The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-11
TAGGART ANALYzFS
DEMOCRATIC DEFEAT
Mr.. Bryan Gives His Views as.
to What the Party
Should Do


party and many state Democrats broke
bread together at the eighth annual
banquet of the Jackson club. There
We're addresses in which w. j. Bryan
received the largest share of applause,
but National Chairman Thomas Tag
CART was also accorded an ovation. The
latter said, in responding to the toast,
Future Of Democracy"
The national committee had not only
tne cooperation of the executive COM
lafit.ee. IN puI the earnest and loyal support
OF every state and county chairman and
pIecincL committeeman throughout the
United States. While our committee had
no money ior corporate purposes, it had
ample money for legitimate purposes in
Ine campaign. No man in America rem
dered no more valuable, effective service
than did the Hon. William j. Bryan. And
as the head of the national organization
l want to make the proper acknowledge
ment and to thank him. But with all
tnls-apparently compact organization, a
candidate whose personal character was
irreproachabie, ample means for all legit-
innate purposes, all the literature that
could be used and with the country ablaze
win unsurpassed oratory-we encountered
disaster caused by hundreds of thousands
OF Democrats failing to vote and by many
others voting the opposition ticket.
Success impossible
Unfortunately, or fortunately. as you
may happen to look at it Mr.. Parker's
candldacy was espoused by many promi
to. the election of Mckinley and Roose-
Nelt- A very large proportion of the
democratic voters were not satisfied with
the work of the national convention, and
on election day they made their protest.
sui L do not believe that any other can
dldate on any platform could have been
elected; There was no objection to Mr..
-111arl1
In the battle of 1896, felt they had been
called upon to retreat rather than to ad-
vance, and declining to retreat, revolted.
.od 10 e5 pc successful ee the people, the rank
affairs OF the party organization. There
should be some reform inaugurated for
the holding of primaries and elections as
to assure every Democrat that he can
and VIII have voice in controlling the
destinies of the party In the future. Then
let the Democrats register their wills and
let US all follow their leadership.
Points of Bryan
Mr.. Bryan's address contained the
following:
What the Democratic party most needs
today is to be animated by the spirit of
Andrew Jackson as it approaches pending
problems. 1t suffered overwhelming de-
feat last November and the prime cause
OF that defeat is to be found in the fact
that. it lacked this spirit 1t can't hope
ever to win or deserve success until it
becomes in reality Jackson party and
like Old Hickory is ready to take the
peoples side of every question without
stopping to count the cost or to meas
ure the party's immediate success. The
party's position upon the labor question
is the only one consistent with the party's
government.
Judge Parker declared himself unquali-
nediy Tor gold and nearly every silver
Democrat prominently identified with re-
cent campaigns supported the ticket in
order to secure the other reforms for
winch Judge Parker stood, and yet the
party polled million and quarter less
than it did in either of the two preceding
campaigns.
Every now and then there is a measure
before congress, the last to convert $780,
00O, 900 silver into promises to pay in gold.
When the plan is complete legislation
Will have destroyed all the benefits which
We nave derived from the increased pro-
duction of gold. Not only must the city
own the municipal monopolies, but the
nation and state must for the same rea-
sons follow the same course in regard to
the monopolies that come within their
sphere Of operation.
The party's position on imperialism has
been stated in two national platforms, and
/ DO not not see how the party can recede
from that position.
The party's position upon the trust
question Is the only correct one. That
private. monopoly is indefensible and in
tolerable ought to be accepted as a
truth and a sincere belief in that truth
Will lead our party to favor legislation,
both civil and criminal, which will am
ply protect the public from the evils of
private monopoly.
Tariff Reform
The party's position in favor of tariff
reform cannot be abandoned without con-
cedlng the right of the government to
tax those who consume the products of
protected industries in order to enrich the
owners of those industries
If with Democratic assistance President
Roosevelt succeeds in securing more
strict regulations of the railroads engaged
in interstate commerce the public will re-
celye the benefit and the Democratic
party will share in the credit If even
with Democratic assistance he fails the
Democratic party will profit by the edu-
cational work which he is doing and the
railroad question will be made still more
acute. While | am anxious that the vir-
tue Of government supervision and regu-
lation shall be fully tried 1 find myself
to the belief that public owner
ship is the only permanent cure for the
evils. State ownership of the many To-
cal lines would give the people the bene-
fit of public ownership without the dan
gers of Capitalization and the federal
ownership of trunk lines would answer the
purpose of interstate commerce.
Mr.. Bryan opposed a tariff commits
sion as a device to delay revision, fa-
vored an income tax and closed:
That Democratic principles are sound
does not among Democrats. at least, ad-
NIT of dispute, for they rest upon be-
lief in the brotherhood of man. That
these principles will triumph cannot be