Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-11

thank you for this extraordinary and
unexpected manifestation of interest.
When | left home told them that l was
coming upon campaign in what was
uow considered the enemys country
and which we hcred-"
A yo.ce Cnterrupting): Co East,
young man, go East" Naughter).
Mr.. Bryan: But which we hoped
would be our country before the cam
paign closed. 0Right, right" and ap-
p,ause) Therefore. l have been more
than gratified to find tina, it was not
necessary to open the campaign in the
East; t has already been opened there,
(Cheers and Laughter)
But I shall promise you this, that in
the progress of this campaign not a
single private in the ranks will stand
nearer 10 the enemy's guns than he n
whose hands is the standard" (Cheers)
We are then prepared TO defend our
platform. II presents as we believe
those policies which are for the best
interests of all the people and we are
not terrified because our enemies have
sought 10 apply TO us epithets and hard
names when they find t impossible TO
oppose the positions which we have
taken. (Applause)
They shall not be permitted to put
us in the attitude Of opponents to the
government, but we shall show them
that there is a difference between de-
tending a government and defending
the vicious legislation inauguTated by
Ghe government for private ends. Gre
mendOus cheering0
Andrew Jackson, than whom there
never vas a braver, truer Democrat
has expressed it we'll IN these words:
There are no necessary evils in gov
ernment; its evils exist only n its
abuses"
1T is true, my friends. What we at
tack is abuses of the government and
not the government itself CThats
right" and cheeringO
The worst enemy of this country is
the man who seeks unjust legislation or
defends unjust legislation after 1T has
been obtained He is the b.st friend of
the government who in the first place
seeks to prevent unjust legislation, and
III unjust | gislation has been enacted
seeks 10 erase it from the statute books.
VINO is the best friend OF government?
Not the man who secures vicious legis-
latOn because Of the pecuniary profit
which il brings him, but the man who
loves his government so well that he
would make il so good that it would
deserve the love OF every citizen in i.
(Applause)
My friends, in this campaign there
S only enc great issue. If that is set
tied il viii not give us government
perfect in all It's details. but that one
question must be settled first before 9TH
er questions can be settled. A nation
that is not able 10 adopt its own finan-
cial policy is too impoJent to legislate
on any question where the people are
concerned. CCheersl
we do not say that our opponents are
insincere; we do not say they are less
honest than we but We do say that
when they attempt to say to the Amer
lean people thar we must be dependent
upon the legislative ac, Of some other
government, we say il matters not how
honest they may be. we dare not en-
trust legislation in td-ir hands. cloud
cheering) ! have said thar in this con-
test we have repetition of the contest
of 1776, and that IN this campaign, as in
that, a line will be drawn between the
patriot and The tory. and when l say it,
I do not say it, my friends, to criticise
the man who believes that this nation
Sc. oh n 1fl e. 'g+ fot &c
own people He believes It honestly.
and | recall your attention 10 the fact
that in the struggle Of cur fOrsfathers
for liberty. there were those who hon
estly believed that we ought TO con-
tinue in this land the political supr5-
macy of Great Britain. Cloud cheer
inc) In this they were but mistaken
and if you go TO the cemeteries you
will find no monument reared by a
grateful people TO commemorate the
names OF those who thought English
domination should continue (App,ause)
There are people to-day who believe
that this nation is not strong enough TO
legislate fer our people and honestly be-
Il We that an attempt to do so would
bring distress and many evils We
may respect their honesty, but must we
enter into life ald death struggle
with them because we assert here that
the financial domination of a foreign
power is as dangerous to the liberties of
the people as political domination?
(Cheers.) But I must not talk Ceres
of go on; yes, you must; yes. yes,
go on'O. I desire to thank you for the
interest you have shown in the very BE-
ginning of this campign. I have no
fear that your interest will be allowed to
die-Rot a bit. I believe that the toll
ing masses of this c0unjry-those VINO
have achieved and who must achieve
its greatness. are wiling to risk their
all in tAis republic and rise and fall
with K; and that TO them we can appeal
in ahis campaign with a confident as
surance that when the vote IS counted
IN enormous majority of the American
people win declars in favor Of the Amer
Jean system of finances for the Ameri-
can people, administered by Americans. A"
loud and continued cheering)