The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-13
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
 IDEA DISCUSSED BY BRYAN

unorranixed many. That common enc nv is the self same money devil. wno. falling on account of Gods bounty to eat us out of house and home throusn the impositions of the rooDer ta.,n' has now his attorneys abroad in the land telling the people we are goins to take the roof off and to tear away the walls, when, as a matter or ract' We are simply going to turn him out anu clean up after him.
 We purpose to reform. not 10 revo- iutionize the Government We ooI- pose to re-establish Democ,atic .ns. tutions in the nations capital, returning | to the voters what belongs to the voters. We purpose to drive from the floor of the Senate those No sit not as servants of the people. but as cor poration counsel. We purpose 70 urive | from the floor of the Houce the Speaker and his Rules Committee who nave made an autocracy or that Whicn va created a legisls tive body. Tn q Wora' we purpose to readjust the lost pal ance between the people and their law makers.
 "our jury Is the nation; our proof the record of the Republican party. our witness Theodore Rooseyeit; cur attorney. MT. Bryan of Nebraska Mir. Watterson's speech toucnea en the pent-up enthusiasm almost at the start and when at the close he pointed I Id MT. Bryan and said; Here ne is. l God bless him aEd give him wisdom ! the audience yelled for i've minuteA I MT Watterson finally commanded Hence long enough to introduce sena- tor Carmack of Tennessee. wno spoks | in part as follows:
 Senator Carmact< Speaks.
 Senator Carmack paid tribute to the .stalwart manhood and lovely woman- hood of Kentucky" dwelt upon the well l come offered to a man elevated oniy by the quality of his manhood apove other men, and said:
 But while all. regardless or party 1 unite to honor him as a man and pa | trtot those of his own political faith | hail him as the leader of reunited Democracy, under whose banner they Il are ready to renew the conflict with the | enemies of the people. It is connict | that will be fought if need be over ana | over again, until at last right snail nave | It's prediestined triumph over wrong | we went to defeat in 1S96.' the speaker declared. but there are some of us who still believe that we were right and that time has vindlcated the defeated cause; that while facts. un- | related to any statesmanship of the | Republican Party. have obviated the present necessity of bimetallism, 1t has demonstrated the soundness of the prin- | ElDlGH TOT WHICH w AO0eShSs
 "AEain in ls00.' he said. "the Demo- cratic Party met defeat on the great issue of imperialism, but our Philip pine experiment stands confessed as ghastiy and stupendous failure
 Reverting to trusts. Mr. Carmach said: The growth of trusts has been largely stimulated by our protective Itariff system Every indirect system 4 of taxation is favorable to extravaganza and corrpution, to tyranny and oppres' sion. William Pitt said that a compar. Il tativeIy moderate increase of direct tax. ation would raise a storm of indigna tfon, but that if you would only concea the hand of the tax gatherer you nigh tax a man down to his last rag and hi last loaf.
 Tt Is only under a system of indirec | taxation that a man can be made tC believe that he owes his prosperity tC the exactions of his government that h. is getting rich off the taxes he pays.
 "The public mind is fast preparing fol radical revision of our tariff laws Some of the Republican leaders havesbe gun to realize this, but they say tha the tariff must be revised by its friends We answer that the time has come wheI the tax payers should be taxed by hli friends. The rigid rule that taxation shall be only for revenue is the onl, rule that will protect the people iron that abuse of the taxing power whici has been the source of nearly all tn, misgovernment that has cursed man. kind. We cannot reach that goal at bound. but that nevertheless must b, the goal
 Rap At Railroads.
 There are other monopolies thar those that have their origin in the pro, tective tarin. One of the great sourcei of monopoly and oppression Is found 1T the conditions that have governed rail road transportation. Any man wh( pauses to reflect that there is practic ally no competition between railroadi and that the price of every article O. commerce and consumption is affected by the cost of railroad transportation whether 1t is actually transported ol not, must realize the necessity of eff fective government control. There 1. not government on earth which car wield a taxing power for the publi, treasury such as Is wielded by the rail road companies for private profit wher not rigidly restrained and regulated b! law.
 MT. Bryan believes with many oth. CTS that the country must ultimately come to government ownership as the only solution of this great question; prefer to think of that only as a last resort, after the demonstrated failure of all other methods. hope that lonr before public sentiment can be brought to approve government ownership il will have become strong enough tC compel a thoroughly effective govern
 ment regulation and control
 But we are told that the country has no further need of the Democrat, party. since a Republican President hal blossomed out as the foe of monopoly I would give the President all tn, credit that Is his due, but I must say
 that all the glory he has won Is meas
 ured by the faithfulne5s with which h, has followed the teachings of William J. Bryan, and compelled the Republi
 can party to fulfill the promises of th'
 Democratic platform. The very planl which we put in our platform for in. creasing the powers of the Commission
 was urged upon the Republican Con
 yention which nominated MT. Roose welt, and it did no: find there a single champion or a single friend. At n,
 time during his whole administration
 or during hls campaign did the Presi
 dent ever whisper one word in behal of this policy
 "On the contrary his campaign man ager was greedily soliciting and re ceIvIne contributions from every trus
 and law breaking corporation in m, Iand He dared not trust the peopl
 to sustain him In a fair and ope.
 light with the railroad power; and beg leave to say that the man wht cannot trust the people IS not mal whom the people can trust
 Cannot Change G. o. P.
 But. however that may be. neithe Mir. Roosevelt nor any other man cal
 change the character of the Republi rF.fk : r,-Hz el