The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-09-07
BRYAN ON CAMPA|G
NATIONAL OWNERSHIP OF RAIL
ROADS TO BE ISSUE.
REGULATION OF TRUSTS
Revision of Tariff, Universal Eight
hour Day and Settlement of In
ternationaI Disputes by Arbi-
tration Also Included.

of w. ]. Bryan was made COM
plete when he was greeted in
Madison Square GardeA by a
throng of welcomers numbering
more than 10000. 1t IVES such
a welcome as seldom, if ever before
was accorded a private citizen.
Mr.. Bryan's eyes flied with tears
as he stood and acknowledged the
laundering welcome from 10000
threats. For eight minutes, while the
garden seemed. to sway and shake
from the shouts and applause, he
strobe nervously from side to side or
the platform. Only once during the
entire evening was there anything
approaching such a demonstration.
That was when the speaker told his
hearers that he had been converted
to the cause of government owner
ship of railroads.
81 favor the control Of only the |
trunk lines by the national govern |
ment," said Mr.. Bryan, land the |
ownership of all other railroads by |
the state governments"
Sounds Democratic Tocsin.
The reception, which was given
under the auspices OF the Commercial
Travellers Antitrust league, proved
really to be the sounding of the Demo-
cratic campaign call. Mr.. Bryan's
speech was a clear-cut outline of his
ideas as to what the Democratic
policy should be. The election OF
United States senators by the people;
regulation of trusts by the govern
ment; a universal eight-hour day; set
Element of all international disputes
by arbitration rather than by resort
to force, and revision of the tariff
were some of his points. Mr.. Bryan
declared, however, that he was mere
ly expressing his own opinion and
not attempting to forecast the policy
of his party
Trusts the Issue.
Mr.. Bryan declared that the trusts
were the great issue of the day. He
favored the closest supervision or
: the organization of corporations and
declared that no man should be a
: director of two or more corporations
which deal with each other or engage
in the same line of business. He
! called for the enforcement of the
criminal clause of the Sherman anti
trust law and the placing of trust
: controlled articles on the free list.
: He went into the question of the
= government ownership Of the railroads
- at length and declared that what he
had seen in other countries had
served to strengthen his conviction
on the subject He saw danger In
Capitalization, however. and for this
reason advocated the federal owner
ship of the trunk lines and the state
ownership of the local lines.
l. Praise for Roosevelt.
ie The speaker scored the Republican
congress for not passing the legisla
N ton urged by President Roosevelt
VI giving publicity to campaign contribu
le tions. He gave the president some
II praise, however, for what he termed
ID his adoption of Democratic ideas. MI
e. Bryan said he hoped the income ia,
u might some day be imposed through
W an amendment to the constitution
ID He referred briefly to the recent in
IN surance investigation, and said smil
ingly that he believed the disclosure
as made would result in difficulty II
y securing large campaign contribution
% In the future.
I'd Status Of Gold.
IS OF the financial question Mr. Brya
st said the unexpected and the unprec'
is dented discovery of gold had brough
a victory to both the advocates G
ne the gold standard and the advocat
of bimetallism.
THE Republicans have gained S
much pleasure and some partisan az
vantage" he said, from the dissel
-, sion in our ranks on the money que
a. ton that they ought not to begrudg
-, us the pleasure we find in the fac
~. that conditions have removed tn
,o' cause of discord and dissension."
Ss Discusses Socialism.
no The only discordant note sounde
!" during the evening was when M
Bryan turned to discussion of socis
/. ism and declared that the man WI
saws the trust is an economic growt
RS. and has come to stay is the one WI
Is helping the socialist. Some OF
Of yelled Three cheers for socialism
but the call was drowned in hisse
Mr.. Bryan quickly said: MY friend
cA- | have no objection to any man
rs. pressing himself in favor of socialism
w. because the socialist as rule is {
honest man. He is seeking what
OF believes to be a benefit. l deny tn
ker .ta tr,,st "a an institution necessa
DID. For a.ononic nurposes / deny tn