Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-01-27

BRYAN AND = osEv1I;
The following remarkable editorialIl
was taken from the New York World. i
always sfstrong opponent of.aWln. ].
Bryan: 81
President Roosevelt has many warm
admirers and ardent supporters. will
lam Jennings Bryan seems, " no
means the least Of them. i
In his speech at the dinner Of the
Indianapolis jackson Club Mr.. Bryan
again took occasion to commend the
presidents railway program. He said
tho democrats should assist Mr.. Roose.
velt in the regulation Of railway rates.
While inclining toward federal own
ership of trunk lines and state owner
ship of local lines, Mr.. Bryan wishes
a fair trial Of government supervi-
son and regulation.
AT Memphis a few days before he
declared that democrats would sup
port Mr.. Roosevelt's cooperation. curb
ing policies, and ventured to predict
that if Mr.. Roosevelt carried out his
program he would be regarded as the
greatest president in the history cf
the United States.
Mr.. Bryan still has q larger person
al following, perhaps, than any other
democrat now actively before the pub
lie. Mr.. Roosevelt has u larger per-
sonal following than any other repub-
lican Of his generation.
A political rapprochement. however
incomplete, between two such men is
of more than ordinary Importance.
Both are still young. both are still
vigorous, both have political courage
Of a high order. Both seem destined
to exert great influence upon public
affairs for years to come, and both
seem to be steering toward the came
port, although by different routes.
Mr.. Roosevelt believes in tariff re-.
vision. 80 does MI. Bryan. although
the latter would go further and re-
move the protective element from the
tariff.
Mr.. Roosevelt believes In the. federal
regulation of railway rates. So does
Mr.. Bryan. The plank in the St.
Louis platform demanding enlarged
powers for the Interstate Commerce
Compission is said to have been
framed by Bryan.
Mr.. Roosevelt believes in federal
licenses for corporations engaged IN
interstate commerce. So does MIR.
Bryan. He advocated it as long ago az
1900.
Mr.. Bryan believes in ultimate
government ownership OF public utili'
ties. Mr.. Roosevelt does not-yet.
But Mr. Roosevelt is mere nearly ir
accord with Mr.. Bryan on all these
questions than he is in accord with
the Theodore Roosevelt of few years
ago. The Roosevelt of today must
regard the Roosevelt of 1896 as little
} better than an unwilling tool Of plu
tncracy.
Is it likely that Mr.. Roosevelt viii
} some day support Mr.. Bryan fol-
president? That would seem like {
preposterous prediction. Yet Mr.
Roosevelt and Mr.. Bryan are certain
ly as cl'se together today as are Mr.
Roosevelt and-let US say-Senato
; Aldrich. We mention him merely a
type Of certain large and infu
entail class Of republicans. IF Mr.
, Bryan we're to abandon completed,
some of his haIf-surrendered 6nancia
, theories and Mr.. Roosevelt were t.
| readopt his own 1884 tariff theories
> what really important difference
] would separate them2
Mr.. Roosevelts' Indebtedness t
. VIM. J. Bryan is more than man
9 people realize or will admit 6ut j
I exists nevertheless. The platform o
: which Mr.. Bryan ran for the presi
t dencv in 1896 demanded the enlarge
ment of the powers of the Interstat
o Commerce Commission and such r.
g strictions and guarantees in the COZ
e troll of railroads as will protect til
s people from robbery and oppression.
z Four years later the Kansas Cit
9 platform pledged the democratic pla
f form to increasing warfare In n.
@ ton, state and city against privat
q monopoly in every FORM" It declare
8 to- ''publicity as to affairs of corpor,
It tions engaged in interstate commerce,
a and favored an enlargement of IL
j. scope of the Interstate Commerce Ia
q as will enable the commission to pr
tect individuals and communities fro
determinations and the public fro