Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-04-22
GROVER CLEVELAND
SCORED BY BRYAN
Nebraskan Bitterly Arraigns
Former President.
HIS SPEECH AT KANSAS CITY.

- S~t'tNSi SiNSh Ny tlS OaSNSOli
County Democratic Club William j.
Bryan Replies to the Toast "De.
mocracy."
Kansas City. April 21.-William j.
Bryan, speaking this morning to the
toast Democracy" at the banquet Civ
en- by the Democratic Jackson County
club and the newspaper men of Mis-
souri, complimentary to William J..
Stone, at which the addresses did not
begin until long after midnight, bitter.
ly arraigned Grover Cleveland and his
supporters who are making the plea
for harmony among Democrats. The
assembly was made up of Missouri
Democrats and the remarks of Mr..
Bryan met with enthusiastic favor with
his hearers. He said in part:
What we need in this nation is NOR
al courage among men. We need
moral courage more than ability and
we want the kind or moral courage
that will fight for honest Democratic
principles. In your junior senator
William Joel Stone, you have Mis-.
souri, man who possesses both NOR
al courage and ability l am glad
that you have harmony in this state
Il believe the Democrats of Mis-.
souri, give the best idea of how to Sc.
cure harmony among the Democrats
of the nation. l believe in harmony.
The Democratic bed is wide enough
for all who want to come in, but we
don't was to have to sit up nights to
keep certain pretenders from picking
our pockets. We invite all who have
strayed flom 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 administra-
tion was over we found ourselves weak.
er than we had ever been before be.
cause. we had been betrayed. These so.
called harmonizers, Cleveland and his
followers showed their nearness to Re.
publicanism by deserting us in our
hour of greatest need and supporting
the Republican party. The Demo.
cratic party won a great victory in
1892, which gave our party a great op.
portunity, but Grover Cleveland be.
trayed the Democratic party and car.
ried the burden of his administration
through two national campaigns and
there was not plank in either plat.
form that was such a detriment to
me in those campaigns as that bur,
den was. Cleveland had the best op-
portunity to redeem the Democratic
party ever offered to any man since
the time of Andrew Jackson, but in,
stead of being true to his party he
disgraced himself. AS a party, we
must stand true to Democratic prin.
ciples and if we do | believe that
Democratic victory will some day come
and it will be here to remain when it
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. Com.
mercialism is the curse of the country
today, and it has debauched our coun.
try. The foreigner has come to re.
gard the American simply as money
maker and we give cause for the be.
lief 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. JEFF.
ferson set a higher ideal for us than
that of worship of money, and moth.
ing but the ideals Of Jefferson will ever
lift us out of the slough OF despond.
The Democratic party is not the enc.
my of honestly acquired wealth.
have heard it said that Democrats be.
and be honest. 1 deny that as being
nd be honest l deny that as being
false. A man can have money and
be Democrat, but if money has him
he has to be a Republican. Jefferson
believed that money should be subser.
Went to the man, and Jefferson was
an educated man. There are people
today who think that the educated
man should be separated from
the common rabble. Jefferson
believed that the man who was
too good to take part in pol
itics was not good enough to live in
land like this. Jefferson did not ere.
ate the principles of the Democracy
as they existed long before Jefferson
lived He simply put the principles
into living form. There never was
time when the people were more
ready to accept Democratic principles
than today. We must appeal to the
conscience of the people. Three rem.
edies for existing evils have been sug
gested to me. First, an appeal to the
conscience of the people; second, by
legislation, and third by revolution
But revolution is not to be thought
Of Revolution is not a remedy in a
country where people can vote. Peo,
pie can vote themselves free in this
country and if they could not do that,
they could net fight themselves free.
their interests, and Hamilton believed
that the president and the senate
should be elected for life or during
good behavior The Republican par.
ty today is forming not Jefferson
clubs. but Hamilton clubs"
Letters of regret from Richard OF
ney Senator German, Senator Car
mack, w r. Hearst, Tom L. Johnson
Edward NJ. Shepard, D. B, Hill, Sena
tors Daniel Clark of Arkansas, and
Bailey were read. The letters of John
son and Hearst raised tumult of ap
plause.