The Jersey City news., 1906-08-31

Wilen lie reached tne Victoria motel at
Fifth avenue and Twenty seventh
street the sidewalks and roadways
were blocked by struggling humanity.
His reception at the Victoria hotel was
itself remarkable demonstration.
Ovation For Folk.
The Madison Square Garden meet
ing was called to order by Harry w.
Walker, vice president of the CONNER
cial Travellers Antitrust league, which
got up the reception, and in a few
words he introduced Governor Joseph
W. Folk of Missouri, chairman of the
reception committee. Governor Folk
was given an enthusiastic reception.
No protection for monopoles is the
battle cry of our newborn lawgiyer,'' 2
he said. "But we want neither the
conservatism of stagnation nor the
radicalism of indiscriminate destruc-
tion. We ask the people to set up no
new gods
''This is not crusade against wealth.
Wealth in itself is not Objectionable,
and we have no prejudice against the
corporations which obey the law.
''We are on the threshold of the
greatest political awakening this ma
tion has ever known Within the next
few years the great industrial problems
now agitating the country will be
solved"
The governor presented Mayor Tom
Z. Johnson of Cleveland, who pre-
sided. Mayor Johnson also got a warm
reception and took only time enough
to make few remarks, after which
We presented Augustus Thomas, the
playwright, who delivered the formal
speech of welcome to Mr. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan's address was in part as
follows:
Like all travellers who have visited other
lands, l return with delight to the land of
my BIRTH more proud of its people, with
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 ridicuIe 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
F'ilipinos as we dealt with the Cubans.
l return more convinced than before of
the Importance of a change in the method
of electing United States senators. There
is noticeable everywhere a distinct move
ment toward democracy in it's broadest
sense. In all the countries which l have
visited there is demand that the gov
ernment be brought nearer to the people,
In the United States this trend toward
democracy has taken the form of a grow
ing demand for the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people.
The income tax, which some in our
country have denounced as a socialistic
attack upon wealth, has, am pleased to
report, the Endorsement of the most con-
servative countries in the old world
am SO convinced of the justice of the
income tax that feel sure that the peo-
pie will sooner or later demand an amend
ment to the constitution which will spe-
cifically 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.
Wants Labor Troubles Arbitrated.
l have rererred to the investigation of
international controversies under a sys-
tenn which does not bind the parties to
accept the findings of the court of inquiry.
This plan can be used in disputes between
labor and capital; in fact, it was proposed
as means of settling such disputes be-
fore it was applied to international con-
troversies. 1t is as important that we
shall have peace at home as that we shall
live peaceably with neighboring nations,
and peace is only possible when it rests
upon justice. In advocating arbitration
of differences between large corporate en-
ployers and their employees 1 believe we
are defending the highest interests of the
three parties to these disputes-viz, the
employers, the employees and the public
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 betray my
interest in those policies for which the
Democratic 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 united front on
present issues. The unlocked for and un-
precedented 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
bimetallism are satisfied with our victory
if the friends of recommendation 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 i'm
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 baneful
influence is eliminated and | hope that
the Democratic party will not only chal-
lenge the Republican party to bring for
ward effective legislation on this subject,
but will set an example by refusing to
receive campaign contributions from cor
that every contributor of any consider
able sum may be. known to the public be-
fore the election.
While men may differ as to the relative
Importance of issues and while the next
congress will largely shape the lines upon
which the coming presidential campaign
that at present the paramount issue in
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