The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-11

ChocrinH).
The worst encmYot this country IL the
man who seeks unjust legislation or dc.
ienus nnjuat legislation attor Il hna been
nothlneu. lie IL tho best friend OF tho
government who In the first place seeks
10 prevent unjust legislation and II un-
JuSt legislation has boon enacted, pueltq
to erase II from the statute book, Who
10 tho beat friend oc the governmcntY
Not tho man who secures VlcIous lrrls-
latlon because OF the pccunlnry prollt
which II brings HIN. but the man who
loves NV government 80 Well that he
would have II SO good that Il would de-
serve the love OF every citizen In II. (Ap-
plausc).
My friends In thla campaign there Is
only one great issue. Iithat liz settled IL
VIII not give us 4 government perfect In
all Its details. but that one question
must be settled first before other Iues-
tons can be settled. a nation that Is
NOT able to adopt Its own financial poll
cy Is TOO impotent to leglslate on any
question where the people are CONCERN
cd. (Cheers).
We do not say that our uppnncuts are
insincere; we Ito not say they are less
honest than we, but We do say that when
they attempt to say 20 the American
people that we must be dependent upon
the legislative act OF some other govern
incnt, We say 1t matters not how honest
they may be, we dare not entrust logIS-
latlon In their hands. cloud ChCerlng).
say that In this contest we have n re-
petition OF the contest of l776 md that In
this campaign an In that, n line will be
drawn between the patriot md tho tory
ana when i say Il. do not say II. my
friends, to critlcisC the man who believes
that thIa nnttnn 10 90
leGlslnte for It's own people.
More Tommyrui.
He believes II honestly and recall
Your attention TO the fact that In the
struggle ot our forcfathcrs for liberty,
there were those who honestly believed
that we ought to continue in this land
the political supremacy OF Great Brit
ain. cloud chGcrlng).
In thls they were but mistaken; and X
you 80 to the cemeteries you will find no
monument reared by u grateful people
TO commemorate the names OF those
who thought English dominion should
continue. (Applause). There are peO-
pie to-day who believe that this nation Is
not strong enough to leGislate for our
people, and there are people who hon
Gstly believe that nm attmpt to do 81
We may respect their honesty. but must
we enter into lie and death struggle
with them because We assert here that
the financial domination by a foreign
power Is as dangerous TO the liberties or
the people as political domination?
(ChHers). But, / must not talk. tCries
or SO on, Yes, you must; yes, yes, 70
on). desire 10 thank you for the Inter-
est you have shown In the very begin
ming Of this campaign. ! hnvc no fear
that your interest will be allowed 70 die
mot bit OF Il. believe that the toll
Ing masses OF this cOuntry-those who
have achieved and who must achieve its
greatness are willing to risk their all In
this republic and rise and fall with 1t;
and that to them We can appeal In this
campaign with n confident ASSURANCE
that when the vote IL counted an enor-
nous majority of the American people
will declare In favor OF the American
system OF finances for the American
people, administered hy Americans.
cloud and continued cheerlng). ..-a
Bryan's second speeds
At the meeting In the Avenneitheatre.
Mr. Bryan was INTRODUCED 10 the audi
encc by Joseph IIowlcy, the chairman
OF the Democratic county central COM
mlttee as the next President Jf the
United States. Mr.. Bryan was received
with great applause and spoke as I0l-
lows:
Ladies and Gentlemen and Fellow
Citizens:-I do not consider the enthu-
siasm which has been manifested all
along the road has augh IN 1t OF per-
sonal nature. 1t simply proves that
respect which people feel for those who
stand In positions or authority, OF
stand before the people as candidates
for those positions. We are n people
who love government, who recognize Its
necessity and stand ready to defend 1t
at all times. And no matter how much
we may differ with those who for the
time being may under the forms of
law, make, decide or execute our laws
we sustain them In authority until we
can change them and make them TO
accede TO our purposes. II shows the
capacity OF our people for self-guvern-
ment II Is the best evidence that We
are people Who can be trusted on
large matters ls we'll ps small TO do
those things which are necessary. We
have an abiding faith in the love uf
country and the honest purpose OF the
American people 10 secure that which
Is best. We differ very much, we wran-
gle. we quarrel, we present our views
Win All tnc uDlIlly una al the NigIf"
that we have, but yet when It Is all
done We bow to the Will Of the major
ity. (Applause.)
Thomas Jefferson never said q truer
thing than when he said that the ar.
of government IN the art OF being hon
est, and that TO discern right from
wrong requires not the help OF many
cOunsellorS. lie was right. The great
principles OF right and wrong are ems
ily observed and that ls why Il S that
the people arc competent to settle ev-
cry question that can arise In govern
mcnt like ours. And when find people
who say that this IN 4 great question, a
complicated question, III they say the
money question is. find that they con-
Cludc by saying that they have made
study of complicated questions,
UnuEhtcr) When | see n person who
says II iA too deep for the people Nnd
some one who says 1t II just about deep
enough for HIM applause and lauglt-
tcr.) No question Is too deep for the
American people. (Grcnt applauac)
And the seventy million Jf people uct-
Ing ns Il great jury must finally drcld"
ana they alone can decide every public
question.