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VOLUME 13, NUMBER 21
' TJIE GIIASTY DINNER AT
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Wtjy (Continued from Pago 7.)
thon tho roal question boforo this
government was a govornmont oy tho
podplo and for tho peoplo; not a
govornmont by tho few, for tho fow
and against tho many. (Applause.)
And many who wore against tho real
question would have been with us
had thoy understood that issue. It
is plain that thoy did not understand
It. Tho timo was not ripe.
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not understand mo, for why should
they havo understood me? I think
my nomination lent itself to mis
understanding. Many peoplo thought
that I was nominated because I was
an emotional orator, that I had swept
the convention off its feet and was
nominated before it could regain its
senses.
"That was tho idea which pre
dominated. They did not give weight
to what I said. They did not stop
to think of the reasons I had for
saying what I said. They could not
believe that one from the west could
bo building upon a solid rock, and
during that campaign there wore
many good men who actually thought
that my election would be a disaster
to tho country. They honestly
thought so.
"I, remember a man in Nebraska
told me of his father. Out in Ne
braska he had caught the spirit of
that country and had joined with us,
but his father did nnt nnr1ortnnfl Hm
subject as wo did, and so when I was
defeated his father knelt down and
thanked God that the country J.a'd
been saved from the dangerous man.
You need not tell me that a' man who
thanks God that the country is de
livered frpm me is not an honest
man. You need not tell me that he
is not living up to the life he should.
And that was the condition of men.
"I rejoice that I have lived to see
a uuange caice place. (Applause.)
And I speak of that change without
boastintr. for T hnvo nrf lioon
sponsible for it. It may bo pleasant
to havo enthusiastic friends exag
gerate my part, but they do not de
ceive me. No one man, no few men,
claim credit for what has been done.
No one man, no group of men, could
stir a nation as this nation has been
stirred. And even if we had any
one in our midst who was so superior
to all the rest of us that he could
claim to be the author and the cause
of this marvelous transformation, he
could not explain how in other na
tions the same spirit has prevailed.
"This is no local movement; it is
no reform springing up in the west;
it is not even an American reform.
It is a world-wide movement and we
are but part of it.
"I owe my office to tho generosity
of the president of the United States.
He led us in our last fight, and if any
one thinks that I was disappointed
because the leadership fell to an
other, let him disabuse his mind of
that thought. I rejoiced tnat there
wub uue wuo coum win where I lost
And I was so much more interested
In the cause than in any title that
could come with it that I am sure
that the president himself was no
happier than I was. '(Long con
tinued applause.)
"I think it was easier for the
people to vote for him than it would
?haJ een or them t0 reconcile
themselves to voting for me. For
when they voted for him they did not
have to censure themselves for not
The.v0S5 S f0re- '(Sater?)
,uheyidId not have t0 flave a war
within themselves. It was a new
man and it did not bring up old
memories. And I think he may be
Sll ??gB taat I couldVo?
t uUUB, umi jl Know i can n ,
him as much as he could ever he n
me. (Applause.) eip
n?0 has won a Placo n history
and i am sure from what he has done
that we shall not be disappointed ?n
Wn?0l?P f ?at wMch he bus yet
before him And yet the president
ike myself, is not a creator, for he
La ?reaturo- Wo are creatures aU
th s time. We aro the product of
this ago, and it matters little whn
pXhthVat nhowleadershIP of the to?-
leaner will Vop to criHciflted
who have been backward ir L P80
a start. (ApptaSK) makIn
Th. whole world is moving along
three lines. Tf f ...., "
tolllgcnce; there is nc 3
t It fa growing toward "a" ft
brotherhood you can i. , l ot
that. And it 2nnSSSita50d tag'S?
ernment as our forefather L5 V
stood it, and our ideas of govermn
are triumphing the world L aroun
"And the income tax! I qnnnn
have been criticised for S K
tho income tax more than for Zv
one thing I have ever favored I
have had them tell me that I wal
Hnying th T th P00r gainst TK
rich. I had them fpii u.i. r lue
S"7inJ ?&. thl ?a?si?n ot the mob
-t iuo .luuxwiuae. I believed
then, as I do now, that it is the most
just tax that there is, and tho day
when I have an income that will be
taxed I myself will be as much n
?Pn0fi? asnen I ud an income
that could not be taxed. (Applause.)
"But it is not strange that one
should not change. The strange thine
is that men who oppose the income
tax because they do not want to bear
that share of the burden of the gov
ernment are men who well could
bear it, while those not so well situ
ated Welcomo it as n fMticr ,. .
just and are willing to pay their
share. Isn't it worth while to wait
for such a victory as this? (An
plause.) "I think one of the glories of our
civil war was that those who fought
for the union held those within the
union who would have separated
from it held them nnHl Miov ,M
glad that tho union was not dis
solved. There was no such other
war in history. Races have fought
races, people have fought people,
and centuries of anger and animosity
followed the wars. But here was a
great struggle over a root of discord
that has been removed, and now the
people who fought it themselves are
rivals in the effort to see who can
oest prove that patriotism is the
most loyal attribute of life, of those
who wore the gray and those who
wore 'the blue. (Applause.)
"And so tho glory of our struggle
is that we have not conquered an
enemy. We have all come together
as friends to understand what we did
not then understand. Let me give
you some illustrations. It is now
23 years since a fight began in the
house " of representatives for the
direct el.ection of a United States
senator. I can remember how some
honest men looked upon it as a
destructive thing. I can understand
how patriotic men said that if we
rttujmiuea to cnange tne constitu
tion in this respect we would lower
tho dignity of the senate and that
we might even menace our institu
tions. "Yet I havo seen that reform mako
progress step by step, until now we
have seen it submitted by a two
thirds vote of the two houses. We
have seen it indorsed by 36 states
and I am waiting for just one more
state to send its notice to Washing
ton, when I shall proudly attach my
signature to a statement that an
nounces that this epoch-making re
form has .at last arrived. (Ap
plause.) "And if you look over the country
today you will find that nine-tenths
of the people of all parties now be-
" tutu, cms is not oniy wise uw
necessary. And this -senate that they
were afraid would degenerate if tho
peoplo controlled it will prove that
tho nearer you bring the government
to th people not only the .stronger
it is but th better it is in its quali
ties. Th United States senate in
stead of losing power will increase
its power, and it will become, be
cause a people's body, the highest
legislative body in th world. (Ap
plause.) "Wo will find that, Instead of hav
ing th aenat filled up with repre
sentative of uradatoiy wealth who
us their power to oppose the .things
