The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-03

the democratic part~ ras.e .s-s.e
ptlhelpies paramount In atr -
a".@ats9H !" VIII rise ike Anf4rr-e
n -. at1sf @tery struggle. thogxb
co,-a ~ threaten n cefeat -nrv
1o4He As t}H6 - popular geY.rrmsr.
Exists the ~Democrat5e ,a-,r -
= eh4ure. safeguarding nur f,g.g,.1
1DsiS ana protecting the maeeAs - -.
pt1pie against the de-t~rr.tve ~,,re -.
- rlCh 3 the party to which
"s4LL tonight pledge oar allegiance
80 Win H~nc1aquered arIr5t f.ok 80
ward . deserving frIgrph rohI. 80
NHd Ao@ He come 10 the rlfrp4x ~
ne evening, the one event ,xhtch has
'teh the magnet 70 draw u togctbe~
nnl Mhleh VIII lttingiy close this
++2ciatle reunlon Va have cached
enc point, too. where the daty - The
toastnaster seems M
lest, u the tTIte EXPRESSION ~ TIA.
pF9Verb. we paint the lily and g4ld re-
fined gold.
Let me, therefore. merely suggest
thdt We are h0nGred tonight ~ the
9Is7ehce Of Z man Wno. despite the
iacI mat he does not wear the crown
ot victory upon his brow. IS stllI the
idol 81 many millions, who. although
nc mas been for more than fifteen
years most prominently in the public
eye mas 50 conducted himself thar the
breath Of calumny has not rested uron
- @1AA 11AH@& private NE is
above reproach. and whose public ca
feer mas been marked " patriotic de-
Fotlon 10 his country and to his party.
whose strong and attractive person
aiity - today more firmly intseuche4
IN the hearts Of the masses Of the
people than ever before, a man whose
friendship we are proud to claim. and
20 whose great ability and fOreefulneSs
we yield willing tribute: the leader OF
the Democratic party William Jen-
nings Bryan"
Then came Commissioner Hagan's
speech, and it was received with
cheers, because it brought the news
that the Empire States workers viii
be for Mr.. Bryan. In his message.
Mr.. Hagan said:
air. Iiagan's Address.
NO matter what else may be sid
about the Tammany Tiger. its claws
are always dripping with blood OF the
Republican party" added the speaker.
Il am not here to boast of the capac-
lily Of my great organization. for
everybody is aware that Tammany
knows how to deliver the goods. and /
only mention it to show hat as one
Of its leaders ! must necessarilv know
something about practical politics.
The cost Of living is increasing so
rapidly that the mere question Of daily
bread is becoming a serious one. In
their minds the trusts are entirely to
blame for this condition. Every house
Wife in New York among the common
people could tell off-hand the differ
nee each yeaT in the increased prices
in her butcher, her baker, and her
grocer bills.
They believe their distress is occa-
stoned because the doctrines of the
great founder Of this government are
being ignored"
Mr.. Hagan declared the people were
anxious for q change, and that Mr..
Bryan was the Thomas Jefferson of
the twentieth century.
He said ne was sure If the Demo-
cratic party. with Mr.. Bryan as leader
in the next campaign, would make
the tariff and the trusts the para
mount iSsue, New York would retI~n
to the Democratic fold by more than
$4,000 majority. New Jersey woulu
follow with a majority of 10000.
1T is all right to demand that the
s~coundrels who have been fleeing the
people should be put in the peniten-
tiary, but they VIII not be unless a
man like Mr.. Bryan is President con-
tinued the speaker.
Mr.. Hagan concluded with the dec
laratiOn that the New York delega-
ton to the Democratic national con
vention viii insist upon the nomina-
ton Of cur Great ~Commoner.''
WheH the applause following Ha-
gan's message had subsided Repre-
sentative Ollie James, of kentucky,
was introduced. and he brought down
the house in the first sentence by his
reference to the removal of the
trusts" from the new $40 gold pieces.
After eight years of the big stick
regime" said Mr.. James, and of
strenuous trust busting, we have sue
.eede in busting only one trust, and
mat was from the new $40 gold piece.
presume the President has taken it
rom the gold in order that it may
.a put on the new certificates, that
Viii bear > per cent. interest This
t#p brought down the house in APP
irSr that lasted for several minutes.
Il presume" continued Mr.. James,
~.:,t the proper thing for is to do
wv is to begin laying up treasures in
ave.i. for with It there. we can check
81 it for 100 cents on the dollar.
Democracy Popular.
1T is becoming popular to be a
found that out. for they have been
stealing all the Democratic ideas.
Whu> have not failed To. gather in 9
sfn. fe one that is worth While. But
t1fey have baked at tariff revision, as
a. party. | have come to think that
he Republican party has in 1T some
clements of compassion, for in all the
list of protected articles, they have
indy given us one thing that Is not
hidden behind a high wall Of tariff.
hat is ice.
Il don't know for sure just why they
left ice on the free list, but | think
it must have been out of pity, for
they knew that the trusts that would
grow up under the tariff laws would
make it so hot for us in this country
that we would need something to cool
US off.
The time was when Mr.. Bryan adj
yocated an income tax, the Republl-
can leaders wanted to call him an
anarchist. Now we see the PRESIDENT
and Secretary Taft taking unto them
. selves the credit for having
that idea, and the country no longer
sits aghast when such { hing is men
toned. They said the supreme Court
could not stand for such j law, ana
then the President takes a shy at the
Supreme Court.
THE party is now united. We pre-
sent a solid wall to the enemy. Al
though we have not vet convinced the
iurv that we are right, we have con
yinced the advocates Tor the other
side. and they are protiting by our
experiences.
All For Bryan.
I'VE are united now, and it is for
Bryan, Bryan, Bryan.
Thomas F. McNulty, of Baltimore
was the next ma introduced, and ne
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