The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-20
BRYAN SPEAKS.
Refers to Fraud in Past Elections
and Praises
President Roosevelt and Tells Why
He Escaped the Paralysis That
Has Fallen On His Party.

William Jennings Bryan was the
guest Friday of the Democratic state
committee of Massachusetts, and at
a banquet Friday afternoon in the
Quincy house, Boston, delivered an
address in which he touched upon
various, points Of Democratic doc
trine which, he declared, had been
vindicated by eecent events. After
spending the night at the home Of
Geo. Fred Williams, Mr.. Bryan came
to this city to confer with officers Of
the New England Democratic Prog
ressive league, for the purpose of ar
ranging for a series of lectures IN
New England. The dinner followed
a reception at which some two hun
dred Democrats were introduced to
Mr.. Bryan. Among them was form
er United States Senator R. F. Pet
tigreW, Of South Dakota.
Mr.. Bryan was given a great de-
monstration, all those present stand
ing and cheering repeatedly. State
Democratic Chairman Feeney intro
duced him as "the foremost figure
in American statesmanship, " and ex-
pressed his doubt if any office which
Mr.. Bryan might hold would make
him any dearer to the American peo-
pie.
Taking up the story that he was
the author of the Democratic plat
form of 1896, Mr.. Bryan declared
that he wrote but little of that plat
form and deserved little Of the cred
it for it, but that he had had more
to do with the platform of 1900.
81 think" f" asserted Mr.. Bryan,
"that if we had had a vote unpur-
chased and untimidated in 1896,
would have been elected by an over
whelming majority
He went on: Il shall not discuss
the amount of fraud that was perpe-
trated in 1896, but we had against
us the largest corporation fund that
was ever used in a campaign"
No one rejoiced more than he in
the vindication that has come tc
Democratic ideas, for dearer to him
than any Office was the triumph Of
the things for which they had beer
fighting, he said.
And rejoice so much said Mr.
Bryan, that meyer lose an oppor.
tunity to thank the president fol
what he has done. The president
was one Of my opponents. No one
ever used harsher language that he
did toward our cause. Yeti want
no man in the community to antici
pate me in hearty commentator o:
anything he does that ! believe i:
right. do not know what the pres
ident's attitude will be in the com
ing campaign, but it is certain tina
he cannot take back what he has sait
about our ideas.
''Ten years ago they called ou,
ideas insanity, yet on no question
that we ever discussed have we bee,
more vindicated than our idea tina
more money would make highe.
prices and better times.
1.-THE Republican p@y has beer
in power for ten yes with undis
puted rule. If it hasDt done any
thing that ought to have been dom
it is it's own fault. What is the re
suit? We find the Republican part,
has gone on the tobogan side, so tina
now it has just one man whom it re
CARDS as popular enough to be tn,
candidate for president. Why is i
that the president alone has escaped
the paralysis that has fallen upon al
the rest? There is only one explain
alton, and that is that his popularity
is due to his following the Democrat
ic doctrine.
Mr.. Bryan charged that the slump
in stocks of which the men in high
finance complained was caused by the
very men who are now complaining.
If I may venture a prediction,
he added, Il would say that in the
fight that is coming the Democratic
party will be looked upon as the pro
tector Of the small investor against
the manipulation Of the sharks that
have obtained power in Wall street.
Mr.. Bryan was given a second ava.
ton when he concluded his address.