The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-19

cd their cups, and Il moment later burst
into applause as Mr.. Bryan was left
standing. Three cheers were again pro
posed for the hero of the evening, and
were responded to with the same ylgor
that characterized the first plaudits of
the evening.
MIR. BRYAN'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Bryan said in part:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men: 1t is a year since we celebrated
the last birthday of Thomas Jefferson i'll
this city. and under the auspices of the
National Association of Democratic
Clubs. And during the year through
which we have just passed the principles
of Thomas Jefferson have received each
month some new vindication. If a year
ago there were reasons for us to renew
our faith in the principles of this man,
there are still more tonight. In the
principles of Thomas jefferson are OK
pressed all that there is in Democracy.
Through his principles we should be able
to solve every question that arises Ill
peace or in war. The principles of JetfeT-
son are the definition of Democracy as
it stands to-day. And it is Il definition
night to do honor to the man who de-
sired to be remembered to posterity as
broad enough to include i'll its limits
every true believer in Jefferson.
The Democracy of to-day knows no
sections. 1t extends alike from the At
lantic to the Pacific, and from the Great
Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. To be a
Democrat means something. The prln-
ciple of Democracy, as crystallizcd III
the definition of Jeffersonianism, is
greater to-day thu it was Il year ago.
We have seen that the opposition to the
principles Of Jefferson is proving a fall-
ure wherever and whenever it has been
tried. To-day. in the compleNity of the
situation that confrontS the American
people, we have to solve many problems:
yet these principles of Jefferson may
solve them all. The Chicago platform
stood as did Thomas jefferson for equal
rights to all. and special privileges grant
ed to none. Jeffcrson's principles meet
amy and every question that arises.
Taxation. as administered by the Repub-
lican party. is not in accordance with
the law Of equal rights to all
TAXATION TINE OF PERIL.
Mir. BRYAN then spoke of the fact that
the stand taken by the Democratic party
in favor of an income tax was being VIA
dicated with every succeeding day.
Events are daily developing. he said. to
show the truth Of what Justice Brown
said-that the decision Of the Supreme
court against the tax would rise up some
day to paralyze the government.
We have now reached Il time OF per
H." said Mr. Bryan, when we can con-
slider this decision and understand fully
what it means. When the government
is in need of ready funds it cannot draft
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ply protected by it than the poor people.
who have no property whatever. The
government may go today to the mother
and take from her her only son, and 1t
may go to the wife and take from her
her beloved husband, and send them to
war. but the government cannot touch
the fortunes of the rich. In the name
of Thomas jefferson | tonight denounce
the policy hat places the miser'S dollar
above the mothers son or the wife's hus-
band. The time has nor yet come when
the dollar is better than the man in this
country.
Now. my friends, this is but one di-
rCction i'll which the principles of Jcffcr-
son have been vindicatcd. The principles
of this man would make the trust inn
possible. One of my friends the other
day, hearing that confidence had been
restored by the Republican administra-
ton, looked in the dictionary to find out
just what the word confidence meant.
And what do you suppose he found?
That one Of the definitions of confidence
was trust. tGreat applause and laugh
teri Therefore if confidence means
trusts, no one can deny that it has been
restored. The last year has brought
wildly to the minds of the people that
the trusts of this country are growing,
and that those of us who cannot COM
blne with the rich must be the HELPLESS
victims OF an aggregation of wealth.
NOT ENEMIES OF PROPERTY.
w do not come here tonight. my
friends, Us the enemies of property. nor
III favor of taking one mans property
and giving it to another. nor of takin"
the results Of the labors of the indus
trlOus and giving them to the idle. but
We come to preach the doctrines of JEFF
ferson that the man should be satisfied
with what he earns, and should not de-
sire to take the property of other men.
we regard the trust as Il menace to the
industrial welfare of the nation. and the
political welfare as well. We do NOT
desire that when our sons shall enter
politics they shall be compelled to bend
their knee to some aggregation of
wealth before they nay hope to be sue.
~cessful.
'My friends. the Chicago platform Of
1896 would not have been so bitterly OBJ