The Irish standard., 1897-12-04
MAKES A MAGNIFICENT SPEECH
The Most Remarkable Newspaper
Detection in History.
THE DEsERTloN OF THE PRESS
Left Bryan Party Without News
paper Artillery.

The Young Mems Democratic club, of
Minneapolis, met the other evening in
Odd Fellows hall, and enjoyed the first
smoke social of the season. Like Xix
Marvel" they indulged in reveries over
their calumets and told stories of how
battles were fought and won by their
noble sires of the grand old party of
Jefferson and Jackson. They could not
help heaving deep sigh when they re-
flected on the sad condition into which
the republic has fallen under the malign
influence Of the plutocracy and how the
ship of state is now navigated by such
captains as Mark Hanna and Lyman ].
Gage. Having finished their pipes ora
tory was in order. Harry Lund dis
cussed the "Principle of Democracy as
Related to Commerce." and A. D. Smith,
the uncompromising foe of the Republi-
can party and of the gold Democracy,
made one Of his forcible addresses, elic-
1ting rapturous applause. A. T. Ankeny,
an old "War horse of the Democracy,
spoke encouragingly to the members of
the club and was followed by II. D.
stocker. 1t was announced by the pres
ident that "Jackson's Day" would be
celebrated with a banquet bef1tting the
occasion, on Jan. 8.
The Snaooh nf tho ouopipr vyo, ,1o1:,,
cred by Abbott Blunt, managing editor
of the Minneapolis Times, who spoke
Interestingly as follows:
The topic assigned me would seem to
admit of no great elaboration. It might
be summed up: You have made hot
fight with cold press.
For some time you have been short
on newspapers and long on vim, vigor
and vinegar. AS young Democrats Won
probably are thinking of the new DEM
ocracy born at Chicago-for it is a new
democracy to the present generation
OF voters, however clearly it may trace
its pedigree to Jefferson and Jackson.
The Tilden era and the Cleveland re-
gime we will leave to history. AS your
Chicago convention slammed the door
in Mr. Cleveland's face, we will not let
him take our time.
Your interest is centered, believe, in
that Democratic party which has been
called by newspapers not long since
Democratic, "the blatherskite Democ-
racy, ,"-"the hoodlum Democracy"--the
party Of anarchy, reputation and all
manner of goddess crankery.
The majority Of you are, believe, af
tiliated with the Democracy which in
July, 1896. demanded the free and un-
limited coinage Of both silver and gold
at the present legal ratio of 16 to with
out waiting for the aid or consent of anv
other nation, and was called by Demo-
cratic papers the party of reputation.
Ihe Democracy that condemns 'the In
terterence by federal authorities In To-
cal affairs as violation of the consti
tuition of the United States and a crime
against free institutions" and was de-
nounced as the party Of anarchy. The
Democracy that condemns in seyerest
terms government by Injunction on the
part OF federal judges'-the Democracy
that does not believe in high protection
to industrial infants century old, but
does believe In justly graduated in
come tax.
If l am not mistaken we are to con-
sider the relations of the press to that
party which has incurred the enmity OF
many Democratic newspapers by declar-
Ing that 1t esteems the supreme court
OF the United States not a big bronze
1ooi from whose cavernous bowels issue
at intervals oracular rumblings that are
70 he bowed down to in fear and tremb-
ling as the law until from the same
mysterious source shall come a contra
dlction and reversal which is to be
obeyed with the same blind reverence.
In short, you do not admit that an
Interpreter OF the law shall be maker
OF the law, or that creature of tho
people shall be greater than it's creator,
and above and beyond all criticism. In
this you seem to have Mr.. Lincoln's
sanction.
You represent the Democracy that has
been roundly abused by many newspa-
pers for believing with William ]. Bryan
that there are other business interests
that can be disturbed by politics and
government besides those of the Car
negies, the Rockefellers and the Pull
mans. That, to quote Mr.. Bryan, ''the
man who is employed for wages is rs
much a business man as his employer"
that "the farmer who goes forth in the
morning and tolls all day, begins in the
spring and tolls all summer, and by
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