The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-11
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National u ailrltna'tl and 5.E'V't w
Bryan d, cadIng Speakers q at
Sst1tttlianat B ai1qttct. VA
pRAls Or l ROOSEVELT 10 \ J, \ {: I. I
.Ncbraskatl5 ID cclares, However,.
4 That Government Ownership
5 IS SolutionSfor Problem.

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h ,AEAYETTI1 # IN D..f JANUARY o,-se "
eral national leaders Tho Y: Democratic
party and many promi State emo
Gratis broke bread tho tn eighth sll' 3
annual banquet ot the ckson NJ lua'Ss
held iii honor of tile ertiorySs Of Andrew >e,p
Iollowng the feast there we're "a
addresses, III liam y Bryan Try IN
received the largest share of applause
but National Chairman ~ or,as iragg gar Y
was accorded IN oynt ton: le y ter q
regret was read from elyille 1. INGALLS,,
president st tho BIg tir5sT ailways WIG l,o,
sug ted al sinco1na proper so 81 n
ton of thc problem Of tn Kat Ion. 855S a
Speech BY 4 aggart. \ sI.
Mr.. Taggart said in part Nj
received 4: com
mittee not only and n al e.,
operati on, BUT from every eilfpef az
times courteous 4 and consi dcrate Y treat
,ncnt. There was q ne yer the slightest
friction, nor In urp1 casailt incident In
CURED between any member Of thntbco iN7t
mittee and myself: Y norfsWas there ever
the slightest satt tempt on Its part or on
the part OF any lnenlb eT- to- iusurp any * q
the functi ons@of the mat iona chairman
But, vi I'll a lsth i, an pai'ently COM
M ct organlza tio1l, III candl d ate W hose per-
sonal fcharac ter wa irrepro Die, nm
BE G m cans for Ill vi leg TINA to- nllr
all the literature that coud and an
with tho country blaze wltlll Sun =. v4lr
passed oratory, wa enc ountere g pollttile 9,
reverse. almost I'm paral leled q disaster
,cnalsel by hundreds thousands sof DEM 'rl
socrats falling vote nd ~ BY MAJ many y
ipk ct
&. sTaggart revl eHed briefly u the last
four presidential camp lgns.8 Of the 1904
campaign, he said /: Y Issa i ls
S..rrhe results prove that az very large
proportion OF the Demo tic voters We're
not satisfied wit h \ the work Of The 1'n-
stona / conyen tion,S and 3Son elect lon day
thcySf made Sthel pro es still " DO not
believe that any her card date on any
platform could have been tecte y here
was ii objectiontt 10 M person:
Snli tysibuti hose WHO ere5 lin " battle Dat
OF 1896 4 felt thai hey had been called
upon to retreat ira Their than to advan me-
and, declining to ret reat, eyolted.
Il Government Ownership.
f!s Mr. T3ryan said III among other things::s
.$,Preside dent Roosevelt s Is Just now enter
ing up ON q contest for, the gulati OH 8of
railroad m s, and Il he penlpcratss ought
TO icnrtil WI support Him silil ton
he IS taking .s& d e with Demo era tics ssist-
iarce he succeeds in securing noref strict
regulation or the railroads L ergage ed Sin
Interstate commerce, the public WILL re
ceive the 4 benefit and the Democrats c
pa 1rty viii share in the credit. IL even
with Democratic assistance he fails, the
Demo cratc part will profit ljy he e .el,
ycationals ~ ork which he q Is ding, and
the railroad 4 question will pc mad still
more acute. ~ lille 4 am anxious thatsthe
virtue Of ID government supervision and
regulation shall be fully tried, Ss3 4 find
myself inclning to the belief tina t public
ownership Is the only permanent cure. I
believe Fl that he Fedora ownership OF
trunk lines and the s tate ownership Of
the! net work Of the local railroads will
furnish a. solution Of the problem 'Sss5sg VII