The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-20
lie Speaks On The Evils of These
Great MOaOpGIieS.
OVER $4,000 PEOPLE HEAR HIM.
He is Enthusiastically Welcomed to
st. Louis, Where He Makes a
Speech to the Commercial Travellers.

Bryan spoke mere SATURDAY dI Ihc N0it
scum Hall. under the auspices OF the
National Democratic Club OF COM
merc;al Travellers. The hall is said to
seat l4C00 people. Not only was every
seat occupied, but every available foot
of standing room was also covered. MI,
BRYAN was late in arriving at the hall,
having been detained by his attend
ance upon meeting of the Knights
and Ladies of Honor at Conco:dia
Park, where he also made brief ad-
dress. Mr. Bryan had arrived In the
city about 5 O'Clock, coming here from
East st. Louis. He was escorted across
the Mississippi by committee OF the
commercial traveller who met him IN
tie Illinois city. They brought him
into this city in carriage drawn py
four cream white horses, and followed
by 20 other carriages, all drawn by
white horses, and accompanied by a
mounted guard and large squad Of
police.
The meeting at the Coliseum was
presided over by J. w. Jump, chair
man of the Commercial Travellers
Club, and the time previous to Mr..
Bryan's arrival was filled by other
speakers. The first Of these was Hon.
John A. Lee, Democratic candidate for
Lieutenant Governor of this State, and
himself commercial traveller, and by
Hon. Webster Davis. Mr.. Davis took
occasion to reply to the recent charge
that he had received money from
President Kruger for taking position
in favor Of the Democratic ticket in
the present campaign. He said that he
had gone to South Africa to visit d
personal friend Of his, who was consul
there. He then said:
Il have been accused Of an infamous
crime by men l do not know and who,
have no doubt. are getting big pay for
what they are doing. challenge them
to produce a single letter that have
ever written or to bring forward any
other legitimate proof to subztantiate
their charge"
Mr.. Davis said that since he had TAX
en- his position his crippled brother,
who had held the place of assistant
postmaster at Kansas City, had been
deprived of his Office.
Mr.. Bryan received a great ovation
when he appeared on the stage. He
read his speech from manuscript and
the entire document was well received.
Beginning his speech, he said: The
lamenA of David over Ahsalom is one
Of the most pathetic passages Of the
Old Testament The fact that the son
was in rebellion against civil as we'll
as PARENTAL authority did no. shake
the fathers affection, and the anxious
query, Is the young man. Absalom.
safe?' fingers in the memory Of all who
study the life of the great Hebrew
David felt in his son. Absalom. has its
parallel in the more than 10,000.000
families which make up the American
people.
mo language can describe a moth
er's love, or oyerstate the abiding in
terest which the father feels in III,
welfare of his child From the time
when the mothers life hangs in the
balance at the boys birth until the
death of the parents there is scarcely
a waking hour when the son Is not
present in their Thoughts and plans. It
is to this parental devotion, so univer.
sally recognized. that l desire to ap
peal on this occasion.
II would call the attention Of every
father and mother to present political
and industrial conditions. would
ask them to analyze these conditions.
investigate their causes and their ten
denotes. I would press upon them this
question: is the young man. Absalom,
safe? Are you satisfied with the p's,
sibilities and the probabilities which
now open before your son?
"Is he safe when foreign or domestic
financiers are allowed to determine the
monetary system under which he
lives?
"Is he safe when national banks Goa
troll the volume of money with = hich
he does business?
'Is he safe when the bond holding
class determines the size of the na-
tional debts upon which he must help
to pay interest?
"Is he safe when by means Of taxes
laid almost entirely upon consumption
he is compelled to contribute according
to his wants rather than according to
his possessions?
rs he safe when corporate interests
influence as they do to-day the selec.
tion of those who are to represent him
in the Senate of the United Sta'e:?
''If he is wage-earner. and you do
not know how soon he may be, even il
he is not now. he is safe when he il
liable to be deprived of trial by jury.
through the system known as govern
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