The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-14


Enter up the Judgment of the PLAIN
People--A Question of Principle MOI
oo.sons.-Definition of Business Men
..p;oneers of the pesert--Not war
&c Conquest. But to Defend Our
Homes
Nv Telegraph to the n. y. Herald
Chicago. July II, 1896 Here - =
full text of William j. bryan speeUn
before the convention 1hulsuag'
which enave rise to such a reluaINaoi0
ontbprst of enthusiasm, ana oltl 80
m91ch toward carrying the cohNeii 'i0i'
for his nomination.: rs +s,a
..NIr Chairman and Gentlemen OF Tue
r.>1,antion.-I would be presumptu-
Gus, indeed, to present NJ SCI -,
tbe distinguished gentlemen to whoh
-, have listened if this were but
;S,,aasI,rina of ability, but this IS not
%as+ amonr persons. The hum
I,Ias+ ci+izen in ali the land when clad
IN the armor of righteous cause Is
stronger than the whole hosts error
can bring. ,eoa
II come to speak TO you IN defehee
- ,,,,sa holy as the cause of liberty
the cause of humanity.
..wben this debate rs concluded d
no,ion will be made 10 hay ON the
+able the resolution offered IN COM
mendation of the administration, ana
also the resolution in condemnation u
the administration. | shall opJect :"
bringing this question down TO a Level
af o1rsons The individual Is out an
atom. he is born, he acts, he DIES, put
principles are eternal and fhis mas
ieeu a contest of principles. Never
before in the history of TINS country
has there beel witnessed sucn a CON
lest as that through which we nave
,assed Never before in the history
of American politics has great issue
been tonight out. as this issue has been,
bv re voters themselves.
BEGINNING OF THE CRUSADE.
ION March 4. 1895, few Democrats
most of them members OF congress,
ISSUED an address 10 the Democrats OF
the nation. asserting that the money
cnesrion was the paramount issue or
he. hour: asssering also the right OF d
majority of the Democratic party to
control the position of the party on
bss.Y,araTn0unt issue, and concluding
1,r;+I the request that all believers in
free coinage OF silver in the Demo
cratic panty should organize and take
charge of and control the policy OF the
Democratic party.
..Threp months later, at Memphis, an
ORGANIZATION was perfected, and the
silver Democrats Went forth openly
and boldly and eOurageously pro-
claimed tne.r belief. and declaring
that If successful they would crystal
lie in platform the declaration
which they had made. And then be-
Dan fhe conflict. with a zear approach
mo tthe zeal which inspired the cru
sa9iers who followed Peter the Her
NIT.
.Onr silver Democrats went forth
from victory unto victory until they
are assembled NOW, not TO discuss,
not 10 debate. but to enter up the
Judgment rendered by the plain people
of this country.
..In this contest brother has been
arrayed against brother and father
against son. The warmest ties OF love
and acquaintance and assoclatloh
have been disregarded. Old leaders
have been cast aside when they refused
10 give expression to the sentiments
of those whom they would lead, and
new leaders have sprung up TO give d.
rection to this cause of truth.
.srhus has the contest been waged,
and we have assembled here under as
binding and solemn instructions as
were ever fastened upon the represen-
tatives of a people. We do not come
as individuals. Why, as individuals we
might have been glad to compliment
the gentleman from New York, Sena-
tor Hill, but we know that the people
for whom we speak would never be
willing to put him in position where
he could tbwart the will of the Demo-
cratic party,
/, NOT A QUESTION OF PERSONS.
IT said it was not question OF per-
sons: it was question OF principle,
and it is not with gladness, my friends
that we find ourselves brought into
conflict with those who are now ar
rayed on the other side.
1.-The gentleman who just preceded
me, Governor Russell, spoke of the Old
State of Massachusetts. Let me as
sure him that not one person IN all
this convention entertains the least
hostility to the people of the State of
Massachusetts,. But we stand here
representing people who are the
equals before the law of the largest
citizens of the State of Massachusetts,
When you come before us and tell
us that we shall disturb your business
interests we reply that you have dis
turbed our business interests by your
course. We say to you that you have
made too limited in its application the
definition of business man. The man
who is employed for wages is as much
a business man as his employer. The
attorney in country town is as much
a business man as the corporation
counsel in a great metropolis. The
merchant at the cross roads store is
as much a business man as the mer-
chant of New York.
"The farmer who goes forth in the
morning and tolls all day begins III
the spring and tolls all summer and
by the application of brains and mus
Gle to the natural resources of this