The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-07-17
EX-CONGSESSMAN WILLIAM
j. BRYAN'S SPEECH.
You Shall Not Press Down Upon
the Brow of Labor This Crown
of Thorns-You Shall Not Cru
city Mankind Upon a Gross of
Gold.


Gold
The Hon Vim. j. Bryan, Elk Congressman
| from Nebraska, said:
| Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the C0eUe7l-
toni would be presumptuous, indeed. to pre-
sent myself against The uisLing uished gentle
men To whom you have listened if this were
but II measuring of ability, but this is not q
contest among persons. The humb'eSt CIT
lzen Ill all the land, when called To armor in
a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts
| of error they can bring. come to speak to
| you in defence ola cause as holy as the cause
of liberty, the cause OF humanity. Loud APP
plause.
When this debate is concluded a motion will
be mace to lay upon the table the resolution
offered in COMMUNICATION of the admipistra-
ton and also the resolution in condemnation
of the administration. 1 should object to
bringing the question TO a level of persons.
The individual Is but an atom; he is born,
he acts he dies; but principles are eternal,
and this has been 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 great
by The voters themselves.
! BEGINNING OF THE CRUSADE.
On the 4th OF March, 1885. IL few Democrats,
most OF them members of Congress, issued an
address TO the Democrats OF the nation assert
ing that the money question was the para
mount issue of the hour; asserting also the
right of allowing the Democratic party to con-
tIol tue pos lion of the party on this issue,
! CONCLUDING with The that all believers
in free coinage of silver in the Democratic
party should take charge of and control the
| policy of the Democratic party.
Three months later at Mem pills. an organi-
"a ton was perfected and the silver Democrats
Went forth openly and boldly and courage
Ously procaiming their belief and declaring
that if successful they would crystalline in a
platform the declaration which they had
made, and then began the conflict with u zeal
approaching the zeal which inspired the crus-
aders who followed Peter the Hermit.
VICTORY OF PRINCIPLE
Our silver Democrats went forth from vic
tory unto victory, until they are assembled
now, not TO discuss, not to debate, but to enter
| up the Judgment rendered TO them by the peo-
pie OF this country: Applause
In this contest brother has been arrayed
against brother and father against son. The
WaTmeSt ties Of love anu acquaintance and as
! ISOLATION have been disregarded. Ola lie iderS
! have been cast aside when they refused to give
expression to the sentiments of those whom
| they would lead, and new leaders have sprung
up TO give direction 10 this cause of truth.
| Cheers. N
Thus has the contest been waged and we
| have assembled here under as binding and
| solemn Instructions as were ever fastened
| upon the representatives o. the people. We
| do not come as indivi 1uals. Why, as indi-
1 SH19uI is We might he glad 10 compliment the
se1lt I4ill7ah ften New York, MIR. HILL but
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Aqln1mlQ 3NffkS 4uiNtl q a 2nIgfI
rAnMnas Al ! usrnEss8imnEp bna
| say it was not question OF persons, fVswNs
a question OF prime pies, and IL is not with
gladness, my friends, that we find ourselves
brought mo conflict with those who are ar
rayeu on the other side. The gentleman who
has just preceded me Governor Russell spoke
| OF the old State of Massachu cts. Let me
| sure him that not one perS i'll All this Con-
vention enteriains the least hostility 10 the
people OF the State OF Massachusetts. lap.
| plause. But We stand here representing peo-
| pie VINO are equals before the Jaw OF the iar
| gest cities in the State of ,iassachuset It's.
When you come before us ana tell that
| we shall disturb your business Interest,", we
! reply that you have disturbed our Uusi ess by
! your course. Cheat applause and cheering !
We say TO you thai you have made TOO llnlIed
| i'll It's application the de1iHition of business
men. The man who is empioyed Tor wages is
as nuch a business lnal as his eli piO1 e.
! Continued cheers, Tue attorney i'll Il coun.
! try town is as much business man as The
|
chant at the cross roads is much a business
man as the merchant OF New York. The far
mer VINO goes forth i'll the morning and tolls
all the day, begins in the spring and tolls all
summer, and by the application of brain and
masce to the natural resources OF ms couu-
Try creates wealth is d much business man
as the man who goes up on the board If trade
and bets upon he pric5 of grain.
The sentiments OF the speaker were cheered
again ana again and the galleries seemed 10 De
a mass of white haudkeTchiefs waving. The
cheers were renewed again and again and IL
was some minutes before Mr.. Bryan could he
heard. He proceeded as follows:
The miners who go a thousand feet into the
earth or climbs TWO thousand feet ON the cliffs
and brings forth from their hiding PAGES the
precious metals 10 be poured into the chan
nelS OF trade are as much business men as the
few financial magnates, VINO In a back room,
corner The money OF The world.
The Tree silver delegates at this point broke
forth rhto tremendous cheers, standing Oh
chairs and waving their hats, handkerchie1s
and banners franIlca ~. Order was ti,ally
Restored and Mr.. Bryan continued:
I'VE come IT, speak for this broader class of
business men. All, my friends, We say not one
word against those who live upon the Atlantlc
coast, but those trdy pioneers who braved
ali the dangers oil the wilderness, who have
made the ueS- ri To blossom as the rOSe-thOSe
pioneers away out here, rearing their chill uren
near to natures heart, where they can mingle
their voices with The voices of the blrdS-out
there where they have erected school houses
for the education OF their young and churches
where they praise their Creator and cemeter-
les where sleep the ashes of their dead-are as
deserving the consideration of this party as
any people in this country. [Great applause.
NEW ISSUES.
1--WE have petitoned and our petitions have
Deen scorneu We have entreated and our
entreates have been disrega rded, and they
have Knocked at our Calamity. We beg no
longer; no. we peiitlonno more We defy them.
Great applause aud confusion in The silver
delegations.
The gentleman of Wisconsin has said that
he feared Ropespierre. My friends, in this land
of The free we need fear no tyrant who will
spring up from among the people What we
heed is an Andrew jackson to stand as Jack
son stood against the eucroachnent of aggran-
dizing wealth. lGreat applause.I
"Ihey tell us that The platform was made TO
catch votes We reply TO them that changing
pies upon which Democracy rests are as ever
lasting as the hills, but that they must be APP
piled TO new conditions they arise. Condi-
lions have arisen and we are attempting to
meet those conditions.
INCOME TAX
"They tell us that the income tax ought not
They critlcSe US fOI our criticisms of the Su-
preme Court of the United STA .es My friends,
we have not criticised. We have simply cali
ed attention to what you know. If you want
criticisms. read The dissenting opinion Of the
court. That will give you criticisms Zap
plauSe.1
"rhey say that we passed an unconstitu.
tional law, deny IL. The income tax was not
unconstitutional when it was passed. 1t
was not unconstitutional when it went before
the supreme Court for the first time IL did
not become unconstlt utional until one Judge
changed his mind, ana we cannot be expected
10 an hen .IiIdDp xvill oho.