Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-28
the money,

the money.
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ducer M bryan ; spctcu m .un ~
AS follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen Il am
glad to come here, glad to be among
YOU am glad to be here as long as
lne committee has permitted me. to
ne here, lhey have allowed me an
% .a. -,,c. -ohc places ,ncN only
give me ten minutes, some five.
Here Mr.. Bryan was interrupted
by whistle at the Ice plant, which
was being blown to apprlSe the peo-
pie of the Nebraskan ; arrival
Il am glad" continued MIR. Bry-
an, "to be presented to you by these
distinguished Indians, who at last
80, ,.".u, ih,o tue iuh pua,tss.on
Of rights as american clUlcDo. /
am -ldd that they are at last to share
IN the great destiny Ot tins country
along with the waite man. / want to
say IN reply to lac caar.e made IN
a local paper here, that am recelv-
ing money for making speeches IN
your community, that the cnaige Is
a republican lie, and that the man
who wrote il knew he was lying when
he wrote it. ! want to say that |
have gained enough notorlety, the
people have been good enough to
come to esteem me highly enough that
| am able to make money enough III
six months in the year to allow me to
devote my time free Of charge in the
interests Of the people the other six
months. ! am glad to say that ! am
in possession Of enough funds that |
can devote part at least of my time
free Of charge IN the interests of the
democratic party.
"NluDu was a young man they
called me poor Now thai / nave
grown older they call me llch. II
am rich, these people should take
off their hats to me, because have
attained to that which they worship
so devoutly But they cannot say
that the acquisition of money has
changed my heart If | am rich,
they must at least admit that | am
the moneys master, not It's servant
"My friends, am here in the
cause of democracy. am interested
in your election which you are about
to hold had decided to come here
before the committee asked me to
come and | was very glad when they
arranged for me to be here. had
decided to come before they asked
me, and would have come anyhow,
mess an injunction had been issued
to restrain me from doing so. !
know the conditions you have been
laboring under here for many years.
| know that this state is to have a
voice in the affairs which concern IT
vitally. know that you are to make
a constitution, make laws, elect state
officers, congressman and senator's,
who will stand either on one side or
the other OF the great issues which
confront this nation. | want this
great state to be registered on the
side of the people | want to urge
the men, many of you voting for the
first time, many of you just reach
ing manhood, to vote with the dem
ocracy, the friend of the common
people. have come to speak to you
in regard to the responsibilities that
rest upon you. | want to appeal to
you not to take my word Tor any
thing, not to take anybody's word
for 1t, but to study the vital issues
which are before you and to choose
as your conscience best dictates. |
do not believe in personal solicitation
or personal advice in politics. !
never asked man to vote for me in
my life as matter of personal favor.
/ never asked a man to vote for me
through personal friendship. ] re-
gard the ballot as a sacred trust. 1t
involves issues, not men, and at no
greater responsibility than that of
.he american voter today.
"And | want to say that in no
coup. , n eaItl is there .he dignity
of citizenship as there is in this great
country. In the course of my trav-
els IN foreign lands for the past
twelve months, | have had occasion
to note the vast superiority Of Amer
lean citizenship over the rest of the
world. And yet in other countries
they are beginning to seek the light.
returned home, however, glad in the
feeling that nowhere is tins union
approached by all that is great and
good in the way of citizenship. l
have seen the influences at work in
other lanus, and am proud of the eff
forts my cOuntrynen are making to
uplift the fallen and tie ignorant in
other climes. have lound mission
aries, / have found school teachers at
work in otner lands, trying to bring
them to tie biz standard set by
America.