The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-12
"SO SUDDEN"
 SAYS BRYAN Nebraskan Told of His New Popularity, DEMOCRACY AND SOCIALISM A Discussion of the Differences
 Between the Two. Says One Recognizes Competition as Le- gitimate While the other weaid Eliminate Competition by
 Government Ownership-
 The Beef investigation.
DEMOCRACY AND SOCIALISM

Berlin. June 11.--"This is so sudden" said William J. Bryan, with q laugh when he was told today of the adoption by recent State conventions of reso1u- tions favoring his nomination for the presidency of the United States in 1908.
 ""Th,s is the first announcement of this news to me-" MT. Bryan continued. T have been off the main caravan route for some time and have been absorbed in what have been seeing and doing
 Mir. Bryan had been moving so rap- idly since he left Vienna on Saturday that letters and telegrams for him did not reach him until today. As to the pos sibility of his nomination. he had lit- tie to say. declaring 1t is too early to speak of that question. but taking up the subject of the political reauirs- ments he said:
 Before leaving home tried to dis tinguish between Democracy and what can properly be called socialism. Den1- ocracy recognizes competition as iegi- innate and tries to protect the com petitive principle from attack. so- ciaiism sees competition as an evil to be eliminated by public ownership of all means of production and distrt- button.
 While this distinction between Dem ocracy and socialism should not be overlooked, the Democratic platform must be one of progress and reform and not merely of opposition to Re- publican politics or socfalistic Ideas. In our fight for the absolute elimina- ton of private monopoly and for the regulation of corporations in general 1t Is necessary that the party shall be free from any suspicion of alliance with the corporate interests that have been dominating American politics.
 Must Limit Contributions.
 "ro this end campaign contributions must be limited to those who have the public interest to advance. trust that public sentiment will require all parties to keep their books open so that hereafter no party will be under private obligations to shield corporate offenders.~
 Aliuding to conditions in the meat industry, Mir. Bryan said:
 The beef trust Is not different In character and methods from other trusts. The inevitable tendency or private monopoly Is to increase the price of a product and to lower it's quality. Why should any one expect anything else from trust than the lowering of quality when a monopoly is established. Observe. l have used the words private monopoly, not pup lie. In a private monopoly private interest is set up against those of the whole people. Quite different prin- ciple comes into operation when the interest of all is alone in view.
 Herman Rider. of The New forK staats zeitung and MT. Bryan had long talk today on the present situa- tion in the United States. MT. Bryan will leave here for St. Petersburg to- morrow and from there will visit Sweden and Norway. He will arrive in England early in July and will then visit France, Italy and switzerland. He expects to, sail on the steamship Prn- cess Irene from Gibraltar on August 22 and to arrive In New York on Aug tist 30.