Show repeats that bryan lost election in 6 by fraud ottawa kan july 8 thomas W lawson of boston addressed a great crowd at the chautauqua assembly here this afternoon he spoke of the system mr lawson arrived at noon from Kansas city where he and wm T jerome district attorney of new york city were the guests of honor last night at the monthly dinner of the knife arid fork club mn lawson said in part 1 I have coma ta kansas on a simple mission to point out to you that the american people are being robbed by whom and howand what the consequence will be it the robbery is not stayed and an example made of the robbers discussed at length the evils of the system and continued what are you going to do about it TOU know that the economic condition which allows the few to possess all and the many are left with nothing must be ended it it is not slavery is the alternative how shall it be ended by your ballots what are ballots against dollars and the system has unlimited dollars with 5 I 1 saw rogers rob the able tearless honest but all wrong on the money question william jennings bryan out of the presidency of the united states in 1896 do you lir s ine ho would shrink from repeating the operation in 1908 it he feared that the man you nominated would upset bis control today at the helm of your affairs Is an able and fearless american bold to conceive and strong to execute to all of you be is a hero and you are behind him r eady to back up his course wherever he sees fit to go pres ident roosevelt knows it and today no man in the country is more keenly aware of the necessity of curbing corporate despotism under which we live but what can president roosevelt do I 1 hate to say it but he is as helpless in the systems act as a bull in a balloon like gulliver in he is bound by 1600 threads congress the senate the bartys interests and gratitude and all the intangible influences which the great money power can weave around any individual how brave and quick the president is to do A wrong is called to his attention A law must needs be passed the rebate evil must be curbed and he bends messages to congress demanding instant action what happens congress temporizes the senate snubs him and the system snickers relief was not to be looked for from the courts mr lawson said because corporations do not hesitate the great to suborn perjury bribe juries judges for favorable deals and pay municipal ownership mr lawson dismissed as a hlll o tb ewis and he continued the surest safest and most natural process of restitution Is the application ol 01 the systems own methods to system the first step is for the american people to divorce themselves from the system and sell share of stock and every bond every they hold back to the frenzied elnan inflated prices take alers at present ae realized and better companies or trust in bante and state and government still in lson said would cause of the system which would collapse a the be obliged to throw over and bonds It carried these stocks aud bonds the people could purchase and having only to pay interest real values could reduce their on freight and prices rates of fare and would generady gener aUy and the revolution then be eta |