The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-09

oy the Na'ionai democracy as vice ,.4
denual candida.e. This signal bonns !,
not unprecedented, but IL is none the 10 =
exceptional. Elected to that high of,ics
sisnt years ago, you discharged H. dntie,
aaieniui,V ana Wen, retiring with the re,
~ Wy love ana me confidence OF all
the people. Thus endeared 10 vour nen,,i
us recent action was both merltea ana !, ~
propriate. anu ap
Long before the Kansas City convention
was called. its presidential candida(a "a
oeen selected. Its platform mad haan
loreshado@ed by that of Chicago and hv
me events of the succeeding years r.
npiete tne ticket wisely and appro
paseiy was serious and exigent duty.
49, asainss money, monopoly and
miiitarism. the associate of ar 49,
leader should be devoted to the san,n
iueais, equipped for the same duties IN
splrea by me same convictions and nra-
pared 10 sustain the same burden n nrnvI-
dence should so decree. Copscious If III.
great responsibility, but ready to meat IL
squareiy. our Convention on the irst mol
lot gave you its nomination. The democ.
rdcy iong ago Endorsed it's action. Ths
yember. ~ al -No-
From the moment that your nam. u,.
presented by the great State of TIIino,s
no douot existed as 10 the result. 70 tha
unuerying principles OF democracy vou
mad ever been steadfastly loyal You bod
raversed a long and honorable carssr
reaching from humble beginnings 70 the
most exalted position save one in the eifi
u nne people You have been equal to
very responsibility 10 which your couD.
trymen have called yoI. You iustlv nos
sess In unusual degree the affectioni p0 ~
men. Upon the great questions of tho
nour you stand four square with BRYAN
ana the people, and in your nominatinn ia
sNen the fuli assurance of our desire "a
make our pledges and our purposes eff
fectual. '''e' ei
Inc campaign OF 1900 Is no holiday ar
TAR. Like that Of Jefferson IL inyoIves
we great question whether the people or
the classes shall rule whether the nrin-
ciples of his immortal declaration are
X 'hslent or fundamental. 1t holds before
~ public the gold and silver of the con-
. luton the freedom and the welfare of
Tue eltizen at home, the duty of the Ma
'ion towards feeble communities strug
cling for liberty and independence In dis
ant lands. Democracy is everywhere the
iggfessor, 1t demands the restoration Of
me pimetaluc coinage of the constitution.
~ uenouhces the surrender to private
loJe issue. IL protests against currency
'ystem based and grounded upon the Ma
lonal debt. 1t would interpose the man
late OF the law between monopoly and the
'eople. 1t realizes that The trust and the ,
onstitution can not both endure. and has
llghly resolved that the constitution shall
I'VE II has sworn that he present and
ne future OF people which renewed it's I
tIuesle for liberty at our instance shall
ol be measured by the sordid standards I
u aVarlce and greed. Ii would lift he Z
eprcach that commercialism has placed
pom ne honor of the Nation. It declares :
nat justice Is Still! the standing policy G
l our country. 1t would rescue liberty
rom the atmosphere of the counting
CON- 1t would remove the dollar marx
rom the face of duty. 1t would rise to the
elsHt OF otner and better days. and make \
ne declaration of Independence the COM
ION heritage OF the Cuban and the Fill
mo- Each lighted his torch at the altar Il
the American Union. We can no; pre- C
erye the one If We shall extinguish the q
theT' Each welcomed US as a common .
ellVerer from common tyrant. We can v
OF be true to one if we shall prove false d
the other. We be both TO be of good Il
leer' The bow of promise that gilds he
uoan sky is behind the thunder cloud of
lie Orient. Its splendor shines through :.
lie solemn pledges of our July convention. y
majesty will be revealed in the eleU- =
ons of November o
The attitude OF The republican party of II
Vn is and must continue to be a strange "
nomaly 1t safely piloted the Nation "
trough the awful perils of slavery, yet D
would conjure again into life thai ter d
bic evil whose sepulchre is sealed with u
re blood and the treasure of the republic
Justly claims the state3manshlp Of Sew pi
d and Sumner. while its Platform gives
e lie to the loftest precepts 1t cher b.
hes the memory of Blaine but democrat al
alone represents and asserts his vlgor- hi
is Americanism. 1t cheers Mckinley, of
II repudiates the wisdom of his utter SO
ICES upon the nature and essentials OF in
O. government, 1t wcTships at the shrine SO
Abraham Lincoln, but dares not ask his !.
,nedicton upon its unhaly scheme of .
inquest. ~
In pleasing contrast democracy invokes hi
support of Its great cause the memory OF
d the teachings of all our statesmen, es
rists and philosophers. Il marshals them
under the banner of freedom "%azS De
'e though they speak not. Their pres ri
ce consecrates the air around us. ne
ough We see them MOI. With their ex- sy
lplc before and above us, with Bryan III
d Stevenson 10 lead us with the Decla- fr
ton and the constitution to suNain us. on
shall overcome all the hosts If the pa
ghty. al
Mr. Stevenson was apparently slightly T.
rvous as the time approached for him tn
take the stand, but he soon gained con- ri
ence as he proceeded. Mr. BRYAN led 10
the liberal applause which greeted the 60
pearance OF his fellow candidate as he on
vanced to the front, and many points of :.
: speech were literally punctuated by co
petition Of this applause as the speech W.
decided. He read from his manuscript, lii
held the majority of his audience 10 tn
! erd an
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MIR. STEVENSoN's SPEECH. IA
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