The Penn's Grove record., 1901-01-11
The PENIS Grove Record
FRIDAY, JANUARY Il, 1901.
BRYAN PROPOSES TO SPEAK.
But Disclaims Leadership.


At the jackson Democratic banque
given William J. Bryan at Omaha, Neb.
ON Monday evening, in the course of hi
remarks he said:
81 propose to speak on public question
until ! die. The people may deprive mt
of an Office, but they cannot deprive M
of my right to speak. may be able t.
help another with my voice and strength
to that office to which l could not hell
myself. do not believe right can al
ways be defeated II 1T IS fate that al
empire is to be reared on the relics 0
this Republic, ii we are to go back to The
dark ages, l would rather II people o
the future should read OF the defeat O
the Democratic party than oil Its success
in such lines,
SEES A BRIGHT FUTURE
81 would rather be Cronje at st. Helena
than General Roberts in England; and,
Tillman, when you go home tell your peo-
pie o met men in Nebraska who are fit
to live because they prefor to die giving
adherence to Democratic principles. wa
not the Democratic party defeated in '72?
Was it not a great defeat? Yet four years
later we elected President by a popular
vote, though deprived of it. Therefore
have we so much to regret now?
''The future is still bright. We won in
1872. We lost in '9G and we lost in 1900,
but that man is not worthy TO be called a
Democrat who is less faithful now than
before the votes were counted. Ii our
principles were right then, they are right
now. We cannot surrender Il princi-
Piles because of defeat.
HOLDS To SILVER DOCTRINE.
'The contest has not been so much
against silver, as because of the fight OF
bankers to prevent the increase of the
money in sight. 1t is the increase OF
money the bankers fear. The bankers
will some day demand the curtailment OF
the coinage of gold, when gold becomes
too plentiful to suit the banker. 1t is not
opposition to silver, but opposition to
money.
oThis cry of Imperialism is still good.
The charge was too serious for the Repub-
lican masses to appreciate. 1t was too
great a crime for the people to credit"
prscLA1Ms LEADERSHIP.
At the Andrew Jackson League ban
uue3t in Chicago on Tuesday evening
Mr.. BRYAN said:
'oThis is fine fifth consecutive Jackson
Day banquet which l have celebrated
with this club and l appreciate the honor
which the members have done me in
giving NV name to the club, and am
grateful forthe support which they have
given to my candidacy in two campaigns.
take this opportunity, however, to ex-
press the hope that this club and others
which have borne my name will substi-
t1te for nv name the name of some
Democratic saint, or a name descriptive
of principles rather than men.
81 am now a Driyate citizen with ex-
cellent prospects of remaining such. |
intend to continue actively in the discus
sion of public questions and do not de-
sire to be embarrassed by being placed in
the attitude of a candidate for any office.
"In selecting journalism as the best
field for usefulness | am aware hat | am
placing myself in the position where |
can rive more aid to others than to my
sell, but the field is chosen deliberately
because / am more interested in the pro-
mitigation of Democratic principles than
| am in enioying any honor which my
countrymen can bestow.
'"The Democratic party was never in
better fighting condition than it is to-day
and | rejoice that in the course OF nature
| have many years in which to participate
the unending struggle between human
rights and the usurpations of greed. Our
party stands for well defined and positive
policies and is prepared to wage an az
g~ressive warfare against the plutocratic
tendencies of the evils against which JEFF
ferson contended a century ago and
against which Jackson fought thirty years
later.