The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-10-05
MIR. BRyAN's spEEch.
THE Work OF Democracy Must lie
Done by the People.


Done by the People.
Mr.. Bryan spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlenen--I
am here not because am needed Jap
plause and laughter). but because | want
to be; not because you need me, but be-
cause am glad TO meet you. (Renswel
applausosf Won a,is,aShd !. = % In afterno N
from my distinguished colleague GU the
ticket, who disputes the saying Of Mes o.
when he complained that the gods did not
give all things to man at the same tine;
that the gods withheld the vigor OF youtn
when they gave the wisdom OF aEe.
think you Will agree with me that my col
league Is able 10 comb ne both The v,gor
of youth with the wisdom of age. Cap
plause.)
But l appreciate the work done ald
being done and to be done by this assoc
ciat.on of democratic clubs, and | ap2re-
clate the energy, the enthusiasm tn1 me
ability displayed by Mr. Hearst, the pres
dent of tbs association. (Applaase,J /
believe in these clubs. We used them.
We need clubs far more than the repuo-
Hcan5 need clubs. In fact, my friends. the
work of democracy, being a WORK tor tGe
people. must be done by the people. Gap
plause.) Machinery Is not sufficient: we
need these clubs to aid in the WORK ami
to supplement the efforts Of our National.
State and local Organizations. We need
the clubs to help US collect money to carry
ON our campaign. The republican party
can get It's money from the corporations
which plumber the people between cam
paigns in return for the money contributed
during the campaigns. The repub lean
party does not collect Nancy for its Ma
tional campaign from ons republican out
OF hundred, and when the electish IS
over, ninety mine of one hundred r pub
Leans have nothing TO say about the run
ming of the government. tApplauss.)
We expect that the administration will
be conducted In behalf of the great mass
OF the American people and we have the
right to call upon them to help with
their money as well as their votes to win
this Tight. which Is their Tight and not
our fight. (Applause.) We need the
clubs TO help circulate literature. II
every member of the clubs will pick out
some acquaintance ana ind out what
he is thinking about prepare to meet
his argument, supply Rim with literature
and work for his conversion, the members
OF these clubs will be astonished to fnd
how much can be done. We need the
clubs TO poll the votes for we must do
| by voluntary effort what the republic
! cans can afford to pay for having done.
| We need the clubs TO help get the
votes out on election day. Out in our
State we sometimes arrange to- have VOL
unteers who Will 90 out and when they
/ find a man who thinks he is too busy
husking corn to spare the time to vote
the volunteer husks in his place until
1 ne goes and votes. We need these clubs
! to help get the vote out and then we
/ need these clubs 10 help get the vote
counted and to prevent fraud after 1t Is
cast.
! / beg you TO spend every possible mo-
I ment between now and election In So
curing victory for those principles which
! you believe in and for this cause which
| you have so earnestly espoused. The
republican party is not prepared TO meet
! the issues OF this campaign. The republl-
| can party Is today lodging running from
| nearly every issue in the campaign.
When they started out they said the
money question was tho question OF para
mount Issue. But. my friends. they
/ found that when a man says that the
question OF money ls more important than
a question OF government. he at once
arouses suspicion and people begin TO
wonder whether he thinks a dollar Is
more important than man. Think OF
trying 10 make the money question para
mount in this campaign. Why. my friends.
| when the money question was paramount
In 1896 we found the republicans trying
TO make the tariff question the para
mount issue. They said, let US open the
| n.