The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-22


goes upon the board of trade and bets
upon the price of grain.
The sentiments of the speaker were
cheered again and again and the CALLER
les seemed to be mass of viii hand
kerchiefs waving. Cheers were renew
ed again and again, and it was some
time before Mr.. Bryan could be heard.
He proceeded as follows:
DASH OF ELoeUENCE.
Miners who go thousand feet into the
earth or climb 1000 feet upon cliffs and
bring forth from their hiding places pre-
cious metals to be poured into the chan
nels of trade are as much business men as
the few financial magnates who in back
room corner the money of the world.
The convention at this point broke
forth in tremendous cheers, standing on
chairs and waving their hats and banners
frantically. Order was finally restored
and Mr.. Bryan continued:
We come to speak for this broader
class of business men. All, my friends,
we say not one word against those who
live upon the Atlantic coast, but these
hardy pioneers who braved all the dan
gers of the wilderness, who made the
desert blossom as the rose-those
pioneers away out there, rearing their
| children near to natures heart, where
they have erected school houses for the
education of their young, and churches
where they worship their creator, and
cemeteries where sleep their dead--are
as deserving of the consideration of this
party as any people in this country.
(Great applause.)
We have petitioned, and our petitions
have been scorned I'VE have entreated. and
our entreaties have been disregarded:
and they have mocked, and our calamity
came.
We beg no longer; we entreat no more:
we petition no more. We defy them.
(Great applause,)
AN ANDREW JACKSON NEEDED.
The gentleman from Wisconsin. (Sen-
ator Vilas) said he feared Robespierre.
My friends in this land of the free we
need fear no tyrant that will spring up
from among the people. What we need
is an Andrew Jackson, to stand as
Jackson stood against the encroachment
of aggrandizing wealth. (Great ap.
plause.)
They tell us this platform is made to
catch votes. We reply to them that
changing conditions make issues: that
the principles upon which rests the
democracy are as everlasting as the hills.
but that they must be applied to new
conditions as they arise. Conditions
have arisen, and we are attempting to
meet these conditions.
They tell us that the income tax ought
not to be broughtln here; that it is new
idea. They criticise us for our criticism
of the supreme court of the United
States. My friends, we have not CRITICS.
ed; we have simply called attention to
what you know. Ifyou want criticisms.
read the dissenting opinions of the court.
That will give you criticism. CAD.
plause.)
They say We passed an unconstitution-
al law, Ideny it. The income tax was
not unconstitutional when it was passed,
1t was not unconstitutional when it went
before the supreme court fer the first
time. 1t was not unconstitutional until
one of the judges changed his mind, and
we cannot be expected to know, when
judge viii change his mind. applause
and voice, Shit 'em again.'') The in
come tax is just law. 1t simply intends
to put the burdens of the government
justly on the backs of the people. lam
in favor of an income tax. (Applausel
When l find maj not willing to paw
his share of the burden of the govern
ment which protects him 1 find man
who is unworthy to enjoy the blessings of
government like ours. (Applause).
They say we are opposing the national
bank currency. It's true. If you will
read what Thomas Benton said you will
lind that he said that in searching his
tory he could find but one parallel to An
drew Jackson. That was Cicero, who
destroyed the conspiracy of Catalina and
saved Rome. He did for Rome what
Jackson did for this country when he de-
stroyed the bank conspiracy and saved
America (Applause),