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THEY CHEERED AGUINALDO
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| comparisons and then he said: Because oftht
murder Of silver. because Of the PRONUNCIATION
OF the tarin laws. because OF the legislation
that brought about the corporation laws trusts
have come into being and have spread out over
the face Of the country In another paroxysm
the Judge said: mo bank ever made dollar
no trlst company ever made dollar. no cor
poraton ever made dollar. no goldbug ever
made dollar: 1t was all made by the common.
obscure people OF the United States. and thoy
ought to have their say in tho distribution
oft"
Again the Judge declared: 1T may be that
the platform OF the Democracy OF 1926 by
treachery will be overturned next year. but IL
1t should be. and II any man be nominated for
the Presidency but William Jennings Bryan
BRYAN's NAME srIRs THE CROWD.
Half the crowd was on its feet at the mention
OF its leaders, name. Hats were tossed in the
air. handkerchiefs waved and pandemonium
ensued. 1t was whoop and howl for fully two
minutes. after which the Judge finished his
sentence thus: Il say thnt when the election
shall have ended the Democratic ticket will be
| third In the race"
He went on TO say that IL the platform Of
1895 was rs-enacted. line for limo. and a new
paragraph inserted denouncing trusts and
another one denouncing the act OF Mister
Mckinley in the numbering OF thousands OF
| ignorant savages who had never-." but the
| end OF this sentence was lost In mighty uproar
| OF mingled Kisses and cheers.
| Next the Judge tackled New York and said
that he didn't have any right as a country
man to kick il the people Of New York
wanted to give up their suffrage and
put their necks under the heel OF
| the despot In city affairs but he
declared that he did have a right to kick II they
did it in national affairs. And then he de-
clared any alliance between the National
| Democracy and Croker in New York means
| that the Democratic ticket can never be elected
in the world"
The Judge got rousng reception when he
had concluded and Mr.. Brown introduced John
Pardon Altgeld as man "of much the
same mould as tho immortal Henry
George" The mention OF Henry Georges
name brought out more cheers. Mr.. Brown
referred to AltReld's pardon Of the Anarchists:
and az the former governor OF Illinois stepped
| forward the band played Hail to the Chief"
| and there was another outbreak and hats were
| tossed up as before.
ALTGEID A DISAPPOINTMENT.
Gov. AltRed was somewhat OF disappoint-
ment His speech was what might be described
as hot stuff" but 1t was not delivered in hot
stuff manner Mr.. Altgeld started of with
history OF tho past two centuries
He described the struggle for religious FREQ
dom, then the struggle for dependence in
America. and coming down to what he de-
scribed as the industrial slavery OF the pros
ent day. he asserted that the struggle of the
present day was a repetition Of the earlier
struggles He talked about public ownership
OF water. gas. and OF electric light plants. Of
the street railway service. and other things. Of
course. counsellinP public ownership. and de-
manded the killing OF the trust and the check
ing by law OF about everything that labor Or
CARNATIONS Of the present day don like. While
in this vein. he said:
"As matters stand to-day, the Am erican peo-
pie seem to exist only for the purpose OF being
despoiled. They seem to exist only as a con-
venience for the sharks and as food for birds
Of prey. II no remedy can be devised for these
conditions. then the word craftsmanship is a
term of rrproach and stands for i'm becility.'
and the word politician should consign man
to eternal infamy."
PHILIPPINE POLICY AssAILED.
Altgeld then took up the financial question,
talked about the farmers and the trusts. and
about "enthroned dollars and enslaved men,"
and about the initiative and the refsre ndum."
and then coming to the Philippines question:
he said:
Again. for nearly a century. this Republic.
without standing army. with scarcely any
navy. has been a potent factor in shaping the |
destiny Of nations and elevating the civiliza-
ton Of the world by reason OF it's high Ideals, |
by reason OF its moral influence. The |
principles OF our Declaration OF Inde- |
pendence by emancipating man. lifted up the |
nation. Instead Of entering into scramble |
on the low plane Of brute force. where even |
success means ultimate degradation and ruin. |
we stood for higher justice. and marvellous |
and glorious has been our career. Now we |
witness the sad spectacle OF Federal |
Government. at the dictates OF the cor |
rupt commercialism OF the age. carrying out a |
policy which overthrows all high ideals. which |
lowers our standards to the level of chicane |
and brute force. which is in violation of the |
basic principles Of our government. and IL !
successful must result in destroying the |
Der ties Of the American people.
IN SYMPATHY WITH THE FILIPISos.
Strange as II may seem to us. incredible as |
1t may seem to us. while we stand here under !,
this flag that is the emblem OF liberty peace |
able and Industrious men in another hemi- |
sphere are being shot down by the Govern |
ment OF the United States for no other crime |
than that OF aspiring to freedom. This flag |
which is the emblem OF liberty here is now |
being used to make orphans OF little children |
in another hemisphere because their fathers |
dared to believe the precepts OF jefferson and |
dared 20 follow the example OF Washington. |
Oh. my countrymen. we have hit upon evil |
days. and when we protest against these |
great wrongs, when we point to the declaration |
and acts OF the fathers. we are solemnly |
told that the Declaration OF Independence Ia |
q humbug and that the doctrine OF human |
equality is but cranky notion. Here |
again. my friends. the country Ia calling |
for a political party that shall have |
convictions political party that
shall have high standards Of justice. a political
party that shall not hold highway robbery and |
wholesale murder Unsuitable because a few
vultures might profit thereby"
After this. Altged took a whack at the Re-
publican party and another at the Democratic
party and described the characterization OF
silver" under the head of the trail of the SER
pent." and finally had this to say about saving
the platform OF 1886
BRYAN. THE JEFFERSON OF NEBRAsKA
whether the conspiracy to overthrow the
Chicago platform will be abandoned or
whether it will go on. do not know but, my
friends. We must take no chances. The people
Of Anna