The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-08
TRIES TO CREATE PREJUDICE
AND ARRAY THE WORNINGMAN
AGAINST HIS EMPLOYER.
He. Again Urges Those who Labor to
Use the Secret Ballot in Resent
ing Fancfed Wrongs.
RI the TndianaDOIiS Journal.

the picnic were disguised with Bryans
dema gogy, which was SO transparent that
it was regarded as an insult to the intelh-
gence of his audience. His speech, while
pretending to be nonpartisan, was in line
with other addresses he has delivered and
intended to array labor against capital. He
tried to impress on his hearers that en-
ployers are a dangerous class, and that
their interest is not the interest of en-
ployes. To combat this dangerous class"
he advised the use OF the secret ballot. His
speech, though carefully worded, was of a
semi-anarchistc nature and will have little
effect on the thinking workingmen.
The speech was delivered at Sharpshoot-
ers' Park and there was a fair-sized
crowd around the speakers stand when Mr..
Bryan arrived. On the stand were seated
Judge Mcconnell. Judge Prentiss and
large number of representatives of the
trades unions of Chicago.
Mr.. Brynn's Speech.
At 2:2O Mr.. Bryan began his speech, being
introduced by Edward Carroll, president of
the Buildings Council, in a brief address.
Mr. Bryan said:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen-I
desire to thank the Building and Trades
Council for this opportunity which they
nave extended to me to speak to the peo-
pie assembled on Labor day Labor day
HAS a uXe0 tnlnS among our lnSll-
tutions, and it is we'll that it has. because
on this day all over the Nation those who
are engaged in the production of wealth
meet, in order that they may commune
with each other, discuss those questions in
which they are especially Interested, and
nothing dishonorable in the fact that one
earns his bread in the sweet of his face 1
am glad to stand in the presence of those
TO Whom the Nation is largely indebted for
all that it has had, for all that it has now
ana 1or al that it can hope to have. L am
not indulging in idle fattery when | say to
you mat no part of the people of the world
are so important to the welfare of mankind
as those whose labor and brain convert ma
tlonal resources into material wealth. Gap
plause) | might quote to you what DR.
carlisle said OF these people in 1873. He de-
scribed them as the struggling masses who
produce the wealth and pay the taxes of
highly. The struggling masses not only
the country in time of peace but the strug-
gling masses have ever been and must ever
in time of peril applause and a voice.
Good boy. Wilie.) Let me quote what
another American has said. In Speaking of
capltaI ana labor, Abraham Lincoln, in a
message to Congress used these words:
Monarchy itself is sometimes limited at
ns POSSIBLE refuge from the power of the
scarcely be justified We're TO omit to raise
d warning voice. against this approach of
nttng here that general argument should
pe made in favor of public institutions but
ehcle ~ one point with its connection NOT
30 nackneyed as most others, to which I
ask brief attention. II is the effort to place
capital on an equal footing with, if not
ABOVE labor, in the structure of govern
nent 1t is assumed that labor is availa-
pie only in connection with capital; that
nobody labors unless somebody else com
manding capital, somehow bv the use of
II, induces him to labor And then he
adds: Labor is prior to and Independent of
capital capital is only the fruit of labor
and could never have existed if labor had
NOT r' nrst existed (Applause.l Labor is the
higher consideration Then he adds: NO
men living are more worthy to be trusted
than those who toll up from poverty, none
less inclined to make or touch aught which
tney nave not honestly earned. Let them
beware of surrenderng a political power
which they already possess and which if
surrendered will surely be used to close
the door of advancement against such as
they, ana to fix new taxes and burdens
upon them Till all of liberty shall be lost
(ApplaISe.)
SOLOMON QUOTED.
These were the words of Abraham Lin
coln They are not intended to arouse ami
mostly against caDitai, but they state a
great truth that is always to be remem-
bered, that capital is but the fruit of labor
and you cannot destroy labor without de-
stroying the possibility of future capital
Applause.) / have quoted from two Amer
lean authorities. / want ascending scale
to reach higher authority still Let me
QuOlS 10 YOU WHAT IndC man whose words
have entitled him to be called the wisest
of men, Solomon, SAID on the subject:
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed
me with food convenient for me, lest l be
evil and deny Tr"o and say, who is the
Lord; or lest ! be poor and steal and take
the name of my God in vain i want you
to remember that Solomon regards not the
extreme butt was about to say the
golden mean-I Will say the golden and
silver mean rather. daughter and APP
plause) He regards that condition best
which is not at either extreme bIt in
between the extremes. Neither great
riches nor abject poverty furnishes the soil
in which grows the best civilization. Those
who are oppressed by poverty lose the am
bition: the aspiration, the lofty purpose
greatest achievements; and those who pos
sess too great wealth lose the necessity for
labor, that labor which is absolutely es-
sential to the developing of that which is
best in human nature. Solomon was right
therefore, when he prayed for this inter
mediate condition. Inc great middle
classes are the bulwark OF society and
from the middle classes has come almost
all of good that has come to bless the
human race. (Applause.)
Let me recall another compliment paid
to the common people i see you know
when we use that term there some
who say that we are appealing to the pas
sions of the masses; there are some who
apply the name demagogue to anybody
who speaks of the common people. My
friends, let me call your attention to the
fact that when the meek and lowly Naza-
rene came among men preaching peace on
earth good will towards men, He was not
welcomed by those who We're described as
people who devoured widows houses and
for a Dretense made long prayers. Gap
plaUse) But when He gave that great
commandment that Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as myself, who listened to Him?
The Scripture tells US. and in so doing pays
the highest compliment ever paid to the
masses. The Scripture tells US that the
common people heard Him gladly. Cap
plause.) And the common people are the
only people who have ever heard gladly
any person who preached humanity and
e0llal rights. (ADplauSe.)
II do not mean to say that there are no
exceptions to the general rule. There have
always been found among the richer
classes those who were filed with the spirit
of philanthropy; there have always been
found among them those who were willing
to spend their lives in the uplifting of their
fellows. but / speaking of the rule that
reforms do not come from and are not sup
ported by those who consider themselves
lifted above the common people. "a voice
That's right
JITDASES IN ALL CLASSES.
Nor do l mean that you have never
found among the people those who would
betray their fellows. You have found
ayerywhere-it is one of the unfortunate
things that stands out upon every page
of history-that the character of Judas is