The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-02-26
MR.BRYAN ATTHE HYPERION
ADDRESSES Il L1RGE E AUDIENCE ON
THE SUBJECT OF BIlIETALLISM.

William Jennings Bryan, candidate
for the presidency of the silver demo-
cratic party in the last campaign, ar
rived in New Haven on the Colonial
express yesterday afternoon at o'clock
accompanied by Philo. II. Bennett. He
was met at the Union depot by COM
mittee consisting of Alexander Troup
and James B. Martin. Shortly after
his arrival in this city Mr.. Bryan was
rendered a dinner at the New Haven
house by Philo S. Benentt Those pres
nett were ex-Mayor Sargent, w. H. H.
Hewitt, eX-Judge Blydenburgh, eX-
Congressman James p. Pigott, Mr..
Keach of Troy, N. Y, eX-City Clerk
James B. Martin, Democratic National
Committeeman Alexander Troup James
e. McGann, Town Clerk Frederick
Brethauer.
After the dinner Mr.. Bryan received
numerous callers, among them being a
number of Yale students from the west
ern states,
When at s o'clock Mr. Bryan, escort
ed by Messrs. Troup and Martin, step
ped upon the stage of the Hyperion, the
large audience present cheered the
Handkerchiefs and hats were waved,
and the reception was generous enough
to more than make recompense for the
unfortunate occurrance last fall when
Mr.. Bryan visited this city.
| In a few well chosen words Mr.
| Troup introduced Mr.. Bryan, and then
again the audience enthusiastically
| cheered and applauded. Mr.. Bryan
| was dressed in a black suit with sack
| coat, this time, not the shiny one he
wore last fall, and wore in his button
| hole a pink. He looked in much bet
| ter health than on his previous visit
| to New Haven, when he was fatigued
by continuous campaign speaking.
| After appropriate Introductory re-
| marks Mr.. Bryan said that he wished
| to invite attention to certain principles
| which underlie all questions, princi-
pies which concern government prin-
| ciples by which to measure not only
the money question, but all questions.
The first principle to which he
referred was that incorporated in the
Declaration Of Independence, that all
men are born equal and free He said
that any one who believed that govern
ment should single out any certain
number or class of people and give to
| them advantages over any other, does
| not believe in equality before the law
Equal rights does not mean equal pos
sessions. Jackson said that under any
just form of government there must be
inequalities, and that when govern
ment protects each citizen in the en-
| jOyment of the fruits of his labors then
it does it's duty, but further he said,
that when government begins to eXag-
gerate the Inequalities it finds among
| people then the people injured had the
right to complain Of their government
1T is true now and always has been
true that when any citizen raised his
voice against the abuses of government
| that those benefited by those abuses
insist that the government itself is be-
ing attacked. Criticism of bad laws
and criticism of government must be
distinguished between. 1t is as much
the duty of government to protect the
man who can earn 81 for his toll as
| it is to protect the man who can earn
So If man earns $40 and asks the
government to give him 81 from the
one who earns 81 then a right to COM
plain of government arises. When
government departs from justice it errs
on the side of the strong against the
weak and the needy, who are so busy
in getting a living that they can only
bend their backs lower to bear the
| load
mo persons has a natural right to
| injure another. The principle that all
are equal before the law. not in pos
/ sessions, but where the citizen comes
| in contact with the government is the
one principle that lies deeper down
than all the others
Mr.. Bryan then applied this principle
to taxation and said that when a man
who ought to be taxed $40 is taxed $5
| then the one who is taxed $40 when
he only ought to pay S. contributes to
the other. All this unjust taxation
means larceny by law and is the same
moral act as robbery on the highway
and those who secure laws to this end
lack the courage of the highwayman
The government is unjust, which en-
ables the citizen to do that which he
would not have the right to do without
law and government. This shows how
| broad is the principle of larceny, when
applied to legislation.
The speaker next applied the funda-
mental principle to the money question
and said in this connection that he
was willing to submit his views on the
subject of bimetallism to all He said
that bimetailism comes nearer to alb
solute justice between man and man
than any other monetary system now
before the people. although he said
that he did not claim that the system
was a perfect one. He said that some
| people use the words honest money
as though they We're copyrighted We
all want honest money. but he thought
as did that constituent of the Missis-
sippi congressman who was circulating
a petition asking for his renomina ton.
| The petition stated that the candidate
was strictly honest and one of his con-
stituents said that he would sign the
petition if instead of strictly honest
! it was changed to read tolerably hon
est. Mr.. Bryan said that he did not
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