The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-02-18
THE STAR OF THE EVENING.
Col. Hrynn Receives Very Enthus-
imstic minneapolis welcome.


Then there wasia hush. The air OF the
hall was huzy with smoke, and the room
was sutfOcathElyy warm. Programs We-G
being used as fans, and every glass on the
tables was drained Of the last drop of ice
water. Mr.. Baldwin only spoke few words
when he presented Col Bryan, applying the
closing words of the governor, the right
man." Maybe that crowd didn't jump to
its feet, waving handkerchiefs, waving nap
kirs and cheering till the noise nearly
Jared the globes from the chandeliers. Bat
1t was all over In less than a minute. There
stood Col Bryan calm and smiling. He IS
accustomed to that sort Of thing. He has
faced bigger and wilder crowds than that,
when he had more at stake than he had IN
addressing Minnesota Democrats, md he
did not waste words in thanking the audi
e"'e ''t COL ST. BRYAN,s ADDRESS.
Col. Bryan's speech was as follows:
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen,
and Fellow Citlzens-Those were brave
words spoken by your governor when he
said that what we want in an emergency is
not some particular man, but the man
who can best serve.
| believe, my friends. that that is the spirit
of the patriot. l believe that that is the
wish that should animate us all, and he
Is Il better friend to ME who would choose
another better to lead and let me see the
glory of success than choose me to drag
down a cause which | love better than my
life Great aplause.)
1t does me good to meet with you on this
occasion. l was glad when 1 was invited
TO go to St. Paul. and was glad when they
SO arranged it that l could accept, and
was glad when day intervening between
the engagement there and one at Madison
enabled me to come here If you feel
strengthened by such an occasion as this.
l want to tell you that l feel strengthened.
too. And in this great contest for human
rights, in this great struggle for the princ-
pies that we have learned to love- We need
to meet together and strengthen each other
When was here a year ago l told YOU I
was glad that the Democratic party had
taken the position it had upon the great
questions before the people. My friends.
every day is proving that we acted wis ly,
There were timid ones among us who said
that they were afraid that we had driven
away some Democrats by being radical.
But. my friends. count the Democrats of
Minnesota, the leading Democrats of
Minnesota. who were driven away by the
Chicago platform, write down their names.
and | challenge you to find among those
names of recrcant Democrats a single Dem
ocrat. who was as good Il Democrat. meas
urcd by the broad definition Of Democracy,
as is John Lind. Silver Republican. We
did lose some Democrats; but. my friends,
II every Democratic leader In Minnesota
who left us in 1896 was willing to come
back on condition that We would give up
Lind and Towne, I would tell them to stay
out forever and not come back. (Cheers and
applause.)
What's In a name? The poet tells lis that
the rose by any other name would smell
as sweet: and Democracy is as dear to me
when preached by a Populst or a Silver
Republican as 1t is when 1t comes from one
Ordained and Amounted in the Democratic
faith. applause And in an hour Of trial
when we need smeh. III an hour of battle
when we need arecfnis. we do not look to
see upon their banners the names describing
the number of the regiment or the name OF
the state from which they come. We simply
look to see If the flag is the red, white and
blue: that means ave are all fighting for
tho same cause anu in the same direction.
tApplausc)
My friends these gentlemen have followed
much tho SAND line of argument tonight
and 1t is because. as Gov Lind suggested
We are thinking about the same things and
interested In the same principles and the
triumph of the same policy. We are strong
or now than we were year ago when we
met In this hall. Stronger-why? Because
we refused to SURRENDER a single line Of IL
platform in which we believed. (ApplauseD
The Bible says Gle that saveth his life
shall lose it. but he that losrth his life shall
lind IT. want to say to you that it is
as true in politics as 1t is IN religion that
those who are willing to die for what they
believe TO he right, will live because they
are right. CArplausco We were willing to
so down to defeat because We preferred de-
feat with honor. to success with iisnonor
AprlauSeD And we have triumphed and
are triumphng because we have taugnt the
people to believe that there is sincerity IN
politics and honesty In political profession
That is why my friends. we meet tonight
and feel encouraged by the progress of
events: and il you meet here one year
from tonight. believe you will
be more sanguinc of ultimate
success than you are tonight; because
events arc pressing onward and you who
have taken your stand upon the right side
as believe. and these great questions will
win because OF the vinacation of your po-
sition.
Do you remember that in 1896 we said
something about the income tax? Do you
remember that we dared TO express the be-