The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-10-19
Published Friday

lZed government with Il President
and United States Senators elect.
ed for life, and courts holding
for life; and references to Hamil
ton are to-day hOnOred and APP
p!audrd at Republican hanqucts.
The other adheres to the princi.
pies of government laid down aud
taught by that greatest construct.
i've statesman, Thomas jefferson,
who believed in and trusted the
people, and whom all Democrats
still delight to honor. He argued
that the Democratic party is as it
always has been nearer to the peO-
pie, their interests aud their wei
fare.
Mr.. Bryan ridiculed the Repub-
lican claim that all the good things
that had come to the country were
a direct result of Republican nd.
ministration, and said that they
almost claimed partnership with
the Almighty in the production of
crops" but that most of the benef.
icent legislation that has been
given to the country has been
through the adoption of planks of
the Democratic platform aud not
those of the Republican platform.
He said it had come to such n pass
that the Republican reformer. when
he wanted to accomplish anything,
got down on his hands and knees
and began looking for Demo.
cratic trail; and when he found
one he would rise up, beckon his
arms to his followers and call back,
Come on, boys, they've camped
here. "
To illustrate the manner in
which the Republican, party has
fulfilled It's promises of reform, he
told an aEecdOte of Il darky who
had married II second wife. Shortly
afterwards he met "A friend and
commenced to pour Il tale Of woe
into his sympathetic ears. wy
dat 'oman's de mos oudacious
oman ah evah seed; it's nh dollah
tuhday, nh ha'f dolIah tuh-morruh
an uh qualah mex day; nh do!lah
tuhday, un ha'f dolluh tub morrah
and Quatah mex day; uh dolIah
tuhdny, uh ha'f dollah tuh morrah
an' uh quatah mex day, just nh
goin uh rOun' au' uh ruun an uh
rouul" "W'y, whut she dun do
wly all dat money! inquired his
sympathetic friend. She hnlnt
dun muffin yit; ah huint gin 'er
any ~ That's the way with the
Republican promises of reform.
The people have been demanding
reforms, but the Republican party
"haiu't gin 'em any yit. "
Mr.. Bryan devoted considerable
time to labor aud the Legislation
demanded by labor organizations.
He favored and defended the JUS
tice and reaSonableness of an eight
hour law; said that it was intoler.
able that Il man engaged in manual
labor should be compelled TO work
from 10 to l2 hours a day, to have
to 20 from his bed to his work and
from his work back to his bed,
with little or no time for social in
tercourse with his family and
friends, for reading and informing
himself, and for such recreation
from the daily grind as nature de.
manded, He referred to the failure
of the Republican Congress to con.
slider the demands of organized
labor for remedial legislation affect
ing their interests, and to the Re.
publican promises that at the next
session their interests would be
looked after. He reminded them
that if the Republican party failed
to do this before the election,
when their votes were wanted, it
would hardly do it after election
when their votes were not needed.
The Democratic party had always
been the friend of labor, and they
wnuld heftar mt tba;r t,,ot l., -