The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-21
BRYAN SPEAKS IN BALTIMORE.
ADDRESSED MARYLAND DEMO-
CRATIC ASSOCIATION.

ey Question Is Far From Being ID
Dead Issue.
Baltimore. Jan. Colon. W. ]. Bryan
delivered an address here tonight on the
political questions of the day TO an audi
euce which filled the music hall, the big
gest auditorium in the city, to its fullesE
capacity. and which greeted him and his
remarks with the greatest enthusiasm.
The meeting was held under the auspices
of the Maryland Democratic Association.
one of the free silver wings of the Demos
cratic party OF the state. and was not ems
couraged in any manner by the regulaR
Democratic organization. In fact, the lat-
Ter held strictly aloof from any partIcipa-
ton in the affair. They made no effort tn
discourage II in any manner, but not ona
of the Democratic leaders appeared on the
platform, and an offer OF stage tickets
was politely declined by the principal
members of the Democratic State Central
Committee.
with the party who came from Wash~
ington with MIR. Bryan were Senator Tllls
man of South Carolina. Congressmen Sul-
zer of New York, Richardson of Tennes~
see. Jones of Virginia and DeArmond Of
Missouri.
1t was nearly O'Clock when the party
| reached the Music Han. The crowd greet-
ed Mr.. Bryan uproariously.
The Voters DO the work.
MIR. Bryan said, in part:
II want to assure you in the beginning
| that my happiness does not depend upon
any honor which the people of this nation
| can confer, neither do | believe that this
| nations happiness or welfare depend upon
any one person. As in politics, I'm the
army, the generals get the glory and the
| privates do the work. And, therefore,
| feel that owe It to those who far nearly
| four years have been bearing the burden
| in the heat of the day; | owe 1t to Them
| to say that what | have done is but au
atom compared with what they have done-
an 1896 the voters proved that they
| could control the policy of the party, and
during the last three years they have
| proven that they could hold what they
| gained in 1896 In spite of newspapers, in
| spite of railroads. in spite of banks and
| in spite OF every influence supposed to
| obtain, the plain people of the Demo-
| cratic party have stood and now stand
| for the Chicago platform in all that ir
| says.
| osltion, that proposition which / consider
| most fundamental In government / find
| IL in the Declaration of independence. ff
| you will pardon me for quoting anything
| from that old and wornout document as
our Republican friends seem to think it
| is The Declaration OF Independence was
| once a highly respected document; 1t is
under cloud just now but | have con-
| ndence that in a few months the clouds
| will be rolled by and that old document
will shine with all its former brightness.
That fundamental principle is that ALI
men are created equal.
Equal Before the Law.
II do not mean TO say that all men are
| created equal In physical strength; l DO
not mean to say that all men are created
equal In mental ability, or in moral worth.
| or that dnder any just form of govern
ment man will be equal in capacity for
| enjoyment, or in the enjoyment that we
| have What / mean to say is this: That
whenever government comes into contacu
| with the citizen, whenever the citizen
| touches the government, then all musn
stand equal before the law, and there
| must be no high. no low, rich, mo-
| poor. That government must be adminis-
| tered according to the maxim of Jeffer-
| son: Equal rights to all and special priVi~
| leges TO none
| here to think for little while when they
go home, of the income tax and see II ID
is not In line with that doctrine of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none.
"When the Spanish war broke out we
had to have more taxes, and the Repub-
lican party looked around for any old
thing to put stamp on, and you run
across the stamp taxes all the time. Ev-
cry time / send telegram have to pay
the regular rate, and in addition thereto
1 cent is added for the beneficial assimi-
lation of the Filpinos
"Why Is it that the men who sends the {
telegram has to pay the tax? Because the
telegraph company says so. And why
was the law so made that the telegraph
company could shift the burden to che
man who sends the telegram? Because
the telegraph companies have more infu-
ence with the Republican party than all
the poor Republicans who use the wires.
Money Better Than Blood.
I'm an hour of peril this governments
can take the son from his mother, the hus-
band from his wife, the father from his
child, and stand them up in front of am
enemy's guns, but in an hour of danger
this government cannot lay its hands
upon accumulated wealth and make that
wealth bear it's share of the expenses.
"Why is it2 1t Is because the Republi-
can party has made money more precious
than blood. My friends, you heard men
denounce our income tax In 1896 ! want
to say that IL is stronger to-day than It
was then. And II those who have been
shirlSing their taxes think that they have
settled this question forever, l want to tell
them that the income tax will be in The
next campaign. and 1t viii be in the cam
pagn until the constitution of the United
States is 80 amended as TO specifically ou-
thorze an income tax 50 that neither one
Judge nor nine judges can build bulwark
around the fortunes of the great and
throw the burdens of government on the
poos.
on the Money Question.
"But this Is only one question. J am
going to speak of another question which
shows how the Republican party Is look
ing after the interests Of wealth and neg
Letting the welfare OF the people. / am
going TO say word on the money quss-
ton / know they say that the money
auction Is a dead issue. But. my friends.
silver has been buried so often that lit
tic thing like a funeral does not bothr
us fke Il used TO. When reverses in a war
with a handful of Beers will shake our