Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-08-03
Bryan in Chicago.

The great Auditorium in Chicago was
crowded to oveIf0wing with earnest,
thinking men OF the Western metropolis,
last Thursday evening week, to listen to
speeches from representative Democrats OF
both East and West who were in attend
ance on the meeting of the Democratic
National Committee on that day.
To William j. Bryan warmth of greet
ing was given which can only be compared
with his own recent receptions 10 other
parts of the country, aud his speech was
listened to with close and studi0us atten-
ton such as no political speaker of the
present day receives in any State or section,
but which seems to 30 spontaneously TO
Bryan wherever he appears, in city or
country, North OF South, East or West. A
part OF his speech in Chicago was as fol-
lows
In the brief time that / shall speak to
you l desire to condense what have TO say
upon three subjects into few brief prOpo-
sIlions. President Mckinley, by
sending con. mission to Europe TO secure
international bimetaliism, confessed the
gold standard to be unsatisfactory. Second
The failure of the commission to secure
international bimetallism proves that
bimetallism can be restored only through
independents action. Third - The gold
standard is maintained to-day not because
the American people desire it, but because
few English financiers, by controlling the
policy of England, control through the
Republican party the fnancial policy OF
the United States tourth-If the in
creased production of gold in the Klondike
and the Importation OF gold from Europe
have increased the volume of money and
improved times, it is evident that more
money makes better times, and times could
be still further improved and the improve
ment made permanent by the restoration
of bin etallism, which would make silver
as well as gold available for coinage. Fifth
If it was more difficult to maintain the
parity between gold and silver when the
supply of silver was increasing, it must
now be easier to MAINTAIN the parity since
the supply of gold ls increasing
On the Trust question l suggest the
following propositions for your considera-
ton :: FIRST fhe Trust is a menace to the
welfare of the people of toe United States,
because it creates monopoly and gives to
the few in control of the monopoly almost
unlimited power over the lives and happi
ness of consumers, employees and producers
OF raw material. Second-The President
appoints the Attorney General, and can, il
he desires, secure an Attorney General u no
will enforce the Anti Trust laws Third
The Attorney General can recommend
sufficient laws if present laws are insult
Gent. Fourth-The Attorney General
can recommend an amendment to the Con
stitutiOn If the present Constitution makes
it impossible to extiDguish the Trusts
FIfLh-The Republican party is powerless
to extinguish the Truss so long as the
Trusts furnish the money to continue the
Republican party in power
La the Philippine question certain
fundamental principles are involved
First There are only two sources OF Gov
ernment Force, and Consent-monarchies
being founded upon Force, republics upon
Consent Second-The Declaration of In
dependence asserts that all governments
derive their just powers from the consent
of the governed. Third-If the Declara-
tlonNof Independence is sound, we cannot
rightfully acquire title 10 the Philippine
1SianuS Ny coLyuSst Ut ny putcHase from
an alien monarch to whose rebelliOns sub
jects we ourselves furnished arms Fourth
If the FIlipinOs are and of right ought
to be tree, they should be immediately
assured of our nations intention to give
them independence as soon as a stable
government can be established Fifth
The EIlipInos, having fallen INTO oui hands
by accident of war, should be dealt with
according to American principles, and NOT
only have Independence given 70 them, bul
be protected from outside interference while
they work out their own destiny