The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-28

BRY an VIEWS
ON GOVERNMENT OwNERsHiP
soT RAILROADS.

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He States His Position and Says tn
Toaopoly is Cor'up in It's
Influences
In speaking on the gu OF Of GOV
ernments ownership of railroads NJ
Brysn Rsssd that two years aR0 tie 81
Louis convention relieved him of r,
s~ponBiblljty as a leader ard loft him /,
FREQ man, and he could say what b.
wanted to nay and do what he want,
ed to do sitnout feeling hurt by tn,
Democratic party. when I was
free" Mt. Bryan said, Ito expires.
myself i dsc,arsd I had reached the
conclusion that the railroad monopol,
was corrupt in lis influence on Amer
lean politics, md 1 wanted to fad on;
h relief for the people and have thf
railroads administered By the govern
nent for the people, and not by a fer
nagnatss who enrich themselves, anC
''be stockholders.
II have thought shout II sinoa Snd
| have made someo observations abr lat
and mYeonviction5 have bean iporeas.
ed, and yet the Other day wher l SAID
In NoWFYotk that l .tiI N~slinve wha:
[ said 1.-TWO years ago l believed, ]
found / was accused Of disturbing tile
narmony Of the D moo,atic party
One thing resulted from my utter
Snces, 1T relieved noe Of Como suspic.
ious friends l had III New York.
'F1rs INSTANCE, the @ was q Stand
ard OH attorney who lived In OhiC
aho bai come out and advncatad my
nomination. THAI embarrassed me
The next day after the speech in Nav
York y felt relieved to gee gu inter.
view from him, where he said the plan
va pteposterops, and some papers
Hare bsglnning 10 oome around, 1 fee}
| 3 breathe easy now since they
compliment me with their c.ihjcisme
instead9of embarrassing me With thei,
compliments While 1t relieved me
from the support Of Suspicious char
aoters, 1T aroused some fears in my
mind as TO my good friencs
MY fr'en is, I am still q private
oit,zans The people who say they are
Tor meSfGr president are not In q posi-
zion 70 give bond to confer upon me
1his honor which they would have me
|tijg.$ | am not going to wait two
years and waste two years of my life
and watt for the possibility OF a prasi.
dental election. No election could
..usGifssm me In keeping silent when 1
,hinklt ought TO speak on q question
Of national imp >ytarcs. (Applause.)
Il Have nos attempted TO force my
ideas On the country, l have been ac-
onSeds9f 1t. Some people have accused
ue ofslsstening the Chicago platform
on the Democratic party. You do an
tnJuattcs to Others who had 80 much
20 do With writing that platform
When he Ohios go @ invention was held
very rev pe2ple knaw much about me,
lfD. npleplurmfwas Written 10y
the Ct 30. / was not able to gel
n subcommittee room. When / ask,
I'd them to reiterate this plank on that
platform 1 did not ask them to stats
a ne@I6octrine that the Democratic
p&rty did not stand for.
Il cannot force things on the coun'
5ry even If | wanted TO; nobody fore
Cd 1T On me or even @ nvinced me. J
nave watched the corrupting Influence
of the railroads. l know something
OF how railroad Hobbies infest evory
State legislature and the national Gap
tt&l, l know how they have ccrturtet
CUR ttH 3ials, not merely the lesisJt
lures and executives, aud havp secur
ed appointments OF their employs u
judges when appointments werr made
In my state when we had tt,
Ght over the rate bill they o k
member Of the legislature on a sp" oin
engine and carried him cut of tn
State and he has ~ YER dared to return
from that day TO this.
Il had reached the conclusion tina
Instead of attem pttng the impossible
~, as l believed, Of regulating then
7ith this tremendous influence array
Cd against the people, 1t would b
better to re >gnizs the Inevitable.
Il said ultimately l believed thi
would be the solution, c~entraliz> ma
t'onal ownofshio ,, reser wing to tn;
8 ate the power Of attending to 1T
own Business, because l saw the dan
ger In national ownership, and 1 pro
posed the plan by which natiopa
'"IiohobiP ollOulo o6 IlllltCu W u lCN
trunk lines and leave the Others witt
the State In Or"ar that they NIGH
build up In the S "a power to pre-
t5c US from centra 2 ZION.
Il know q GOOD nisnv OF my friend
do not agree with me shall not diff
or with them One wru!e ne the othe
day thai he liked ny speech, that 1
va 80 per cent. good L can be 8
per cent. In my Democracy l wi
nearer approach perfection then s1m
ID mo0rats with whom l am aSsOois
ted In politics.
am trying to prevent central.z
power at Washington. Tne railfoa
8yst9m We have today II tho ooi.trt
Of a few men interested ia the elec,io
OF a president o%entrallzcs power q
Washington 100 times moro than th
plan ] propose. M plan leavea it t
the state, IL the State wants prlyat
ownership 1t Sal have private OWE
ship, II 1t wants public ownership
can have 1t. 1t leave the question {
be decided by the oommunity.n
Floating on % Plank.
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