The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-07
BRYAN PRAISES
THE PRESIDENT.
Doing Many Good Things and
Democrats Should Help Tim
VALUE i0F AN IDEAL |"
ELOQUENT LECTURE DELIVERED
TO AN iNMENsE AUDIENCE
WHICH WAS SPELL
BOUND BENEATH
HIS ORA.
TOBY.
VALUE of AN Ideal"

| Memphis, Tenn. Jan. GA ban
quet was rendered William J. Bryan
tonight by the jackson club. Mr..
Bryan, speaking of the causes which,
. nIlart contributed 10 the recent dc
feat OF tae Democratic party, said the
platform adopted sat Kansas CRY ex.
pressed the Views of more Democrats
than any platform adopted since. He
praised several Recommended ions
made by President Roosevelt and
spoke OF him as doing many good
thing.
He urged the Democrats in con
gross to support the presidents re.
commentator for legislation which
viii inform the public in regard to
campaign contributions and also the
proposed enlargement of the scope
of the interstate commerce law.
Mr.. Bryan delivered his lecture on
THE Value of an IDEAL" to an i'm.
mense audience last night at the Ly-
ceum theater
The magnetism of the Nebraskan's
personality, the flow of his eloquence.
held the audience spellbound at
times as the attribu es of the ideal
were mfolded; at other times The
speaker was interrupted by prolohged
applause from the undeniablo truths
he asserted.
Inc peroration was exceedingly
powerful and between the interims OF
applause the golden flow of oratory
snarkled uatl at last The apostrophe
10 the American flag concluded an adj.
iress long 70 be Remembered.
Party Ideals.
Mr.. bryan exhorted the audience IN
voting to have high conception Of
political ethics and fairness and not
70 axe tie authority Of thc majority
and give il to the minority BIZ STEALTH
aad unfair methods. The Democrat.
lc party" he said, SHOULD have an
deal high enough for dvcry party
Continuing, the speaker. said;
This is my country. want a
good government while live; want
% leave Q goad government as a
priceless legacy 20 my children and if
ny political opponents can devise for
ny coantry my eAldrea and nlyse!f
z better government than | can dc
wise they are not my enemies, but
my friends.
NOT only must the party have al
deal. but the nation must have it,
zeal, and il is the ideal of this nation
that has made it known Throughout
the world. You will find people in
foreign lands who do not know our
population or the number of acres
qndcr our ias You will find people
Who do not know how many cattle we
raise or how mucn corn or CO ten we
export, but You VII not end people
anywhere who have not some concep
ton Of the nations ideal This ideal
has been light shining out into a }
me weird ald its rays have ilmmin
ltcd the shores Of every land We
have boosted of this ideal in the past
and must not be lowered now. We
followed this ideal in dealing with
Cuba. 1t was my good fortune to be
in Cuba on the day when he formal
transfer took place. and | never was
more proud of my nation in my life
than was on the goth day q May.
1902. when this great republic rose
superior to a great temptation, recoS
nizeI the inallenahlc rights cf the
fruits of a victory for which they had
struggled and sacT iced for more
than a generation. We haule1 down
the flag, il is true. and in its PLACE
they raised tho nag of the Cuban re
public but when VIC lowered the flag
We raised & higher ihan Il ever had
bccn before. and when we brought il
AWAY we left It onshrined in the heart
OF a grateful people"
Apostrophizes the Flag.
The closing apostrophe 10 the
American flag was greeted with loud
and prolonged cheers from the audi
encc. He continued:
is it the desire of any simply 70
make our flag feared? Let US make
II loved in every human being. In
stead Of having people bow before il
let ms have them turn their faces 10
ward it and thank God that there is
enc iag that stanls for human rights
and for the doctrine Ct sch-go,eTn
ment everywhere"
The speaker then touched on the
increase Of the American navy, aud
said: There are some who say that
re must new have the largest navy in
the world in order to terrorize other
nations and make them respect US
But if We make our navy the largest
il the world. other nations win in
crease their navies because we have
10 increase ours, and then We viii
have To increase ours again. because
they will have TO increase theirs. and
they viii have to increase theirs
again because we have increased ours
and there is no limit to this rivalry
but tie limit of the power Of the Peo-
pic to bear the burden Of taxation