The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-09-26
BRYaN'S VIEWS
ON GOVERNMENT yNERSElP
Of RAILROADS.

ON GOVERNMENT VNERSHlE
OF RAILROADS.
Ee States Els Position and Says tht
Monopoly is Ger IN i It's
Ird Aence;
In speaking on the su' ct Of qcv
eminent ownership Of railroads Er
Bryan said that two years ago the st
Louis convention relieved him Of Is
sponsih!lity as a leader ard left him a
free man, and be could say what be
wanted to say and d : what he want.
ed to 90 without feeling hurt by the
Democratic psrsy. when I was
free" MI. B-san said, ito express
ayssl' I declared I tsd reached thf
conclusion that TIE railrosd monopoly
was corrupt in it's influence on Amer
icsn politics, snd wanted to foc out
relief for the people and have the
railroads administered b7 the govern
nent fer the people and not by a fs.
negnstes who enrich themselves, snc
Ehe stockholders.
1 have thought about it since and
I have made some obserVa ions sbroa6
and my convictions have been jno7eas-
ID. and yet the other dag TAea l -aic
in New York that I c.ill >slicv: wha'
said two yes.s ago I tell:ved, [
found I was accused CT ;s:urbi1g 5he
hafnony Of the Democratic party
One thing resulted from my utter
4nces. 1t relieved re II GONE suspic-
ious friends I had III New York.
F II iDstaDcs, there was a Stand
ard OIL attorney who lived In Ohio
who had come out and advocated my
nomination. THAT embarrassed me
The next day after the speech In Now
York I felt relieved to see en inter.
siew frcm him, where he said the plan
sas p-eposserors, and some pspsrs
were beginning to come around, / feei
I can bIeathe easy now since they
compliment me with their cTisicisns
instead Of embarrassing me with their
compliments While it relieved ns
from the support Of suspicious char
sctsrs, 1t aroused some fears in my
mind IS to m7 good frien5s.
s. Ny Is, l am still private
cit.zsn The people who say they are
tor me for president arc not in posi-
tion to give bond to confer upon me
1hts honor which they would have me
:; -. am not going to wait two
years AID waste two years OF my life
and wait for the possibility OF a presi.
dental election. No election could
Justify me in keeping silent when /
blink I ought TO speak on a question
of national importance. (Applause.)
II have not attempted to force my
ideas on the country, have been &C.
cuAed CT it. Some pecple have accused
ne ct fastening the Chicago platform
1n the Democratic party. You do an
.nju8tice to others who had 80 much
20 do with writing that platform.
When the Chicsgo convention was held
very few pc PIE knsw much about me.
TIE Chicago platform was written BY
Ghs committee. I was not able to get
n the committee room. When ask.
ID them 10 rejterste this plank on that
platform I did not ask them to stats
rev doctrine that the Democratic
party id not stand for.
II cannot force things on the coun'
try even II I wanted tc; nobody forc.
ed it On NE CT even convinced ne. l
have watched the corruprirg influence
of tie railroads. I know something
OF how railroad lobbies infest every
State legislature and the national car
ital. I know how they have corrupted
1ur faoials, not merely the legisla
turss and executives, and have sscur
ed appointments Of their en plcyes AZ
judges when appointments were mace
In my state when we had tie
tight over the rate bill they TO K s
member Of the legislature on q 5pacss
engine and carried him cut OF th'
Ssste and he has never dared to retu1r
from that Gay to this.
II had reached the conclusion that
ipstead OF atten pttng the impossib.li.
ty, as 1 believed, OF regulating them
sith this tremendous influence array
I'd against the people, 1t would b.
better to r;c.gcizs the inevitable.
II said ultimately I believed this
woulc be the solution, centraliz; ma
tiolal ownership, reseTVing to tae
State tte power OF attending to It's
own business, because I saw the dan
ger in national ownership, and I pro.
posed the plan by which nationa
ownership should be limited 10 q fe"
trunk lines and leave the others with
the State IL c-aer tbst they might
build up in the S. as a power to pro
tsc5 US from cenLra Z:ti0n.
II know g gooc na2y q my frienos
do net agree wife ne shall not Gill
ar with them Oos Htcte re the othe1
day that be liked ry spercn, that il
va: 90 Per cent god I can be 81
per cent. In my D nocr4cy l vii
nearer approach perfection hen some
D -mocrats with whum I am sssoc1a
Ted IN politics.
''I am trying TO prevent centr:'::zs:
power ST Washington. Toe railioat
system We have today II the c';ntro
IA few men interested in the slecsic
+ president csntralizes powar 81
Washington 100 times nors thsn sn'
plan I propose. Ny plan leaves 1t &
the State, if the State wants privat
ownership it can have private owner
SHIP, If it wants public ownership /
can have 1T. It leaves the question t
be decided By the community"
Floating on = Plank.
The capsizing Of the American
schooner Twilight and the loss OF 81:
Of her crew in the recent storm OF tn
Carolina coast Is announced In the fol
lowing message received at the nav