The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-08
pRYAN's BROOKLYN sPEEJH.

Candidate bryan was SlSStSu Wy an
immense crowd at Brooklyn, N. Y,
last week Wednesday. He made a
sneech which covers the ground so
well that it is reproduced here: lie
said:
"Mr Chairman, ladies and gentle
men: esteem il great privilege to
he permitted to defend the cause
which has been espoused in this cam
paign, and am glad to be permitted
10 present that cause to the people of
BROOKLYN. | only wish that that dis
,iouished divine, whose name has
added even to the fame Of your great
city, Henry Ward Beecher (applause)
we're with us to-day, that he might
again champion the cause of the peo-
pie in their great fight. GA voice: mo
doubt he would."O
"Any man would, whose sympathies
were on the side of humanity, my
friends We have commenced war
fare against the gold standard, which
will not cease until victory is won.
"Before addressing myself to the
money question, l desire to say some
thing in regard to these planks Of our
platform which have been assailed by
the enemy. only speak of them be-
cause persons, high in the Republican
party, have called attention to them
and sought to twist them into mean.
ings not intended to be given them
and an Interpretation which they will
not bear. Let me read to you the
plank of the Chicago platform against
which so much abuse has been leveled'
"We denounce arbitrary interfer
ence by Federal authorities in local
affairs as violation of the Constitu
ton of the United States (applause),
as a crime against free institutions
"That is the part which they say is
bad. When did chat become bad ?
Let me read a plank Of another plat
form, and see how this plank which l
am about to read compares with the
one which l have read -
"That the maintenance invlolate of
the rights of the State and especially
the right of each State to order and
control its own domestic institutions
according to its own judgment exclu-
sively is essential to that balance Of
power upon which the operation and
endurance of our political fabric de-
pends, and we denounce the lawless
Invasion by armed force of the soil of
any State or Territory, no matter under
what pretext, as among the greatest
of crimes (Applause.)
Do you know from what platform
that plank is taken "a voice: "From
Abraham Lincoln's.w Yes, from Abra-
ham Lincoln's applause loud and
long); that is a plank in the platform
of the Republican party of 1860, and
when you compare our plank with
that you will find that ours is mild in
language compared to this one. ZAP
plause,)
"Abraham Lincoln ran for Presi-
dent on that platform. He was elect
ed President on that platform. (Cries
of, $50 will you be.) (Cries of, 81
hope so.') And in his inaugural ad-
dress he quoted that plank in full and
reiterated it with his approval. (Cries
OF, $50 will you.'O
DEFENDS PLANK ON INCOME TAX.
Snow my friends, if our platform is
wrong, l want these Republicans to
repudiate Abraham Lincoln. Gap
plause.) Because if you take Abra.
ham Lincoln from the Republican
party you have taken from it its most
sacred memory, my friends. applause
and cries Of "There will be nothing
lefty
"Now let me call your attention tc
another thing which they complain
Of They say we criticise the Supreme
Court. Let me read you what we say
on that subject. (Mr. Bryan ther
read the plank Of the Chicago plat
form in regard to income tax decision.
81 call attention to the fact that the
court overruled the decision of Ioe
years. 1t is fact. Have we not {
right to mention fact? We declare
that Congress ought to use all constitu
tional powers which remain. Viii
they insist that, having taken part, W.
dare not use what they left ? We de
mand that Congress shall use sucl
powers as may come from the reversa
by the court as it may hereafter b.
constituted.
"Has no court hereafter a right t,
reverse the decision Of this court? !
not, then what right had this court t.
reverse the courts of 100 years befor
it. (Applause.)
"This court changes from time t
time; Judges die or resign, and ne'
Judges take their place. Is it nc
possible, my friends, that futur
Judges may adhere to the precedent