The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-01-26

the country, saying that there is as
much money coined from gold today
as from gold and silver combined six
teen years ago. The world is coming
out of debt instead of going into
bankruptcy. Attacking the trusts and
the big-monied corporations, he cited
an instance where a mammoth COM
bine watered it's stock to the value of
100000 000 The state of California,
he said, has recently elected it's first
legislature that the Southern Pacific
railroad did not. own" Referring to
the government service, he cited the
efforts that are being made toward
the PRONUNCIATION of the movement to
establish homes for our embassa-
doris abroad, saying that heretofore
the diplomatic service has been mo-
nopolided by men of wealth. Every
branch of government SERVICE" he
said, should be open to every man. 1t
is undemocratic to make the diplo-
matte service a monopoly of the rich"
Treating his third classification, the
application of the principles of popu-
lar government, the speaker said: ut
would be strange if with the increas-
ing intelligence and a better under
standing of the science of government
there should not be larger amount
of faith in popular government. The
growth of the principles of brother
hood is a recognition of the rights of
the individual. The doctrines of popu-
lar government have been established
as part of the worlds intellectual
progress. The brotherhood spirit of
democracy is bringing the govern
ment nearer to the people. In every
nation there are two parties, the par
ty of the people and popular govern
ment which is the growing party,
and the party of the aristocracy and
opposition to popular government,
which is the dying party. This is true
throughout the world.
Recent Progress
There are five illustrations that |
might bring to your attention bear
ing me out in this. l will go back but
six years that you may all recall the
events of which l speak and show the
growth of popular government during
that period. Russia has secured it's
duma, representative body, one of
the greatest reforms of which has
been the establishment of compulsory
education, which pronounced the
death knell of despotism. Persia and
Turkey had secured constitutional
government In six years China has
awakened from its sleep of 1000 years
and now has a constitution prepared
and a senate established. Fourteen
out of the eighteen states have or
ganized on basis of republic. They
have elected man who has received
a part of his education in the United
States, and have chosen him as the
chief executive of the United States
of China. Within the past three
years great democratic victory has
been won in Great Britain and the
hereditary power of the house of
lords has been curbed by the vote of
the people. Hereafter the people of
Great Britain will speak through an
elective body, not through house of
heredity. This movement will go on
until there is no hereditary body in
the world to stand in the way of the
will of the people"
Drawing to a close, the speaker
said: IF We would get constitution
al amendment, We must all act to-
gether and forget partisan problems
and difficulties" citing in this in
stance the bill now between the hous-
es for the election of United States
senators by the direct vote of the peo-
pie. He advocated strongly the publ
cation of campaign expenses of candi-
dates before their election and dwelt
briefly on the demand of the people
for purity in politics. 1--WE are now
approaching the time when we can
find OFT who dominates the president
an6 who owns the newspapers, so
that we can know how much their ed
itorials are worth.
'One republican president has TAX
en- part of the platform and another
has taken the rest" Mr.. Bryan said
toward the close in reference to his
own standing in regard to the presi-
dency, land if l should run again
they'd raise the third term on me and
say that | had already served two
terms. Why should l have the bother
or worry of being president, when |
can get other men to do the work for
me?"