Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-05
C0MM0NER WAS
IN HIGH favor
MATcHLEss ORATOR OF DEMO.
CRAZY GREETED BY LARG.
EST AUDIENCE.
PLUTOCRACY WAS HIT
The Advance Of Intelligence, Moral
ity and Popular Government
Made the Burden Of Famous
Takers Theme.

If numbers gathered to hear hi1
were an indication of the popularit
of the man, then William Jenning
Bryan is still one of the most pOpula
men in the country today. II the crow
Is not sufficient to stamp approva
then the favor with which his re
marks were received last night thei
/ freedom from the politics that all fel
were inseparable from Bryan tall
and the simple allusion to parties wit
the view expressed that the two grea
parties in their fundamentals are yer,
much alike-parties Of democracy 0
peoples protectors, left no room t
doubt that although many differ from
the great commoner, all can appreci
ate his qualities. The uplift OF man
kind, the spread of altruism and tn
| failing power of the dollar as agains
the growth of power of the man, wal
made the burden of the speakers
thought. Mr.. Bryan drew the larges
crowd of the chautauqua when he ad
dressed the immense gathering las
night, using his popular lecture "The
Passing of Plutocracy."
The huge auditorium tent wat
packed clear to. the limit and large
number of the friends of the speaker
gathered on the outskirts of the tent
to hear him.
Bryan began his lecture with a ref
erence to his Joy at being permitted tc
appear again before an Ottumwa audi
ence, then launching into the ad'
dress proper, he first stated that he did
not wish to make the assertion that
the reign of plutocracy Is clear past or
even that we will see the time when 1t
is thing of the past, but merely that
it is passing and it is only a question
of time until plutocracy will have lost
It's power and become thing of his
tory.
Mankind Assuming Place.
He said that mankind is rapidly
assuming its Tightful place in the su-
premacy OF the word and that man
mon is being downed as a ruler OF
the universe.
He then paid stirring tribute to the
of Thomas Jefferson and
Abraham Lincoln, as the "moulders
Of ideas among the people," CHASING
Jefferson as the greatest moulder this
country, or the world in fact, has
ever seen and ranking Lincoln as
close second to the Father Of the
Constitution
He then took up the three kinds of
democracy, gov
eminent in which the people are su-
preme; aristocracy, in which a select
few who consider themselves the best
Of the land, are supreme and pluto
cracy, in which the reigning power Is
Following this the speaker took up
the reform movements which are be-
Ing felt throughout the entire world In
which man is being raised and money
Is being lowered as ruling power.
He then stated that nearly all
people are reformers to certain ex-
tent, nearly everybody being inter
ested in one or more reforms. The
only people who are not interested In
q reform in some way or another were
arranged into three classes, first, those
who lack intelligence enough to be In
terested in reform; second, those who
are either so hard-hearted or so in
different that they have no interest
in the improvement of the universe,
and third, these who are profiting by
abuses which ought to be downed.
The two great difficulties with all
reform movements were taken up for
a discussion and were stated to be,
first, lack Of enthusiasm, and second,
q lack of uniformity.
AS an argument against these two
faults in reform movements Bryan
stated that If people would only stop
and give the matter thought that they
would quickly realize, that good
thing secured today will not prevent
a better thing being secured tomorrow
and for that reason all should enter |
heartily into all reforms.
He then took up the evergr0wing |
tendency to overthrow the power OF
the plutocracy and stated that every
year finds the people Of the world |
more ready to overthrow the power OF
The plutocracy and that every year
he people are erecting higher stand
ards of education and in conformity
with this increase in the education
that there is a corresponding increase
in the sentiment against the power
IF money.
Spread Of Education.
In this connection he spoke OF the
ever increasing development OF ed
lcation throughout the entire world,
dwelling in particular on this increase
in Japan, China, the Philippines. Al
rica, India, Turkey and Asia as we'll
IS in America and Canada
He aslo made startling comparison
If the EDUCATIONAL facilities through
out the world fifteen years ago with
what they are at the present time.
In speaking of the progress in this
particularly, he spoke Of the
MEMS Religion and
Forward Movement" which is being
pushed so strongly by the Y. M. c. A.
If America, and also the work of the
Young Peoples Christian Societies OF
he country.
Among the Catholics, said he, the
work is also being carried on by
arge organization. the Knights Of Col
INDUS, whose object Is the growth
Of brotherhood among men and the
spread of the altruistic spirit. The |
lane Hull house of Chicago, fratern-
ties and societies that are rapidly |
growing and spreading, also lent to
he spread Of brotherhood said the