The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-08-31
WIPE OUT
ALL TRUSTS
Bryan For Government Own
ership of Railroads.
WANTS EIGHT HOUR DAY
New York City Gives Nebraskan a
Great Ovation Would Bar All
Monopolies.
WANTS EIGHT HOUR DAY

NEW YORK, Aug. William J.
Bryan. the twice nominated candidate
Of the Democratic party for the presl
dcncy and acclaimed on an hands as
the nominee In 1905. sounded the key.
note of the next presidential campaign
In two remarkable speeches delivered
in and outside OF Madison square Gar
den TO probably the greatest audiences
ever assembled In America for politl-
cal meetings
Mr.. Bryan struck the keynote 50
sharply that Il will reverherate from
Moutauk point 10 the Golden Gate and
from Porto Rico TO Alaska for some
time 10 come lie took the most adj
vanccd and radical ground on the trust
question. advocated the determination
of private monopolies aud came out
boldly for government ownership Of
railroads. divided between federal own
ership for the trunk lines and state
ownership for branch roads lying with.
no the boundaries of a single state.
He also advocated an eight hour day
for laborng men. the licensing boy the
federal government Of legitimate cor
poratOns aud the reduction Of the tar
IN 50 as Ia prevent the fostering OF
monopolies He declared In favor OF
giving the president power 10 place on
the free list any articles which come
into competition with the products Of
Il trust thus making trusts as they
now exist impossible. In fact. Mr..
Bryan argued for the wiping out Of
the trusts entirely
Mr.. Bryan declared against Social.
ism. or the public ownership OF all
means Of production and distribution.
saying that he stood for indlvdualism
and the rights Of private property. He
denounced plutocracy AS menace TO
this government as great as the evil Of
landlordism In Europe and advocated
laws 10 curb the power of wealth
Among his remedies FOR this condition
he again proposed the income tax.
which has been declared unconstitu
tional by the United States supreme
court
Twenty thousand enthusiastic admir-.
ers of the Democratic leader heard
him enunciate these and other policies
which he hopes to see embodied In the
party platform in 1905. The radical
points of his address were uproarious-
~ cheered. the vast audience In Madi
son square Garden manfesting its APP
prevail of his utterances by plauditory
demonstrations which have never been
surpassed
So touched was Mr. Bryan by the
welcome that rs he stood waiting for
the cheers TO subside his eyes filed
with fears. ana he strobe nervously
from side to side of the narrow plat
form.
How can thank you for lhs wei
come homer he said. My heart
would be uugrateful If it did not con
secrate itself 10 your service. II was
kind to prepare this reception. II was
kind Of Governor Folk to come here
all the way from Missouri II was
kind of Tom Johnson. that example of
the moral courage we SO much need
in this country. 10 lend his presence
here.
1T was kind in you to fully recon,
pense me in being absent 50 long from
my native land. | thank you. re
turn TO the land of my birth more
proud Of my citizenship than ever be-
fore"
For eight minutes, while the garden
seemed to sway and shake from the
shouts and applause, Bryan strobe
nervously from side to side of the mar
row platform. only once again during
the entire evening was there anything
approaching such demonstration.
That was when the speaker told his
hearers that he had become converted
TO the cause of government ownership
of railroads
81 favor the control of only the trunk
lines by the national government"
said Mr. Bryan, and the ownership of
all other railroads by the state govern
ments"
In an instant thousands of voices
were raised and thousands of faces
were turned toward the side of the
building opposite the speakers stand.
where William Randolph Hearst sat
Three cheers for Hearst" was the
cry which swelled until the speakers
voice was drowned for Il moment
The reception. which was given I'M
der the auspices of the Commercial
Travellers Antitrust league, proved
really TO be the sounding of the Dem
ocratic campaign call. Mr.. bryans
speech was clear cut outline of his
Ideas as TO what the Democratic policy
should be The election of United
States senators by the people, regula-
ton Of the trusts by the government, n
universal eight hour day, settlement
of all international disputes by arbi-
tration rather than by resort to force
and revision of the tariff were some of
his points. Mr. Bryan declared, how
ever, that he was merely expressing
his own opinion and not attempting TO
forecast the policy of his party.
Mr.. Bryan declared that the trusts
were the great issue of the day.