The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-04-25
BRYAN R0ASTS =
Mr.. CLEVELAND

ed Grover Cleveland and his support
ers who are making the plea for har-
mony among Democrats. The assembly
was made up of representative Mis-
souri, 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
moral courage among men. We want
the kind of moral courage that will
fight for honest Democratic princi-
pies. In your junior senator, VIM. Joel
Stone you have in Missouri a man
who possesses both moral courage and
ability.
Il am glad that you have harmony
in this state, I believe the Democrats
of Missouri give the best idea Of how
to secure harmony among Democrats
of the nation. I 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 nights to keep
certain pretenders from picking our
pockets. We invite all who have stray
ed 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 Demo-
cratic party.
I'VE had four years of Cleveland,
and after his administration was over
we found ourselves weaker than we
had ever before been because we were
betrayed. These so-called thermometers
Cleveland and his followers showed
their nearness to Republicanism by
deserving us in our hour Of greatest
need and supporting the Republican
party.
1.-THE Democratic party won a great
victory in 1892, which gave our party
a, great opportunity, but Grover CleYe-
land betrayed the Democratic party
and I carried the burden Of his admin
istration through two national CAM
paigns and there was not plank in
either platform that was such det-
riment to me in those campaigns as
that burden was. Cleveland had the
best opportunity to redeem the Demo-
cratic party ever offered to any man
since the time of Andrew jackson, but
instead Of being true to his party he
disgraced himself. AS a party we must
stand true to Democratic principles
and if we do I believe that Democratic
victory will some day come and 1t will
be here to remain when 1t comes.
"IIe 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.
Commercialism is the curse Of the
country today and it has debauched
our country. The foreigner has come
to regard the American simply as a
money maker and we give cause for
the belief that we put nothing beyond
wealth, and that money is ruling the
country with all iron hand. The man.
hood and womanhood of the United
States are more important than money
Jefferson set "a higher deal for Us thar
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.
l have heard it said that Democrats
believe that a man cannot have money
and be honest. I deny that as being
false.
"A man can have money and be
Democrat, but if money has him he has
to be Republican.
Jefferson believed that money
should be subservicnt 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 be-
lieyed that the man who was too good
to take part in politics was not good
enough to live in a, land like this. JET
ferson did not create the principles of
the Democratic party; they existed
long before jefferson lived. He simply
put the principles into living form.
There never was time when the peo-
pie were more ready to accept Demo-
cratic principles than today. We must
appeal to the common sense Of the
people. Three remedies for existing
evils have been suggested to me. First,
an appeal to the conscience of the peo-
pie, second, by legislation and third, by
revolution. But revolution is not to be
thought of.
Revolution is not remedy insa
country where people can vote. Peo-
pie can vote themselves free in this
country and if they could not do that,
they could fight themselves free. JEFF
ferson stood for the people and their
interests and Hamilton believed that
the president and the senate should
be elected for life or during good be-
havior. The Republican party today
is forming not jefferson clubs, but
Hamilton clubs.
Never swerve in your loyalty to
Democratic principles. I would not
give one Democrat who really believes
in Democratic principles for a whole
barnyard full of trimmers and conpro-
misers who pretend to be Democrats
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