The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-16
BRYAN AND STEVENSON
Addressed The Annual Meeting Of Irish
Societies al Chicoeo.
Mr. BpyAN's ADDRESS CHARACTERISTIC
Tie Made Practical rnii aud wen
the Favor OF the Irish-Amcri-
cans Who Heard Him

stevenson and others made speeches today
al sunnysido Park at tho annual meeting
OF The United Irish societies OF Cook
county Mr., Bryans speech was the
first Of tho series. but before he was
heard the assembly adopted an address
saylng that this country should not share
IN the seizure OF territory and should not
have an alliance with any European mon.
ardhy and particularly mono with Eng
land.
Ny Bryan spoke as follows:
do not want YOU TO THINK that my hap
piness depends upon any public Office
W nm tho gift OF The people OF thii coun-
trN have Il higher Ambition than to
be president. tureat applause) ! hope
You VIII credit me with the ambition that
- within the reach OF every citiaon OF
thiH and. an ambition when all can en-
terrain and which TO my nina is a high
en- ambition than that tor any Of
nee and that Is an ambition TO DO wnul
] can TO make this Nation so great aud
30 good MAT TO be simple citizen would
be greater than to BIO a king In any other
laud. NApplauael.
] am not mere TO Halter your pride by
telling YOU wnnt tho descendants OF Erin
have accomplished, | am not going to
dWoll upon the work OF the sons OF Erin,
because 1t would take all tho afternoon
ana leave me no time to speak OF what
the daughters OF Era have also done.
tlaukhter ana applausC), The work of
the lrahmen in the development OF this
country to TOO we'll known to need de-
tailed description, The people of your
race have given TO the world The hiGheH'
examples OF oratory they have been die
I 'inguishod in poetry and In music, IN bust
need and in statcsmanshIp you hive had
millions who have taught the world how
to I'VE and YOU have had an Emmett who
taught the world how 10 die tApplluse).
Votce--Your name should he OBrion.
tLauRhtor,.
Mi Bryan--My friend has tried TO In
ggail1to me into your favor by suggesting
that my name Is OBrien and not Bryan,
II the gentleman knew AZ muoh about It. as
| 10 he would know that Bryan" Is the
or ginal name and "OBrlcn" derivation.
Applausc and laughtcrD when Bryan"
toGlmo king he put on the 20" ana tho
C'BrenS are the descendants of the klng
while the 'Bryans' are the common people
who never got stuck up about relative
b Ing king daughter and npplnusr.l
Tia object OF my speech Is practical one.
! want to ude this occasion 60 point % n
great Lesson believe the fact that as
Notion has hero the representatives OF ali
The races of Europe gives II pecun
advantage among the nations, The fact
that the best blood Of all the civilized
races mlnges here IN the development Of
tho American character enables this Ma
lion to turn upon every question tho eht
- universal history and avoid the dapsers
from which other nations have suffered
(Applausc) When n problem arises In
this country we cnn look back aud nnd
whit has heen the experience OF othorn,
II we knew the history Of our own people
only wN would not be so we'll prepared
to detect danger before We suffer from
II hut II any one does not know the
growth Of landlordism and It's dangers he
hal only to ask an lrIshman what land
lerdism means and he need not road his
tory 90 md out. tGreat applauseD I
any one wants to know whothor an alien
g vernment is good, all he hae TO DO Is
10 ask IN IrIshmnn hla opinion OF an alien
government. although the governing
power be separated from the governed
only by marrow channel. tApplapsoD II
you want 10 know what miitarism Is
and wha Us burdens are oil YOU have &
do n to ask n German who came 10 t'lg
country To avoid tho milltlrlsm OF the
OH World, tApplanscl Aud SO | might
80 through the various experiences Of
other nations. Tho fact that we have more
the representatives Of those peoples en-
nblea ut TO econt tho danger from afar and
to guard against their experiences here,
and | miss my guess II tho American
people thus made up VIII not develop
civilization higher, greater ana more en-
during than any civilization whlth has
preceded ours. tGreat opplausoD
When any one tells me that we want
TO initiate an AnslovSayon civilization,
tel him that Amerldn civilization =
higher than any other no matter what
II is, Great appnuse) do not mean
to say ono word against m Angla-SaXon.
have mol q word to say asalnsI tho
Colt, the Latin, the Greek or the reuton
But ! do hclleyn that an American IN
whom are combined the virtues OF them
all, Ia tho greateet citizen tho world has
ever known, great applause and cheer
inRl, and that tho civilization TO he do
Velopcd here VIII litt humanity to n
hishor piano than Il has occupied IN tho
days eonr by, tRenowed applauae).
Some people fear that these elements,
brought N from the old world VIII not
properly mlS horc, They are mixing and
they Will NIX and lot mo show what IL
" that mixes them and makes them ode.
we are quoting Abraham Lincoln now
more than he Is quoted by the party
which ho led to its FIRST victory LIN
coin SAID that no matter from what ma.
ton man comes. II he comes believing
IN the Declaration Of Independence ne
becomes one OF us and Dan fratcrnlge
with all others who believe In that high
Vrhclple' iHreai applause.l That he
says, "a the electric cord, that is the
vital thing that connects US ALI and to-
dhy IN the presence OF great over.
Fhadowlng issue 4 liz well for us 10 re.
member that we have brought the pee
PIC from the CID world with the promise
thet here hey shall get liberty rs H.
was taught BY their fathorB, II today wa
hre willing TO abandon thoae principles,
ihon we must stand before the world
convicted az hsying BROUGHT people here
under false preiepses (Great anplapsel
MT Stevenson followed Mir, Bryan, His
,spaeeh was a tribute TO Irolanda part 10
history
Hon, Charles A. Towhe was the third
sneaker OF the day. Mr.. Towno'a speech
was largely an appeNl 10 make good and
Keep good the promises Of the po0lura.
lion OF lndenondencc, He declared that
the American principle was reaction no.
only upon Europe. but unon Japan and
South Africa
Hon. Samuel Alschuer demoora a. carr
didale for governor OF Illinois, critcRed
IN sharp language tho attitude OF the gov
ernmont OF the United States toward the
Hosrs aud tho Nllplnoa.
uight meeting was held OF which
Aay Ia a