Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-07-23
BRYAN AFTER GROVER CLEVELAND
CleveIand's Second Administration the
Chief of the Causes of Demo-
cratic Defeat in 1885,.

Chicago, ILL.,, July 18.-William J. Bryan
was the principal speaker at the picnic of
the local Democracy this afternoon, MIR.
Bryan referred in vigorous terms to the
last administration of Grover Cleveland,
declaring that it had been milestone
around the neck of the party that elected
him, and making other references equally
uncomplimentary to the former President.
The picnic was attended by several
thousand local Democrats, and Mr.. Bryan's
address was frequently interrupted by Wig
orous applause.
The subject of Mr.. Bryan's speech
was, "The Democratic IDEAL" He said
in part:
Never before in the history Of the coun'
try has there been greater need need for
Democratic party with truly Demo-
cratic ideal. The aristocracy which Ham
ilton led against the Democracy of Jeffer'
sons day, and the plutocracy which Nick
Biddle led against the Democracy of Jack
sons day, have combined to assault the
Democracy of the present day, and these
assaults are supported by metropolitan
press, more subseryient to capital more
widely read, than the papers of 1900 or
1882.
''In 1896 the Republican party under
the leadership of Mark Hanna became
the open ally of organized wealth, and q
victory was secured by the use Of means,
which, when known, must be repugnanI
to every believer in the doctrine of self
government The purchase of votes, and
the coercion of employes-all these things
we're resorted to with an audacity never
known in this country before. AS result
of that election, Mammon was enthronedi
the manufactures were permitted to write
the tariff schedules without regard to the
interests of the consumers, the financier
were allowed to dictate the policy of tie
treasury without regard to the interest o
the country at large, and the trust mag
mates were permitted to bankrupt riyals
stihe competition and extort withou
limit. When the Spanish war occurred
the syndicates, in complete possession o
the United States, reached for new field
to conquer an they are now using tn
American army and carpetbag govern
ment to exploit the inhabitants of tn
Philippine Islands, whose reverence TO
our institutions has thus been converte'
into hatred for our flag.
"We are handicapped just now by th
fact that the last Democratic administra
ton we had was more subserviant to cor
porate dictation than any Republican ad
midistration that had preceded it, and th
record of that administration has been
milestone about the party's neck eve
since. The odium which Mr.. Cleveland
second administration brought upon tn
party which elected him did more to dc
feat tue party than any one plank of tn
Chicago platform or even than a
F. the planks that were most severely crit
, cized.
"The greatest menace that the part
; has to meet to-day is not the probablit
but the possibility of the party's return
the position that it occupied from 1892
1896. This danger is not so imminent
= the corporation controlled papers make
' appear, but SO far as it all threatens
4 paralyzes the energies of the party an
nulli6es its promises. Such a retur
r would indicate degradation Of the pal
r ty's ideals and a perversion of its pu
D poses.