Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-22
He Carried the New York Democracy With Him
 by His Eloquence.
HIS SPEECH A NOTABLE ONE.
His Expressions on Silver, Trusts and Imperialism Awaken Splen-
 did Demonstrations.

the George l.. Rickart Post, G. A. R. As Mir. Bryan walked to the front of the stage he was struck on the head by a bunch of roses which had been thrown from the box Tn which were the officers of the Womens Bryan League MT. Bryan was in q happy mood. He told funny stories and then plunged into his speech with fervor. He opened with compliment to the Grand Army, and spoke of the loyalty of the old civil war veterans in the late war with Spain "That war has done its work we'll, he said. "There were some preiudices left after the civil war, and these have been wiped ont Men now can dis cuss economic questions calmly, whether they come from the north or south.
 WANT TO MAKE CONVERTS.
 "We all differ on different points. believe in parties, bnt l do not believe party should be an association of athletes trained to turn summersault every time some one says turn. My desire IS to make converts and not to make men angry, because you cannot convert a man when he Is not in good humor. In 1896, my opponents boast ed that they thrashed me. They seemed to enjoy 1t, but l want you to believe me when I say that If the defeat oi the policies which l advocated benefited the country, then am more glad that was defeated than any republican of them all.
 ''I beheve in arguing on these ques- tions 1 believe IF all sides being heard, and because our side does not get chance to be heard very often in Brooklyn, I am glad that I am here Every reformer meets with the charge that be is setting the masses against the classes. I do not want to set any one against any one, but the man who lops off an abnse of government Is the best friend of government. It IS . fraudulent civilization that does not embrace in its benefits every disturb ing member of society.
 ''rhere is one subject that hate to bring into q pleasant gathering oi thls kind. Yet l have to. II l were ever to make speech withoat discussing lb to l every oppositon paper wonid im- mediately announce that l mad drop ped silver. could afford to drop 1t for awhile out in Nebraska, but not here. They have been bpryins silver long time The obsequies are still going on. Yet 1 think It has strength enough to live for another year. Why do they not bury 1t we'll? I'll tell you. Because the tomb WAS never built thnt was strong enough to imprison and hold the right.
 "When shall l stop talking silver? When these cousplrators against the human race are defeated forever, then I shall stop talking silver"
 Mir. Bryan denounced the trusts, which were. he said, a curse to the country.
 "If the combinations keep on, he declared, 'there will eventually be one employer. A man will not submit to that. You cannot bind the American young man down to perpetual clerk ship. Monopoly takes away the nope of life from man.
 THE PHILIPPINES.
 al now want to say word or two about the Philippines, he confirmed. s'Thev say we must not discuss that because the natives of the islands do not understand free speech, What IS the philosophy Of thls? It IS tha' whenever superior race comes into contact with an inferior race the SUI
 level the inferior one.
 What of the men who tell us It will pay? Who can they say it will pay Look at England. She started put on what she thought was small war o' conanest She has already spent a' much money as she expected to speho in this whole war, yet her soldiers nave not vet reached Ladysmith and Go' grant they never may
 There was a roar of applause at this which showed that the sentiment O the audience was with the Boers
 "They who talk thus, MT. Bryai continued, must tell us the price o American blood. They tell us ot th' extension of trade. They tell that '' the women of America.
 'I want trade, but l would not pu one American boy on the auction b'oc' and sell him for all the trade m 'u world"
 Mir. Bryan said this with his arm raised and his eyes blazing Ine auui ,, ence rose to it's feet and cheered wlidi. for full minute.
 "Oh." the speaker said, that th men who want this trade would go an' purchase it with their own blood ah' not ask the mother for the life ot ne son as the price of trade
 "There is the religious side tt strong side. Yet England has pee preaching gunpowder gospel m lnd' for n century and a half, and there ar only few christians in India
 ABOUT DESTINY.
 Some say that God opened tne uoo and pushed us into the Philippin. and then closed the door. l want know how they know. lfany man sa, God told him, then l want to know u