The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-02
RADICALS IN SADDLE AGAIN Once More Cog olling Democratic Ity. W. J. BRYAyss ADDRESS
 Nz "Back to tN People" Theme
 of Kebraskan. The Guest of Honor and Principal Speaker at Jefferson Banquet
 Given by the Iowa
 Democrats.


 night at the Jefferson banquet of Iowa Democrats which was planned largely for the purpose of beginning reorgan- ization of the Democracy in Iowa. Nearly 300 were in attendance. com- ing from all sections of the State but the gold Democrats were conspicuous by their absence. At a meeting pre- ceding the banquet the plan for re- organization was adopted in the for nation of an Iowa Democratic club which will be extended into every county in the State; pledges will be secured from all Democrats possible to attend all caucuses and primaries of the party.
 Mir. Bryan was enthusiastically re. ceived.
 Other speakers were Jerry B. Sulli- van. Des Moines; John Dennlson. Clar- ion; Louis Murphy, Dubuque; and Fl |. c. Evans, Des Moines.
 Back to the people," was the sub ject of MT. Bryan's address. Back to the people," he said, "is the phrase that best describes the tendency which is manifesting itself in the nation and In most of the State. For a period of years the tendency was toward corpor- ate domination and the voice of the people grew weaker and weaker In comparison with the influence of mon eys put tuG ItuG HdS CHdHBGu anu we see evidences everywhere of a deter imitation on the part of the masses to assert themselves in the management of the parties and in the conduct of the government"
 In support of these statements Mir. Bryan cited the agitation in favo, Of primary law in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illi- nois. Minnesota and elsewhere. He cited further the recent action of q n f.y- l.. defying the Standard Oil Company anu the general agitation in favor of gov ernment regulation and control of rail- road rates and the steps taken by con gress to this end. Continuing, MT. Bryan said in part:
 Public sentiment is gradually crys< talking to the proposition that the people have right to have what they want in government and this, I need not tell you. is the Democratic posi- tion. To deny either the capacity of the people for self-government or the right of the people to regulate their own affairs and to deal with all ques- tions that concern them is treason to our theory of government and this treason Is about to be rebuked by a revival of faith in the people.
 This tendency to restore to the peo- pie their lost rights and to put them in possession of their own affairs Is not going to stop with the trust ques- tion or with the railroad question. It was extended to every Issue. When applied to the tariff question it will put an end to the system that has been in vogue for a quarter of century under which the manufacturers have been permitted to write the schedules and determine the amount of the col lections that they must take from the people through the operation of his tariff laws. The application of this principle will bring together the capi- talist and the laborer. Even the finan- cial question which has not only been overshadowed by the question of mo- nopoiy but has lessened in importance by the increased value of money-this question will also feel the impulse of the government, Back to the People.
 The doctrine that few f1nanciers can safely be permitted to dictate the financial policy of the nation will be overthrown with the overthrow of the doctrine that railroad magnates can safely be allowed to control the traf- fic of the nation, or trust magnates the industries of the country.
 The Democratic position Is being vindicated and the Democrats face the future with hope and courage. The last election proved the folly of at tempts to make the Democratic Party q conservative party or competitor with the Republican Party for the fla vor of the trusts and syndicates. The aggressive and progressive clement the radical element, if you please of the Democratic Party is again in control of the party. The Democratic Party Is again united and 1t Is united upon the basis of a forward move ment. As today organized. the Repub- lican Party Is under the control of the corporations. The reform element in the party is protesting and demanding that this leadership shall be over thrown. However much Democrats may wish to see the reform element in the Republican Party successful in It's effort to control the party, 1t Is in- evitable that the triumph of the re- form element must come by revulsions in the Republican Party as reform came through revulsion in the Demo- cratic Party.
 The Democratic Party has lost in three campaigns and the majority has today than 1t has been any time since the polls closed In 1892 because 1t stands upon solid ground and because events have been proving the correct ness of the position taken by 1t. The forces that are behind the truth are as irresistible and as constantly at work as the forces of nature which bring forth the harvest from the seed that is sown. and, sustained by the triumph of their cause, the Democrats are ready for the fight of 1908. Wherever in any State Republican reforms propose leg islatlon in the interest of the people they will receive Democratic support and the Democrats will thus prove the sincerity of their purpose. If through Republican initiative reforms are ac- complished, Democrats will share in the honor of securing these reforms, and if Republicans fail to secure re- forms the efforts made will furnish an education of which the Democrats can take advantage in their next appeal to the voters"
 Yosemite Valley Roufe. San Francisco. April 1--The Wawona route of the Southern Pacific to Yosem-