The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-10-15
FIRST BRYAN
CAMPAIGN GUN
Judge O'Day of Portland
Warns Up the ArmOry.
shows the Line OF Cleavage Between the
Two Parties TO BE On a Fundament-
al Prlneirie Of Government

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night, when Judge o'Day Of Portland
addressed we'll filled house.
The notice had been very short, only
one day being allowed in which 10 no
tify the people which was done through
the columns Of THE JOURNAL. The Bry-
an people have no money TO spend OF
brass bands and torchlight professions,
but some individuals put up for the reni
OF the armory. How ever, If we accepI
the Republican estimate Of the member
that heard Ringer, We can claim thai
about 1900 people turned out TO hear
Judge ,O'Day.
Promptly at O'Clock Chairman Tom
my Davidson called the meeting 10 or
der and introduced young James Mott
con of County Chairman Mott, the boy
who made such hit four years ago with
his recitations during the campaign
The young man held the boards for
thirty.fye minutes with a prepared
address on the issues Of the campain
and the utterances Of the candidates
including Marcus Aurelius Hanna. He
acquitted himself creditably and wat
we'll received, considering that the
people had come out TO hear Judge
O'Day.
The orator Of the evening was then
introduced and spoke for little over
an hour, fully sustaining his reputa-
tion as lively and humorous speaker.
The basic plan Of his address was an
ex position Of the truth that there is a
distinct and logical line Of cleavage be-
tween the two parties. He said that
protection and free trade, the gold
standard and free silver, we're only man
ifestations Of party, as the pulse is a
manifestation OF the state Of the health.
The real line OF cleavage on the pub
Tic questions is this; that the Republi-
can party takes the side OF the few
against the many, and the Democrat
ic party takes the side Of the many
against the few.
This was the text OF his remarks, and
he clearly showed, in the limited time
at his disposal, that the statement
holds true in regard TO all public ques-
tions on which the two parties have di-
vided since the civil war. lie frankly
acknowledged that on the slavery ques-
tion, the Democrats slipped a cog.
lie showed how the protective tariff
had come TO be means Of exploiting
the many for the benefit OF the few; how
the Republican party had taken the side
OF the few, on the money question; how
il had become the defender OF the trusts
following the same principle; and how,
on the paramount question Of imperial
ism, the Republican party had gone still
farther in the came direction.
lie showed how Mr.. Mckinley had as
sumed absolute imperial power over the
Philippines, and quoted the presidents
message 10 show that he had given to a
commission the power TO set up an entire
system OF government In the islands
without consulting either the people Of
the Philippines or OF the United States
TO create the legislative, executive and
judicial branches; 10 levy taxes and, in
fact, TO do all things that an absolute
monarch might do; all outside OF the
constitution and withT no constitutions
al estrictions whatever.
Touching the claim that we are in the
Philippines 10 educate and civilize the
people, he called attention TO the con-
dition of India, whichEngland has ruled
for three hundred years on just such
pretext, where people are dying by the
millions Of starvation, while their rulers
are coming their blood into fortunes Ia
be taken home 10 England.
The speaker dwelt at some length on
this question OF imperialism, the con-
Guiding part of his al ress, and made
clear his point that on this, as on other
questions, the Republican party has
taken the side OF the few against the
many. lie cited the increasing talk from
certain quarters, that there ought TO be
property qualification for voters, and
warned his hearers that il they denied
the principles on which this government
was founded, in the case Of other people
their own liberties would suffer. liz
appealed 10 the young men, especially
TO take the side Of the ideas which Old
Glory has 80 long represented.
The judges address was well received
and he WAS frequently Interrupted by
applause.