The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-10-30

It and justify IT; and began to read
up on the subject Of dreams.
thought would post myself and find
out what really was, or whether 1t
was disgraceful thing or not; and
found to my surprise that the subject
OF dreams was really quite a subject,
after all, and that there had been
dreamers before. I went to the Bible,
where always go when I am In trou-
BILE. | have never found book with
so much truth In II as the Bible con-
tains, and don't know Of any book
where truth is more beautifully ex-
pressed and looked In the Bible to
see II / could find anything about the
dreamer; and found that there were
dreamers in the Bible, and that the
most prominent one was Joseph and
because Joseph's brothers called him
dreamer, and they did not like his
dreams, they hated him. They plot
ted to kill him, and when he was sent
out by his father to his brethren who
had their flocks In Dothan. they said..
Here comes the dreamer; let us put
him away and be done with him." But
finally they decided that instead Of /.
killing him they would just put him
down in a pit, and let the father be-
lieve that he had been killed In some
way by wild beast. Then some mer-
chants came along, and they took
Joseph out of the pit and sold him,
and sent him down into Egypt, and
then they congratulated themselves
and said, Nov we are rid of the
dreamer" and things went along for
awhile until they had almost forgot
ten Joseph. and then there came n
famine and they hi to go down into
Egypt and buy corn, and when they
got to Egypt there they found the
dreamer, and he had the corn; and
so, nay friends, made up my mind
1t was not so bad to be dreamer pro-
vided you have the corn, and in that
speech | proceeded to show the Re-
publicans how the Democrf; party
had been dreaming and how ey had
the corn and were prepared to satisfy
all political needs.
The more / thought on this subject
the less willing Twas to class myself
with the dreamers, for II was too high
and honored for me. The dreamer,
why he is a great man. John Boyle
O'Reilly says that the dreamer lives
forever, while the toiler dies in day.
As | went from nation to ma
ton in travelling through Eu-
rope found that everywhere
the ideas of jefferson had been
conveyed, and that everywhere
they we're planted and were
growing. When | left home
was proud Of the Democratic
party. boosted that be-
lonqed to a party that was es-
sentIaIly old, but when got
back from my trip around the
world ! was prouder still, for
this old Democratic party that
jefferson founded is not only a
century old, but II Is $4,000
miles wide.
am proud of Jefferson's work. OF
all the constructive statesmen In the
worlds history, he is the greatest,
and, my friends, when the names that
Republicans love to quote - when
these names are forgotten, little chill
dren will lisp the name OF Jefferson,
and freemen will stand up and praise
the one who taught them to know a
freeman's rights and fight for them.
And now. Democrats, let me ask
you question:: II Republican pres
ident can win popularity by spasmod-
ically and sporadically doing some
thing Democratic, what would be the
popularity of a Democratic president
who was consistently and persistenty
Democratic an all questions? Isn't
this a bad time for a Democrat to be-
come discouraged? Never since [
have known politics have we had so
much to encourage us.
In this state you have by organiza-
ton among the farmers, been able TO
protect yourselves to some extent
from the greed of one great monop-
oily. but instead of feeling satisfied at
the great success that has come to
your organization, bid you have some
feeling for those who are not 80 sit
uated that they can protect them
selves as you have been able to pro-
tect yourselves. Have you not learned
something of what monopoly Is, and
are you not ready now to join with US
to lay the ak at the root of the tree,
and instead of saying as Secretary
Taft said, that there are good trusts
and bad trusts, are you not ready 10
say with us that God never made a
man good enough to stand at the head
of private monopoly and control the
price of what people had to use?"
Is 1t not time that we seriously
take up this question and put the
American government back upon Its
old foundation, and make 1t again
government of the people. by the peo-
pie and for the people? Are you not
ready to enlist in this contest? have
been fighting fer this principle now
seventeen years, and ask for nothing
better than might continue this nght
until God calls me from my earthly
labors. Are you willing to enlist, not
for three months, or six months or