Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-30
AN UNSAFE Orator.

William Jennings Bryan has won a worldwide fame
as fluent, apt and eloquent orator His personal mag
netsm is most pronounced and his gGbness of speech
and ssuvy OF manner win him strong friendship where
ever be goes A. popular candidate for the presidency
of the United States he has been exceed but while
the popuace applauds him and his personal friends are
most enthusiastic there rs disposition the part of
the sober mndeS conservative thinking people of the
|.oun to trust him with the responsibilities of esder
slip
This fact is easily accounted for He has advocated
the free silver here. with much ingenious ortory but
with little regard TO It's effects upon the business inter
ests Of the country He impresses the hearers by the
great seriousness and feeling that he puts into his speeches
but he has given much careful consideration or
real study to the he processes advocate His APP
pearance in ibis country after long absence abroad
has been accorded most hatterng ovation but he has
used his wonderful prestige solely exploit some of his
aew idiocncraces With free silver officially souelched
Mr. Bryan boldly refuses to acknowledge defeat and
boldly presents his advocacy of the government owner
ship of railroads With characteristic ignorance and af
r)nt he suggests that the national government should
own the trunk lines while the states should control the
various local lines, wherever situated This consrans
th' Gobe-Democrat to remark:
Where does William j. Bryan suppose the gov.
umCnt get the money to buy ont the 100000 miles
Of railway in the United States with their property az
Grcgatng $l6,OOOOOOOOO9 Has Mr., Bryan any clear
idea what Sl6,00OOOOOOO means7 Evidently not The
entire bonded debt Of the government at this time is
little less than $lOOOOOOOO To buy the railroads would
r~lrle sum of money more than seventeen times as
great the whole present interestbearng dbt of the
co1ntry. Who would take the $4,000 100000 bonds? q?
The discount which Mr. Bryan's party, when Buchanan
wos president compelled to offer to takers of few
million bonds trivial compared with what would have
to be given to takers of the bonds under the Bryanzed
railway scheme
Bryan talks about the abuses of the political ma
chimes Of both parties. Does he know that the railways
have 100000 employees, the voters among whom could
be added to the force of reaners which would do the
bidding of the administration at Washington He mourns
the of the few hundreds of thousands of dollars
which said to have been contributed by corporations
to the campaign funds of the two parties Is he aware
that the railways of the country have gross earnings ex
ceedng $2OOoO0OOO year, much of which would be at
the command of the party in power in the national gov
ernmen' The earnings of the roads in 1906 will be not
far from four times great the aggregate income of
the United States government Does Bryan think it would
improve politics to put this army of men in the con-
troll ia junta of politicians of either pary' Preaching
eloquenty of the pers of generalization of power in the
hands of the government at Washington he proposes to
increase this consolidation lengths never dreamed of
by CORNER presidential candidates of great party in the
entire life of the United States
Herein is exposed Mr. Bryan's weakness and his lack
# craftsmanship. He is willing to advocate anything
that he thinks will meet with the approval of the popul-
ace He has never given any solid thought as to how
hi1 pet hobbies might work if applied to nation like
the United States He is willing undertake any kind
OF experiment in legislation and trust to chance for
the Outcome ell is Grady to shake the whole fabric of
constitutional to It's very foundation and dis
rup The business of the country for the sake of pro-
noting his theoretical conceptions of the money question
and government ownership of railroads