The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-18
THE STORY AHAB
Punishment Of On "Explnslsnlst Z Il
Biblical Days.
BRYAN QUOTES SCRIPTURES
As to the iniqulty Of Coveiinl TIE
Land Of Others.
IMPERIALISM rs A STEP BACKWARD
From the Principles Which Caused tue
Creation Of the Republic.
NOT A MOVE TOWARD BROADER DESTINY
n the Plan TO Make "subiecsn'' u
the PhiIipinos- VIC Must stick
To frtucipic.
As to the Iniqulty Of Covetlnk tie
Land Of Others.
IMPERIALISM is A STEP BACKWARD
From The Principles Which Caused tue
Creation Of the Republic.
NOT A MOVE TOWARD BROADER DESTINY


4 f Denver, Colo, January 11,--ColoncI VIII
/ liam J. Bryan made two public speeches In
| Denver today, both of which were listened
| TO by audiences only limited by the capnc-
| lily OF the auditorium, The first was 1T
O'clock In tho hnl!aof the house OF repre-.
/ scntat.ves, 10 which only the fortunate
cncs who held ticket were admitted The
other was at s o'clock ait Coliseum hall.
| tie largest room In the city, whore thnI-
| sands struggled for standing room, while
other thousands turned away III dlsap.
pointmelt at mot even getting a glimpse
OF the great silver champion. In his adj
dress before the legislature Mr.. Bryan Ge-
| voted most OF his time to u discussion OF
duties of legislatures and other public Of
iicers, whom he designated as servants, not
masters, OF the people, After this address
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan repaired TO the resi-
dencc OF Governor Thomas, where they
We're entertained at dinner, to which half
Il dozen OF the leading democrats OF the
state, Including Ex-Governor GRAFT ant. il
number or ladies, were present.
The crowd which greeted Mi. Bryan nj
Coliseum hall tonight hogan gathering ut
4 o'clock, four hours before the time set
I for the meeting. At s O'Clock, when Hon
Milton Smith, chairman OF tho state cen.
trail committees. called fer order, there
wero 5000 people In the hail and AS many
more on the outside pressing for admis-
sion. Governor Charles s. Thomas was
presented as chairman Of the meeting and
| in eulogstic spneph he introduced Cnlo.
mel Bryan who was received with pro-
1oDged applause. Mr. Bryan spoke In part
a. follows:
The Bible tells us that Ahab, the king.
wanted the vineyard of Naboth and WAS
soreiy grievcd because the owner thereof
refused to part with the inheritance Of his
fathers. Then followed a plot and false
charges were preferred against Naboth TO
furnish an excuse for getting rid Of him
Thou shalt not covet," Thou shalt not
bear false Witness Thou shalt not kill
three commandments broken. and still
fourth, Thou shalt not steal TO ns
broken In order to get little piece OF
ground. And what was the result? When
The king went forth 10 take possession.
Elijah, that brave old prophet Of the early
days. met him and pronounced against diIn
the sentence of the Almighty. In the
place where the dogs licked the blood OF
Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood. even
thine"
Neither his own exalted position nor The
lowly station Of his victim could save hin
from the avenging hand OF outraged JUS
tice His case was tried In court where
neither wealth, nor rank, nor power can
shield the transgressor.
Wurs nf cnuniiesf have their origin In