The Monmouth inquirer., 1906-09-06

SJdtl0n. Mr. Bryan Aurrieu 10 JehSe.
City. where he made three addresses.
Speaks on Labor Questions.
At Detroit Mr., Bryan and his part,
were greeted by a large crowd. Nj
Bryan was received by a reception
committee and WAS formally welcomed
by Mayor Codd and Governor Warner.
In his address at Detroit Mr.. Bryan
said
Il believe in the eight hour day. ant
this is why: | believe that the laborine
man is justly entitled to it and thai
society at large would be better if he
had it, Give the laboring man shorter
hours and | believe forces will he put
to work which will cause him to make
IT, hest Of his time.
IN Chicago. Mr. Bryan made two ad
dfesaa Ia one of which he repeated
his Me- Yo2k assertion about the ne
@assity of reforming the senate and i'll
fhr other he defended. his recent action
a demanding the resignation of Roger
s ,nivaE. the Illinois member of the
Democratic national committee. Mr..
Bryan declared that Mr.. Sullivan's cor
polate co.,n nctions made it impossible
20. I'm TO serve his party.
NJ Eryan's Speech.
Mr.. Bryau's Madison Square address
WIS in part us follows:
Like all travellers who have visited other
lands. / return with delight to the land Of
more confidence in its government and
grateful to the kind Providence that cast
my lot in the United States
Our nation has lost prestige rather than
gained it by our experiment In colonial
ism We have given the monarchist a
chance to ridicule our Declaration of In
dependence. and the scoffer has twitted us
with Inconsistency. A tour through the
Philippine Islands has deepened the con-
viction that we should lose no time in
announcing our purpose to deal with the
as we dealt with the Cubans.
| return more convinced than before OF
the Importance of a change in the method
of electing United States senators. There
is noticeable everywhere distinct move
ment toward democracy in its broadcast
sense. In all the countries which l have
visited there is a demand that the gov
be brought nearer to the people.
In the United States this trend toward
democracy has taken the form of grow
ing demand for the election of United
States senators by direct vote.
The income tax which some in our
have denounced as a socialistic
attack upon wealth, has, I am pleased to
report the Endorsement of the most con-
sentative countries in the old world. |
am SO convinced of the justice of the
income tax that | feel sure that the peo-
\
ment to the constitution which will spe
authorize an income tax and thus
make it possible for the burdens of the
federal government to be apportioned
among the people in proportion to their
ability to bear them
Thus far l have dwelt upon subjects
which may not be regarded as strictly
partisan, but / am sure that you will
pardon me if in this presence I betray my
interest in those policies for which the
party stands. Our opponents
have derived not only partisan pleasure,
but also partisan advantage from the
division caused in our party by the money
question. They ought not, therefore to be-
grudge us the satisfaction that we find in
the fact that unexpected conditions have
removed the cause of our differences and
permitted us to present a united front on
present issues. The unlocked for and Nm
increase in the production
of gold had brought victory to both the
advocates of gold and the advocates Of
bimetallism-the former keeping the gold
standard which they wanted and the lat
ter securing the larger volume of money
for which they contended. We who favor
birnetalIiSm are satisfied with our victory
if the friends of monometallism are salts
fed with theirs.
Corporation Contributions Denounced.
The people see now what they should
have seen before, namely, that no party
can exterminate the trusts so long as it
owes it's political success to campaign
contributions secured from the trusts.
The great corporations do not contribute
their money to any party except for inn
munity expressly promised or clearly i'm
piled The president has recommended
legislation on this subject, but so far his
party has failed to respond. No important
advance can be made until this banefu
influence is eliminated
While men may differ as to the relative
Importance of issues and while the mex
congress will largely shape the lines upor
which the coming presidential campaign
will be fought / think it is safe to say
that at present the paramount issue il
the minds of large majority of the PEG
pie is the trust issue. | congratulate
he has taken to enforce the antitrus
law, and my qualification is not lessene,
by the fact that he has followed the Dem
ocratic rather than the Republican plat
form in every advance he has made.
There must be no mistaking of the issu
and no confusing of the line of battle
The trust, as an institution. will hav
few open defenders. The policy of tn
trust nagnates will be to insist upo
reasonable legislation" and then the
Will rely upon their power to corrup
legislatures and intimidate executives t
prevent the application of any. remedie
which will interfere with the trusts. Gu
motto must be: "A private monopoly
indefensible and intolerable,- and GU
plan of attack must contemplate the tota
and complete overthrow of the monopol
principle in industry.
The tariff question is very closely allie
to the trust question, and the reductio
of the tariff furnishes an easy means Q
limiting the extortion which the trust
can practice. While absolute free trad
would not necessarily make a trust i'm
possible, still il is probable that very fey
manufacturing establishments would dar
to enter into a trust If the president wer
empowered to put upon the free list art
cles competing with those controlled by
trust
Calls High Tariff Burden.
There never was time when tariff re
form could be more easily entered upof
for the manufacturers by selling abroa
cheaper than al home. as many of ther
do. have not only shown their ingratitud
toward those who built the tariff wall fC
them. but they have demonstrated the
ability to sell in competition with tn