The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-14
REORGANZERS SQUIRA
UNDER STING|NG WORDS
OF v. J. bRYAN'S SPEECH

III Y. J. bRYhNS SPtEGH
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
the chairman of the meeting and Mr.. Kern
In turn at once prese Mr.. Bryan, intro
ouclng him as the man who, IL the uncorrupt-
ed and fncorruptible masses of the people had
had their will, would now be rounding our
bis second term as President or the United
states No unusual demonstration had &C
companied Mr.. Bryan's entrance to the nall
and there was no unusual warmth IN the
greeting accorded him when he rose TO
speak
BY way of introduction Mr.. Bryan ex-
pressed his pleasure at being in Indiana
again, as well as his pleasure at returning
TO this country. Then he announced that ne
would take for his text believing that
good Democratic speech was so similar 10
sermon that it should be patterned after
one, Amos Tuck's definition of political fore
sight: Political foresight consists simply In
faith in the wisdom of doing right" Amos
TUCK, he explained, was member OF Con-
greSS from New Hampshire some years ago.
He proceeded to declare that If he had his
way the prayer of the Democratic party
would be, 20 Lord, give us faith in the wis
dom of doing right" Then he asked for
definition of expediency, and said that there
Is no basis upon which eXpediency can be
calculated and that the only thing for the
individual for party, for the Nation TO do
at all times, under all circumstances, was TO
40 right.
Referring to his trip abroad. he stated that
been strengthened by what ne had seen in
foreign countries. In passing he paid trib-
ute to Count TOlstoi, whom he characterized
as the apostle of love" Recurring to this
country and the problems that demand at
tention he said: IF we are going to correct
the evils of which we complain We must
appeal to the conscience of the people.
We've tried about everything else; now let's
try that The greatest force with which we
have TO contend in this country is the use
of money in politics.
Mr.. Bryan continued along this line to
argue that the great financiers are back of
the tariff, back of the gold standard ard
back OF the exploitation of our island pos
sessions: consequently money had come to
be recognized as the great power in politics.
Let us not put money against money,
he urged. as remedy for the evil There
is something more powerful than money
an appeal to an awakened conscience, and L
don't know anywhere better to commence
than right here in Indiana. might give
several reasons for this belief. III com-
mence with letter, the only one OF its
kind l ever received, and it came from In
diana. Not many months ago this letter
came TO me, and ii said: Mr.. Bryan, why
don't you get out of the leadership of the
party so we can get some money in In
diana. Before you We're nominated we had
all the money we wanted in our county, but
we haven't had dollar since
Wasn't that a pathetic appeal? l can
imagine the emotions of the man as he
wrote it, with his tears staining the pages.
APPEAL TO CONSCIENCE.
not been so always. When the Democratic
party was the agency of the trusts and
plutocrats it had all the money it wanted.
The Republicans had had plenty of money
and it has been used until the conscience
of the people had become deadened. The
people had grown too much like the lady,
who, when friend said to her, It's too
bad your husband gambles,' replied, "Oh,
don't know; he most always wins. The
question whether the party will win must
give way to the question whether it is
right" declared Mr.. Bryan THE trouble
with my party is that while we haven't had
enough money to beat the Republicans.
we've spent so much that we can't say
anything about the Republicans.
He referred to the corruption in Delaware,
where both Democrats and Republicans
used money TO such an extent that in some
precincts so or 10 per cent of the voters
had to be paid TO vote, and the Democrats
had been driven to the excuse that they
used money not to purchase Republican
votes, but to fortify Democratic virtue.
Much money has been used in Indiana, he
said, because Indiana is a pivotal State.
Mr.. Bryan then took up the great ques-
tions" before the people and argued that
the tariff question, the trust question and
the money question were all fundamentally
moral questions, and, once launched upon
the money question, he indicated that he
Stands pat upon his old position. The
money question is before the people in
some form all the time he declared, land
I'm no more ready now than I've ever been
to permit a clique of Wall-street hnanciers
to legiSlate for all the people" He touched
upon the tariff and trust questions at some
length also, attacking President Roosevelt,
and charging that the President is COM
promising with the money powers in order
that he may not be defeated for the NOM
nation this year. Then he required to the
use of money in politics, told of the action
Of the Democratic party in making conces-
siOnS to receive a campaign fund in 1882,
and finally rounded up to his dramatic de-
nunciation of the movement toward reor-
ganiZation recently manifested within the
party. He did not mention Grover Cleve-
land by name in his speech, but no names
were necessary to understand whom he
charged with having betrayed his party.
AT the conclusion of his speech some of
those on the stage crowded about him to
shake hands with him and extend congrat-
ulations, but on all sides were heard ex-
pressions of regret that he had not been
able to dodge the money question in his dis
cussion, and, aside from Mr.. Kern and a
few of the more radical of Mr.. Bryan's
followers, the leaders on the stage did not
manifest Superabundance or enthusiasm.
The exhortation against reorganization was
manifestly displeasing to great majority
of them.
LIST OF VICE PRESIDENTS.
The vice presidents at large of the meet
ing were B. F. Shively, John e. Lamb,
James McCabe and w. II. O'Brien.
The vice presidents from Marion county
were: a. NJ. Sweeney, George ]. Marott,
+. NJ! Fauvre, A. A. McKain, John j.
| Cooper. T. Taggart, Albert Gall, j. G.
| Shoemaker, W. w. Scott, Edgar A. Per-
| kins, j. o. Henderson, Theodore p. Davis,
| M. A. Ryan, Aquilla Jones. Henry n.
! Span, Joseph T. Flack, j. NJ Healey, John
| Landers, Theodore +. Harrison, Hon. 7.
| K. Howard, Fred Schrader, Samuel Quinn
| w. b. Flick, Hiram Brown, j. e. McCul-
| Tough, John w. De Busk, John w. Jones
| II. +. Stuart, j. c. Hart, John w. Minor,
| L. p. Harlan, A. c. Ayres, Frank E. Gavin
| T. l.. Sullivan, A. G. Smith, Parks NJ. Mar
| tin, Maurice Donnelly, Frank McCaslin. E
ID. Bryant r. NJ Madden, Howard John
son. c. w. Bridges, J. e. Christian, j. T
| Tanning, Wallace Names, Marion Clark
| Albert Sahm, August NJ. Kuhn jacob
| Woesner, S. n. Gold, c. E. Barrett, NJ. r
| Cox, John Carbon, James Renihan, p. w
| Bartholomew, w. w. Spencer, W. b. Over
| man, DR.. w. B. Mcdonald, William
| Yeager, Winfield S. Johnson, John j. Felt
man. Samuel Pfendler, Furman Stout
! Pierre Gray. L. NJ. Johnson, j. w. McGrew
! John w. Hoffman, John +. White, Johr
| Rauch, Charles A. Gauss, w. A. Pickens
| DIR. A. j. Bates, Z. M. Gapen, w. S. Wynn
| Charles Mcguire, Z. w. Little. John w
Baird, DR.. J. E. Lockridge, Andrew Stef
fen, DR.. NJ II. Field, ]. w. Harper, Harold
Taylor. John NJ. Bailey, T. L. Johnson. w
us, Theodore Portteus, Joseph Z
| The vice presidents from other counties
! John Henchman, X. w. Harrison, Adam r
May, Henry Gilman, David Poer. Sam
Stroup ID. S. Gooding, Coleman Pope, Jonas
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