The Penn's Grove record., 1901-01-04
BRYAN STILL THE LEADER
He Tells Why The Believers In Bi'
metalIism Should Not Surrender
En Gold DemnnrnIs.

metaiiism should MOI Sufre""'
10 cola Deihocra'
Notwithstanding William }. Bryan mas
been defeated for the Presidency twice he
is still the foremost leader OF the Demo
cratic party in the nation, because he
stands for principles true principles OF
Democracy.
Grover Cleveland, Don Dickinson, and
other gold bug protested democrats ~
have emerged from the tomb since cleo
ton to say that the organization should
| abandon bimetallism and put men in as
leaders who are as good gold standard,
bank corporation and trust men as the
Republican leaders. but Mr.. Bryan in a
letter in the New York Journal and by a
speech in Lincoln, Neb., on Dec. 18th,
has shown the falsity of their arguments.
! At the banquet given him by the Jeffer-
| son Club he spoke in part as follows,
which was his first speech since the cleo
ton.
MR.. BRYAN SPEECH.
"At this banquet. surrounded by neigh
bors who have been my political friends
for ten wears, l may be pardoned for say
ing a word OF a personal nature. Five
times YOU have voted for me for public
o6iceLtwice for Congress, once Tor the
United States Senate and twice for the
Presidency-and no candidate ever re-
ceived more loval support than you have
given.
ssWhether | shall ever be a candidate
for office again is a question which must
he determined by events. No one can
speak with certainty of the future, for
ones destiny is not known until his lies
work * complete. | shall be content II
it is my lot to aid in the triumph Of prin-
eiples while Others enjoy the honors and
bear the responsibilities OF office.
'The holding OF public position should
he an incident and not the aim Of the
citizens: it should be not an end, but the
means for the accomplishment OF a pur-
pose.
.oThe presidency seemed desirable be
cause it would have enabled me to give
effective aid to certain reforms which |
believe to be necessary to the public well
fare. but even a second defeat does not
lessen my interest in those reforms, and
time may prove that my work IS To adyo-
cate rather than to execute.
.oTbe Commoner will give me an oppor-
tunity to participate in public discussions
and | am sure that an editorial position
will furnish as much intellectual enjoy
ment as | could have found in the White
House and in addition thereto give me
more time Tor home pleasures
rRrNcIrLE STILL LIVE,
"The principles for hich We contend
ed in the last campaign still live and We
who believe in them must continue To
fight for them. An election does not
change principles, itonly determines what
principles shall he. for the time be.ine'
applied.
The believers in tariff reform did not
tNtlr lallu NlHtll l1t At-H tain
doctrine was iudor=sd at the polls, Beith-
er did protectionists when their cause sni
fered los. The advocates Of tile gold
standard continued the fight iaF mono
metalism f1r twenty-five years in spite
OF the platform declarations al parties
in favor OF q double standard Shall v
who believe in bimetailSn lose courage
bssca1gsa oar opponents have pr9E1ea by
an increased volume u money, thus ad-
hitting the economic principle Tor which
we have l4en oontendiug'
The defenders OF Trusts did not loze
heart when all parties denounced com
biuatious in restraint If trade. Shall We
c,,s mn thu f,l- b--su utoucr.1's has
lla
tFluIhphvd Z! sIs@i'H- -,
shall We now advocate an imperial
policy because orr opponents have Won q
No.
lalisJs a colonial system AaN'lFS asAI-