The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-31

tnfOugn the great buiidlng. Nnen
Chairman Tom L. johnson in his intro
duction of Mr.. Bryan referred to the
guest Of the evening as the first citizen,
/ If not the first official Id the land not
yet the first official and az Mr. Bryan
arose the great gathering broke out in
unrestrained cheering, while the band
played, Hail to the Chiefn
There were several outside meetings.
the principal one Of which was addressed
IN the early part Of The evening BY
Representative Sulzer of New York. Gov
ernor Glenn Of North Carolina and
Mayor Dahman of Omaha.
When Mr.. Bryan had concluded his
garden address at a few minutes after
ten o'clock and appeared outside the
hall he received another ovalion. He
spoke briefly.
MIR. Bryan was then driven with Mrs.
Bryan IN an automobile directly TO his
hotel, where he was greeted by William
Randolph Hearst. The party went to
the receptions rooms, where they talked
for some minutes. Shortly before clev-
en- o'clock, Mr. Bryan, much fatigued.
retired to his apartments
Chief Points Of Bryan's Speech.
The unlocked for and unprecedented
increase in the production of gold has
brought Il victory to both the advo-
Gates Of bimetallism the former keen
ing the gold standard which they want
ed and the latter securing the larger
volume Of money for which they con
tended
We who favor bimetallism are salts.
fled with our victory If the friends of
monometallisni are satisfied with theirs.
and we can invite them to a contest
Of zeal and endurance in the effort to
restore TO the people the rights which
have been gradually taken from them
BY the trusts.
While men may differ as to the rela.
tive Importance of issues, and while Tie
next congress will largely shape tile lines
upon which the coming presidential cam
paign will be fought, | think il Is safe
to say That al present the paramount
issue IN the minds Of d large majority
Of the people Ia the trust issue.
| congratulate President Roosevelt up-
on the steps which he has taken Id en-
force the antitrust law. ana nv graft
hcation Is not lessened by the fact that
he has followed the Democratic rather
than the Republican platform in every
advance he has made.
The tariff question IS very closely al
lied TO the trust question and the re-
dnetion OF the tariff furnishes An easy
means Of limiting the extortion which
the trusts can practice
Special privileges and the use of the
taxing power for private gain these
are the twin pillars upon which pluto
aacy rests.
The high tariff has long been a burden
TO the consumer in the United States
and i is growing more and more men
ace to our foreign commerce because ii
arolises resentment and proyokes retaiia-
ton.
Rate regulation was absolutely neces-
sary, and il furnishes some relief from
the unbearable conditions which preyi-
cHsly existed. but we must not forget
that the ycsting Of this enormous power
IN the hands Of a commission appointed
by the President introduces new dan
ger.
Believing that the operation OF alt the
railroads by the federal government
would result in q Capitalization which
would all but obliterate state lines, /
prefer to see only the trunk lines oper
ated by the federal government, and the
local lines by the sevraI state govern
fdents
| am SO convinced of the justice of the
income tax that 1 feel sure that the peo.
pie will soouer or later demand an
amendment to the constitution which
win specifically authorize an income tax.
No reference TO the labor question is
complete that does not ineclude some
mention of what is known as govern.
ment by iniunstion. As the main pur.
pose Of the writ i to eyade trial b.
Jury, it is really an attack upon the jury
system and ought to arouse unani-
nous protest.
The struggle TO secure an eight hour
day il an international struggle, and it
Is sure to be settled in favor Of the
working mans contention