The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-01
BRYAN TALKS ON
BASIS OF HARMONY
Addresses the New England
Democratic League at Nan-
tasket Beach.
lRREcoNclLABLE FORCES
Can Be No Real Harmony Between
Men Whose Instincts Are Demo-
cratic and Those Who Are at A
Heart hristocrats.

Nantasket, Mass, July 26--In a great
tent on the shore of Massachusetts bay
for hours today a throng OF men, and
not a few women listened to dlsun-
guished orators from various parts OF
the United States as they delivered
addresses upon the principal political
Issues of the day, from a democratic
standpoint. The speech-mak1ng was
followed by banquet, the first to be
given by the recently organized New
England Democratic league, in the
Rocllland hotel at which about 800
guests were present. Among the list
Of speakers was Hon. p. A. Collins, for
mer consul general to London, and
now mayor Of Boston: William Jen
nings Bryan, Edward M. Shepard of
New York, recent democratic candidate
for mayor Of that city, and Senator e.
w. Carmack of Tennessee.
Bryan's Address.
Bryan made the principal address.
his subject being 1.-THE Basis OF Har-
nony." He said In part:
The great founder Of the democratic
party whose profound philosophy sounded
all the depths Of human nature and
measured the height and breadth Of hui
maa government, not long before, the end
of his eventful life. said in a letter to Mr..
Lee that there We're but two permanent
parties, the aristocratic and the demo-
cratic: that these two parties existed in
every country, and that where there was
freedom to think, speak and write these
parties, would become apparent. With
the aristocratic party he classed those
to draw all power from them into the
hands Of the higher classes With the
democratic party he classed those who
Identify themselves with the people, have
confidence in them, cherish and consider
them as the most honest and safe, though
not the most wise, depository of the pub
lie interests" Every well informed stu-
dent Of history will recognize this dis
draw line separating the aristocrat
from the democrat, 1t will not be a per-
.penalcular line, nor will 1t be horizontal
one; it will not separate those of illus
trious lineage from those OF humble birth;
1t Will not separate the rich from the
poor: 1T will not separate the educated
! from the uneducated; 1t will not be along
hnes of vocation or occupaaon; but It
will separate those with tho tastes,
spirit. assumption and tradition of the
aristscracy" from those who believe IN
| D government controlled by the people
and favor political and legal equality
There can always be harmony among
democrats who have the purpose that
Jefferson had ana are willing to employ
/ There can always be harmony among
democrats who believe In the government
| Of the people and are willing that all the
4 departments OF the government shall be
operated by the people and fol-. the bene-
lat Of the people. Differences Of the mind
can be reconciled; differences OF purpose
aristocrat and one who is in reality a
| democrat there is a great gulf fixed.
To attempt to patch up an apparent
\ harmony between those who are not In
t Tot only a waste of time but would prove
1 disastrous. The men who deserted the
party in 1896 may be divided into two
classes. Those. who left because they UNI
/
who left because they did not understand
the real nature Of the contest. Until the
4 ;orm4r are completely changed In their
iympathies they cannot return to the
| party without injurlng It. The latterw will
be reconcfled to the party when they
themselves become aware of the real
now being waged between plutocracy and
I democracy. ~
A Ncser-Ending Struggle.
The democratic party must have a CON
trolling purpose, unchanged by victory OF
| defeat; 1t must stand for that purpose q,
/ promise Of Temporary gain. It must have
4 3 character, for character is as essential
N party as It is IN an Individual No
without principle that his position upon
lny moral question cannot be guessed in
| advance. Neither win the people trust q
party that is willing to write into lts
i platform today anything that promises t.
catch q few votes or strike out OF its
1 platform tomorrow anything that Will
\ lltenate q few votes. The struggle between
| human rights on the one side and greed
lon the other Is an amending one. Our
Fparty must take part In the struggle but
that struggle cannot be permanently set
filed by this generation or by any future
Fine. We cannot tell what issues we may
kaave to meet; we can only determine ia
f6leet them in a democratic spirit to af,-
l5ly to them democratic principles and to
1 AXE the peoples side always. a 75ss q
4 How can the opponents of aristocracy
| and plutocracy be united for a successful
attack upon entrenched privilege? Not
1 ~ making peace with the enemy; not by
! Initiating their works, their methods 81
their phraseology, but by honest, straight
| Forward appeal to the American people
! Upon q platform that can be understood
! Ind with an organization that can be
4 trusted. Already many Of the republicans
Pre- wayertng, but they can never be won
| % the democratic party lis long as they
IAN say that our party IS as bad as theirs.
sy equtvocation, not by ambiguity. not by
recitation, is the victory to be won, but
| ~ bold, constant, persistent Steadfast
! defense Of the interests OF the people al
| LII times, under all circumstances and on
I'll questions. To lose faith in the ex-
! pediency Of such o course is to lose faith
| n the omnipotence of truth. Upon this
! are democratic In sentiment and gym
/ 2athy, but we can draw to our party those
4 II the opposition who cherish democratic
4 IDEAS, but have been mtsled by republican
arguments. 9
] In the accomplishment Of this work, the
/ New England Democratic league can be
Ind doubt not will be. a powerful factor.