The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-01-23

fifty years before the Pilgrim fathers
landed on Plymouth Rock But in
those days il cost a scholar for grad
uation fees $4,000 in cash besides a
dinner and a bull fight; today they
have eliminated the bull fight and only
charge $50 10 800
On the morality topic Of his dis
course, he told Of the wonderful .c-
tivity OF all Christian denominations.
Of all churches having their various
organizations and brotherhoods for the
betterment OF man. Of the millions OF
laymen. c. T. Y. N. c. A, etc. Said
that the c. Z. was inaugurated in the
United States and imported into Eng
land, while the Y. NJ C. 4. was born
il England and imported into this
country, and he was glad 70 say it
was one Of the very few things that
didn't have TO pass through a custom
house. IN speaking OF the money spent
10 promote these various objects. he
said that the Y. NJ. c. a. spent four
times as much in one year as the cost
Of a presidential election. for while the
latter only cost two and a half mil
! lions Of dollars in four years, the for
mer spent four millions in one year,
and as political expenses were going
/ down and the 7. NJ. G. \. was spend
J ing more each year, it would soon
reach the ratio of 16 to I.
Another point made by the speaker
/ was the wonderful growth Of temper
ance principles throughout the world
and IN this connection he told of a
town in Ireland that he had visited
where formerly none lived but the
most degraded Of drunken natives. but
by the tact and energy Of one man AL
were changed and more sober com
munity could not be found on the isl
and.
On the subject Of popular govern
ment Mr.. Bryan was in his element
He spoke Of the wonderful specimen.
of house cleaning in Chicago, Boston
and other places. He defined the
names democracy and aristocracy. Said
that while the former built from the
ground up the latter builds from the
top down. -Aristocracy meant for al
property to be owned by a few thou
sand people, while all the balance were
TO be paupers. The reform party is
living, while the aristocratic party i:
dying. He told of the Russian douma
which had forbidden the word auto
crat 10 be used after the name car
as had been the custom, Spoke Of ths
wonderful achievement Of the English
: House of Commons under the leader
ship of a son Of a blacksmith. Davit
; Lloyd George, now chancellor Of tn
exchequer. who hurled defiance at tn,
House of Lords and forced from it
: recognition of the rights of the com
mon people.
Mr. Bryan discussed the subject o
ole Nv
income tax and the initiative. referen
dunn and recall. as seen thru the eye
OF a reformer and a democrat. Tn
democrats claimed the right Of tn
people to elect their own senators
This they have preached for ninetee
years, but unfortunately the populis
party claims to have had that plank I
l its platform for nineteen years, bu
they in turn must stand aside for tn
Il prohibition party who antedated tn
|, pOpulists in that idea some four year
l but even they cannot claim all tn
honor of that plank. as some fou
Il years before their time a republica
5 president advocated the same claus.
and then his party wanted to impeac
$ him.
Mr.. Bryan told very humorously Q
his being in company Of Mr.. Roose
: welt at a Gridiron Club banquet an
Il how he told T. r. that he didn't con
slider it necessary for himself to ru
| again for president as the republica
I party was working around to ever
u issue that he (Bryan) had advocated
= He gave a brilliant exposition of tn
II referendum and recall, and said that
n was the death knell of the lobbyis
q whose influence was the curse of pres
II ent day politics, and that those ne
y principles We're not merely local bJ
d general. being found in Oregon in tn
: west, Maine in the east and throug
II ten states from Arkansas to Idaho.
# Mr.. Bryan closed by saying that
n intelligence morals and popular go,
n eminent this country leads the worl
because they are all responsible to II
d will of the people.
5 After his lecture was over, Mr.. Bry
- an. accompanied by Messrs. Zewadsl
and Duval, repaired to the Oca1
House. He wrote his name on tt
g. register in "a big, scrawlng. but plai
hand He was introduced to a few, bl
at the hour was late and he was doub
IT, less very tired, he repaired to his roor
to obtain some needed rest before lea'
ing for Jasper on the early mornin
|c Seaboard train.