The age-herald., 1899-08-25

| soundly calculated will ever be found | inseparabie from our moral duties, and | history bears witness to the fact that a
 just nation is trusted on it's word where | recourse Is had to armaments and vars
 to bride others" fi
 We condemn the policy of the repub-
 liean administration in it's war against
 the F1lipinos as subversive of repQblt-I | can government contrary to our duties
 to a weak and defenseless people and to
 force upon them government which
 does not derive its just powers from the | consent of those to be governed.
 l We condemn that system of legfsla-
 ton enacted by the republican party
 which fosters trusts and eomenatlons as inimicable to the best interests or the
 people.
 Believing as we do, that the Chicago | platform of 1896 is an embodiment of the foreign principles, and that William J. Bryan is the best living exponent Tn the l whole world of these principles we | hereby organize ourselves into demo- l cratic club to be known as the Bryan Club of Resell county for the purpose of futhering these principles and seeur- dngthe nomination of Mir. Bryan by the nexa national convention of democrats, and invite every democrat or Russeu county who can subscribe to these prin- cipes to unite with and aid us Tn our 1 purposes.
 l To this end we recommend that the | I4rvan club be organized by the selec- l tion of the following officers: presl- dent vice-presdent, secretary, ana an l executive committee of twenty mem bers composed of two members rom l each beat in Russell county
 l A Silver Club Organized
 1 A motion to enroll members of the club | was carried and the work was begun. it l seemed that almost every man in the house /! desired to become a member, ana some tune | was consumed in the work In the mean | time Chairman Martin became inpatient, | and he spoke out: Hurry up, boys You will all be in a hurry to get to heaven, ana | joining a Bryan club is the next best thing | to-going to heaven
 | When the work of enrolling was com | pleted there were 39S names on the list l There are not more than twelve hundred l white voters in Russell county
 l It was agreed that the president should 1 appoint the members of the executive com- l mittee later
 l Hon. John w. Tomlinson chairman of l the National Bmetallie League, was intro | duced and addressed the audience MT 1 Tomlnson was introduced by Chairman l Martin, and was greeted with applause. l He made a very able speech. His argu- l ments on the question of currency, trusts, I imperialism, tariff, income tax govern l ment by injunction which Is thrust at l trial by a jury, and militarism were logl- 1 | no hurrah about the speech, yet 1t was 1 very enthusiastically applauded Altegeth- l CT it was such a speech as thinking men 1 will carry to their homes and ponder over i after the excitement of a public meeting. | Never was better attention accorded | speaker, or rather two speakers, than was l accorded MT. Tominson and Dr. Cunning | ham today. If this was indicative of any l thing, 1t was that the speakers were dis l cussng questions In which the people were 1 interested, and the discussions were 50 | strong and so convincing that the audience | did not tire. r. l MT. Tomlnson Speaks
 l MT. Tomlinson stated at the outset that | he stood squarely upon the resolutions 1 passed by the club, and he endorsed every | syllable of the Chicago platform. He re- | cited the history of the movement to or | ganize silver clubs from the first national l meeting that he had attended in Memphis | in 1895. Its growth showed the power of l organization His arguments on the silver | question were lucid and convincing. He | said that 1t had been stated by some l democrats that it would be of no benefit | to the democratic party to elect man fa- l vorabe to silver as president in 1900, as
 the senate was hopelessly against free 1 coinage This he denied, and claimed that
 with a free coinage president the senate | would be for silver in 1901. 's3 l He said that this was not year for l political trimmers, and he paid his re- 1 spects in unmistakable language to such i persons. The people have right to know l where every candidate stands, 1t matters | not for what office he runs, and every l man has a perfect right to run on any | platform he liked, and the people to vote l for any man they want.
 l He ably discussed the question of trusts, and said that they could be regulated by l the government if the people would stand l firm in their demands. They are destroy l ing individual efforts and individual enter | prise Monopolies claim that they can sell | at lower prices because of the fact that | one man can do the work of ten. But let | the trust be organized and commodities 1 were advanced in price. .,t He discussed the Philippine question at l length. arguing forcibly against imperial l ism. All through his speech MT Tomiin- | son received enthusiastic applause as he l scored strong points. Dr. Cunningham introduced
 Senator Boylxin introduced Dr. R. M. l Cunningham, president of the state senate, | as '' democrat true and tried and well l qualified to perform any duty that may l be entrusted to his care, either by the peo- l pie of Jefferson county or of the state of | Alabama" pr. Cunninghams speech was l one of his characteristic efforts which all l ways sways the audience with him, and
 keeps his listeners in rapt attention, ap- | plause and laughter. His effort today was l unusually brilliant. He began by saying:
 "Fellow citizens, I want to tell you just
 one little secret-I am not candidate for
 governor of Alabama-(long applause)-
 yet" He said he was in politics today 1 merely because that he was a bmetallist. | He said that when he made the race for | the state senate that he believed and still l believes that the man who raised his voice l for free silver raised his voice for God and l for humanity. He believed in the Chicago l platform and Bryan. Make platform with | a plain declaration and put candidate on | 1t who honestly believes in it. It is not | policies but principles that confronts the l democratic party today. Ills argument of | the silver question was very clear.
 | He favored an income tax. It was hon. l est and besides the man who has to pay | the tax has got the ey-ker-noodle' to l pay it with. As to the Philippine question 1 he did not know what policy was best He | regarded Aguinaldo as the George Wash
 ington of his country, yet Dr. Cunning
 hams argument was rather favorable to
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