The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-25
HARMONY Meeting
Held BY DEMOCRATS

Held BY DEMOCRATS
Continued from Page Thirteen).
shortly after IL O'Clock, the party In
! Guiding ali the organizations guests. II
/ took one hour to make the run down the
| f,artor and on arrival the party was
| escorted to the Rock1and House, Wnere
| meeting of the league was heid.
A reception by Mr. Bryan. Mr.. Shepard
and Mr. C,arnack followed, and then, at
lis three hundred members of the league
| sat down to a banquet In the great olh-
| ing room of the hotel. Among those at
| the dinner was Miss Ruth Bryan, VINO
/ is accompanying her father on TINS UP
| 81 the conclusion of the dinner the
| r,7 ranaired to the mammoth tent on
| the lawn in front oi the hotel. In a re"
| minutes every seat was taken ana the
| canvas at the sides was removed, III VI oei
that hundreds who were unable 10 get IL
/ might see and near
| The speakers appearance on The plat
| form was the signal lor iouu aii" W.
/ tinued applause.
Mayor Collins promptly introduced Ed
| ward M. Shepard, Of New York, who
| spoke as follows:
URGED COOPERATION.
Edward NJ Shepard urged that Demo
!
should not prevent cooperation o. Del.io-
! Gratis upon questions practically pressing
! for determination at the polls.
Passing to the Philippine question. the
sneaker said the only Philippine question
| with which we can deal concerns tne
use which in that future Wnlcn we sun
control we shall make Of the American
| sovereignty which cur military power
hoe established in those tropical Islands
| of the East And that question even
penublcan President in effect concedes 70
| be an open one.
| The dominant question, MT onepaiu oS
serted. sis whether or not there shal,
| ho continued to a number of great ano
enormously rich interests the speclai PRIV
;Iapes which the Republican tariff corners
,i,,on them The American people are ".
day thoroughly ready to deprive the sreas
| r,onopolistic interests of the country OF
the snecial tariff privileges which they
on;o,- ITnon the reduction abolition OF
/ dnties uDon articles whose manufacture
~, PRODUCTION is to-day effectually monop-
| olized the American people are over
whelmingly agreed.
Regarding trusts. Mr.. Shepard said the
Ranublican party would pass no bill hay
;nI .nv real effect. 'sfGr the reason that
thew dare not disturb the tariff situation
| and that without notifications OF the
| tariff there is no present ana plactlcai
| remedy for those evils.
| Senator Carmack followed. and for near
| ~ an hour and a half held the attention
cf his hearers His discussion CT the
| trust issue brought forth applause, which
was repeated frequently during his argu-
ment on the Philippine question. Senator
| Carmack said:
CARMACK's SPEECH.
!, After dwelling at considerable length
| upon the alleged departure of the Re
| publicans of to-day from the landmarks
| Car aclS a
serted that the concentration of wealth
| and power in the hands Of a few men
| threatened the succession of the Republic
"by a despotism of force and corruption.
operating for time within the hollow
form Of a Republic until at last even the
form shall perish with the reality OF
freedom
Adverting to what he termed Presi-
| dent Roosevelts Crusade against mo-
nopoly and plutocracy" Senator Car
mack predicted that when that
distinguished statesman comes to
| understand as he doubtless will,
that the Republican party has enthroned
the trusts and made plutocracy supreme
IN the United States, he will prove
powerful and effective ally for the Dem
ocratic party
.:The President" continued Senator
Carnack 'fs now engaged in a terrific
lingual. labial and laryngial assault upon
the trusts He demands that there shall
be more and stronger laws to curb their
| power I have always understood 1t to
be the duty Of the President to advise
Congress by message Of such legislation
as he thinks will promote the general
welfare. But our President is nothing If
not original and unique. He waits until
Congress has adjourned. until the law
making power has been suspended. until
a political campaign is on, and then tells
the people from the busting of the laws
he intends to have enacted by some other
Congress at some other time"
CENSuRED REPUBLICANS.
Senator Carmack censured the militry
administration in the Philippines for
cruelties inflicted upon non-combatants
and for the employment Of Macabebe
| savages and said:
you cannot justify the means unless
you can justify the ends. The end in
this case and the object is to destroy the
liberty of the people who. but lately
were your allies and your brothers in
arms and who had never offended you
except by wishing to be free"
| IF we would perpetuate this Republic
we must perpetuate those high purposes
that gave it life and are the very breath
of it's nostrls If we would resist the
forces of disorder, we must preserve in
tact and unbrOken the walls which our
fathers reared. and stand faith by the
citadel of the Constitution as by the ark
Of the covenant of the living God"
The presentation of Mr.. Bryan devel-
oped great enthusiasm. Cheers greeted
him as he stepped to the front Of the
platform and he was several times inter-
rLpted by demonstrations of approval.
BRYANS SPEECH.
Mr.. Bryan said:
"r am glad it is my privilege to come
here to JOIN with you in the beginning of
vnur campaign of 1902. I am glad to see
a representative CT the State of New York.
representative of the Democracy of that
State. When he tells you what he be-
l!eves to be the dangers Of the country. /
am glad. as am sure you are. to listen
to the man who gives honest EXPRESSION
to an honest fear of danger. When he
give: advice I am willing to listen, for
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