The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-06-12
Nebraskan Reaches Berlin,
Where He Is Told of His
Wave of Popularity.
He SEEMS WILLING FOR IT.
HE GIVES HIS VIEWS ON MANY
LIVE TOPIcS-WILl SAIL FROM
EUROPE ON PRINCESS IRENa
AUGUST 90.
Publishers Press1


Berlin, June I1--"This Is so sud-
den," said William j. Bryan. with a
laugh, when he was told today of the
adoption by recent State Democratic
conventions of resolutions favoring
his nomination for the presidency of
the United States in 1908. This is
the first announce ment of this news
to me-" Mr.. Bryan continued. Il
have been off the main caravan route
for some time and have been absorb-
ed in what have been seeing and do
ing"
Mr. Bryan had been moving so rap.
idly since he left Vienna on Friday.
that letters and kilograms for him did
not reach him until today. AS to the
possibility of his nomination he had
little to say, declaring it is too early
to speak of that question, but taking
up the subject of political require
ments of the day, he said:
Before leaving home l tried to dis
| tinguish between Democracy and what
can properly be called Socialism.
Democracy recognizes competition as
| legitimate and tries to protect the
compe titive principle from attack. So
cialism sees competition as an evi' to
be eliminated by public ownership
and operation of all means of produc-
tion and distribution.
Must be Free from Suspicion.
| while this distinction between
Democracy and socialism should not
form must be one of progress and re.
form and not merely of opposition to
Republican policies or socialistic
ideas. In our fight for the absolute
elimination of private monopolies and
for the regulation of corporations in
general, it is necessary that the party
shall be free from any suspicion of al
lance with the corporate interests
that have been dominating American
politics. To this end campaign con.
tributions must be limited to those
who have the public interest to ad-
vance. l trust that public senti-
ment will require all parties to keep
their books open SO that hereafter Z }
party will be under private obligations
to shield corporate offenders"
Abiding to conditions in the meat
industry, Mr.. Bryan said: THE Beef
trust is not different in character and
methods from other trusts. The in
evitable tendency of private monop.
oily is to increase the price of pro-
duct and to lower its quality. Why
should any one expect anything else
from a trust than the lowering OF quail.
Iity when a monopoly is established.
Observe, / have used the words pri-
vate monopoly, not public. In pri-
vate monopoly a private interest is
set UP against those of the whole peo-
pie. Quite a different principle comes
into operation when the interest OF all
is alone in view"
Herman Ridder, of the New York
Stats Zeitung, and Mr.. Bryan, had a
long talk today on the political situa-
} ton In the United States. Mr.. Bryan
will leave here for st. Petersburg to-
i 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
Princess Irene from Gibraltar on Au.
: gust 20 and to arrive in New York on
August 20.