The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-22
MIR. BRYAN IS BITTER
MAKES AN ATTACK ON EXPIRES
 IDENT CLEVELAND.
Nebraskan Declares That the Latte, Disgraced and Betrayed Demo- crats-He Lauds Senator
 Stone of Missouri.

Kansas City. Mo. April 2l.-Wiliiam J.
 Bryan. speaking this morning to the toast
 Democracy" at the banquet given by
 the Democratic Jackson County Club and
 the newspaper men of Missouri, compli-
 mentary to William J. Stone, at which
 the addresses did not begin until long af-
 ter midnight. bitterly arraigned Grover
 Cleveland and his supporters who are
 making the plea Tor harmony among
 Democrats. Mr. Bryan met with enthu-
 siastic favor from his hearers. He said,
 in part:
 what we need in this nation Is moral
 courage among men. We need moral
 courage more than ability and we want
 the kind of moral courage that will fight
 for honest Democratic prlncipies. In your
 junior Senator. Hon. Joel Stone, you have
 in Missouri a man who possesses both
 moral courage and abiiity. 1 am glad yod
 have harmony in this State. l beleve the
 Democrats of Missouri give the best idea of how to secure harmony among the Democrats of the nation. believe in harmony. The Democratic bed is wide
 enough for all who want to come in, but we do not want to have to sit up all night to keep certain pretenders from picking our pockets We invite all who have
 strayed from the fold to come back, if
 they so desire, but we want them to stay in after they come.
 We have had enough of Clevelandism in the Democratic party. We had four years of Cleveland and after his admins tration was over, We found ourselves | weaker than We had ever been before, be- | l.. NI- | called harmonizers, Cleveland and his fol- lowers. showed their nearness to Republi- 1 canisnI by deserting us in our hour of
 greatest need and supporting the Repub- lican party. The Democratic party won victory in 1892, which gave our party a great opportunity, but Grover Cleveland
 betrayed the Democratic party and car ried the burden of his administration through two national campaigns, and there was not a plank in either platform that was such detriment to me in those campaigns as that burden was. Cleve- land had the best opportunity to redeem the Democratic party ever offered to any
 man since the time of Andrew Jackson, but instead of being true to his party he l disRraced himself. As a party We must
 stand true to Democratic principles. and
 if we do l believe that Democratic vic l tory will some day come and 1t will be here to remain when 1t comes.
 He is of the highest service to his fellows who can give the highest ideal. | There has been a lowering of ideals in | this country. Money Is talked about | morning, noon and night. Commercial ism is the curse of the country today, and 1t has debauched our country. The for | eigner has come to regard the American simply as a money ymaker, and we give cause for the belief that we put nothing
 beyond wealth and that money Is ruling the country with an iron hand.
 The manhood and womanhood of the United States are more important than money. Jefferson Set a higher ideal for us than that of the worship of money and nothing but the ideals of Jefferson
 will ever lift us out of the slough of | despond.
 The Democratic party is not the enemy
 of honestly acquired wealth. I have nev- | CT heard 1t said that Democrats believe a man cannot have money and be honest.
 I deny that as being false. A man can ! have money and be a Democrat, but If