Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-11
Professionalism
To Be the ShibboIeth of the New
Bryan Movement
TO LAND THE PRESIDENCY
Distinguished Nebraskan Makes Some
Observations.
TO REPORTER IN BERLIN TODAY
Says, With a Laugh, "This is So
sudden"-outlines Democratic
Platform Needs in 1908.
TO REPORTER IN BERLIN TODAY

BERLIN, June 11.-'-This is too sudden"
said William J. Bryan, with laugh, when
he was told today Of the adoption by recent
state democratic conventions of resolu-
lions favoring his nomination for the presi-
dency of the United States in 1908. This
Is the first announcement Of this news to
me-" Mr.. Bryan continued. Il have been
of the main caravan route for some time
and have been absorbed in what / have
been seeing and DOING
Mr.. Bryan had been moving SO rapidly
since he left Vienna on Friday that let
tiers and kilograms for him did not reach
him until today. AS to the possibility Of
his nomination he had little to say, declar-
ing 1t is too early to speak Of that uues-
t1on, but, taking up the subject of the po-
litical requirements of the day, he said:
Before leaving home l tried to distin-
sulsn between democracy and what can
properly be called socialism. Democracy
recognizes competition as legitimate and
tries to protect the competitive principle
from attack. Socialism sees competition as
an evil to be eliminated by public owner
ship and operation of all means of pro-
duction and distribution.
Democratic Platform Needs.
While this distinction between democ-
racy and socialism should not be over
looked, the democratic platform must be
one of progress and reform and not merely
OF opposition to republican policies or So
cialistic ideas. In our fight for the abso-
lutte elimination of private monopolies and
for the regulation of corporations In gen.
eral 1t is necessary that the party shall be
Tree from any suspicion of alliance with
the corporate interests that have been
dominating American politics. To this end
campaign contributions must be limited to
those who have the public interest to ad-
vance. l trust that public sentiment will
require all parties to keep their books open
so that hereafter no party will be under
private obligations to shield corporate Of
Tenders
The Beef Trust
Abiding to conditions in the meat indus
try. Mr.. Bryan said:
The beef trust is not different in charac-
ter and methods from other trusts. The in
evitable tendency of private monopoly Is
to increase the price of a product and to
lower it's quality. Why should any one ex-
pect anything else from a trust than the
lowering of quality when monopoly is es-
tablished. Observe I have used the words
private monopoly. not public. In private
monopoly a private interest is set up
against those of the whole people. Quite
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 to-
day on the political situation in the United
States Mr. Bryan will leave here for St.
Petersburg tomorrow, 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 ex-
poets to sail on the steamship Princess
Irene from Gibraltar on August 20 and TO
arrive in New York on August 20.