Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-09-11
BRYAN ON DUTY AND DESTINY

| Yesterday morning OF the Nebraska
| Bryan Club OF Chicago, at a reception
reid at the Sherman House. Colonel
Bryan having shaken hands with 2OO
or more people, was introduced by M
". Cannon, president OF the club, and
said. in pert:
"Grest changes are taking place.
am glad to meet here not only those
| who were with me in the early days,
| but l am glad 10 meet some who were
against me in the early days. l fud
| here persons who voted against me in
| 1896 and l sm glad 10 meet them.
have a forgiving nature, daughter
| ! am periecly willing 70 forgive all who
voted against me in 1896, provided they
bring forth works meet Tor repentance
Naughter.) am glad to get back the
| gold democrats who wandered away.
| II had known so many were coming
back would have made arrangements
\ to have had manufactured large num-
Der OF candy fatted calves to give those
| who were returning as evidence that
the prodigsl is welcome at home. Zap
| plause) And | am just as willing 10
| have those come to the party who were
republicans in 1896 l met man 'hie
morning who is now a member OF this
club who told me that he voted the re-
publican ticket in 1896, and that he
had been down IN Mexico about Elk
months of the time since, and that he
| had made more money in Elk months
| 10 Mexico than ne had made in the
other three years and bali under the
prosperity that he had been enjoying
in is country. (Applause.)
My friends, we have to meet the IS
sues, and the club organization is OF
advantage. l; is good because, first, 1t
brings together those who are suppor!
ing our principles, and, second, by CON
ing together they gather an enthusiasm
and inspiration that takes them out and
makes them 90 good work. Now, the
work done in a campaign is not done
by the candidate or by the committee.
The candidate does what he can, the
committee does what it can, but the
work of the campaign is done by the
| individual voter. who goes out and
talks and circulates literature and ap
plies the lessons of experience, and l
want to commission the members OF
this club 10 60 out and convert just as
many as possible. (Applause.)
Our people are aggressive. The re-
publicans are on the defensive. We
are attacking the republicans. They
are trying to explain and to defend,
and / believe it will be impossible to
defend their policies before the Amerl'
can people. We have country now
in which the people can determine
what they want, and when the Amerl'
can people want thing that concerns
them they can have that thing, and we
shall not transfer legislative power
from our people to some other people.
| am willing that shall initiate what
ever any other man says is good, but
donot believe this nation is compelled
by force of circumstances to initiate
ANYTHING it does not like and does
not want. (Applause.) If this nation
wants to own people, 1t can own
them. 1t will have to change its constl
tuition to do it, but we can change the
constitution if necessary. go ON the
theory that the American people CAT
do what they want to do. They may
lose their own liberties in the attempt
thew may spend q great deal of money
they NAV sacrifice great many lives
nut the American people can do VIVA
! they want to; hut when they do thins
they must recognize that in doing II
they must assume responsibility iol
what they do. (Applause) They can
not repeal the laws OF God. They can
not change the laws OF nature, nor Cal
they prevent the coming oil those pen
alties that will come with the violation
Of human rights, whether the violation
comes from an individual or group o
individuals or a great nation. zap
plause.)
In this campaign we are standing up
on the fundamental principals OF nu
man rights and human liberties. w
: insist that it is not question OF wha
I this ostion can do, 1t is a question I,
what this nation ought to do (spplause,
and no President can tell the America
Deople what their duty is. They decld
5 that for themselves. No President ca
tell us yeat our destiny is. 1t is Wis
we make it. (Applsuse.) And in th
hands of the American peopl
we leave these great problem
with the confident belief that the pa
d triotism and Intelligence oil the peopi
will be equal TO this emergency,
!, n thew have been equal to all the emei
gencies of the past. Great applause
I. Mr.. Bryan's second and last speec
of the day was at the University {
= Chicago, where, in the Kent Theatre, D
q addressed an audience consisting
more than 1000 persons, mostly WI
men. More than half the student
were women, and scattered among tn
auditors were Japanese snd Indian
who applauded no less enthuslasticall
than did the American students. Or
man, when the speaker was talkin
of the disposition of the Philippine
inveighing against a aystem whic
would permit one class to rule anothe
asked;
"How about the situation in Mort
Csrolina?"
Instantly the speaker replied: III
to the race question, which has brougl
us 40 much trouble, be warning
"a Won not to bring another race questiC
ur into this country; and we do not hs'
to 90 to North Carolina, either, for
Cd have had it right here in Illinois and