The Delawarean., 1900-09-15
MR.. BRYAN's SENTIMENTS.
A Ringing Arraignment of Repub-
1icau Trusts.

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lican Trusts.
Il think that one of the finest things
ever spoken against the TRUST was de-
livered by William j. Bryan said an
old Democrat at the headquarters of
the Democratic Congressional Com
mittee. Here is a copy of it," he
said to the reporter. "Read it," 1t
follows:
When God made man as the climax
of creation he looked upon his work
and said that it was good, and yet
when God finished his work the tallest
man was not much taller than the
shortest, and the strongest man was
not much stronger than the weakest.
That was Gods plan. We looked upon
his work and said that it was not
quite as good as it might be, and so
we made a fictitious person, called a
corporation, that is in some instances
a hundred times, a Thousand times,
million times stronger than the God
made Gnan, Then we started this
man-made giant out among the God
made men, When God made man He
placed limit to his existence, so that
If he was a bad man he could not do
harm long: but when we made our
man-made man we raised tie limit as
Ito age. In some States corporation
is given perpetual life.
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into him a SOUL and warned him that
in the next world he would be held
accountable for the deeds done in the
flesh; but when we made our man.
made man we did NOT give him soul,
and if he can avoid punishment in this
world he need not worry about the
hereafter.
my contention is that the Govern
ment that created must retain control,
and that the man-made man must be
admonished: Remember now thy Gre
ator in the days of thy YOUTH and
throughout thy entire life.
Let me call your attention again
to this distinction. We are not deal
ing with the nauratl man; we are not
ing with the natural rights. We are
dealing with the man-made man and
artificial privileges.
What Government gives the Gov
ernment can take away What the
Government creates it can control. and
I insist that both the State Govern
ment and the Federal Government
must protect the God-made man from
The man-made man.
Il have faith that these questions
will be settled, and settled right but
l want to protest against this doctrine
that the trust is a natural outgrowth
of natural laws. 1t is not true. The
trust is the natural outgrowth of un-
natural conditions created by man.
made laws. There are some who
would defend everything, good or bad.
on the ground thar it is destiny. and |
that you cannot enquire into it, The
fact that it proves that it is right;
the fact that it is proves that it has
come to stay, and the argument most
frequently made in defence of
vicious system is, not that it is right
and ought ito stay, but that it has come
to stay whether you like it or not.
say that that is the argument that is
usually advanced in behalf of an error
it is here, it has come to stay-what
are you going to do about it?
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the question is not what is. but what
ought Ito be, and that every proposition
must be arraigned at the bar of rea-
son. If you can prove THAT thing
is good, let it stay; but if you cannot
prove that it lis good, you cannot hide
behind the assertion that it is here
and that you cannot get rid Of it. l
believe that the American people can
get rid of anything that they do mot
want-and that they ought Ito get rid
of everything that lis not good. 7 be-
lieve that it is the duty of every citizen
ITO give to his countrymen the benefit
of his conscience and his Judgment,
and cast his influence, be lit small or
great upon the right side of every
question that arises. In the determi-
nation of questions We should find out
what will make our people great and
good and strong rather than what will
make them rich. "A good name is
rather to be chosen than great
riches.'"
SALT LAKE CTTY