The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-20

city that has abolished the contract
system or has adopted public owner
ship Of public utilities has shortened
the hours of labor, increased the pay
of the men and improved the quality of
service.
In conclusion, he said: THE work.
ingmen cannot longer be rallied with
the hum and cry of BE a democrat, or
be a republican, 1T is the platform
that commands votes of workingmen
and reform forces must be definite and
positive, for those things are now es-
sential to liberty, such as equal oppor
tunities for all, the abolition of the con-
tract system, the substitution of the
eight-hour day and the recognition of
organized labor in all skilled depart
ments; and let us repudiate any plat
form that does not contain every one
of these principles
Mayor Jones closed amid a great dem
onstration. He was intensely dramat-
ic. Some one called for three cheers
for the mayor They We're given. Then
some one called for three cheers for
the people.
Yes" shouted Mapor Jones' leaping
to his feet and waving his hands, cheer
not for me. Cheer for the people,
This brought out great applause.
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson spoke
next.
DR.. McGlynn was the next speaker.
He was given an ovation. He said IN
part: There is to-day slavery worse
than chattel slavery. That is industrial
slavery. l believe that a man should
be more than machine; more than
mere brute of the fields. If any one
tells you that we reformers would de-
stroy the right Of property tell him
that he tells not the truth. We would
give to every industrial corporation, if
you will, just what it produces. No
a q ph In ui a
or franchise created by the people in
perpetuity and posterity has right to
spit upon such grant"
o. N. Nelson of St. Louis spoke next
and was followed by William Temple
Emmett. Mr.. Emmett closed with a
reference to Colonel Bryan. 1t created
a tremendous amount of applause, then
followed another demonstration similar
to that given on Saturday. 1t continued
for some moments, and some one shout
ed God bless you, Billy Bryan
Whereat the crowd got up again and
yelled and cheered for several minutes.
Mr.. Bryan had to raise his hands
many times before his admirers would
give way, and they did so only when
tired out. The women particularly
were enthusiastic in their greetings.
Mr.. Bryan said:
A Man of Ideas.
are applying his ideas to-day to the
questions which arise. They were not
applied in his day: they have not all
been applied since his day Some peo-
pie think that only on the battlefield
can man show his patriotism.
thank God that / live in a land where
peace hath her victories as well as war.
l glory that we live in a land where
every day presents an opportunity for
man to show his love for his country.
And l thank God that we live in this
generation, where the grandest princi-
pies are presented that have ever been
presented to any generation since the
history of man began.
"A distinguished citizen Of the nation
spoke not long ago of the strenuous life
and applied his ideas to a policy that
gives this nation an opportunity to go
forth with musket and with cannon, and
carry it's ideas by force to other ma
tions. l thank God that peace in this
country gives an opportunity for all
the strenuous life of the people, if
we but begin to apply to our daily con-
ditions, the principles which we all ac-
cept theories which we will not con-
tradict
THE declaration of independence is
condensed into few sentences-the
principles which must underlie a gov
ernment such as ours.
to the language used by Abraham Lin
coin, in the eulogy of the declaration
| of independence. This is the opinion of
the present gathering, and | want to
contribute to the spirit of the occasion
by quoting what the great republican
said of the work of the greatest demo-
crat.'
The audience listened intently as Mr.
Bryan read from a volume of Lincoln's
| speeches. When the speaker said that
| both Lincoln and jefferson were repu-
| dated when the declara ton of inde-
| pendence was departed from, he was
| greeted with great applause. He con-
| tinued:
Lincoln's Words.
Il can turn TO the words of Abra-
| ham Lincoln and repeat them as a fit
| eulogy of the Declaration of Indepen-
| dence because ] cannot conceive words
| that are more beautiful or more true
| He said-how wisely he guessed-that
| the time might come when some man
| or party or interest might set up the
| doctrine that only rich men or only
white men or only Anglo Saxon white
men are entitled to those privileges
| those blessings enumerated in this
| chart of our liberty. And | read these
sentences to you tonight, not that you
shall be compelled to accept the Dec!ar-
alton of Independence, but that you
may be compelled to repudiate both
| Lincoln and Jefferson when you leave
| the Declaration of Independence.
| prolonged applause).
jefferson carved from the mount
| aims of eternal truth the four great pill
| lars upon which all free government
must rest; that men are created equal
| that they are endowed with inalienable
| rights. that governments are instituted
among men to secure and to preserve
those rights. and the governments de-
| rive their just powers from the con-
| sent of the governed.
| Il sometimes hear people complain
| because business is disturbed by the
agitation Of public questions. There is
a way to escape it; let us have a mon-
| archy and then there will be no dis
turbance of any kind of business; We
| can simply serve and be happy. But
| history has shown that where one ol
a few think for all the people, they also
enjoy for all the people, and if we
| would enjoy the rights of life and lib
| erty and the pursuit of happiness. oul