The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The speaker then touched on the tariff question, and said in it there was a deep moral question involved. He told of a de- cision that had been rendered in west ern town in which a judge had decided that 1t was larceny to tax the whole peo- pie for the benefit of a few. If it is lar- ceny in a town," said Mir. Bryan, it is grand larceny when the whole country is involved
 He said the people should look more on the moral side of the question than on the statistical side. He said that he had read with interest an article by Burns, the la- Dor leader in England, on the tariff iques- ton. Burns says" continued the speak CT, that the honesty and integrity of the English parliament has never been brought into question, and the members had never been accused of voting for their own enrichment. If the English countries should bring the question of tax ation intoation should be- levied for me benefit of a few they would be stepping on dangerous ground, and would soon be as liable to corruption as the United States congress.
 These interests contribute to the cam paign funds and consequently congress men have to pay back favors. If I can prevent it the democratic committee will not accept one cent of campaign funds from the private monopolies."
 The Money Question.
 MT. Bryan then approached the money question and insisted that the silver ques- tion was not a dead issue. "If 1t is," he said, fit is a nightly live corpse. " He said the men who oppose it evidently re- gard it as a live issue or they would not want 1t side tracked He said the avail able" candidates for the democratic nom- nation may differ on the tariff but they all know the force of Wall street finances and will not oppose them
 The question of imperialism was next discussed and MT. Bryan advanced the argument used so frequently in his last campaign.
 Morality to the Front.
 During his entire address MT. Bryan kept the question of morality to the front and insisted that it should be the predom- iant factor in every plank in the democra- tic platform. He closed with a beautiful peroration in which he referred to his recent trip to Rome and the memories that come to him he gazed on the walls that had stood for ages. He admonished democrats to let morality in politics be uppermost in their thoughts and assert ed that it would be better to be defeated and retain integrity than to win with the  the party.
 When>-Mr Bryan had concluded, after speaking one hour and ten minutes, the crowd rushed towards him and he shook hands with several hundred people while standing in one of the boxes.
 At Howard College.
 Yesterday morning MT. Bryan addressed the students of Howard college on Advice to Young Men" The theme of his talk was that if a young man had the right ideas at the start he would not be failure. He was introduced by Dr. A. F. Montague. who said:
 'It had been my hope that my friend, Col. Tomlinson, one of the great leaders of the Alabama bar, would present 10 you our illustrious guest; but he declines. and to me falls this pleasant function. At another time we shall have the priv ilege of hearing Col Tomlinson.
 Sparta had hor Lycurgus; Athens had Perices and other grand men that gave her renown; Rome produced those whose names are foremost in the chronicles or mankind; modern history is ennobled by Sobiesk Bismarck. Gladstone and other heroic figures that tower above the men of their times. American history Is H. lumined by the deeds of Clay, Calhoun, Webster, Benton and many others fa- nous in the development of higher civili- zation who stood for constitutional gov ernment and for freedom.
 "No one who has come forth in our vast growth has stood for nobler prin- ciples; no one has held warmer place in the hearts of millions of his country men; no one has striven more ~manfully for conviction and conscience. than the great American commoner, William Jen- nings Bryan. whom now have the honor to present to YOU"