aggregations of wealth silently OBJ
tain possession of the government. They
have used the Observation-Disclosures of gov
eminent for private gain. They have used
the powers of government for public plum
der, and then, when the people become
aroused. when they realize their danger
and when the people gather themselves to-
Sctilti W dI1kc u VI pow T llOSb WIG
have abused government. Those in the en-
Joyment OF special privileges always en-
french themselves behind a bulwark raised
to contribute magnificent campaign funds
to retain power, expecting to get back
more out of the people than 1t cost to buy
an election. But the American people have
never failed in any crisis in the past, nor
nave they reason to believe that they will
fail in this great crisis. 1t is true that we
have on the other side as great-a campaign
fund as was ever raised in American poll
tics. 1t is true that they are resorting to
IN ttnn nd nnnroiOn DC tho nxvnr NJ
sorted to them before, but, my friends,
while money talks. money don't vote in
believe that the rank and file of the voters
of the United States, knowing what the
gold standard has done, knowing what the
gold standard is doing, knowing what the
gold standard must continue to do, will
arouse themselves for one supreme strug-
the American people will prevail over the
pull OF the syndicates, trusts and combina-
TONS
In his Auditorium speech Mr.. Bryan de-
Tended the plank in the Chicago platform
declaring for the income tax. He said in
"Ex-President Harrison seems to be deep
ly touched by our criticisms of the Su-
son was a member of the Republican party
when that party reduced the number of
Judges on the Supreme Bench in order to
prevent Andrew Johnson from appointing
a successor of those retired, and then, when
he went out of office, increased the number
OF judges in order to give another Repub-
lican President a chance to appoint six of
those judges. My friends, 1 only refer to
these things to show you how shallow and
how baseless and how hypocritica1 is the
criticism of the Democratic platform on
another plank that they think is dangerous.
And what plank is it? 1t is the plank that
declares against government by injunction
Senate giving a trial by jury in certain
contempt cases. You say that that plank
is wrong the bill which we approved is
also wrong, and yet, when that bill was
small to that just bill that they did not
even call a roll upon it's passage. That is
the bill which we indorse. That is the pol,
ICY set forth in our platform. We demand
that this bill shall be passed and that in
these contempt cases the men charged
with contempt shall be, given a trial by
jury instead of being brought up before
the Judge and fined by him without an ap-
peal. But, my friends, the best evidence
to be found in the fact that whenever a man
goes to attack that plank he does it by in
plank. That is the best evidence. If a man
thinks that he has got a good case he
his case he tries to win the case by un-
derhand means. Our opponents dare not
the right Of trial bV tn pTeIi IS TOO M dear ir re the
American people to permit any man to go
before the public and condemn a bill which
gives a trial before a jury of ones peers.
NOW, there IS another plank which they
object to. They say that the Democratic
party is opposed to the enforcement of law. |
| have heard men stand before the pub
lie and accuse the Democratic party of be-
ing in league with lawlessness. and being
unworthy to be trusted with the enforce
ment of law. My friends, If that platform,
adopted at Chicago, is indorsed by the peo-
pie | shall be the one to occupy the execu-
tive position and to carry out that plat
form. / challenge our opponents to find
in any act or utterance of mine a justif-
cation OF the charge that if elected I would
not enforce the laws of the United States"
AT the City Hall square Mr.. Bryan said:
I am glad to receive the support of the
plain people. because the plain people are
satisfied with a public officer when he does
his duty and protects them in the enjoy
ment of equal rights with everyone else
instead of trying to make favorites with a
few at the expense of the many. They tell
us in this campaign that all the big meE /
are against US. Well, I have been looking
the matter up, and / find. according to the
law. that a big man does not vote any
oftener than a small man."