Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-09-01
sRyAN ave STEVENSON cLus.
A Rousing Attendance and Judge Long
Pays His Respects to Ex-eov.
Prince.

There was a rousing attendance at
the meeting of the Bryan and Steven
son club in the city council chamber
last evening. After the meeting had
been raped to order by President
W. B. Bunker. Chris Sellman had pre-
scented the club with portrait Of Hon,
W. J. Bryan, in neat, little, fifteen
minute speech, and other matters prop
erly coming before the meeting had
been attended to, Judge Elisha V.
Long. the speaker of the evening, took
the floor and spoke partially as fol
lows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen
When | say to you that have been in
disposed during the day, in bed most
of the time, l feel that may hope for
a little indulgence if shall not en-
tertain you as well as 81 ,uld like.
The first thought which occurs TO
me tonight is to consider for mo-
ment the question of democratic or
ganization; and when 1 speak of dem
ocratic organization | mean the organ
ization of all the political forces that
are opposed to the continuation Of
the present administration and who
are in favor of the election of Will
lam ]. Bryan as president. Political
forces wlIcr consist IN the country at
large of the Democratic :.arty. of the
silver republican party the porrlis;
party, AMI in the county OF san Miguel
the un u party, that has done 50
much u the past eight years to brt
ter the local administration, notsi;'.
standing the statements that will be
made tonight, no doubt, at the hall
of the Hammer anG Tongs" club. 1t
is our first duty then, think, to or
ganize. No army can fight a battle
well unless it is thoroughly organized;
no party can wage an impressive, ag-
gressive campaign unless it is sue
cessfully and thoroughly organized in
every locality of the country And,
regret to say, there is painful lack Of
organization in the county Of San
Miguel, and our republican friends
have set us most excellent example,
One that it Is well to follow, in the
organization of the republican club,
which Is making such an aggressive
war in our immediate locality. But
from the appearance of those who are
gathered here tonight, l feel entirely
confident that the democratic and
union and populist forces, in this city
and in this county. will be found
aggressively at work from this time
forward.
mans politics snouIu DV 5oIIIu W 1lsss
like his religion. It is a matter of
conscience. We must concede at the
very commencement of this local cam
paign that our friends have the money,
they have the Offices, and they have
all the coal oil in the Territory at
their disposal, Daughter and applause)
and they can fry the fat out of all
those fellows at their will; and the re
suit is, gentlemen, that to their mon
ey we must interpose our activity,
our aggressiveness and the justice of
our cause, so that every man who
enlists as a democratic soldier under
the banner of the constitution, and
under the lead of the most aggressive
statesman; the brightest public citi-
zen that has appeared upon the politi-
cal rostrum during the present cen
tury,-and If we shall have the in
splration of our splendid leader, and
If we shall have the courage of Bryan
and fight our battles locally as well
as he fights the national battle,
feel very confident that not only in
the city of Las Vegas, but as well in
the county of San Miguel, and in the
entire Territory of New Mexico, the
| democratic banner will be carried to
success at the polls in the coming elec-
ton. (Applause).
It is enthusiasm, and courage and
persistence and an honest and just
work that we need in this campaign,
land the humblest man in this audience
has his duty to perform as well as the
most gifted, and then shall we from
this time forward stand shoulder to
shoulder, hand in hand and heart to
heart in pushing forward this just
fcause? I believe we will. (Applause)
1 1t is not necessary to be abusive
in order to be aggressive. I am moi
much in favor of political abuse
J am not much in favor of political in
tolerance. | think man should en-