Show REAR PLATFORM I I Not a Very Good Place to Gather Public Sentiment New York Tribune I Sir Bryan In his speech at the 1 dinner din-ner Of the Chicago platform Democrats I in Grand Central Palace Ias Saturday i 3 f ls t at night added considerably to the typewritten type-written copies of his address Which were distributed to the newspaper men I beforehand Here is an interesting part of what he said while speaking on the Phlllppine situation The presidents friends said after he came back from Omaha last fall he had I not made up his mind what to cIo until he went to Omaha and on his say out I and back he listened to what the people I aid gathered what they wanted and I then resolved what to do I Yell my friends the prisident Is under 110 obllgations to consult me But If he had consulted me I could have told him how vain It was to rely upOn sentiment gathered from the rear end of a railroad train Laughter and applause ap-plause If he had gone with me to the campaign I could have convinced him that the silver sentiment was overwhelming over-whelming In every state through which we passed and yet when the election was over I found I had carried nearly every state which I did not speak In and lost every state I vIsIted It Is not safe to gather public opinion opin-ion In that way You might gather public opinion by simply passing through n part of your country You have to regulate your conduct by principles prin-ciples and reason out what Is right and take your stand and assume re sponslblllt for It They tell us that Is progress I deny it It Is retrogression retrogres-sion It Is not going forward It IS going backward The doctrine or font Is not beforeIt Is behind l1S It is as old as history |