The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-28

Newberry, June 21.-Prefacing his
magnificent lecture on "The Prince
of Peace" with a thirty-minute ad-
dress on the national issues Of the day.
William Jennings Bryan told a New
berry Chautauqua audience, which
put standing room in the opera House
at premium this morning, that
while the Republican party has been
in office, the Democratic party has
been in power for the last fifteen
years. While the Republicans have
drawn the salaries, the Democrats
have moulded opinion and led the
way, and l glory in a party that has
been willing to go down to defeat
rather than surrender it's principles.
and / rejoice in the vindication that
has brought to that party the grati-
fication of seeing the righteous caus-
es for which it stands, force them
selves upon a reluctant majority and
make them accept them as the Will of
the people,"
This was Col. Bryan's first visit to
Nowberry, and he was enthusiastical-
ly received. He was in the city but
four hours. leaving at 1 o'clock for
Chester, Notwithstanding the fact
that he has been under the strain of
from two to three lectures a day
since he has been in South Carolina,
Re was in fine form this morning and
vas as vigorous in his political ad-
dress and took as much genuine
pleasure in meeting the people as
during his three campaigns for the
Presidency.
THE reason it is so easy now, he
said, to get me to turn aside from
politics and discuss other questions is
that there are so many Republicans
now who are making the speeches
that we Democrats used to make.
that we don't have to spend so much
time on politics as we used to and 1t
Is very gratifying thing; in Fact.
l have been enjoying myself the last
teW wears more than 7 ever dia bc.
fore in politics ana 1 have had 4 -ea
sonahly good time all my life. bu. s.
has been more than "a good time tie
last few yrars. Ever since Mr.. Roose-
velt began to show familiarity with
the planks Of our platform, 1 have
| been feeling good"
Mr.. Bryan said it was the fight
| over the tariff question that has made
| the division that is now so apparent
in the Republican party, "A division
! so great that we had about half the
| Republicans voting with us a year
! ago on reciprocity nearly half. We
| had twenty-four voting with us on
the farmers free list and / think this
mornings paper said that twenty
four, and that is more surprising STILL
voted with us on the wool bill"
Mr.. Bryan said the Republicans
fooled the people last election with a
little word revision" but the people
have found that the word "revse"
| does not mean downward-it NAV be
up or down or sideways or any way
but they will never use the word re
vise' again in a PLATFORM. 1t served
| it's day, it is obsolete, it cannot fool
any more"
He referred to the movement for
election Of Senators by the people,
begun by the Democrats and fought
by the Republicans and yet when 1t
| passed the House the other day. only
| fifteen Republicans voted against L
| and when it passed the Senate, it had
| a majority of nearly three to one, He
said there were Senator'S and some in
the House who did not believe in let
ting the people have what they want.
| nut they have not the courage to op-
| pose the people when the people ex-
LroSs themselves with the emphA sis
that they have on this subject"
lie cited the income tax measure
| as a Democratic measure, which has
been taken up by the Republicans,
and he said he had lived to see a Re-
publican President take a plank out
OF the Democratic platform, and he
had liVed to see the man who defeat
ed him take a plank he himself
wrote out Of his platform and put it
| through. This he said, had now
become an accepted doctrine, and yet
II aroused bitter opposition only a
few years ago.
lhree years ago, he said. the par
Ties were divided on campaign con-
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