The labor world., 1906-09-01

'Po'csS personal character hut th,t
no Is and ever has been candid brave
and aggressively honest. and that to
oay few things arc 20 urrent,v d.-
manded Of tho great statesman who .ru
20 lead the people as incorruptfbil,+v
iearIessness and honesty. They L,ow
no is sincere and loyal to what he he.
'eVes 10 be the best interests Of the
people; that he places what he CON-
ce'Ves TO be tn right and the true IN,
tercsts OF the millions above the claims
or wishes OF any class or interest. In
o1ner words. in the bat tile between nriv.
''sse and the people. between the law,
iess trusts. corporations and hieh hnan-
ciers and the producing and consum-
ing millions. he will stand as a rock
Tor the peopl. and for honest Glenn
government administered along the
inns OF tho lvndam, ,ntal prlnciples
eruno1ated In the Declaration OF Inde-
pondence. They see that President
Eoosevelt quickly diaternink the signs
" mo times aud answering the swell
i:rs tide OF r:kh,:o - indignatio, =. has
taken up o7c hy cue almost all tn.
great fundamental demands made nv
Mr.. Bryan. and hccahAc OF which the
Neoraskan was donounc, d by the safe
and sane~ grof:.rs and thieves ,7ho
poseo as PROJECTORS OF law and order.
as IT anar hist. T. Socialist and a dem
agoEue. They also sec that unhuop,lv
the :reaident or .aimoet every issue
has In the: end either weakened, COM
promisd or surrendered. often when
victory seemed assured. as in the case
OF the Rate Bill. And the people are
now looking for a man who Is as thor
oughly under the compulsion OF moral
ldea'ism as was Jefferson or Lincoln,
and who has tho moral courage that
Will not be swerved by any sentiments
OF expediency from what he knows to
be right and has declared to be i'm
poltant. They are looking for a man
with enough sticking power and moral
stamina to stand as stone wall for
the peoples cause. for Justice, for civic
righteousness and clean government:
and In, Mr.. Bryan they believe they
have such man.
The people see now as never before
how hollow were the cries Of the GRIM
inal rich when they denounced, sland-
cred and abused Mr.. Bryan for advo-
eating the same things that President
Roosevelt ten years later declared to be
right and 1mperatively demanded
Moreover. the Investigations. municipal
state and national. that have not been
palpably conducted for the sole pur-
pose OF hiding the truth the time has
come for 4 general political house
cleaning. as nothing has been more
clearly revealed than that corruption
and graft are everywhere prevalent,
due primarily to the fact that the priv
tleged interests. the trusts, corporations
and great gamblers Of Wall street DOM
mate party machines and political lead
!, ers to such an extent that the gov
ernmsnt has ceased to respond to the
interests OF the people. whenever those
interests conflict with tho desires, wish
81 or financial accumulations Of priv
ileged classes. Now Mr.. Bryan. among
the great leaders Of the Democratic
party in whom the people have conf
dence seems today to be the most
available candidate. Hence the enthu-
siastic support which Is shown him by
the rank and nle wherever and when
ever they have an opportunity to ex-
press their opinion. .' r.
Mr.. Bryan ON Private Monopoly.
The men who are fattening off Of
the public utilities through shameful
special privileges granted by their
tools in office, and who suddenly rails
ed cry for Mr.. Bryan. have been
greatly discomforted by the bold stand
taken by the Nebraskan, and though
they will doubtless play their part to
tho end In the plot they have evidently
concocted, they cannot relish such
statements as the following given out
by Mr.. Bryan with his customary
frankness in Norway on hearing that
the monopolists, public-service exploit
ers and whilom safe and sane" leaders
OF high finance were vociferating for
him:
my position" said he, 'rs that a
private monopoly is indefensible and
intolerable. That was in the Demo
| cratic platform in 1900, and the plank
was incorporated in the platform OF
1904. and 1t is the only tenable posi-
| tion. There Is some talk Of controlling
the trusts. You might as well talk
OF controlling burglary. We do not
| say that men shall not steal little