Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-01

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the various state central committees pres
ent then withdrew and held a conference
with Mr. Bryan.
Crowd Cheered Hearst's Name.
While the delegates of the state central
committee were in session the open-air
meeting on the green was started. John
J. Lentz of Ohio was the first speaker
Mr. Lentz made some significant reference
to William Randolph Hearst, which was
received with cheers
"In ali the days of history. from Cfoesus
to J. P. Morgan" said the orator. there
has never been so good millionaire as
Mr. Hearst" Then he referred to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, saying:
He is the John the Baptist of the
century. preparing the way for William
When Mr.. Bryan appeared on the plat
form he received an ovation. Mr.. Bryan
spoke in part as follows:
LET me give you a rule for judging
party. If you have two parties and one
Of them clearly tells what it wants to
do and why, and the other party refuses
to take the people into its confidence you
can't decide that the latter party either
does not trust the intelligence Of the peo-
pie or wishes to take advantage of them.
The President and Democracy.
1.-THE experience of the democratic party
proves that the more clear we make our
platform, the more votes we get. Today
the democrats have a party platform. The
President Is embarrassed by the fact that
he can search the republican party plat
form with a magnifying glass and cannot
find a party principle to stand on. When
he wishes to whip the party into reform. he
has to do with the tenets Of democratic
platform.
1.-The only way you can stand with the
President Is to give him democratic
Congress to back him up. Take the tariff
To- fhar toon thof
point to a tariff schedule that Is to be
reduced and say his party will do so? No.
Why? The moment the republican party
tries to touch the tariff. the man who
makes q fuss. They know that they have
to hang together or they will hang them
selves.
II want to say in appeal to your con-
science. has not the protective tariff caused
a great deal Of corruption? Money collect
ed for campaign purposes guarantees that
the contributors will not suffer by tinker
ing with the protective tarfff. II a man
steals 500 he Is a thief, but IL he gets
81 100000 we are not sure whether he Is
felon or a genius.
THE rich men say I am an anarchist.
I say that they are the anarchists, and I
want to rid this country of anarchy by
putting rich and poor, high and low on the
same plane. I believe a private monopoly
Is an indefensfble thing. You can't find
any plank in the republican platform that
promises to squelch the monopolies
Corporation Regulation Impossible.
You can't regulate a corporation; they
regulate you. You might as well take of
the mask and declare that you are for the
trusts as to try to regulate the trusts. I
fear that our regulation of the railroads
will Immediately put the railroads deeper
into politics where they will feel that they
must have legislatures. the Senate. the
President himself. 80
81 feel that there is danger in centrali-
cation. Instead OF having all the railroads
turned over for the appointment Of officials
by Washington. / would have only the
greatest trunk lines in the land"
Mr.. Bryan then repeated what he had
given as his views on federal ownership
of railroads in his Madison Square Garden
speech. From that he turned to the rela-
ton OF capital and labor. He said:
'In this country II man dies he d.
vides his property and gives each share
Why does not he do like the republican
party does in treating the relation of en-
ployer and employee and give his estate to
an uncle. ordering him to give to the chill
dren what he thinks they need. The re-
publican party has thrown millions of dol
lars into the laps Of the employers and has