Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-01

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grcss and state legislatures. Mr.. Will
liams said that there were two issues
for the Democrats of today. one the
public ownership of public utilities as
advanced by Mr.. Bryan in his New
York speech, and the other direct leg
| 1slation by the minority contained in
| Gov. Garvin's resolution before the con-
ference. He was glad to see the rail-
road ownership question supported by
the man who was to make the Demo-
cratic policy Tor the next two years He
thought that if the Republican legisla-
| ton could be carried out successfully,
1t might make desirable a postpone
ment of government ownership, but
that the logical result of the Roose-
Welt rate policy would be TO drive the
railroads deeper than ever into an at
tempt TO control Congress and state
| legislatures"
He thought that the Bryan program
| would attract three classes Of voters.
which made up the majority of the
country, the labor element, the farmers
and the small tradesmen.
Mr.. Bryan spoke with great emrha-
! sis and during his brief remarks was
arplauded with vigor. He dwelt princi-
p2lly On the question of public owner
ship of railroads. which he said was
one Of the most important to be con-
sidcrcd by the party, although he did
rot hold il as the paramount issue. Mr..
bryan said that all the great railroads
and other corporations did was the
corruption of young men all over the
country which had allied themselves
| with them and not with the people. He
said he had lost track of important
| events which have occurred during his
trip abroad. but he was gradually find
| ing out what had been going on. The
more | hear said Mr.. Bryan. "the
more | am convinced that the people
are asking themselves if, after all there
| is not something more important than
making money"
NJ. Bryan said that the first thing
to do by the Democrats Of New Eng
| land was to make the Democratic
party trusted party and to put into
| the organization no men who would
| bctray the people. A man cannot serve
| two masters, he said, and We must
| eliminate the man who will not see
| that the peoples rights are protected
| Il am glad to come to New England
i although / never considered it an en-
| cOUraGing ground for the Democratic
party until this time. jefferson never
! considered it SO, neither did Jackson. 1t
never has been a breeding place for
Democracy in fact. l think, however
that there is a good chance now to pre-
sent the ideals of the Democratic party
before the people in such a broad way
as to appeal to them. which. if done
seriously. is our only hope Of victory.
Study the problem he concluded,
"anl we shall make our party felt"
After Congressman Lentz had con-
cluded. Ex-Governor Garvin was intro
pared an address to have been deliver
cd at the luncheon. but the committee
charge having decided that this affair
waste be strictly nonpartsan. Mr.
Garvin was invited to make his princi-
pal address at the Gren. This he did,
and was well received. He also spoke
briefly at the political conference.
Ex-Congressman George Fred Will
liams hurried over from the conference
in the Tontne hotel and addressed the
meeting on the green at the conclusion
of Congressman Lentz's remarks and
delivered a stirring speech which he
finished just as NJ. Bryan entered the
Mr.. Bryan vas introduced by Mr..
Hewitt during deafening applause and
held the attention of his big audience
for nearly three-quarters of an hour.
| He SPOKE in part as follows:
Il have found that the government is
to q very large extent an accurate re-
Election of the intelligence of a peO-
pie for where there is great ignorance
there is usually very bad government.
| Where the people are not trained to
| studies and do not for themselves I'M
| derStai.d the issue, they are taken adj
| vantage of by those that do under
| stand. And | have been encourage
that everywhere there is a tendency to
enlarge these specuations, for it means
that there will also be growth in the
government towards perfection.
| Now today the Democratic party
has a policy. The Republican party
does not outline It's policy as the Dem
Ocratic party does. The President to-
day is embarrassed by the fact that you
can search the platform upon which
he was elected with Il maSnifying glass
and you cannot find one single prom
Use of reform on any subject. 1t has
made the Presidents position difficult.
The trouble with the President has
| been that when he tried to do any
! thing he had to whip the Republicans
| into line with the Democratic plat
form instead of the Republican plat
| ford and the trouble with the Republic
motto is stand pat, defend what you