The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-19
DESCRIBES AN IDEAL
BRYAN ADDRESSED THE DEMO-
Gratis OF CHICAGO.
CLEVELAND'S DENOUNCED
AS AN ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS
BEEN A MILESTONE.

NEVER, DecAaEeU OOl. Bryany mas
Democracy Recovered From the
Effects of the Second Term of Pres
ident Cleveland, Which Was Cow
erned by the Powerful Corpora
tiOns-Chance BeckOns the DemOc-
ratio Party, and Governed BY the
Proper Ideal, 1t Can Win.
Chicago, July 1S.-Hon. William J.
Bryan was the principal speaker at
the picnic of the local Democracy this
afternoon. Mr.. Bryan referred in Wig
orous terms to the last administration
of Grover Cleveland, declaring that it
had been a milestone around the neck
of the party that elected him. and
making other references equally I'M
complimentary to the former Presi-
dent.
The picnic was attended by several
thousand local Democrats, and Mr..
Bryan's address was frequently inter
rupted by vigorous applause.
The subject of Mr.. Bryan's speech
was 1.-THE Democratic IDEAL" He said
in part:
1.-THE distinguishing feature of any
party that deserves to be known as
a Democratic party is its faith in the
people, it's desire to advance the well
fare of the people, and it's willingness
to have the people control their own
affairs A Democratic party seeks to
administer the government according
to Democratic principles, and its ideal
of a free government is government
in which every department, legisla-
tive, executive and judicial, is admin
istered according to the doctrine of
equal rights to all and special privi-
leges to none.
Democracy is Needed.
Never before in the history of the
country has there been greater need
for a Democratic party with a truly
Democratic ideal. The aristocracy
which Hamilton led against the De-
mocracy of Jefferson's day and the
plutocracy which Nick Biddle led
against the Democracy of Jackson's
day have combined to assault the De-
mocracy of the present day, and these
assaults are supported by a metropoli-
tan press more subservient 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
a victory was secured by the use OF
means which, when known, must be
repugnant to every believer in the doc
trine of self-g government. The pur-
| chase Of votes and the coercion OF en-
ployes-all these things were resorted
to with AN audacity never known IN
this country before. AS result OF
that election, Mammon was enthroneu'
the manufacturers were permitted 10
write the tariff schedules without re-
gard to the interests of the consum-
ers. the financiers were allowed to die
tate the policy of the treasury without
regard to the interests of the country
at large. and the trust magnates were
permitted to bankrupt rivals, stlne
competition and extort without limit.
Carpet-baggers Are Abroad.
sWhen the Spanish war occurred,
the syndicates, in complete possession
of the United States, reached out Tor
new fields to conquer, and they are now
using the American army and a car
pet-bag government to exploit the IN
habitants of the Philippine Islands,
whose reverence for our institutions
has thus been converted into hatred
for our flag.
"Surelv if there was ever time
when the preaching of the Democratic
gospel ought to be opportune, now is
the time.
eve are handicapped just now by
the fact that the last Democratic ad-
pninistration we had was more suDserV-
lent to corporate dictation than any
Republican administration that mad
preceded it, and the record of that ad-
ministration has been a niIlstone about
the party's neck ever since. The odium
which Mr. Cleveland's second admins
tration brought upon the party which
elected him did more to defeat the par
ty than any one plank of the Chicago
platform, or even than all the planks
that were most severely criticised.
Party's Greatest Menace.
1.-THE greatest menace that the party
has to meet to-day is not the probable
ity but the possibility of the party's
return to the position that it occupied
from 1892 to 1896. This danger is not
so imminent as the corporation-con-
trolled papers make it appear, but so
far as it all threatens, it paralyzes the
energies of the party and nulli1es its
promises Such a return would indi-
cate a dedication of the party's ideals
and a perversion of its purposes.
'If the Democratic party viii stand
erect, face the future with confidence,
defend the rights of the people and
protect their interests wherever at
tackled, whether the attack comes
from the financiers, the monophsts,
the tariff barons or from the imper1-
alists, it can look with confidence for
a revolution of sentiment that win
give us a victory worth having, and
this victory when it comes. will not
end as the victory of 1892 did, in the
Generalization of the party. but in the
building up of a Democratic organiza-
ton which will deal aggressively with
all the evils of government and find
its bulwark in the affections and con-
fdence of the masses"