Delaware gazette and state journal., 1900-02-01

w6ng uD, WHICH nv once SnoWbu IIidt 4
Mr.. Bryan was not slated for frosty
Cheers and hand claErine !
und whistles attested tho measure OF !
the fesling OF tho audierce.
John &. Gray presented Mayor Fahey
MS the chairman of the evenings meet. |
ing, and the mayor, after the applause |
for him had subsidcd, made n short |
speech preliminary to introducing Mr.. |
Bryan,
Mayor Fabey said:
In every conflict in which the Ameri-
can people have been engaged leader
worthy of their confidence has appeared !
in the fore front of the battle and led
them finally to glorious victory.
The history of the groat old Demo-
cratic party, Of which we have the honor
10 belong, bears ample testimony to this
fact.
The determined efforts of the great
Jefferson 10 impant in the hearts OF
his oountrymen the principles Of true
liberty and to stiiie the insidious growth
of imperialism, and the relentless war
fare OF the heroic jackson against CON
centrated wealth, mark the most brill
liant periods In the nations existence.
We arc now about to enter upon
another conflict, fraueht with the pos.
sibilities OF dire conse quonces to the
people, and 1t behooves every true Dsmo-
crat to do his duty and do it fearlessly.
Out from among the people comes
another champion Of thoir dearest
rights; man strong in his Democratic
faith; pure in his public and private
life; devoted heart and soul to the
welfare of the people; another Jackson
in his valiant defence of popular rights.
He has honored us with his presence
tonight, and without further prelimi-
nary, / will introduce to you the Hon.
William Jennings Bryan.
BRyAN's SPEECH.
Bryan was again warmly cheered and
applauded as he arose to speak. He
began his address of nearly two hours
with rather a quiet tone, but was soon
firing oratorical pyrotechnics, that ex-
cited his hearers to enthusiasm. -.
First thanking the mayor, MIR. Bryan
raised the point that the people were
not present out of interest in the
speaker, but that 1t was because they
| realized the magnitude of the struggle
IN which they are now engaging and
| because the speaker has done what he
could to advance certain ideas. 1he
Republicans might laugh at this move
mont, try to ridicule it, but there is
creeping over the wealth producers a
| feeling that government is not of the
pee Pile by the people and for the people,
| but of the syndicates, by the svndicates
and for the syndicates. They are be-
! ginning to realize that government
may be potent for good and for evil ;
that the government which ought to
confer its blessing with an equal hand
may be turned into an institution for
public pIunder and private gain. They
are beginning to feel that it is good for
q man on the inside, for the Republi-
cans to be in control and bad for the
man on the outside. The plain people,
Fas Lincoln called them, are not con
sidered by the people who run the gov
ernment
| The Republican party has invented a
new commandment: Thou shalt moi
steal on small scale. If a man steals
800 nothing can keep him out of the
nenitentiary. If he steals a million,
| 1t is hard to keep him from becoming
high in the councils of the Republican
party. believe that the larceny com
mitted by law in this country far ex'
ceeds the crime committed in violation
Of the law.
Writing to Boston Republicans in
| lOIJ,, WDbu- lI6y WeIo opopINIub Wv
birthday Of Thomas Jefferson, Lincoln
said the Republican party believes il
the man and the dollar, but in con
test, in the man before the dollar.
oharge. today, said Bryan, that th'
Republican rarty puts the dollar frs
and tho man afterwards. Liucoli
warned the country against the ap
proach Of monarchy with its tendenc.
: to put capital equal to or above labo
in the structure of government. WhR
would be his comment today If h
} should see capital enthroned and labo
debased by Republican legislation?
Bryan quoted Mark Hanna as saying
after returning from a European trip
J that the English system of government
was as good as ours and perhaps better
3 Time was when Republican VIII
talked that way would noti have bee
J the national chairman. Picture Abra
! ham Lincoln at one end of the Repub
. lican party and Mark Hanna at tn
. other and then look at the tobogga
slide between them.
EAvoGs AN INCOME TAX.
r Mr.. Bryan reatiirmed his helief in a
i income tax, and suggested the adoptio
! Of an amendment to the Constitution
making it legal. Then, he said, one c
. nine Judges cannot build bulwar
1 around the rich and great and throw
+ on the backs of the struggling poor
i believe that man is business ma
4 who contributes to this government b
brain or muscle.
II The income tax decision arose t
r paralyze the arm of the government
it needed revenue and the Republica
q party began to look around for some
4 thing to put stamp on, and puG
! cent on kilograms. Why DOESN'T tn
r. telegraph company pay the tax an
4 thus contI ibute to the support OF til
! government? Because the law was mac
4 that the company could shift the STAN
q on the man who sends the message
n because the company has more init
Y ence on tho law than the poor men I
!. the party who can hurrah at anything
n The government can draft man an
> make him stand before gun but
cannot raise its hand against wealt
!. and make that wealth stand the burde
!. of government.
n Why is it?
n Because the Republican party b;
j. nut the dollar before the man.
/, Because it makes money more precio'
j than blood.
It THE MONEY QUESTION.
=. Tho orator next discussed the mont
r. question, saying the money interes
r, want their opponents to keep 9ui
!, while a crusade is being carried on
|. favor of the money changer AS again
4. the wealth producer. He referred