The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-15
IDOL OF
DEMOCRACY
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repted by the entrance of Mr.. Bryan
who had been speaking to the crowd
outside on Sixth street. Mr.. Bryan
was accompanied by Stokes jackson,
Iof Greenfield, and Daniel Simms, of
Lafayette. Mr.. Bryan was presented
to the audience by Henry U. johnson.
Mr.. Bryan said:
Il knew Henry U. johnson in
congress and l learned to respect
him there. He was Republican and
| was a Democrat, but | learned to
respect him nevertheless. Because
in congress l found virtue in Republi-
cans and [ even found weak spots
among the Democrats. Before
touch upon the national issues | wish
to dwell a few moments on State
conditions [ wish to see John w.
Kern elected governor of this great
State Of Indiana. | know John w.
Kern and | cen t""ct him. 1t is not
for things that lie has done in the
Ipast that we want him for governor
but for things that he can do in
the future. Because we will need
him in the conflict that is to come.
Do not think that this conflict is ov-
! er, as it has just started. 1t has
often been reported that I was dead,
but when a man gets hold of a great
principle you can not kill him until
| you kill the principle and you can
not kill the principle as long as he
stands by it.
q am also interested in the cleo
| ton of Democratic members of con-
gress. We expect to elect the pres
ident; we want the congress with
him. Our voctory would be incom-
plete if we had merely the president
land no congress to support him.
when he proposes meausres to con-
eress [ want the house of represent
ltatives, fresh from the people, to take
lup the recommendations, put them
| through the house and make the is
sue with the senate, so that they must
Iattempt to do. IT helps us in future
fcampaigns, and the more Democrats
lyou send to congress from Indiana.
| the more certain we will be to have
a majority after the 4th Of March
| next
"But that is not the only thing
You have to vote upon. You have to
vote upon a legislative ticket that
will elect a senator. / say "a sena-
tor, for you can only elect two sena-
tors in the remote contingency of
the election Of the Republican ticket.
I am not afraid that you will have
| a chance to elect two on any other
theory, because Senator Fairbanks
is too good a business man to let
loose Of certainty before he gets
an impossibility.
"The platform adopted at the st.
Louis convention does not contain all
that I wanted it to. 1t is good
platform as far as it goes, but it does
no go far enough. There is not a
bad plank in it, but I wanted an
income tax plank placed in the plat
form. The others on the committee
with the exception of one were in ia
vor Of the plank, but the argument
of this one was enough to keep ii
out. We could leave it out and gath
er more votes than we could by hav-
ing it in
"The money issue is not as import
ant today as it was eight years ago
We have met with questions in this
campaign that we did not expect to
meet. / was outvoted at st. Louis
on the money question. If the money
question was the paramount issue
how could I better myself by voting
against Parker who is a gold Demo
crat and voting for Roosevelt, who Is
a gold Republican. They are playing
! the game from both ends and the Re-
publicans are in the middle Here is
there motto: Defeat Bryan. we win
Defeat Parker, we win; we win both
ways In the last fifteen years ]
have convinced the Democrats of my
honesty and most of the Populists
and I expect in the next thirty years
to convince most of the Republicans
of the same thing. appreciate the
fact that most of the Republican
speakers of today claim that an
the only honest man In the Demo
cratic party. But that does not dc
me any good: If they had said that
four years ago it might have helped
me some. When / speak now the
Republicans come out to hear me