Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-10-19
BRYAN an pEs MONIES.

night. His speech was political
one and drew forth the same enthus-
iastic applause which he always has,
it was as non-partisan as he could
make it, dealing with issues of ma
tion-wide interest. He took, advan-
tage of the rising tide of sentiment
for progressive principles and spoke
from the standpoint of an advocate of
progress.
His chief plea for the democratic
party as such was that the progress
sive movement stands no show in the
republican party and that the progress
sives will never be able to get any
thing by and through the republican
organization.
You call yourselves republicans"
he said, but you are really democrat
ic; you are more in sympathy with
what our party stands for than you
are with the leaders of the republican
party; / want you to distinguish be-
tween the leaders of the republican |
party and the rank and file of the |
party for the leaders do not represent |
the views of the rank and file. The
sentiment among the rank of the re-
publican party is really democratic,
and the insurgent movement that has
spread through this country is but
the breaking out of democracy in re-
publicans who have kept their senti-
ments suppressed. It is simply
evidence of the democratic sentiment
there is
i Line Of Demarkation Plan.
1t was said a century ago by JET
4 ferson that there were just two par
ties in every country where speech
was free-one democratic party and
the other an aristocratic party. When
he used the word Democratic he did
, not mean what the word means now.
for there was no democratic party
/. then, and he spoke as member Of
the then republican party.
I'll He said that the democratic party
/ naturally drew to itself all who trust.
ed the people and were willing that
the people should control government
- Now wherever you go you will find
party that is democratic in spirit
r. and party that is aristocratic il
spirit. They are seldom called by
A. these names, but this is the essence
of these parties and everywhere il
4. the pending conflict the Democrat,
If idea is growing and gaining force.
Democrats Not All In Party.
o. When you want to find out wheth
$. er man is democrat or not, do no
It ask him to what party he belongs
Ne but put to him some question regard
ing an idea such, for instance, as TIL
RI election Of senators by the people
N That will at once show how wide
NJ spread is the democratic sentiment
,r II ever had an idea that the dem
ocratic sentiment is confined to tn
democratic party that idea woul,
have loag been driven from my min,
as have come to know men. be
y live the democratic sentiment in thi.
:, country is very much larger than tn,
democratic party. am glad we hav,
more democrats in this country thar
those who call themselves democrats
If we had everybody in the part,
who are really democrats we woul,
have an Overwhelming majority a
- all times, and especially IL we coult
only get rid of some who call them
selves democrats but who are not an,
who l would be willing to- trade fol
others who do not call themselve
democrats,
4. Always Two Parties.
In speaking of these two parties
the democratic and the aristocratic-
: 1t is well to remember, also, that dis
tinctions exist within them. In othe
T. words, taking any group Of men, the
in way call themselves democrats o
a. arlsocrats, or any other name, bu
ID you will find all shades of opinion
is within the group. You will find tina
there is an aristocratic group and
n democratic group. In the aristocrati
er party the average will be aristocrati
1t but in the democratic party the ma
d. jority will be democratic
II Mr.. Bryan discussed popular ele,
.. ton Of senators, the income tax, raj
!. road rate regulation, corporation /.
: sues, the publicity for campaign cor
:, tributions, the tariff and other ques
tons. My friends" he said, "whe
see the things that we have bee
fighting for and see how Mr.. Roose
welt has taken some of them, and Sc
: how Mr.. Taft has taken others,
have an answer when they ask me
l am going to run for the prestdenc
again. l tell them. that l am afrai,
: to run for fear they will raise tn
= third term issue against me-"
:, Democratic Position indicated.
d Our party has had remarkabl
n record" he continued. there is moth
@ ing our party has fought for the pas
q. fourteen years that has not been win
q dicated. You remember how they rit
+. iculed the farmers who talked of tn
IS power of money, how the financier
II said We didn't know anything abou
i. money and that it didn't make an.
difference how much money ther
was SO it was all good. But when M,
Taft at the Lincoln banquet in -Ney
York explained the cause of higl
prices he laid it all to the increas
!, in volume of money, which Is Just th
= trouble was he did not explain tn
a position our party took. The onl
rise in prices due to the trusts an,
II the, high tariff which furnish a: wal