Evening journal., 1906-08-31
: PRIVATE MONOPOLY
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Continued from First PAGE.

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The requiring Of corporations to take
out a Federal license before engaging in
interstate commerce Is simple
easily applied and comprehensive.
The tarin question is very closely aimed
to the trust question and the reduction
Of the tariff furnishes an easy means Of
limiting the ex,ortion which the trusts
can practice.
One Of the worst features Of tarim
for the avowed purpose of protec-
| tion Is that II fosters the idea that men
should use their votes 20 advance their
/ own financial irtorests.
Railroads partake 30 much Of tho ma
ture OF monopoly that they must uiti
mately become public property.
Believing. however. that the operation
| OF an the railroads by the Federal Gov
ernmcnt would result in centralizatior
which would al but obliterate State lines
/ prefer 10 see only the trunk lines oper-
atcd by the Federal Government, and the
local lines by the several State govern
n1cats.
Trusts are political development
rather than an economic one. and tie
trust system cannot be permitted to corr
tlnue. even though 1t did result in mel
economic cain.
SoeElism's weakness is that If would
substitute new dIsease-if not a worse
one--for she disease from which we suffer.
The Democratic party Is not the eneny
Of property or OF property rights; II Is
on the contrary, the best defender Of
both. because it defends human rights.
Plutoeracy is abhorrent to a republic;
It is more despotc than monarchy, more
heartlss than arstocracy more selfish
than Bureaucracy.
NEW YORK. Aug. alrwith wde-open
arms and with thunderous voice. New
FORK yesterday greeted william Jennings
Bryan. II was meeting such as no man
in private life ever had in this city b'-
fore. but the most ardfnt Bryan men had
20 acknowledge AZ was not the greeting OF
j. populace. but Of a party. Wherever
Bryan was seen. thgre his admirers
shouted themselves hoarse From s de
walks, WINDOWS and hcusetops the mighty
oar Of welcome followed him from the
eire he landed at the Battery at % M
uniI he reached the Victoria Hotei
where the greeting was turned Amos
into a riot
Spontaneous as was the welcome thai
t,ryan received. it was apparent il eam'
only from those who have loved him evcl
since he ran for President the first tint
and whose loyalty has never wavercd
They were on hand in large numbers, pu
they gathered only in certain sections. II
other sections. especially in Broadwal
from Twenty-third to Fiftieth streets. art
In Fifth avenue from Fiftieth to Twenty
eighth streets. more than half the GROVE
watched Bryan's carriage pass IN silence
though the rest tried TO make up for thai
Jack OF enthusiasm.
Worshippers and Curious Ones.
II was easy to judge the temper o.
the crowd. The greeting Of the Demo
Gratis was the expression of hero worship
the greeting OF the others was slmpl
that of the curious onloolSer.
II Bryan did not stir those who are nc
his political followers. he nevertheless 90
\ closer to the hearts of the Democrat
than he ever had before. The sight o
their leader almost set them wild will
n JOY. Their adulation found expression II
cheers. shouts of welcome, waving .
hats and handkerchiefs and inenectua
attempts to break through the polio
lines and, shake his hand. They followe
Bryan's carriage for blocks and whe
finally the procession reached the victcr
, Hotel and Bryan alighted. he became los
in a whirlpool OF struggling humanity. l
) took twenty-five stalwart policemen I
? rescue him.
Skyserapers' Windows Filled.
II was just p. m. when Bryan steppe
out of the little naphtha launch Of tn
Inini at the Battery. Thousands Of per
sons had gathered TO greet him. Ever
window Of every office building near IN
. pl1k was crowded with faces and whe
Bryan stepped ashore. accompanied b
r Gcltra and william Hoge. president 4
! the Commercial Travellers Anu-Trus
z League. the noise from river craft an
Z from the crowd was almost deafenini
Acting Mayor McGowan welcomed Brya
y in behalf Of the city. Then Goverac
? Folk grasped Bryan's hand and the w
I ciatted for a moment Tom" TaggaI
also stepped up to Bryan, but fl was OF
served the Democratic leaders acknow
cdement Of Taggarts greeting wa
3 frosty.
Bryan's welcome at the Battery wa
r noisy and prolonged. As the processia
started up Broadway truckmon left the
trucks. laborers threw down their tool
Z store Keepers jumped from behind thsi
counters ana all rushed 10 greet the ma
whom Il was plain they loved. Cheer
went mp from windows in office building
and near Wall street Tong strings
: stock-ticSer tape were sent flying 10 "a
cir Brokers. bankers. lawyers and other
with offices in the Wall Street dlstuS
greeted Bryan warmly, but in the w5ol.
sale district his reception was not Z
Il warm. The procession went up Broadwl
1 I 10 Fiftioth street, then over to Fifth av,
nue.. ana down that thoroughfare I
T'weniy-seventh street. where Bryan Ct
tered the Victoria.
\ No Uptown Street Crowds.
In upper Broadway and Fifth avenu
there was practically no crowd waiting ;
receive the Democratic leader except nea
the N'c,oria. Those who cheered hii
4 were ncIsons who were passing. and. ac,
i, my .hc procession come along. stcpre
IA and saluted the central figure n
,l psmocrats in the carriages behind Brya
IS did not even attract passing notice. "
I even an automobile, In which sat Mr
r. Urvur and her laurhfor evo1ra1 e, o.