The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-07-11
DEMOCRATS OPEN CAMPAIGN
TWO RATIFICATION MEETINGS
 HELD IN LINCOLN, NEB.
Bryan TalISs-"If This Were the Land Ofa King''-Voters Told How to Con- sole Themselves "If the Republic Goes 70 Issue-Towne also Speakes-strv- rnsoM Present.

l 70 Issue-Towne also Spealxes-strv- rnsoM Present.
 Lincoln, Neb., July 10.-The informal
 opening of the democratic presidential
 campaign took place in Lincoln to- day, In two ratification meetings, one in the
 afternoon conducted by the populists and silver republicans of Nebraska and
 one this evening conducted by the dem ocrats, William J. Bryan, Charles A. Towne, General James B. Weaver and other leaders of the parties outlined the work of the campaign in the interest of Bryan and Stevenson. Probably thirteen thousand people listened to the
 speeches and paid homage to the lead
 CTS of the parties to which they owed allegiance.
 MT. Bryan and Mr. Towne spoke at
 both meetings, but Mir. Stevenson, who is MT. Bryan's guest, was somewhat in-
 disposed and did not appear at the af-
 ternoon meeting. He was present at
 the evening meeting, however, and re-
 ceived an ovation. At the afternoon
 meeting the speakers were MT Bryan
 Congressman Shafroth of Colorado
 Cyclone Davis of Texas, Former As eistant Secretary of the Interior Web ster Davis, Charles A. Towne and Gen eral James B. Weaver MT. Bryan spoke last and only in response to re- peated calls, T feel almost as if I ought to apologize for not being able to call myself former republican" said Mir. Bryan amid laughter. MT Bryan then paid eloquent tribute to General Weaver, Charles A. Towne and Webster Davis, former republicans.
 MT Bryan also said If we lived in a land where a king thought for us we would feel no responsibility for the ac- tion of that king, But we live in land where the people determine the policy. We live in land where the citizen i'm presses his own opinion upon the gov ernment, where the policy of the gov ernment may be determined by the vote of one citizen. And I want to leave a thought with those who are to vote this fall. I want every citizen to so vote as he would vote if he knew that his vote would determine this next election. (Applause.)
 For 124 years this nation has held
  For more than century it has been an example to all the world You tell me that we cannot be indifferent to what is going on? You tell me that a man who lifts his voice against the doctrine of imperialism is pleading the cause of the Filipino? I tell you he is pleading the cause of seventy millions of Ameri- l can citizens--aye, he is championng | the rights of the struggling masses of the world who look to America for ex- ample. (Great applause.) If every Filipino were to die the world would 1 go on, but this nation, the greatest re- public of the worlds history, puts out ! it's light. If this republic turns back to the doctrine which We loved a cen- tury and quarter ago, then to what | nation of the world can the people look for hope and inspiration? So you ought to be proud that you are an American | citizen and are able to say, If the re- public goes down l am not to blame for its downfall (Great applause).
 At the evening meeting MT. Bryan and MT. Stevenson were given a tre- mendous greeting by the crowds.
 Charles A. Towne delivered the most extended speech of the evening, outlin- ng the campaign arguments on which the democratic party will fight the of 1900. MT. Towne gave his first attention to the monetary ques- ton, insisting that it was still a live ssue Trusts were denounced as an in- nerent part of the republican admins .raticn.
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