The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-24
He Defends the Outrageous AItgeId
and judiciary PIanks of the Chi
caEo Platform.
QUOTES LINCOLN And TILDEN
AND DENGUNCES THE BOND DEALS
IN HIS USUAL MANNER.
Speeches at Various Points While En-
Route from Philadelphia to the
City of Churches.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

BROOKLYN, n. Y, Sept. 23.-W. J.
Bryan, the silver agitator from the prairies
of Nebraska, made two speeches in the
City of Churches tonight. The first was in
the Academy of Music to the id-gloved
Popocrats who are standing by the Chicago
ticket in the hope of securing SpoilS if
Bryan is elected. The second was in the
Clermont Rink, where the Popocratic man
ayers had gathered many workingmen in
the hope of winning them over to the silver
cause through Bryans delusive words. AT
both places many Republicans were present
out of curiosity. BY 1880 o'clock the Acad-
envy of Music was so crowded that the
doors were closed. The managers of the
meeting estimated the audience at 5,000 but
4,000 probably nearer the number AT
the rink it was said 5000 people were inside
the building but 5000 would be an eXtrava-
CANT estimate. To his Academy of Music
audience Mr.. Bryan said in part:
II esteem it IA great privilege to be per-
espoused in this campaign, and L am glad
to be permitted to present that cause to the
distinguished 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 people in their great hight. GA
voice, No doubt he would0 Any man
would whose Sympathies We're on the side
of humanity, my friends. We have COM
menced q warfare against the gold stand
ard which Will not cease until victory IS
won.
Before addressing myself to the money
question desire to say something IN re-
gard to these pianks of platform which
have been assailed by the enemy. | only
speak OF them because 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 Chi
cago platform against which so much has
been said: We denounce arbitrary inter-
ference by federal authorities in local af-
fairs violation of the Constitution of
the United States, as a crime against free
institutions. That is the part which they
say is bad. When did, that become bad?
Let me read plank. of another platform
and see how it compares with the one which
/ have read That the maintenance invio-
late of the rights of the State, and especial
ly the right of each State to order and con-
troll it's own domestic institutions accord
ing to it's own Judgment exclusively, is es-
Sential to that balance of power upon which
ical fabric depends, and we denounce the
lawless invasion by armed force of the soil
what pretext. as among the greatest of
crimes (ApplauSe.)
A REPUBLICAN PLANK
DO you know from what platform that
plank is taken? ca voice-From Abraham
Lincoln's.O Yes, from Abraham Lincoln s.
that is a plank. in the platform of the Re-
publican party of 1860, and then you COM
pare plank with that and you will find
ours is mild in language compared to this
one. (Applause.) Abraham Lincoln ran for
President on that platform. He was elect
ed President that platform. (Cries of
so viii! you be!) And in his inaugural
address he quoted that plank in full and
reiterated it with his approval (Cries of
SO will your Now, my friends, il our
platform is wrong | want these Republic
ans TO repudiate Abraham Lincoln Gap
DlauSo.N Because. If take Abraham
Lincoln from the Republican party you
take from it it's most sacred memory, my
friends. applause and cries of There will
Now. let call your attention to an
other thing which they complain of. They
say we criticise the Supreme Court. Let
me read you what We say on that subject.
Mr.. Bryan then read the plank of the Chi
cago platform in regard to the income-tax
decision. Continuing, he said: Il call atten-
ton to the fact that the court overruied
the decision of one hundred years. 1t
is a fact. Have we not right to mention
a fact? We declare that Congress ought to
use all constitutional powers which re-
part, we dare not use what they left? We
demand that Congress shall use such pow
ers as may come from the reversal by the
court as it may hereafter be constituted
Has no court hereafter a right to reverse
the decision of this court? If not, then
what right mas this court to reverse the
courts decisions of one hundred years be-
fore it? (Appiause) This court changes
from time to time; judges die or resign,
not possible, my friends, that future judges
may adhere to the Drecedents of one hum
dred wears instead of adhering to a decision
rendered by a majority of one, and that one
changed his mind? Cloud applause.) When
did opponents find that a decision OF
the Supreme Court was so sacred! why,
this decision would not have been rendered
but for the fact that the men who had TO
pay the income tax attacked the decision
of the Supreme Court and asked this court
to overturn a former decision. (Apptausel
Every time lawyer goes into court and
col o. tl,<.s dc niCfn of fIaa
court-and it is not an infrequent thing
every time lawyer does it he attacks the
correctness of the decision which he de-
sireS to have reversed.
MIR Bryan read more quotations from Re-
publican platforms and Lineolns utterances
and said: Il quote these authorities, my
friends in order that you may see how far
fetched is the criticism that is ieveled
against u.s. l quote these in order that you
may see that the very men who use the
criticism against us must IN order to do so
abandon the Republican platform upon
which Lincoln was elected. But / must
apologize for quoting Abraham Lincoln as
a Republican authority. applause Abra-
authority. Abraham Lincoln believed i'll a
government by the people. Of the people
and for the people, ana that : not Repub-
lican in this campaign.
CAPITALISTS WILL CATCH IT.
Il have said before, l say again, that IT,
by the suffrages of my countrymen 1 am
placed in that position which is the highest
position within the gift of the people of
the world every law shall be enforced
against the great as we'll as against the
small Long applause) 1t is not a fear of
lawlessness, my friends. Think of men who
have trarsgressed the law being afraid
that there will be a lax enforcement of the
law. They know that the Encouragement
whom / will appoint, ii elected, will not
stand there to defend the great corpora
tions when he ought to enforce the law.
Great applause) They remind me of the
man in court, the prisoner. who seemed
uneasy and the judge assured him that
he need not worry that he would get
Justice in that court and he said: Great
heavens. Judge, that is what l am afraid
of " daugEter)
Mr.. Bryan next quoted Samuel j. Tilden
and used his words as an argument for free
silver Then the orator said:
Men who owe money are threatened
with bankruptcy unless they sell their citi-
zenship. Great applause) II banker
dares have an opinion of his own he is
menaced with ruin, and half oe the New
York banks which terrify and intimidate
their country correspondents stand with
the great London banks. which have pad
ocks on the safes of the New York banks.
My friends. we cannot have a free govern
ment unless the people are free to act. If
the people have to obtain consent from q
few people before they can act then their
a few people and we will have democracy
merely in form. We would have a piu-
tocracy in effect which is the worst form
IF government.
when you hear that / am opposed to
governments you know that / am opposed
to governments by corporations: when you