Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-31
GRAND RECEPTION IS TENDERED ID
 W. J. BRYAN
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 Investigation and report before any declaration of war or commencement of hostilities, it would find many na- tions willing to enter into such q con- pact. To take the lead in such q movement would establish our posi- tion as a world power in the best sense of the term.
 And what argument can be auvanc- ed against such action on the part of the United States? Shall we yleld to any other nation in the estimate to be placed upon the value of human life? l confess that my aversion to killing increases with years. Surely the Creator did not so plan the universe as to make the progress of the race dependent upon wholesale blood let ting. 1 prefer to believe that f was instead of being an agency for good, is rather an evidence of man sur render to his passions. ana that one of the tests of civilization Is mans willingness to submit his cOhtrovec- sies to arbitration of reason rather than force.
 Another subject connected with our foreign relation is that many profit able fields of investments gre now closed because the people of smaller nations are afraid that an investment of foreign capital will be made an eX- cuse for foreign invasion. Several times on this trip this fact has been brought to my attention, and l am convinced that for every dollar we could secure to American investors by an attempt to put the government back of their private claims would lose many dollars by closing the door to investment.
 Let me add that our nation has lost prestige rather than gained II, by our experiment in colonialism we have given the monarchist a chance to ridi- cule our declaration of independence and the scoffer has twisted us with inconsistency.
 My tour through the Philippine Islands has deepened my conviction that we should lose no time in an nouncing our purpose to deal with the Filipinos as we dealt with the Cubans. Every consideration, commercial and political, leads to this conclusion
 T return more convinced than be- toiS Oi NhS pol LII d SHGuSe the method of electing United States senators. In all countries which I have visited there is demand that the government be brought nearer the people. I am within the limits of the truth when I say the Senate has been for some years the bulwaTk of preda- tory wealth and that it eyen now con tains so many members who owe their election to the favor-seeking corpora tions, and are so subseTvient to their Nmasters as to prevent needed legisla- ton.
 'TThe income tax, which some in our country have denounced as a socialist ic attack upon wealth, I am pleased to report, has the endorsement ul the most conservative countries ia the old world. It is little short of a disgrace to our country that. while it l5 able to command the lives of it's citizens in time of war, il cannot even in the most extreme emergency compel wealth to bear its share of the ex- pense of the government which pro- tects it.
 ''I have referred to the investigation of international controversies under a system which does not bind parties to accept the finding of the court of inquiry. This plan can be used in disputes between labor and capital and in advocating arbitration of differ. ences between large corporate em: ployers and their employees, believe we are defending the highest interest of the parties to this dispute, ciz. the employers. employees and the public =c +o investigation it is not necessary that there shall be compulsory acceptance of the decision for full share of the investigation will in almost every case bring about settlement. No reference to the labor question is complete that does not include some of what is known as government by injunction As the main purpose of a writ is tC evade trial by jury, it is really an at tack upon the jury system and ought to arouse unanimous protest. 50 long as the meanest thief is guaranteed a trial by jury, jury ought not to be denied the wage earners. The ben effts of labor-saving machinery have not been distributed with equity. The producer has enormously multiplied his capacity, but so far the owner of the machine has received too much oi an increase and the laboTer too little
 Those who oppose the eight-hoUr day do it, I am convinced. more be cause of ignorance of conditions than because of lack of sympathy with those who toil.
 ''Thus far I have dwelt on subjects which may not be regarded as strictly partisan, but I am sure you will par. don me if in this presence I betray my interest in those policies for which the Democratic party stand. I have not had opportunity to make Demo cratic speech for almost a year, anu no one-nor even a political enemy could be so cruel as to forbid me speak of those policies on this occasion. Our opponents have derived not only parti. san pleasure, but also partisan ad- vantage from a division caused in our party by the money question. The unlocked for and unprecedented in. crease in the production of gold has