Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-17
REPLIES TO Mr.. SHAW
Free Raw Materials From the Demo
cratic Viewpoint.
LEADING BUSINESS MEN DIFFER
Sentiment Said to Be Hostile to the
Government Ownership Idea
Among North Carolineans.
Special From a stan Correspondent.

RALEIGH, N. e., september Inc en-
trance of Mr.. William ]. Bryan into the
old north state could not have been made
under more elaborate arrangements. A spe-
cial train awaited Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
at Greensboro to convey them to the capi-
tai, where they were welcomed by thou-
sands of people. The crowds that had
assembled while large were not equal to
those that are drawn here by the county
fair. Falling weather kept many people
indoors and made necessary change OF
the program for out-of-door speeches.
AT Raleigh Gov. Glenn welcomed Mi.
Bryan on behalf of the state and Senator
S.inmons gave him cordial reception In
the name of the democracy of North Caro-
lima.
Plans for demonstration on the capitol
plaza were partly abandoned because of
the rain, and Mr.. Bryan was escorted by
amounted guard and detachment of mill
tary cadets to Metropolitan Hail. where
he spoke to an audience of eight hundred
people, mostly ladies. Later he went 10
the plaza and taking the tariff for his sub
ject. in view of Secretary Shaw's recent
speech in this state, and replied to the Sec
retary's statements He announced that
ne would reply to Mr.. Shaw's criticism of
his theories on the government ownership
of the railway when he reaches Memphis,
Tenn. where Mr.. Shaw's speech was made.
'sPrince of Stand Patters."
Referring to the Secretary's invasion Of
the South as an advocate of high pro-
lection tariff policy Mr.. Bryan said: Mr..
Shaw is the prince of stand patters. No
one goes beyond him in denying that there
is anything that needs to be changed In
tI,4r l1xr- md
he came here to make tariff speech with
out promising any reform for the people
He proposed that the people of the south
should put on the secondhand clothing
that used to be worn by the republicans
of Iowa. He went to his own state and
tried to get his own party to adopt his
high tariff ideas and they rejected them
Now he is distributing those Ideas as far
away from his home as possible, and the
further away he gets from Iowa the more
hope he has of avoiding a reference TO his
failure at home.
Question Of High Tariff.
Mr.. Bryan then proceeded to reply to
n,r. Shaw's tariff speech in this state In
order to show that by his own statements
a high tariff is not necessary in order to
protect the American market from belng
flooded with European foods. Free raw ma
terials that have been advocated by the
democratic party would do that Accord
T.
cent tariff was all that Is needed to place
the American manufacturers on an equal
ity with those OF Europe. Mr.. Bryan's
references in his speeches TO the govern,
ment ownership of railroads has called
forth the enthusiastic approval here, as IN
Virginia. These approving cheers nave
special Significance at this time. To Mr.:
Bryan they signify popular aai,p appIo'ai u
1t Is all tending toward further -coml-
nence OF government ownership In the cam
paiSn and unless something occurs 10
prove to him that that policy Is not need
ing approval 1t Is likely that government
wonership will soon be nailed 10 the oehio-
crotic platform as an important plank.
Hostile Sentiment.
In spIte of this popular applause provoked
NV his comments on government ownership
there is among leading business men and
politicians in North Carolina the Sc &C hos
tile sentiments toward these theories that
has been voiced for Virginia by Senator
Daniel I have not found a single man or
prominence in business or political HE IN
this state who indorses Mr.. Bryan's rail-
road ownership ideas They tax IN priva. '
with much freedom on the mistakes they
believe Mr. Bryan Is making In dwelling
upon that subject.
They attribute the popular applause his
references to that policy has called forth
to the charm of his rhetoric, rather than to
the soundness OF his railroad theory.
Will Make Eleven Speeches.
For two days Mr.. Bryan will be escorted
over North Carolina In a special train by
Gov. Glenn. Senator Simmons and nearly
ALI of the North Carolina members of Con-
gress He will make eleven speeches today
and tomorrow. No pains has been spared
TO spread the news of his coming In order
that the people may turn out to welcome
him He is constantly receiving kilograms
pressing invitations upon him to visit vari-
Gus cities In the southern states. He has
now arranged to speak in Alabama, Louis
lana Mississippi, Tennessee. Texas and
Oklahoma and he Is apt to add other places
to his program. This tour will do much to
crystalize the issues that he Will emphasize
in the future. He is still firm in declaring
that he has not nailed government owner
ship" TO his platform, but only regards 1t
as an alternative and last resort in case
congressional regulation of the railroads
proves to be a failure. In his address to-
day Mr.. Bryan recalled that the North
Carolina delegation in the national conven-
ton of 1896 Endorsed his nomination on the
night before he made his famous Grown
OF Thorns'' speech, making North Carolina
an original Bryan state. After finishing his
brief speech in the Metropolitan Hail.. where
ladies framed nearly all of his audience.
Mr. Bryan went to the capitol plaza,
where the crowd was thinned out by occa-
sional showers. He attempted an address.
but was not able to speak al great length.
C. Z. K,