The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-07-24
MUST 4
Be TRUE TO IDEAL
Bryan Tells How 1t Should
Conduct Itself in Order
to Win.
IN ADDRESS IN cHlCAGo
Tells His Admirers, at the Chicago
Dsmocracy's Picnic, That Parry
Must Continue to Stand
for Popular Rights.

Chicago. July 21.-William Jennings
Bryan addressed several thousands OF
enthusiastic democrats at the Chicago
democracy's picnic at Brands park in
the outskirts Of the city today.
He was received with hearty APP
plause when he stepped on the plat
form. after a short Introductory speech
by Mayor Harrison.
His Grafton was toned with special
reference to the possible candidacy OF
Grover Cleveland In 1904, and he and
his supporters came in for some severe
excoriation at the hands of the speaker
The subject Of Mr.. Bryan's speech was
Democratic IDEAL" He said In part:
Surely IL there ever was a time
when preaching democratic gospel
ought to be opportune, now is h
time. The character Of our party is
to be determined by the name In
which it meets Its opportunity, and the
manner in which 1t meets that oppor-
tuntty will be determined by the ideal
that dominates 1t. Will our party hesi-@
tate. or take counsel Of its fears? VIII
1t abandon it's championship OF the peo-
PIES interest in the hope OF conciliat-
ing its relentless foes. or Of purchasing
a few of1ces with campaign contribu-
lions that carry with them obligations
to be made good out Of the pockets OF
the people!
The democratic party must appeal to
the democratic sentiment Of the coun.
try, and this sentiment is far wider
than any party. Wherever the ques-
ton has been submitted In SUBWAY
that it could be acted upon independ-
emily, there has always been an over
whelming majority in favor Of
which is democratic. n our party caA
appeal successfully to this democratic
spirit If W. but convince the people8of
our earnestness and Of our fidelity to
those principles.
Tho Party's Handicap.
w are handicapped just now bS
the fact that h last democratic adj
ministration we had was more sub
servient to corporate %dictation than
any republican administration that had
preceded 1t, and the record OF that adj
ministration has been a milestone about
the party's neck ever since. The infiu-8
ence exerted by Wall street over the
administrations policy, the use of pat
ronage to reward those who betrayed
their constituents. and the employ
ment of the most r~eprehensible of re-.
publican methods, made the admins
trat1on a stencil in the nostrils of the
people, and kept in the republican party
many who were Disguised at h
party's course. The odium which
C~leveland's second Administrations
brought upon the party which elected
him did more to defeat the party than
any one plank OF the Chicago PLATFORM,
or even than all planks that were most
severely criticized.
THE greatest menace that the party
has to meet today is not the probability
but the possibility OF the party,s re-
urn to the position that it occupied
from 1892 to 1896. This danger is not
SO imminent Is the corporation-con-
trolled papers make it appear.5but in
so far vs. 1t at all threatens 1T
p%aralyzes the energies Of the party, and
nullifles its promises. Such q return
would indicate the degradation OF the
party's ideals and the perversion of Its
purpose.
If the democratic party will stand
erect, face The future with confidence.
defend the rights of the people, and
protect their interests wherever att
tackled. whether the attack comes from
~flnanciers, monopolists, tariff barons or
from imperialists, 1t can look with
confidence for a revolution OF sentiment
that will give us a victory worth the
having; and this victory, when IL
comes, will not end as the victory Of
1892 did, In the decentralization Of the
party, but In building up a democratio
organization which will deal agrees
sively with all the evils OF government
and find Its bulwark In the affections
and conf11ancaq nf the ma ocnu ~ AA&a&8