The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-13
AN ADDRESS BY BRYAN
The Only Feature at the Michigan
Democratic State Convention.

Detroit, Mich, March 10.-Without the
who made an address at the morning
session., today's democratic state judi
cial convention at the Light Guard arm
DRY ir this city would lave been featur-
less. Judge L. Yaple, of Mendon, who
is the nominee for supreme court judge,
for a term of ten years to succeed Judge
Frank a. Hooker, was nominated with
| out any other name being presented to
the convention. For regents Of the
state university, Wellington r. Burt, OF
| Saginaw, and Willis ]. ABBOTT, Of Bat
| tie Creek, editor of The Pilgrim Maya
zine were nominated.
The resolutions adopted merely be-
| speak the support of thoughtful citi-
zens for those principles Of government
which find expression through the ma
tionaI platforms Of the party"
This is the only reference mad the
national platforms.
The initiative and referendum is de-
manded and the recent coal strike is
taken as an indication of the necessity
| for the municipal ownership of public
utilities.
Mr.. Bryan in his address, said:
No democrat has reason to be de-
spondent. We must not work on the
| principle of expediency. We must be
sure we are building on the right
| ground. There never was a time when
there was a greater need for the appli-
| cation of democratic principles than
today. Down east, in Delaware, L
| learned more about some other things
| than about uture candidates for the
presidency. I found that many repub-
| licans were fighting against a man
| named Addicks. I found that in some
| places three quarters of the voters mad
| received money for their votes. But
I could not draw the line between Ad-
dicks who wanted to buy a senatorship
with his own money and run it for MS
own interests and the other men who
buy office for a corporation and run 1t
for the interests of the corporation.
What, my friends do you say of men
who buy senatorships, with the money
Of corporations and go to congress as
slaves of the corporations? The SEN
ate would not even take up for consid-
Grafton the house bill for the control
Of trusts. These men are worse than
Addicks. If you wanted anything from
/ lit DCIo Oh Z iACtl w "oNi"
talk to Addicks, but in these other cases
you would have to GO to the masters
of the office holder. l canno draw &
distinction between the men who sci
their votes for S. and the one wht
makes a million trading in party poll
cies. 1 remember a case where j.. T
Morgan made millions on a matter o.
republican policy. All the difference:
between Addicks and the rest is tina
he confessed openly to what the other!
do secretly. I have been accused o
preventing harmony. No man want
harmony more than I do and no on
has suffered more for lack of it than
have. But you cannot contribute il
one organization men who want to Gu
each others throats. They accuse m
of saying hard things about Cleveland
1 never said anything about him s.
hard as did President Mckinley, VIII
said: Cleveland is trying to max
money the master and everything els
the servant
"I am not ashamed of my humbl
part 1 may I've had in driving out o
the democratic party a man who trie
to make money the master and every
thing else the servant 1 want him i
some other party than ours. I woul
be glad to help organize n for his ex
elusive use"