The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-03
is NOT A CANDIDATE
MIR. BRYAN PREFERS To BE PRI-
VATE CITIZEN.
THIS is HIS HIGH AMBITION.
HE WANTS TO GET BACK AT THE
REPUBLICANS.

seeks to Inject a Moral Issue Into
the Campaign-The Issues Have
Been Dragged Down Into the Mire
of Dollars and Cents by the Cam
paign Orators when Moral Issues
Should Be Supreme-RePubIica 8
Have Amended Gods Holy Ordi-
nances-He Is still DevOut ApOs-
tie of Free Silver.
Mountain Lake Park, Md, Aug. q
In the presence of an audience of 1000
persons assembled in the ampitheater
of the Mountain Lake Park Chautau-
guam Association, Hon. William j.
Bryan this afternoon discussed the
problems of government. Mr.. Bryan
prefaced his address, which was of
two hours duration, with denial that
he will again seek to become the ma
tional standard bearer of the Demo-
cratic party his denial being contain
ed in the following phrases:
"I hope you will give me credit with
possessing a higher ambition than to
be satisfied with the office of Presi-
dent of the United States. I am too
democratic to covet an ambition that
only few in one generation can share.
/ prefer the honor of being a private
citizen, an honor greater than that
of a king"
Throughout his discussion of the
momentous problems now engaging the
attention of the two great political
parties, Mr.. Bryan occasionally tapped
vein of quiet humor that generated
smiles on many countenances.
you will recall" he said. that the
Republicans have had two telling
chances at me, and on this occasion I
would seek one at them. In dealing
with the theme of Problems of Gov
eminent l shall endeavor to inject
enough religion to suit Republican,
and enough politics to carry favor
with a Democrat"
Mr.. Bryan stated that primarily it
was his purpose to deal with the moral
phase of the subject. The partisan of
the tariff, free silver, the trusts and
imperialism, he said, had been dragged
down by campaign orators into the
mire OF dollars and cents. In civiliza-
ton. which Mr.. Bryan defined as the
harmonious development of the human
race, morally, mentally and physical
", he cited, an essential to the con-
tinued progress of the nation. He re-
garded the cultivation of the moral
element as a paramount issue, and de-
clared that history supported his con-
tcntion that moral decay had preceded
tho ruin of every nation that had
fallen.
\ nation. said Mr.. Bryan. is strong
only in proportion to its moral excel
lence.
lie declared that the present admin
istration had developed a tendency to
amend Gods holy ordinances Thou
shalt not steal" Thou shalt not KILL "
"Thou shalt not coVet," etc, by auaIng
an apolosetic clause, save when done
on very large scale
Reference was made to the Philip
pine question and the conduct of the
American soldiery in ,suppressing the
instruction. He denounced imperial
ism at considerable length, then re-
verting to the currency question, pro-
claimed himself as devout an apostle
of free silver as ever. He further de-
nounced the plutocracy of wealth, the
tariff and injunctions, and said that
the only possibility of suppressing an
archy rested in the education of the
people to love their government
Mr. Bryan stated with marked en-
phasis that if he had the power every
article manufactured by trusts would
be placed on the free list, although
he sincerely doubted if this strenuous
and radical measure would wholly
Illustrate the trust.