The Indianapolis journal., 1899-06-03

Russell made a straight-out free-silver
the trusts and government by injunction.
Mr.. Bryan was next introduced to the
crowd amid tremendous applause. He said:
1T Is not question who shall be the next
President of the United States, but that the
next President be of. for and by the peo-
pie. The laws of this Nation must be just
as between man and man, and the social
abuses which have sprung up in this coun-
try during the past twenty-five years must
be Topped off. The Mark Hanna Republican
and the man afterward. if at all Abraham
Lincoln put labor above capital because
capital is a product of labor, but can any
doubt that our latter-day Republicans place
they are making tremendous progress tow
ard the enthronement of capital and the de-
basement of humanity?
When our late war came up we found
that the government would be in need of a
vast amount Of money To conduct II. Our
Supreme Court declared against the income
tax, so We could get no revenue from that
source. What was TO be done? Nothing but
to look around for some little old thing
on. Our government could call husbands
from wives and sons from parents, and
stand them before tile guns Of the enemy,
but 1t could not fasten on the. great for
help bear their portion of the expenses.
Taxes, as they are collected, are usually
the heaviest upon the smallest and lightest
upon the largest revenues. An income tax
is just. No man who has an income large
enough 10 be taxed would scarcely dare
sneak behind the decision of the Supreme
Court and say that we are not treating
their edicts with proper respect. The gold
standard Is so simple that every one of US
can understand it and its effects. A man
goes TO tailor for a suit of clothes, shoe
maker for pair of shoes. but shall We say
that he must go. to the fnanciers, for
finances? / say no. Thew are interested too
much to be just. 1t would be about as reas-
enable employing a physician who is in
terested in your death. If you had suit
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before that judge for decision?'
Mr.. Bryan, in conclusion. touched on the
alarming rate with which trusts are grow
ing under the Republican administration; |;
the great burden which Imperialism will
entail upon the American people and the
encouraging outlook for Democratic success
The meeting, ct 10 o'clock, adjourned to
attend a banquet rendered Mr.. Bryan, at
Fountain Ferry Park. five miles away.
from all parts of the United States broke
bread with William Jennings Bryan at the
dollar banquet at Fountain Ferry. 1t was
given by the executive committee having
charge of the convention of the Ohio Valley
League of Bimetallic Clubs. The supply OF
hausted yesterday. and long before 10
o'clock, the hour set for the banquet, Foun-
tain Ferry Park. the largest pleasure resort
in the city, was thronged with those anx-
ious to obtain admission. The banquet was
given in the dancing hall Of the casino.
overlooking the Ohio river, and. the night
singularly favored. The table at which Mr..
Bryan and the speakers sat ran across the
western end of the hall, while from IL ran
at angles six other tables, each seating one
hundred. On the porch outside were small
er tables, but the hall was thrown open and
the tables so arranged that every guest
were the national colors. which completely
hid the walls and ceiling. 1t was strictly a
dry banquet, ice water and coffee being all
that washed it down.
The distance from Phoenix Hill, where
Mr.. Bryan spoke earlier in the evening to
Fountain Ferry was so great that it was
marched into the hall headed by a band
playing the STARS and Stripes Forever"
Oliver II. =. Belmont, who arrived this aft
ernoon from New York, reached the park a
half hour before the Bryan party and was
seated near the place reserved for Mr..
Bryan.
At the table with Mr.. Bryan sat ex-Gov-
II. p Belmont of New York: ex-senator
Joseph c. S. Blackburn, of Kentucky, the
postmaster; James p Tarvin, president of
water. of Massachusetts,; Congressman John
j. LentZ, of Ohio, and Congressman John
. Rhea. of Kentucky.
Mr.. W. j. Semonin. chairman of the local
executive committee, then introduced Toast
master ]. S. c. Blackburn as 1.-The next
United States senator from Kentucky" Mr..
Blackburn called on Congressman John S.
Khea, OF Kentucky, who responded 10 the
toast William Jennings Bryan" the Cham
pion OF Our Cause and Leader Of Our
Mr.. Rhea delivered a eulogium of Mr..
Bryan as the champion of liberty" and
then made a defense of the Chicago plat
form. He said it was not menace to any
class, but bulwark for the needy and oD-
pressed. He avowed continued Efforts by
Democracy and predicted final success for
the party.
few well-fttng remarks Mr.. Bryan, who
responded TO The Second Battle"