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with a goldonkoy;' Wp wanMt so-that Wall
street will not be. able-to build aibarricr in front
of the White House.oyor which a candidate
can climb- only with the aid of bales of bills
Wo must kool tho-watf open between our chil
dren and tho stars.
I want the'thousand delcgateshero to help me
give our party the benofit of such a bulletin it
will be worth more than a ten million dollar
campaign., fund. I have the support of tho Hon
Vance McCorjnidk who was the chairman of the
national committee four years ago. I have put
my idea 4ntohJa own wordsr I only lacked one
of a majority "in the committee; I ask you to give
us an overwhelming voto for the natonal bul
letin. (Applause) i-
I ask you, next to Adopt the profiteering
plank. I want -you to help to drive piracy from
tho mart and market placo. I want you to
help us tako tho profiteer's hand; out of the pro
vision basket and out of the wardrobe of the
people. I'want you to help Us to declare for a
law that will empower the judge to send to tho
penitontiary . tlie officers of a qorporation that
profiteers and not merely fine -the corporation.
(Applause) - .
I want ypu to liolp us on this' resolution
against nmirorsiq. compulsory military training.
(Applause), ")Tou cannot have peace without the
spirit of peace and you cannot have tho spirit
of peace when every man Is trained to believe
, that war is a necessary thing. War Is not neces
sary. It is the phillosphy of Nietzsche, not tho
doctrine of the Nazarene, that declares war
necessary. When the German government fell,
Nietzsche's- theory fell With it. Wo are enter
ing upon a now era; I -want the Democratic party
- to hastonj the day, promised in holy writ; when
swords shall' be beaten Into plowshares and na
tions shall learn "war nor more. (Applause) .
Having, run ovet? briefly these three planks,
I shall devote; the remainder of my time to the
two plankKt. deal with larger "subjects. First,
I ask you t consider' the plan for bringing
about world Ajpttccfe You tell me as they say
in tho jrtattorm, tKabw.tf; must stand by this
treaty wifiJEfr reseryintiOns that materially alter
It. I mademore speeches in this country than'
any other Nubile man for ratification .without
a single reservation. I did it until I found that
wo could not get ratification without reserva
tions. I never c.onsontod to a single reservation
until I wag convinced as everybody else must
have been lyy that time, that" ratification with
out reservations was impossible. When I had
to choose between some vtherj?Ian that promised
to hasten ratification" and the plan of the com
mittee I had . to choose another plan. If you
make this. an,;issue in this campaign, if Repub
licans and-Democrats spend four months de
nouncing, each. other, you make it impossible to
secure ratification at-.the end of the campaign,
because everybody knows tbat neither party will
have a two-thirds majority in ihe Senate when
this campaign over. I am not willing to be a
party to;it,,. To, my friends, across the ocean
therq are:, "little; republics that sprung into ex-,
i.stence in, response, to our .invitation; they are
trying to get "on their feet; monarchy Is surg
ing hack on me side and bolshevism is threat
ing them on, the other, and wo cannot hold out
a hand tq hdlp them. Shame on the man, Demo-
crat or Republican, whd talks of makingja
partisan question of this great issue, wlthth
world, on fire.. (Applause). Who will ive'u
guarantee of the future? Who can give us as
surance that Europe will not drift back into war
while we are discussing reservations? How
Pitiful the difference between tho reservations
that have been fliseussed invthe Senate for a year
when you compare them with the large pro
visions in that. treaty. The three great things
in that treaty', have never been disputed; no
senator haW objected; they aroused no con
troversy.", TftOiat are th'oy? Nine months delib
erathm before resorting to war; six months for
investigation-and three .months time. to decide
what they will dcTwhenthe report is filed. It
will be'' almost impossible for two nations to go
to war after' they have spent nine months in
vestigating, the cause And, second, progress
toward world disarmament. That is only next,
m importance "to the peace idea taken by our '
President to Paris after It had been embodied in
tnhy treaties with three-fourths of the world.
I' you disarm the world, no nation can prepare'
for war without notifying the world ill advance
its.oviltbnt.. Third, the nbolitioU of secret
treaties, ;;dho bi the most fruitful causes of war
nas been the f acfrtbat nations would get together
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that embodfe?1trniro h?7 treaty
taken together conVtUn mTlQ whloh,--
towards UlTffouf &
Uil T?I b0 able t0 ase from the .pages ot
history, tho name of Woodrow Wilson who car-
ySJ annorcali111 t0 th worW- (Applau S
son ?? vL T V1 onomy o Woodrow Wil
son, it was my treaty plan that ho took to tin
mortal. If I could sccuro ratification with mil
rosorvat ons and give to Woodrow Wilson thi
honor of it I would gladly go to tho scSd to-
doBff ZiSnn0t d il my frIoud8' nobody can
n;(J an? confronted by a constitutional
nh?I ',requIrl.,lg a two-thlrdB vote, that on
?o fnii m!no,;Ity to, ob8truct ratification. I want
to tako it out ot the way. I am not willing to
share responsibility for what may occur. I, llko
these gentlemen, believe in God. Somo day I
shall stand before His judgment bar; and when
iP??ar ,th0J ' thore suaU not bo uPon niy hands
.ho blood of people slaughtered whilo I talked
politics (Applause).
Just ono word more on this subjoct, my"
. friends. I have not been able, in tho short timo
given to say all I would like. (Voices of "Go
on ). Would you know how anxious I am to
bring peace to this distracted world? Lwill tell
you. Our allies owo us nearly ton billion dol
lars. I am willing for our government to usa
all of it, if necessary, to purchase peace, uni
versal and perpetual (Applause). I would
rather that we should give up every dollar of
it than invito another war. If wo try to collect
it from tho allied nations, we cannot do it in a
generation; and if we collect if from tho allies
they will bo compelled to collect it from their
enemies. If we make concessions tho terms of
the treaty can bo so rearranged that tho warring
nations can bo brought together in friendship
atid accord. Then wo can arrange for disarma
ment, for where love and friendship abide, they
do. not need cannons and battleships to make
peace sure. Give us-a chance to lift the burden
from the back of tho toilers of the World and
they will bow down and thank God for the stars
and stripes that set a world free. That is m7
idea of what may be done.
But I must now turn to our domestic question,
prohibition. (Laughter). I am very glad that
I do not have to answer tho eloquent speech of
my friend from New York. No wonder we are
friends. We commenced debating public ques
tions twenty-six years ago in Congress, and tho
more frequently we meet, tho more we love each
other' (Laughter). Tho reason why I do not
havo to answer his s.eech is that the resolu
tion he introduced answers the speech ho made
in support of it. Ho says that prohibition de
moralizes everything; that virtue is discouraged
and not inspired by prohibition. If this solemn
statement is true, then why does ho ask us to
accept prohibition? Why does he .not tell us to
get rid of prohibition if it so lessens tho virtue
of-our country? I could not understand why he
was so willing to accept prohibition until ho
explained that it could not be enforced. Then
I could understand how he could . accept it.
(Laughter). Then he turned to the gbod people
of the south, and told them how they had
helped the ex-slaves. It was a" wonderful pic
ture, and none too bright for it is true. Yes, the
south has helped the black man, and if the
south had done so much for the black man at.
home why is he not willing to follow the stand
ard of prohibition that the south has raised for
the aid of the people of 11 this country? (Ap
plause). And what is tho application of this
eulogy of tho, treatment ot the colored man of
the south? He does hot seem to understand the
tho application of his own figure. After toll
ing you how the white people gave to the black
people down south the benefit of the white
man's civilization, he asks you to allow pie
dram shop (Cries- of "No! No!1')- Wait wait
until I finish tho sentence to lower the level
of politics in the north? If there is a man in the
New York delegation or in the New Jersey dele
ft f inn or in any delegation that is wet, ho
wants us to believe that ho is now happy that
the saloon is a thing of the past, X ask hlra tp
stand up now an'd. toll you whether ho oyer
publicly condemned the saloon before it was
abolished. (Applause' and protect,, some stand,
un) My1 friends, I. .cannot search your records,
but when you go back fo your states, won't you
please ask the wet papers to publish what you
said against the saioong before the wt and tlii
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SdUth' drOYO them OUt at vnilr rmmrrti .?
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(A voice) I Toted for you.
(Mr. Bryan continued). Yea, my friend, ypu
votod ror mo. If you Are sorry you did; U yon
go back on mo bocauso I stand for the home
against tho saloon, I will gain two In your place,'
(Extended upplauBO). Now, my eastern friend;'
if in tho one ycar'a time alaco prohibition W
forced on you against your will, wo have npn
able to convert you to tho belief that tho saloo .
was a curse and should never come back, nmyb
we can, in another yoar, bring you up to the Wfck
cUmdard of complete prohibition. (Laughter
and applauHo), Lotmo give you a bit of hi
tory: Tho District of Columbia went dry and"
tho whito flag of prohibition was raised ovsr th
nation's capital, ncvor to bo hauled down; it vrk
a Democratic Senate and n Domocralid ftouia
that phased tho bill and a Democratic President
who signed it. Arc you nshamod of what yofcf
party did? (Applause). Are you ashamed llutli
Democratic Senate and Houso submitted prtfbr-
billon, and that every Democratic state ratified?'
Aro you ashamed that throe-fourths of the
Democratic congrossmon and two-thirds Of the
Democratic senators votod for tho enforcement'
law?
Bo not frightened; timo and agim in hftttorj'
tho timid havo boon afraid, but they have ' Hi
ways found that they underestimated Iho nunB;
of those who had not bowed the knee to Bafcl. 'rW
Biblo tolls us of a time whon the great Kllth?
was told by his servant that tho onomy was tb'
great for them. The prophet answered ; "FiHrtf
not, they that bo with us aro more" tHjfa "thw
that bo- against us." And, thon, ho drew SsW
tho veil and on tho mountain top tho young man
could sco horsos and chariots that had bee la
visible boforo. In. just a few uays apotiter ptftttf
will ratify tho SufTrago amendment, ktiy kW
on the mountain ton von win ra tfin'WnmMtW.1
tho children, our allies in every rlghtoug'caiwe.
We Shall not'fail. (Clrnnt. ami urif'mA "A'''
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Wo heartily con crat til ate tho Domofimfln navfcv-
on its splendid leadership in the submlaslori ,and;
ratification of the Prohibition' amendment to 'Out.
Federal constitution and we pledgo Uio'party-t?
tho effective enforcement of tho present ".law;
honestly and in good faith, vithout any incme
in tho alcoholic content of permitted beverage;
and without any weakening of any other !oMi
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provisions.
NATIONAIi BPLLEXIX"
vve iavor a national liuuetin. not n
paper,, but a Bulletin, issued by IheJStyteral Gpj
oruiuuiiL, uuuur iiiu iair ana equuauio control
of tho two leading parties, such Bulletin to firr
nish information as to tho political lumen of the
campaign, editorial spaco and space for present
tion of claims of candidates proportionately div
vided between the parties. - "' ,'
.,,-, PROFITEERING . . ! 3 i
Tho Democratic party pledges the nation 'tor
rid it of the profiteer and to close the door'
against his return. It will ondeavor to elimi
nate all unnecessary middlemen by the encour
agement of organizations among producers that
will bring those who sell and those who use near
er togethcrT It will enact and enforce law
that will effectively prevent excessive charge
by such middlemen as aro necessary. To this
end it will demand legislation subjecting to tho
penalties of tho criminal law all coroporate. of
ficers and employees who give or carry out in
structions that result in extortion; It will make
it unlawful for anyone engaged In Interstate
Commerco to make the sale of one article de
pendent upon the purchase of another article
and it Will require such corporation to disclose
. to customers the difference between, cost price,
and selling price or limit the profit that can
be legally charged as tho rate of interest Is now
limited. It will also endeavor to create in lhtf'
several states trade commissions with power s
ample as those of the federal trade commission
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