Show BRYAN AFTER GROVER I Declares Cleveland Subser I vemt to Corporations JNOT A DEMOCRATIC IDEAL I I Very Bitter in Denunciation l1 i Farmer President t Holds That if Unwashed Return to > That Policy It Will Paralyze Energies I En-ergies Nullify Promises 1 I Chicago July IS William J Bryan I addressed several thousand enthusiastic Democrats at the Chicago Democracy picnic at Brands park today He was recehed with cheers and waving of hats when he stepped upon the platform After Af-ter a short Introductory speech by Mayor Harrison Mr I Bryan spoke and WfS frequently Interrupted by applause I In his address he made special reference to the possible candidacy of Grover Cleveland In 1001 and the latter and his supporter were excoriated by the speaker speak-er The subject of Mr Bryans speech was The Democratic Ideal He said I In part BRYANS ADDRESS Surely < < If there ever was a time when tlii < preaching of the Democratic gospel might to be opportune now Is the time The character of our party Is to be determined de-termined by the manner In which It meets an opportunity would bo determined by the Ideal that denominates It Will our party heMltate or take counsel of Its Scars Will It abandon Its championship of the peoples Interest In tho hope nf conciliating conciliat-ing lelentkso foes or of purchasing a few offices with campaign contributions that carry with them an obligation to lx l made good out of the pockets of the people APPEAL TO PARTY IDEAL The Democratic party must appeal to the Democratic sentiment of the country awl this country IH far wider than any early Whenever the I question has been fubmltlrtl In surh a wny that It could ben be-n < ted upon Independently there ban nl waYK ben an ovorwhclmlmr majority In favor of that which was Democratic and our pnrty ian appeal successfully to this Democratic spirit If I wo but convince the people of our earnestness and of our lldol ily t to thoso principles HANDICAPPED BY CLEVELAND We ni o handicapped Just now by the fact that the last Democratic administration that WI held was moro subservient to corporate cor-porate dictation than any Republican administration ad-ministration that had preceded It and tho record of that administration has been a millstone about tho partys neck ever since The influence exerted by Wall street over the administrations policy itho line of patronage to roward thoso who > l > etrn > ed heir constituents and the employment em-ployment of the most reprehensible of Republican methods make the administration adminis-tration a Htcnch In tho nostrils of the people peo-ple and kept In tho Republican party many who were disgusted at that partys < course ODHTNE LEFT BY CLEVELAND I The odium which INIr Clevelands second sec-ond administration brought upon the par ti which elected him did moro to defeat the party than any ono plank of the Chicago Chi-cago platform or even thRU nil I the planks that wore most AovI iHy I criticised But for the repudiation of the administration t It would have born Impossible to make any campaign at nil and oven the repudiation + repu-diation thorough and complete aa It walt wal-t could not completely disinfect tho party I MENACED BY GREAT DANGER fie greatest menaco that the party has to inert today lit not the probability but the possibility of tho partys return to the position that It occupied from 1S92 to ISM This danger Is not so Imminent as the corporationcontrolled papers mnkn It f appear but In so far as It threatens It paralyses tho energies of the party and nullifies Its promises Such a return uoiild Indicate a degradation of tho par tys Ideals l and a 1 perversion of Its purpose pur-pose I MUST FACE FUTURE If the Democratic party will stand erect face the future with commence defend l tho rights of the people and protect their In tNcst wherever iiuackcd whether tho attack at-tack comes from tho financiers tho monopolists the tariff barons or from the Imperialists can look with confidence for 11 revolution of sentiment that will give UH A victory worth having and this victory it vic-tory when It comes will not end as the victory of 1652 didIn tho demoralization nf the potty but In the building up of a Democratic organization which will deal I rIf iiKgresslvcly with all the evils of government govern-ment and find Its bulwark In tho affections j affec-tions and confidence of the masses |