New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-19
Colgate s. Co.'S
VIOLETWATER

Of s,mnIo morals or of common honesty. Applause)
uvered hero one week ago TO find a statement
OF tho issue involved In THIS canvass 'si,S,
Indeed | believe Il In doubtful II the candidate
himself quite understands the nature OF the talih
which he Processes. 1.aughter) ! say this not III
ity TauShter) believe that II he himself under
stood the inevitable consequences OF thG @ me
very first to tear down the platform which he
stands. (Applause)
THE CHANGE IN BRYAN.
But there one statement IN tnat 'peeoii
which was very free from Ambiguity p.esn,n'
with hope and confidence TO the lovers 81 oI"'''
He Processes his unquestoned BELIEF IN t'e Ho"
esty of the American masses, ana ne '"o'eu
Abraham Lincoln in support of the Faith that was
in him. Well / do not believe that ne H., iaitm mo- 81
Abraham Lincoln was ever more sgnincans Ore pre-
se sH taa npon this platform in change that has
eoatence since the Chicago Conventoni we w., al
must remember that urid rhetoric when SnIebi
az fercely in the Western skies as that iulsh i1
which through the last week; foretod the 'oI rt
heat OF the ensuing day, ana mere upo' III, H. ',d
as the waters OF a stagnant pool He Is candl-
date who was swept into the nomination py d a
TO prejudice and greed He is a candidate Who on
his trip home and in the ini'lal SIP revouionary
movement, who no sooner found himself face Y,d 10
face with the American feeling than me rezeo
The people Of this country will not change the
institutions which have stood ine ,ss bssed upon
he fantastic dreams OF Popust agitators: the
Ar abs OF Wv
OF Jackson the Republic OF an Atgeln llIiih 1s,
or Which caused the vivid oratory Of the
Chicago platform to burn low and soft as the
reo5y shown it's power to control Populistc eo
quence. will show the full extent OF ts VISION ty
miami vindication when il brushes the seed Of
Popuiistic Socialism next November (Cheers)
THE LANGUAGE OF REVOLUTION
Now my friends. have said there was one state
ment OF great significance in Mr.. Bryans speech.
There is another portion of 1t which is slnguariy
free from any obscurity. and that may he comprised
within the two initial paragraphs where he talks
logically consistently, plainly the language OF revo-
luton Whatever change may have come over ms
candidate, however nucn Ina tne te tHo
rnence of his eloquence may have been reduced two
things for which he stands remain unaltered On
this platform he defended the most revolu,tonhIg
planks of the Chicago Convention III sPe t hih
vehement. but not less earnest than that ~ Will ~
defended the Populistic programme of overthrowing
the integrity OF the Supreme Court Applause IL
81 eli mankind out of the establishment Of our Re
public il has been the demonstration thdt u Is pos
sible by the organization of an lndepennent ui,
hunal 10 safeguard the rights OF every citizen and
protect those natural privileges against any invasion
the antagonzing elements. Applause2 The very
existence OF that power the eSiS5ence
lists Convention. because a Populist measure was
condemned & Nav Hot pre-
scribed by that instrument itself but proposing TO
pack the court to reOrf tse o That tS If viii pro-
nounce those laws TO be constitutional whlch INC
of s Of to
violate that sacred pact between the states on whiGn
temple erected for it's protection by the hands or
false priests who though sworn 10 defend H. VIII De
appointed TO DESTROY 1t. Great applause)
THE OVERWHELMING ISSUE.
In the time to which must conhne myself tonight
hat. Cup Nm
which Mr. Bryan himself declares to be the over
shadowing issue of this campaign. | am a little
puzzled when | read this speech TO decide just what
Mr. Bryan himself imasines Will be the fruit OF
change in the STANDARD OF fa anv man cam follow
wholly with the speech: because II ne dSsentS rom
DaragraDhs and he viii find another of different
variety But | assume that II is lalT IN ,
% v's sv or WHAT Mr. BRYAN may think himself he
stands for to examine the inevitable economic eeGts
OF Sy Which existing debts be meas
ured in a baser measure or Value.
WAGES AND PROSPERITY.
Now will imagine that Mr.. Bryan himself may
believe that in some way or other ne Is going 10
beneft the toers Of this country He says he Is but
bo declines IA show us how. daughter and APP
nlause) For my part, I am willing to state here
tbat # Mr. Bryan could show me. by any means
known to Heaven known on earth. any means means
could be increased viii be ready nt to support hi In
here and Great applause ana cheTgs1 30 az;
snecai affection for the man who works win ms
banGI canvass would merely insult and dis
credit the intelligence TO Wlnch IL ~ n 80
@ 10 increase the rate OF wages because
Son ~ M test of prosperity absolutely infalhbe
except w W-br thn rate of wages Is high there must
bo prosperity Where the rate OF wages - ~" 'i'
must Mr Bryan can show that by the en-
forcement of any portion OF his programme wages