The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-10

operation of railroads. Senator Dan
 iels says.
 1feregretted the declaration in favor
 of government ownership of trunk.
 line railways and State ownership or
 State lines. Our experiences in Vir-
 glnia in the matter of State partfclpa-
 tion were so disastrous and so burden
 some to our taxpayers that we are just
 emerged from the financial troubles
 brought upon us. and our constitution,
 by general assent has a clause which
 forbids county. of State subscriptions to pass In the future of the world no
 man may now read. but do not believe
 the people of this country. nor the Democratic Party is in favor of gov ernfneht ownership of railroads" Senator Bailey, of Texas, Is known to agree with his colleague from Virginia and is said to be preparing state-
 ment opposing MT. Bryan's policy It
 may be taken for granted that Senator Cufberson. of Texas. Is in accord with
 Senator Bailey. on this issue The two senators from Alabama, MT. Morgan and MT Pettus, refused to vote for inc rate bgll on account of it's cefi- tralizing tendencies. If they, regarded
 rate regulation as unsafe standardization
 there can be no doubt as to their atti- tude toward MT. Bryan's newest fad John Sharp Williams. of Mississippar
 the leader Of the Democratic minority in the House. refused to attend the
 knew that MT Bryan intended to ad- vocate government ownership and oper-
 ation of railroads The Southern Demo- crats who came to New York to well come Mir Bryan were practically unit in urging him not to commit himself and his party to this issue of state SO cialism So far as known. no Southern national leader of influence and repu- tation is wholly in sympathy with MT. Bryan's revolutionary policy, and It now seems certain that the Southern Democrats will present practically a
 solid front against It.
 This opposition is not the product of hidebound conservatism, for all these
 sue in two campaigns, Senator Daniel
 Chicago convention in is9s. which nom
 mated Mir. Bryan It cannot be success fully contended, as The Independent un- dertakes to do. that southern conser- yatism, with Southern love for the J n Crow car, explains the Southern frost. In the first place the South IS no more conservative on economic questions i than the East or North and in the next
 place 1t is ysry doubtful if the actual would materially change the status of | the Jim Crow car
 The simple fact of the matter is that
 Mr. Bryan's proposition is revolution. | ary and opposed to all the political l tenets and traditions of the Southern | people. They could not be expected to
 For ten years now the Southern Dem I ocrats have been more than loyal to Mir | Bryan. They helped nominate him in 1 1Sss,. They helped him keep the silver 1 plank of 1896 in the platform of 1900
 Their acqliescence made 1t possible for
 him to prevent the 1904 convention l from declaring the silver issue a closed l incident They were preparing to heln l nominate him agatn for President in l 1908. If he has now lost their suppori ] and confidence he has nobody but him. | self to blame
 Mir. Bryan returned from Europe to a 1 practically reunited party Moreover l 1t had reunited on him. Within six l hours after he had landed at the Bat l tery he had split his party wide open again. That was indeed peerless lead l arshfnf