The Greeley tribune., 1912-02-29
,,ryan sald:

10 present this afternoon
oe' ,aences to show you the
e ,n,nroyement. The thoughts
s-ouped under the title The
l,ns s' Of Plutocracy".
1o n' not want you to begin WIN
',., AZ that plutocracy had entire
'uea a. | simply want to show
asseu, nrogress is being made in
ma thas of man to his position OF
lil.lns lns o over material things.
.i'si ~ struggle between man ana
is has ~, been going on since ls-
"Y n"' and a great many have
oesan hrascs that have described
snnnjct. G but have found no
COM" nhrase that to my mind seems
r;he p"i"' il so we'll as the phrase
s'ri'l aa hy ABRAHAM Lincoln In
o!eu Io was writing a letter TO
.nnhlieans of Boston, and the
.i,ane rps of Boston, you may De
plisa" sa n learn, we're at that
iseu a,rotinc the birthday or
'e''T, Te,rerson. 1t was not at
ia9 .ime so unusual for repuph.
.l'"e " Celebrate the birthday OF
10 10 lefrerson; now you hear
'aS ,,tr of Alexander Hamilton;
,u,a yon viii turn back to the re.
.n ;'T nlatform of 1875. the first
saI aI plotform written by that
ia, narty YOU will find that the
p@ Of hamilton is not to be
in the platform. but that the
~ tet1erson is. In that plat
ron ~ will find a plank that ap-
% w those who wanted to carry
novsrnment back to the prin-
of Washington and jefferson
~ man ever paid a higher trib-
y ~ Thomas Jefferson than Abra-
yincoln Now l am inclined to
hot Lincoln, fundamentally
inc was the second great
orst ,s in the United States. or
we democrats claim Jackson
% descendent of Jefferson as
Nocrat and yet think that
Gratis as we'll as republicans
inning more and more to recog-
that Lincoln towers above
all of the early statesmen,
That in essentials he was very
II identified with Thomas JET
and Lincoln said that he did
AVE a single political principle
he did not derive from the
Ines of Thomas Jefferson.
make this explanation that
NAV better understand why he
invited to attend n Jeffersonion
let in 80 and why. when he
NOT attend. he wrote a let
nd in that letter he expressed
that he could not attend and
q high compliment to Thomas
son, and in that letter he used
words "The republican
believes in the man and the
hut in case of conflict 1t be-
in the man before the dol
have been called q dema-
good many times for quot
Abraham Lincoln on this sub
| have been called 1t by peo-
no did not know that Lincoln
/, but that is the language of
ln, and no one 80 far as l have
able to read, in modern times
ancient times, has ever stated
great and unending conflict
ZEN money and man more fe-
bsly than Abraham Lincoln
this afternoon l want to show
bat in the struggle that is go
p throughout the world, man
lining; that man is gaining
control over those forces tnat
civilization. want to en-
ke those who have been fight
r reform. And every reform
away from plutocracy; in
lnything that leads toward
racy is not reform. Reform
Pnge for the better, aud il is
change for the better ii it
fhange toward plutocracy. A
Ter is one who is trying to i'm
conditions and he Is not try
improve conditions If he is
to lead the world back into
se TO money.
the object of this address Is
ID. want first to encourage
and in the second place l
20 incite to activity in behalf
ofm any who have not been
'ore Interested.
| have very frankly stated
fpose and for fear some of
be offended. l will now try
We mat YOU are all reformers,
! am going to pay you the
fhent of assuming that.
VINO are not reformers are
VINO lack Intelligence; those
not Know that things can be
'uah they are. If you have
op'e in your community who
hnoW that there are wrongs
sn'ed and abuses to be reme-
eV helong to this class and
reiormers, because a man
reiormer until he sees
~ Is something to be re-
put You cannot have many
,idss in a community like
~ II You have any, l know
u not here this afternoon,
II not offend them.
second place, you will find
'o Know reform is impos-
are so Indifferent and hard
fa' eua' they do not care to
.orh at all; that is the sec
Aou cannot have many