Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-03-08
| FEW ORATORlCAL GEMS.
From William Jennings Bryan's
Jewel Box.
THE DOLLAR ABOVE THE MAN.
Some Bright Sayings of Col. Bryan or
His Tour I'm the East. You Cannot
Draft POcket-lSOUks.


Draft et-BOuks.
Col. William Jennings Bryan, in his
speeches in the East, used many illus
tratons to fortify points in his remarks.
Here are some of his iavorite i'll, stra.
tons, which always met with hearty
Endorsement:
| Lincoln and Hanna.
Between Lincoln and Hanna there is a
gulf fixed, us wide as the gulf that sepa-
rated Lazarus in Abraliam's bosom from
Dives in torment-a gulf 80 wide that a
man cannot admire Lincoln's meIiory
and follow Hanna's doctrines.
Grand Larceny and Petty Larceny.
Cicero said to his son: Don't 60 into
the retail business; that's vulgar" 1t is
easy to send man who steals little to
steals million and see what job you
have. We want the laws so executed
that the man who steals large amount
shall wear the same kind OF striped
clothes that a poor man wears who steals
small amount.
The Statue of Liberty
What shall we do with the statue Of
liberty in the harbor OF New York if we
surrender the spirit OF liberty? Shall we
send it back to France and say that we
are no longer in the liberty business? l
am in favor Of giving liberty to the Fill
pinos and helping them to erect a statue
Of liberty in Manila Bay.
The Income Tax.
l helped to draw up the income tax bill.
l voted for it. A judge OF the United
States supreme court changed his mind
and the law was declared unconstitution.
al. was told that II the democratic
congressman favored the income tax all
the rich democrats would leave the party.
did not believe it, but did not know
the rich democrats then. My reply was
that the poor republicans would leave
their party on the issue, but it seems
did not know the poor republicans.
Cannot Draft Pocletbooks.
We have found out that in time of war
we can draft the citizen but not the peck.
etbook. Our government can take a
poor boy from his widowed mother and
place him in front OF cannon, but our
government cannot secure revenue
from accumulated wealth.
Republicans and Trusts.
The republicans dare not destroy the
trusts, for where would they get their
campaign fund? They will need more
money in the coming campaign than in
the last fight, and Heaven knows they
had plenty in 1896.
Option Oh tho Fight
Whip the Filipinos? OF course we can
whip the Filipinos. Spain was at it for
300 years, and then we stepped in and
paid $50, 900, 600 for an option on the fight.
The republicans say that trade will fol-
low the flag. Republican syndicates fol.
low the flag. The Americans who will
90 to the Philippines will not 60 there to
work the land. They will 90 there to
work the Filipinos.
Party Fealty and Public Good.
A party is means to an end, and not
an end in itself. Parties are for public
good, and a party is deserving of the
support of citizen only SO long as he be-
lieves that the party is the best means by
which he can serve his country.
The Dollar Above the Man.
The republicans are placing the dollar
above the man. II a man mentions the
plain people today he is called dema-
gogue, and yet Lincoln used to talk Of
them, end he was statesman then. But
the republicans have changed their def
milton OF a statesman. According to
them statesman is man whose ear is
trained to catch the slightest pulsations
OF pocketbook or Wall street ticker,
and .lemagogue is man who listens
to the heartbeat Of humanity.
Price ON American Boys.
Republicans, dare you to set a price
upon an American boy as measured by
Oriental trade. When q boy dies for
liberty his mother reioices, but what
American mother wants to raise boys at
so M uch head to sell to the government,
to be exchanged for trade in the Philip
pines? Oh that the men who want those
islands should 60 there and purchase
them with their own blood instead OF
sacrificing the blood OF other people!
Corporate Made Man.
The corporate man Is man.made man.
He is stronger than the natural made
man. When God made man He breathe
into him a soul and conscience, but
when the corporate man was made ne
was not given any soul, so that ii lie can
escape punishment here he need not
worry about the hereafter.