New-York tribune., 1906-08-31

Of the bones Of the octopuses and devil fishes.
and the getting OF something for nothing, and
the casting down Of the enemy.
And what flower garden Il was! There was
the New York goldenrOd. the Kansas sunflOwer
and the loco weed from Texas. The tariff re-
form orchids nodded in the Oratorical breeze to
the night blooming flowers from the Bowery--
the kind that blow when the heat OF day is over
and these and others mingled their fragrance
With the jerome perennial and the Hearst
horseradish. and the whole was as the res cs
sharon. and gOOdly to the nost-ils OF the Icta-
bods and Absaloms
1t was mixed cOmpsny-mixed in its political
ideas as well as in it's divergent peTsonaIities Il
was a free show, except to those who paid S-1
each for boxes The Wall street coupon clipge-
was there. fresh from mis- nefarious practices
and he jOstIed against the truck driver. who s-sI
sloated at the recollection Of how an hour before
he had held up the car traffic in Broadway by
exchanging Billingssate with the mOtOrrnan IN
the throng was the miner from Arizona Ike
whalebacker from Duluth, the Iumberman from
Louisiana the resin belt OF Georgia. the fruit
grower from the Ozarks. the CRATER and the
socialist. the man from Central Park West. fresh
from his bath. and the walking noisOme pest
Hence from the Broken Shutter Association
in Big Tim SulIivan's Bowery district II
was free show. and all sorts and conditions o.
men and women were hand to see the long
distance Presidential sprinter in this third at
tempt to beat his record.
Hearst at the rail- taking notes Hearst,
the with political dynamite in his coattaiIs
with a habit. lately contracted. OF rreaGlng On
Bryan's toes and then saying he didn't uaea-. To-
Hearst was there wearing JerOme's old down
with the bosses clothes. Jerome said so. IL
was not bad fitting suit at that. but IL looked
dull last night in comparison with the purple
resaiia OF the imperial Bryan.
Twelve thousand persons. many q, the-,
women. were seated by O'Clock. and an hour
later not vacant seat was to be seen. Tho
heat in the Garden. once the crowd had assem-
bled. was so great that large portion OF the
glass roof was pushed back, leaving onlv the
stars as canopy. The galleries were tanned
early to their utmost capacity. Hundreds o.
policemen were on duty to act In case oe eraer-
gency. and fifty fremen were detailed az va
riOus stations in the giant structure.
At s O'Clock. when Mr.. Bryan had not arrived
Harry w. Walker. on behalf Of the Conme--l,T
Travellers Antitrust League, called the assam,
blase to order Introducing Governor Folk oc
Missouri. who said:
We come to voice the love and faith OF niugsrs
m hs t1e great leader who has again set foot UPON
NE NE bie nSeise lan3-IIlilonS who love him because
mas not been touched or tainted with the sears oe
greatest political aWakening this nation has ever
SHOWN II MARKS the beginning OF a new ag-.
time in which industrial problems are s07y-s5 -
reign or the special privilege bFouGhe 70 N onT
ana the doctrine OF equal rights fixed IN uati0re1
are not tolerated that long ago we've ss7-
mltted 20 In silence. Only few years past hrfs~rv-
halls were made deps Of thieves. and the to5,et s
the unclean dollar OF privilege was over an Ttis-
honesty in public life was either unnOIiced o. ~
science aroused 20 the necessitv * SsST,S,
out the offence that strikes at the heart Of fFes
government.
The energies OF this public conscience have 49,,
extended from the domain of the public VrOneSios-
To that OF the private WFCngdoer, and are nrohI--
into the workings Of TasCalS Of every kind the
insurance Investigations have sent forth their mes
SageS, the rebate revelations have been seen av7
heard. and innumeraOle grand juFies hove haij m
graft and fraud TO the public view. The e11Trolrs
have been drawn aside and re -ealed 70 tire sS,-si
gaze OF the people the anarchS Of CorTupfi0n r-7
greed IN their bacchanal OF avaTice The n7SrIe
Of city. state and nation belongs to them and rRr
they can take the gOsernulent into their own hands
whenever they wish.
This movement against wrongs & not 4. cr,.s,lsa
against wealth Wealth in itself Is blesS.ng. tre
abuse OF wealth is a curse Wealth gainel ~ 49,,
est industry - eonlmenda BE. The poverty 81 iro
rest upon the idle rich the idle poOr b-It 1-,1
the industry and patriotism Of the middle cfassas
There can be no objection 20 honest riehes. b,s
tefe - QbJection 20 tue crimes and privileges orr
OF which tainted riches grow There is no cisoos}-
ton % nture corporations that obey the layx hs,~
tae demand Is that corporations. even the grearas,
obey the law Just like any else.
GTaft IS q privilege which ts exercised ~s,e
against the law which the Law ffsalS -
give. NO one ever heard OF losislator hei~sr
bTfhed 90 give equal rights TO all the uooD- =
always for the purpose OF obtaining urfviIras e,~
the few Graft cannot be fully done away uitb
gntl special privileges are eNteFmiuated ard tha
governmental action. IL matters not yShrths- ~.
privilege Go la t-e toIM ot tA1i1. ARRANGED a.