The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-21

Chicago, August 17.-In his great ad-
dress to the Sons of Erin in this city,
William J. Bryan, the Democrat candi-
date for president, said:
within the year freedom has re-
ceived desperate blows at the hands Of
nations who claim to be welded to lib
erty, and we regret to say that the for
eign policy of our own American repub-
lie has exhibited a desire on the part
of our government to share in the seiz-
ure of territory which is the distin-
gushing mark of the nation that throt-
tied liberty upon this continent, burned
its capital at Washington, destroyed it's
archives and set the merciless Indian
savages upon defenseless women and
children, scalping, burning and de-
stroying them.
I'VE are unalterably opposed to any
alliance, tactily or open, with any Euro
pean monarchy, particularly ours, and
Americas bitter foe, and shall resist in
every practical and legal way the i'm
position of imperialism and militar-
ism upon a people consecrated to free
dom, and in this spirit and with an
abiding trust in the good sense and pat
riotism of the vast body of the Ameri-
can people we commit as far as we may
the fortunes of the republic of America
to the strength and determination of
citizens born on American soil, aided by
those sons from other lands who sought
here refuge from open tyranny, ju-
dicial misconstruction and military ex-
action"
MR.. BRYAN'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Bryan spoke as follows:
"I do not want you to think that my
happiness depends on any public office
within the gift Of the people of this
country. have higher ambition than
to be president. Great applause.) The
man whose happiness depends upon
what others do for him may be doomed
to disappointment; but If ones happi-
ness depends upon what he does for
others he need not be disappointed.
CRenewed applause.) 1 hope you will
credit me with the ambition that is
within the reach of every citizen Of this
land, an ambition which all can enter
tain and which, to my mind, Is higher
ambition than any office, and that is an
ambition to do what 1 can to make this
nation so great and so good that to be
simply a citizen will be greater than to
be a king in any other land Great
applause)
"I am not here this afternoon to flat
| ter your pride by telling you what the
descendants of Erin have accomplished.
/ am not going to dwell upon the work
| of the Sons Of Erin because it would
take all the afternoon and leave me no
| time to speak of what the Daughters of
Erin have also done. daughter and ap-
plause.) The work of the Irishmen in
the development Of this country is too
well known to need detailed description.
| The people of your race have given to
| the world the highest examples of Or
| atory; they have been distinguished in
poetry and in music, in business and in
craftsmanship; you have had millions
who have taught the world how to
live and you have had an Emmet who
taught the world how to die. (Cheers
and applause.)
SHOULD O'BRIEN.
A voice-Your name should be O'Bri-
en-. daughter and applause.)
Mr.. Bryan: my friend has tried to
ingratiate me into your favor by sus-
gesting that my name is 'O'Brien' and
not Bryan If the gentleman knew as
much as do he would know that 'Bry-
an is the original name and 'O'Brien'
a derivation. applause and laughter)
When Bryan became king he put on the
| o. and the 'O'Briens' are descendants
of the king, while the 'Bryans' are the
common people who never got stuck up
about relative being king. (Renew-
ed laughter and applause)
CAN LOOK BACK.
"The object of my speech is a prac-
tical one. l want to use this occasion 70
point to a great lesson. l believe the
fact that this nation has here the repre-
sentatives of all of the races Of Europe
gives 1t a peculiar advantage among the
nations. The fact that the best blood of
all civilized races mingles here In the
development of the American character
enables this nation to turn upon every
question the light of universal history
and avoid the dangers from which other
nations have suffered. (Applause.)
when a problem arises in this coun-
| try we can look back and see what has
been the experience Of others. If we
know the history of our own people
only we would not be so well prepared
| to detect danger before we suffer from
| It, but II any one does not know the
growth of landlordism and Its dangers
he has only to ask an Irishman what
landlordism means and he need not
| read history to find out. (Great ap-
plause.)
"If any one wants to know whether
an alien government Is good all he has
to do is to ask an Irishman what his
opinion is of an alien government al
though the governing power is separa-
ted from the governed only by a mar
row channel. (Applause) If you want
to know what militarism is and what
its burdens are, all you have to do is to
ask German who came to this country
to avoid the militarism Of the old world
| (Applause.) And so 1 might go through
| the various experiences of other ma
| tions.
| CAN SCENT DANGER.
| "The fact that we have here the rep
resentatives of these people enables us
to scent the danger from afar and to
guard against their experiences here