Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-23
OUTLINES
PLATFORM
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN SAYS
PRIVATE MONOPOLY MUST 90,
ROOT AND BRANCH
THE ISSUE FOR 1908
Democratic Leader Says It Is "sha1I
the Trusts Swallow America or
America the Trusts" In Interview
at TrondhJem-WlIl Return to Unit
ed States, Then to Australia.

Trondhjem, Norway. June 22.--Wil.
liam Jennings Bryan, who arrived here
yesterday to witness the coronation of
King Haakon VII, talked freely of the
political situation in the United States.
In his conversation Mr.. Bryan prac-
tically outlined his platform for 1908.
He said:
The next election will decide wheth-
or America is to swallow the trusts or
the trusts swallow America.
Private MonopoIies Doomed.
MY position Is that private mo-
nopoly is indefensible and intolerable.
That was in the democratic platform
OF 1900, similar plank was incorpor-
ated in the platform of 1904, and 1t Is
the only tenable position.
There is some talk Of controlling
the trusts. You might as we'll talk Of
controlling burglary. We do not say
men shall only steal little bit or In
some particular way. but that they
shall not steal at ALL
80 of private monopolies. 1t is not
sufficient to control them or to regu-
late them. They must be absolutely,
totally destroyed
Corporations should be controlled
and regulated, but private monopolies
must be exterminated, root and
branch.
| Now. you may call that radical
doctrine, yet 1t Is more conservative
to apply this remedy now than to
wait until. predatory; wealth has, by Its
lawlessness, brought odium on legiti
mate accumulations. What used to be
called radical is now called c0nserva
tive, because the people have been in
vestigating. The doctrine has moi
been making progress"
His Position Well Known.
1t was suggested to Mr.. Bryan that
some of the recent dispatches from the
United States described his views as
more conservative than the trend ol
prevailing agitation
II am not responsible for the phrases
used in regard to me, he replied, "but
am responsible for my position or
public questions. That position ought
to be we'll known"
Mr.. Bryan was asked what he
thought Of the prospects for democrat
! ic success in 1908.
i Democrats always are going to wiz
two years in advance, he replied will
a smile. When pressed for an opinion
he said he did not care to venture an.
prophecy.
Home, Then to Australia.
Mr.. Bryan declined to state his per
sonal plans and ambitions more thai
to say he expected to arrive in New
York in the latter part OF, August. H,
also announced that he is planning t,
go to Australia for three months afte
the November elections.
To Omit Money Plank.
Lincoln, Neb., June 22.-The Con
l moner today, in an editorial referenc
to the democratic platform of 1896 an
| the one of 1908. will say that "ancien
| animosities should not be aroused O
) factional controversy encouraged. TIL
l democratic platform of 1895 represen
) ed, as it does today, the real conserve
tism of the country The money que!
tion will not be discussed in deta
again, but the democratic platform fo
1908 will be written in the same spiri
, which controlled the men who drafte
the largely vindicated declaration {
1885,"