The Van Buren press., 1900-02-17
"a Little Spark May
Make Much Work.
Bryan Carries all Before Him In
Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn gave to Colonel William j.
Bryan last night an ovation such as even
he has rarely received. From the multi
tude that thronged to listen to his words
and from the cheers and plaudits tna'
arose as one after another his principles
were demonstrated 1t was clearly shown
that the Democratic leader was not in
1.-The enemy 6 country.
From orchestra pit to gallery top the
Academy Of Music was packed with ex-
pectant men and women. The large
house was filled TO its utmost capacity
Men and women were willing to stand
and fully 2. 900 were turned away.
Colonel Bryan had been the guest OF
honor at dinner in the Clarendon Hotel,
given by Michael j, Coffey. and it was
half past eight clock when he appeared
upon the stage, surrounded by nearly
every Brooklyn Democratic politician
of note.
His entrance WAS the signal for ap-
plause that lasted many minutes. Every
one stood rs the speaker came forward
and remained standing long after he had
bowed several times in acknowledgment
and had taken his seat.
For fully five minutes Colonel Bryan
was not allowed to proceed Cheers OF
welcome drowned one or two attempts
he made to be heard until at last he
contented himself with waiting silently
for the ovation to end.
Some one from an upper box threw on
the stage bunch of red, roses, which
lit at Mr. Bryan s feet. His acknowledg.
ment of them was the occasion for an .
other demonstration. Women waved
handkerchiefs and men waved tiny flags
provided for the occasion. The Academy
of Music was roaring pandemomlum
in its great welcome.
Colonel Bryan was in excellent voice
and prefaced his speech with the de-
claratiou that he intended to avoid un'
pleasant things and had no wish or in p
tention of making any one angry
Party, he began, lis means TO
an end, not the end. 1t Is an association
of individuals who think alike on the
same questions. 1t is not, as some would
have us believe an association OF athletes
trained to turn somersaults together
whenever some one says turn.
After that Mr. Bryan kept the audience
In continual good humor, Bursts OF
laughter followed the outbursts OF ap
plause In quick succession, He made in
the beginning Of his speech an eloquent
reference to the Grand Army of the Re.
public under the auspices OF post OF
which he had been invited to speak
Touching on this, he said
"No one is responsible for what ! say
here except myself | admire the liberal
spirit OF these men who invited me to
speak. | believe in hearing all sides, and
because our side gets such small chance
In Brooklyn am glad to be here. -
Continuing, Mr., Bryan referred to
his own sincerity and the sincerity Of
the two great parties. 'All men are
alike, - he said, 'and when man says
my party Is dishonest, think he il
Judging 1t by himself, But the majority
of the people want good government
Man everywhere is sincerely, earnestly
trying to better his condition.
"Ihaw been caNed cterythmgfom demo9ogac
b anarchist By men uho neither understand uhd'
| believe, nor knOC clearly phdt thy hemlse|rej
believe.
Every man who tries TO reform some
existing abuse Is called an anarchist,
Ny theory is that you will not prevent
strife between classes until you teach
classes to treat each other with justice
Il have heard II great many ideas of
heaven, but | never heard any one shy
he believed there are two heavens--one
for the rich and one for the poor And
since they must live together eternally
| want to help them get better acquaint-
ed here. -
This was the occasion for prolonged
applause, lasting several minutes, When
he could be heard again, Mr., Bryan
said;
II want u civilization which gives to
every child hope, lwant a civiliza
ton where every deserving man has mn
equal chance. Beware of how you take
away hope from 4 man. With hope
gone, there Is nothing to lead him up
ward,
lis there o way to determine which
is the right principle Of government
There is such a principle, h Is in The Declar
alton Of Independence, which wds popular a hta
while ago, and uhich I hope viii Become popula
soon again. Il is tbs! .aR men are createc
eqval.'
That means that in the contempt
alton OF government there can be nt
favorites and none shall II be prejudicet
against. And yet government violate
that. Every form violates II. ! do no
think II 10 ~ bud IN our form as IN man,
others. Favortipm Of government breed
discord between the classes,
Take the subject OF taxation, NJ
ono will deny that taxee should De pal,
to n government according to the benef
by each person received, The tax o,
sugar falls heavier on the poor than o
the rich, because the rich man and tn
poor man use about the same amount o
sugar. So 1t is In other things.
Mr.. Bryan 3 mention Of free coinag
Of silver WAS u signal for long cheering
II apologize for introducing u dea
issue, but, though It's obsequies hay
been said every year since 90 they neve
seem able TO hurry II.
1.-THE value Of n dollar depends upo
the number Of dollars. The object O
the gold standard Is to make none
scarcer and dearer- money the mast g
and all things, else the servant-and
shall not cease to talk against II unit
these conspirators against the huma
race are defeated forever, .
or the trusts, Colonel Bryan said tha
their chief danger was not the increas
Of prices, but the stamping out Of indl
vidual effort,
Throughout his speech Colonel Brya
was never interrupted by dissentin
voice,