Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-28

claim any cre5it. But, my friends,
what credit is il 10 a man to be what he
seems TO be. Why, if were other thT
true TO the principles which l advo
[ would be beneath the cOnte' <
those whose suffrage / ask. y -
p.ause) y
1 do believe that in th\ II
a great question is to be O\ ned
for the present at least / dc Nelieve
that the settlement of that great ques-
ton affects every man, woman and
child i'm all this land and when | see
I the people stirred as they have seldom
| been stirred before. l believe that they
appreciate the responsibilities of citi-
z zeuship and that they intend that their
4 ballots shall be cast for that financial
policy which they believe to be best
for themselves, their neignhOrs and
/ their country. (Applause)
/ I appreciate, too, the hnl!y feeling
/ that has prompted this gift from the
Hebrew Democrats. (Applause)
The gift referred to was n silver
star. in the centre of which Was Mr..
Bryan's picture The star was pre-
sented to Mr.. Bryan by John Vein
berg on behalf of the Hebrew Dem
ocrats of ChicagOO
our opponents have sometimes tried
to- make it appear that when we de-
uounce the financial policy advocated
hy the ROthschilds that we We're at
tackiug a race. We are not, my friends.
We are as much opposed 10 the tihan-
cial policy of J. Pierpont Morgan as we
are to the financial policy of the Roths-
childs. applause We are not at
taCking a race. We are attacking the
greed and avarice which knows no race
or religion (Applause0 l do not
know of any class of our people who
by reason of their history can better
sympathize with the struggling masses
i'm this campaign than can the Hebrew
race. (Applause)
My friends. the Bible teaches us that
when the children of Israel were in
bondage and asked for little lghten-
ing of their burdens. Pharoah of their
time said. "They arc idle-maNe them
work harder and then they will not
complain" (Applause)
Pharoah has been the same in all
davs. No matter to what race he be-
longs. no matter in what age he lives,
Pharoah lives upon the labor OF others
and he has always wanted to stan p out
complaints by making the load heaV-
Ter. (Applause)
When ever we have a great contest
and wherever right is arrayed against
might. the example of David and Col
Hath is always cited TO give inspiration
to- those who fight for the truth. Da-
vid conquered not because he was
strong. He conquered not because Of
his might. He conquered because he
was ON the side of truth. and if in this
contest our Hebrew friends will liken
me TO David let me say to them that as
David triumphed because he was on the
right side. so my only hope of victory
is in the righteousness of my cause.
Great applause)
My friends, / may be wrong. CCries
of no. nO.) I have never claimed in
faUibility. but when I examine a ques-
tion and reach a conclusion which [
believe to be right. when l take po-
sitiOn that my Judgment supports,
am willing to stand by it. 1 care not
what may happen. (Applause.)
In this struggle for the restoration
of bimetallism there was time when
I had less company than l have now.
daughter and applause.) Your pa
pers have called me a demagogue. If
there is one thing I am not. it is a
demagOgue. Great cheering) \
demagogue is defined as a man who
advocates a thing which he does not be-
live I'm in order to-(cries of that's
Mckinley" and cheering, which con-
tinued for some minutes)
Some of the audience shouted for Mr.
BRYAN 70 get UP higher. as they could
not see him. Finally he mounted a
chair on the platform, which was the
signal for another outburt. Amt he
n peach?" one enthusiastic leather
lunged admirer demanded. Finally
Mr. BRYAN proceed as follows;
Now let me finish that sentence: A
demaeogue is a man who advocates a
thing which he does not believe in in
order to conciliate those who differ
from him. A demagOgue is a man who
Is willing to advocate anything wheth-
or he believes it or not, which would
be advantageous to him and gain him
pcpularitv. (Cries OF that's Inger-
sOll.l
Now. my friends. 7 have never ad-
vOcated during my public life a single
thing that I did not myself believe.
OCbeers.) I have proven my willing
ness to 20 down in defeat by advoca-
ting things when I was in a minority,
and I have always been willing to ac-
cent defeat when I went down with
my convictions rather than rise by
demagoguism.
I say that here because in this city
the DaDers are against us and we must
seek to reach the people directly be-
cause we have not the advantages that
our opDOnents have Of reaching them
through the daily press l shall be
i'm this city for a few days and shall
see as many of our people as it is pos
Sible to see in that time. ] am going
20 talk to the people themselves and
not 90 20 the employer and bargain for
the delivery of the votes of the people.
cloud and continued applause.) l have
been led to believe that the ballot was
given TO the individual for his own use
and that the citizen who has the right
20 vote also has the ability 10 deter
mine how he ought to vote. CAP
plause)
And therefore in this campaign. I want
60 address my arguments to the individ-
ual voter and not to the head of a firm,
or the president of a railroad. or the boss
of q corporation. Great applause)
Three political parties have declared that
the money question is the paramount is
sue. and the boiling Democrats who are
helping the Republican ticket without
having the courage to come out and say
So. have declared that this money ques-
ton is the paramount issue and the lead
ing Republicans have admitted it. and yet
,.l,..,, ,,,,r ,rnonerts are driven to the wall