The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1912-03-07
WILLIAM j. BRYAN IS
GUEST OF FARGO TODAY
Continued From Page One
the meeting this afternoon at tn
operahouse.
Tho Morninn SnAnnh

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The Morning Speech.
Mayor Lowell presided at the big
meeting held in Assembly hall at II
O'Clock and introduced the famous
orator who expounded some of his we'll
known democratic principles to the
crowds that crammed the place to the
doors and stairway outside. Governor
burke occupied conspicuous place
on the platform beside Mr.. Bryan.
contrary to the expectations of a
large number who gathered to hear
MIN, the commoner, W I1o is looked upon
by many as the father of tho Marty
To-Day, made no illusions to the con.
| tentlons for the democratic presiden.
tlal nomination this year and did mt
permit himself to express any prefer
| ences along that line. His tallx was
| one of the basic principles OF dennoc-
racy and the standing of the marty
today and it's long survival after an
many defeats. = - ~
| In all the campaigns in which T
nave been candidate" said he "T
nave not been surprised at our three
oeIeats but at the fact that in face of
such strenuous opposition and pres.
sure that was brought to bear upon us
We received more than 6,500,OOO votes
each time. 'o'e'
Inc democratic party has gone
through a great many battles. Prac-
LEGALLY Tor sixty years we have been
| OUT OF control, for We have never beep
Lully IN the harness at any one time
hlther we have had control OF ona
Dranch OF congress or the other with y
republican president, or vice versa br*
never IN full and complete control An5
WIN 1t all, with all our defeats and
partlai victories at certain times wo
sun live, stronger and better and
ready Tor greater and bigger feb+
than ever before, which shows tbor
there must be somethine vital IN 49,
principles of the democratic nartv -
nave stood that test of time ~
For thirty years have beo, -
lIe hght' l can clearly recall the tir,e
mnen ,,,S our @ republican opponents openly
mace night of us. It was a certain
paat pait oL tne capital Of the republican
oEalors IN their public speeches. Now
'Ale' uoHt do that We're ahead"
Scored President Taft.
f[esloent Taft came in for a soo5
scoring Mr. Bryan referred tn q fono
Gus utterance of LincoIn's aho,,+ sstt1o
man and the dollar" which ba soId
Mr.. Taft misquoted in a Lincoln daT,
ADDRESS in New York recentlv onJ
branded the famous assertion among
the sayings of the demagogues.
Ihe poor fellow" declared M
oryan In a sympathetic tone, "actuaIIv
got so confused that he didn't know
just What he was saying and he mis-
quoted Mr.. Lincoln grossly. The facts
are ne has been following out the poH-
cies OF Mr.. Roosevelt SO closely." and
mere he stopped to smile with his list
eners, that he hasn't had much time
TO think about Lincoln. The truth of
the matter really is that Mr.. Taft,s
whole environment has been that Of tho
dollar that he has never had any real
knowledge Of men,"
Ihen ne referred to the democratic
county, organizations. urged one in
every locality in the state and eyery
man TO join in. A suggestion was made
to the wives to allow their husbands
TO go out now and then so that eyery-
one might participate in the govern
ment of the people.
AS Plato says, Those who refuse
TO take part in government are p,In.
ished often by having inflicted on them
the kind Of government that is often
made by people worse than Them
selves" said Bryan. so let everyone
take part in the government Of the
people"
Wants Day Set Apart.
Another suggestion was made re-
garding the setting apart of a day for
the study of good government by the
people in every state. Mr.. Bryan said
the suggestion was made to him in the
city Of Seattle recently and he thought
It was an excellent one. He had
thought of Oct. |, as that was soon be-
fore the election.
This is not my own idea, he said
but as ideas are about the only thing
that are not yet monopoIized In this
country, I have no objection to using
the good c-a7 that hear / think this
would be an excellent idea for the DEM
ocrats to launch and we might invite
the republicans in to help us make ii
a universal scheme"
His concluding remarks were ouite
pertinent to the present political situ-
atom. The republican party was new
er more divided than now. In fact the
clarity of the political horizon is blot
ted by two big clouds that have been
coming together for long time ana
now have met and the rain Is begin
ing to fall"
During his discourse, Mr. Bryan took
occasion to mention the fact that while
the democrats had control Of the lower
house of congress and held the balance
Of power with the insurgent repubIi-
cans. yet there were enough reaction
ary democrats in that body to prevent
the acconlpl plishment OF any great
measure that would result for the pub
JIG good