The Penn's Grove record., 1903-07-24
b~EMoCkAffC IDEALS.
Cleveland Not Ono.


Cleveland Not One.
William J. Bryan addressed q large
and enthusiastic audience last SATURDAY,
at Brands Park on the outskirts OF Cni-
cago. He was introduced by Mayor
Carter Harrison, of Chicago who is spok-
en- OF as a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for President.
MR.. BRYAN's SPEECH.
Mr.. Bryan's theme was "The Demo
cratic Ideal" He said:
"An ideal permanently pursued crys-
~tallizes into character and becomes the
vital part Of the individual. II you know
a mans ideal, you know the man, ana
can judge with reasonable accuracy what
he will do in a given case.
"No n can overestimate the value OF
an ideal, because it measures the diner
ence between success and failure. An
ideal is Al important to a party as 70 an
individual, and must in the END deter-
mine not only the party's character, but
the party's destiny. The party ideal IS
the ideal of those who dominate its coun-
sells and controls its action; and IN any
party worthy to be called Democratic,
the controlling force should be q MAJOR
ity of the voters Of the party.
Gas in the case of the individual, 80
with the party, the character is formed,
not by a few decisions, but by a multi
tude of acts all in harmony with a gener-
al purpose and all influenced by the ideal.
AS in the case of the individual, it is I'M
possible to follow one ideal a part OF the
time and on opposite ideal the rest OF the
time, so with the party, there must be g
constant effort to apply the same princi-
pies and the same ideals to all questions
and issues.
IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY.
"a Democratic party seeks to admins
ter the Government according to Demo-
cratic principles, and its ideal of a free
government is a government in which
every department, legislative, executive
and judicial, is administered according to
the doctrine Of equal rights to all and
special privileges to none.
"a party with such an ideal is more
closely scrutinized and more quickly
criticised than a party which makes no
such pretension, because the world is in
clined to Measure a party by the stand
ard which it sets up for itself. A party
really Democratic cannot do what another
party might do with impunity, because
it's W teachings will be turned upon its
conduct and hypocrisy added to its other
sins.
PERILS OF THE PARTY.
"Never before in the history of the
country has there been greater need for
a Democratic party with a truly Demo-
cratic ideal. The ~aristocracy which Ham
ilton led against the Democracy of JEFF
ferson's day and the plutocracy which
Nick Biddle led against the Democracy of
Jackson's day have combined to assault
the Democracy of the present day, and
these assaults are supported by a metro
politan press more subservient to capital,
more widely read than the papers OF 1900
or 1882.
DENOUNCEs HANNA's METHODS.
Gin 1896 the Republican party, under
the leadership of Mark Hanna, became
the open ally of organized wealth, and a
victory was secured by the use Of means
which, when known, must be repugnant
to every believer in the doctrine of self
government. The purchase of votes and
the coercion of employees, all these things
were resorted to with an audacity never
known in this country before. As a re-
suit OF that election mammon was en-
throned, the manufacturers were permit
ted to write the tariff schedules without
regard to the interests of the consumers.
the inanciers were allowed to dictate the
policy OF the Treasury without regard to
the interests of the country at large, and
the trust magnates were permitted to
bankrupt rivals, stife competition and
extort without simit.
"When the Spanish War occurred the
in complete possession of the
United States, reached out for new fields
to conquer, and they are now using the
army and a carpet bag Govern
ment to exploit the inhabitants of the
Philippine Islands, whose reverence for
our institutions has thus been converted
into hatred of our flag"
ssSurely, if there ever was a time when
the preaching of the Democratic gospel
ought to be opportune, now is the time.
The character of our party is to be deter
mined by the manner in which it meets
an opportunity, and the manner in which
it meets an opportunity will be determin-
ed by the ideal that dominates it. VIII
our party hesitate or take counsel of it's
Will it abandon its championship
the peoples interest in the hope Of
;onciliating relentless forces by purchas-
ing a few offices with campaign contribn-
ions that carry with them an obligation
20 be made good out of the pockets of the
"The Democratic party must appeal to
The Democratic sentiment of the country
md this sentiment is far wider than any
,arty: Wherever the question has been
unlimited in such a way that it could be
lcted upon independently, there has al
ways been an overwhelming majority in
of that which was Democratic. and
.ur party can appeal successfully to this |
spirit if we but convince the
of u ~earnestness and of orr /
ldelity to those principles.
CHARGES AGAINST CLEVELAND.
1--WE are handicapped just now by the
act that the last Democratic Administers
that we had was more subservient
0 corporate dictation than any Repub- |
lean Administration that had preceded /
and the record of that Administration |
las been a milestone about the partv's
eek ever since. The influence exerted !
y Wall street over the Administrators
,.olicy, the use of patronage to reward
hose who betrayed their Constituents
nd the employment of the most reure-
!ensible OF Republican methods made
he Administration a stencil in the nos
OF the people, and kept in the Re-
'ubllcan party many who were disguised
t that party's course.
"The odium which MI. C~leyeland,s
econd Administration brought mon tho
arty which elected him did more to de-
eat the party than any one plank in the
platform, or even than ali the