New-York tribune., 1899-04-20
BRYAN AGAIN HOLDS FORTH
Continued from hrst pnge.

full. If not fluent orator. of powerful frame.
clear voice and energetic gesture. He made
great many extravagant assertions in which he
evidently did not carry his hearers with him.
but, on the whole, his arguments against mo-
nopoy were keenly appreciated. was shown
by the liberal applause they evoked. Mr.. Jones's
speech in part was:
special privileges. Any system that is adopted by
society. either custom law that grants to one
circumstances denied to other men. is denial of
the equality guaranteed to the people 1i TINS anS
therefore violation of divine justice, and this
mere tools OF their more capable fellows-is the
ann and of all our
causes that excite and perpetuate vice ana crime
believe that much Of the distress that we d,, are
now seeking to escape is oeeasioned by the wrong @
afhs Sa s Re Rf Gq ded is
there is therefore no oiity upon 1T Ine r Hoy
ton Day. of proclaming in season and out OF sea
son, that we have the best government on EARN ,r
fellow-men the assertion that we can lick every
Unemployment exists" says Alfred Russell Wal
lace because of the fact that production is car.
wants Of the people but for the sake q making
money for the capitalists. This is the vital weak.
PabG & G d
that ~ hopes to PsppetuaIe itself b Ta
Shise grabber the briber who invades our halls OF
ana courts or justice, the
derer. the business plunderer and all the monsters
Of greed and rapacity TO which we charge our our
distress to-day are the legitimate products or tnis
vicious system that makes our pretended democracy
travesty.
THE CONTRACT SYSTEM.
The contract system is part Of wholly niq-
uitous system Of special privileges. It is the
tractors business to see how cheapy he
do the work and do 1t well. but the first consdera
tion is to how much he for doing it. and
the next is how little he can pay the laborer and
now poorly ne can do the work in order to increase
his pronts. The result Of this unscentinc system
Is damaging and destructive in nnumerable ways
wholesale robbery Of labor that it leads TO- Instead
OF afordng the free competition that It's advocates
ence that the Inevitable result Of the system is mo
nopoly through combination Of business inter-
Every city that has adopted public ownership of
public utilities has shortened the hours Of labor IN
creased the pay Of the men and improved the quai-
ity Of service. large step toward industrial cvili-
zston and industrial freedom will be The The. abolition ion
earth has been created for the benefit Of the con
the race is struggling the ideal which poets proph-
cts and philosophers have seen. is the realization
is the only instrument through which the people
S their oye for each ca other a4d T M sa
the promise that a brighter day is drawing near.
The long night Of bondage to economic ssyery Is
IS about to dawn Let us nail to our banners heds
the hosts of Toledo rallied in the recent election.
If the workinGmen and masses are in economic
preceding economic slavery there has been
party slavery and in every succeeding election dma 'ne
the schemers who sought to serve only their own
Of the workingmen and reform forces be definite
and positive for those things that we know are
all the abolition Of the contract system. the sub
stution of the eight day and the recognition
n us repudate any platform that does not in
volve every one Of these principles.
At the close of Mr.. Joness speech. three cheers
were given for Mayor Jones of Toledo" and
Mr. Jones sprang up and cried: Don't cheer for
Mayor Jones' Of Toledo, but for the people of
Toledo"
MRS. STETSON WELCOMED.
The chairman then introduced Mrs. Charlotte
Perkins Stetson who had for her subject 'What
a Just Economic System Would Do for Women
She is a slight black haired. sharp-eyed woman,
with a clear diction and a far carrying voice
No cries Of louder interrupted her address, as
they did the chairman's. She was dressed Win
extreme planness, and said that just economic
system would do for women just exactly what
it would do for men, only the women needed II
more. Mrs Stetson said in part:
want first to give you the answer to the sub
iect of my speech in one short phrase. and 1t Is
that the effect of just economical system VIII
on men If there is any difference, it is only that
the women need II little more A Just economy
society in which the most advantages are gained
for ali the world with the least expense. The Work
of the world is developing more rapidly to-day than
ever before We coming nearer 10 just
economic system. and our further approach lies in
your hands .
And why do women need this advance more? 1t
is because they are not highly organized as
men, and have not yet learned the law of union:
be make II impossible for any woman In the
world simply to reap the fruit OF the Work on
earth and do none OF 1t.
The do the work OF the world They are
the producers. and women are the consumers ana
this should not be. We need equal shares for
women and men. We need the kind of woman who
will inquire If all the taxes have been paid, If all
dues have been satisfied before the money comes
to them who will acquaint themselves with the
affairs of the world and strive for honest govern
ment. We want q high sense OF public duty
among all the women Of the land. We need women
who are not only good wives good mothers and
good housekeepers but are good citizens OF the
country TO which they allegiance. Appause)
Work is the great human function. and not to
work is not to be human Mr. walker was asking
10 whom could look for defence from the I'M
proof that can look to the people-Mayor Jones.
IApplause) His election is historic fact, and we
don't have to wait two thousand years 10 see him.
Now this historic fact simply this: That
their minds to what they want they can have 1t.
(Applause)
CHEERS FOR DIR. MGLYNN
Prolonged cheering followed the closing SEN
tence of Mrs Stetsons speech but II not a
patch upon the enthusiasm which broke loose
when DR. McGlynn was introduced. and his
benign and familiar face beamed upon the
audience His reception far exceeded In warmth
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