The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-06-25

Bryan's lecture at the fair grounds
was 1.-THE Value of an IDEAL" In
that lecture he discussed ideas in gen.
eral and made only casual references
to politics.
But Mr.. Bryan's paid lectures are
evidently for the purpose of paying
him for his time which be uses in
making speeches against the reor-
ganization of the democratic party.
After his lecture Tuesday afternoon.
ii was announced that be would make
"a speech in the opera house in the
evening. and the house was packed
with people of all parties.
His speech was powerful argu-
ment against the reorganization Of the
democratic party.
He declared that the men who now
expect to control the democratic party
are NO better than republicans.
He said:
"Take any question before the coun-
try and the republican party stands
powerless to relieve the country. And
il the reorganizers control In the
democratic party 1t will be toss-upl
to see which will be the most afraid
of the trusts, the democratic party or
the republican party.
You ask me how / know. 1 will
tell you. We had an administration
down there that called itself demo-
cratic and the trusts were not afraid
of it. For four years our president,
our attorney general and our cabinet
every man sound money man and
a recognizing democrat-for four
years they stood and the trusts were
not molested. Why? Because in 1892
the democratic party won its victory
by fluids that were subscribed by the
trusts. Our party spent 5000, 900 in
the state of New York in 1892 and
four years after we had SO. 900 in the
treasury to spend in the state of New
York. Why? Because in 1896 we
neither asked nor received aid from
the trusts we promised to fight.
."Under Mr.. Cleveland S second ad-
ministration there was betrayal of
the interests Of the people into the
hands of the syndicates and corpora
tions of the country. II you will read
the record Of that administration you
will find that millions and millions of
the peoples money were turned over
to the great financiers who were rob-
bling the government at that time.
'sYou ask me why 1 do not want
reorganization? Because, my friends.
whenever a wrong is done, 1 want a
republican administration to do it,
not democratic administration. After
four years of that kind of democracy.
the democratic party was weaker than
it had been before for generation.
Wherever there is a so-called re-
organization it is promoted by the
men who are seeking as they have
been seeking ever since 1895, to COM
NIT the party to purpose it does not
want to be committed to 1t be-
hOOyeS those who believe in the prin-
ciples of the party as last enunciated,
to be vigilant that the men who
are seeking to accomplish that new
purpose are not vested with power.
There is no more reason for party
to change its principles than for an
individual; and vigilance is necessary
to secure party against putting into
It's mouth that which it does not be-
lieve."
He arraigned the administration of
President Roosevelt and condemned
the republican party for It's attitude
on the trust question, condemned
what he termed the inconsistencies of
the party on the money question and
devoted much time to discussion of
the foreign relations Of the United
States. Imperialism, be declared,
was un-American and to it the coun-
try has been gradually drifting since |
the establishment of the American |
army in the Philippines.
In closing his speech he said 'de-
mocracy was never more needed in
this country than it is today. And |
what is democracy? jefferson said
that there were only two great par
ties In any country.
s'The democrat is the man where
ever you find him, who has faith in
the people, who wants nothing for the |
people that they do not want for
themselves, and who is always willing |
to trust them with the making of |
their laws and the direction of their
government. Now this is the funda-
mental distinction between the aristo-
crat and the democrat, and the great |
purpose OF campaigns is to get the
people into the parties where they |
belong.