The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-11
DULUTH MAN Lid SPEEKlEG
ARRAIGNED THE ADMINISTRATION
AND APPEALED FOR SUPPORT
OF MIR. BRYAN
MONEY PLANK IS SECONDARY
Statement to That Eject Made by
Both Prominent Speakers of
the Day, Messrs. Bryan
and TOvvne.

campaign took place in Lincoln today
In two ratification meetings, one in the
afternoon, conducted by the Populists
and silver Republicans, OF Nebraska, and
one this evening, conducted by the Demo-
Gratis, William ]. Bryan, Charles A.
Towne, Gen James B. Weaver and other
leaders cf the parties outlined the work
Of the campaign In the interest of Bryan
and Stevenson.
Probably 1900 people, good proportion
from distant points in the state, listened
to the speeches and paid homage to the
leaders Of the parties to which they owed
allegiance, nearly 5000 people packing
the auditorium in the afternoon, while
1900 gathered in the capitol grounds in
the evening.
Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Towne spoke at
both meetings, although 1t was their in
tention to deliver addresses only at the
evening meeting, and their remarks, fore
casting as they did the fusion of three
parties on the Democratic national tick
ct, were received with unbounded en-
thusiasm.
Mr.. Stevenson, who is Mr.. Bryan's
guest, was somewhat indisposed, and did
not appear at the afternoon meeting.
He was present at the evening meeting,
however, and received an ovation.
At the afternoon meeting the speakers
were: Mr.. Bryan, Congressman Shafroth,
of California; Cyclone" Davis, of Texas;
former Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Webster Davis Charles A. Towne and
Gen. James 5. Weaver.
~ MIR. BRYAN SPEAKS.
sponse to repeated calls. He was wild
ly cheered as Chairman Edmiston in
troduced him as "Mr. Bryan, of North
America"
'I feel almost as If I ought to apologize
for not being able to call myself a former
Republican" said Mr.. Bryan, amid laugh
ter. Mr.. Bryan then paid eloquent tribute
to Gen. Weaver Charles A. TOwne and
Webster Davis, former Republicans, say
ing that he wondered how the Repubh-
can who is not tied to his party by office
could refuse to leave the party and cast
his lot with those who believe in the
Declaration of Independence here, and in
South Africa Also
"I simply want to say now that the
campaign is begun SO far as the tickets
and the platforms are concerned Mr..
Bryan continued, "and from now until
election day it will be the duty of every
citizen to take these issues before the
country and weigh them. 1t will be the
duty of every citizen to see where his
duty lies There is a privilege in being
an American citizen, and there is re-
sponsibllity commensurate with the priv
nege. If we lived in a land where a king
thought for us, we would feel no respon-
sibility for the action of that king But
we live in a land where the people de-
termine the policy. We live in a land
where the citizen impresses his own opin-
ion upon the government, where the policy
of the government may be determined
by the vote of one citizen. And 1 want
to leave a thought with those who are
to vote this fall. I want every citizen to
so vote as he would vote If he knew that
his vote would determine this next cleo
ton. (Applause) Remember what 1t
means. You vote in Nebraska and your
vote may determine the vote Of this state
on the presidential ticket. and your state
may determine the result. (Applause)
IMPORTANCE OF VOTING.
when you get to the polls to vote, re
member that your vote may determine
this nations position, and that this ma
ton will, in a large measure, determine
the public opinion of the world on the
doctrine that governments come up from
the people (Great applause)
For 124 years this nation has held be-
fore the world the light of liberty. For
more than century 1t has been an ex
ample to all the world. You tell me tha.
we can now be Indifferent to what is
going on? You tell me that a man who
lifts his voice against the doctrine of
imperialism is pleading the cause of the
Filipino. [ tell you he Is pleading the
cause Of 100000 of American citizens.
aye he is championing the rights of the
struggling masses of the world who look
tn America for example. Great applause
and cheering.) If every Filipino were to
die, the world would go en-, but If this
nation, the greatest republic of the
worlds history, puts out It's light-if this
republic turns its back on the doctrines
which we loved a century and a quarter
ago. then to what nation of the world
can the people look for hope and in
splration? So you ought to be proud that
FCu are an American citizen and are ahle
to say If the republic goes down. I am
not to blame for its downfall" (Great
applause and cheers.)
MR.. TOWNE EXPLAINS.
At the evening meeting Mr. Bryan and
Mr. stevenson were given a tremendous
greeting by the crowds. Both were cheer
ed again anq again as they appeared on
the platform.
Mr.. Towne delivered the most extended
speech of the evening meeting, outlining
the campaign arguments on which the
Democratic party will fight the cam
paign of 1900. Mr.. Towne gave his first
attention to the monetary question. adj
mitting that the issue had changed its
Importance since 1896. but insisting thai
1t was still live issue, and that the prin-
ciples of bimetallism are as true now as
they were in 1896 Trusts were denounced
as an inherent part of the Republican ad-
ministration; accumulated wealth, he said.
had already inaugurated a period of ma
tional decay, and to the reform forces of
the country must the people look for re-
lief. Continuing, Mr.. Towne said:
I'VE stand upon the threshold of the
campaign of 1900 wherein the allied re-
form forces of the country hope and in
tend to restore the action of the federal
p government to the principles of Washing
ton and Jefferson, and to re-establish by
the spirit of 1886 the doctrines of 1776.
The principles of Washington and JEFF
Eerson; no Alliances or entanglements