The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-10-04
BRYAN'S RALEIGH SPEECH.

One writer has suggested tina
the recent visit of Hon. William
Jennings Bryan to North Caro-
lima confirmed democrats in theil
faith and made republicans doubt
full. There is no %disputing the
fact that the presence of this
great apostle of democracy ha'
done incalculable good for the
praise-worthy cause he so ably rep
resents and democrats are natural
ly jubllant. They see i'll MI. Bry'
an q leader who possesses the
courage of his convictions aud the
ability to acquaint the public Of
honest conclusions he has reached
after years of close study and care
full observation. The Raleigh
speech wen many new friends and
admirers for the peerless Nebras'
kan in the capitol city and
throughout the state whenever il
was read Here it is sin a nut
she'll" says the News and ObserY'
or:
"First-The dissection of the South
err speech Of Secretary Shaw In de-
tense of the "stand pat policy" by which
he demonstrated that the principle oil
the protective tariff rs administered by
the republican party was solely for the
manufacturer and, only through sophls'
try for the protection of American. la
Dor.
Second-That the acts OF President
Roosevelt which have met With popular
enthusiasm and have left him the only
logical hope as q successful republican
candidate were none of them in accord
with republican principles, and none OF
them policies which were approved by
the republican platform. That, on the
contrary, each and every important
presidential action with respect to his
office or In aid of legislation was in &C.
cord with the repeated demand of the
party Of the opposition.
Third-That the republican party,
in the propagation of the idea that the
trusts and monopolies are the natural
growths of economic conditions, is
through its refusal to prosecute trusts
with the same vigor that the law prose-
cutes the ordinary criminal, by so much
the most powerful Indictment to an
archy; and, in its promotion thereby of
monopolies and the abuses which follow
theretrom Ia the encouragement of the
socialism Of which 1t processes to stand
most in dread.
Fourth-That, recognizing and for
long believing in the remedy Of govern
mental control Of railroads; he himself,
and speaking for himself alone as one
democrat subject to the will and
the opinion of the majority, had been
forced by the prevalence of railroad
corruption of politics and legislation to
conclude that the only adequate solu-
ton Of the railroad problem would rest
in the ultimate acquisition Of the trunk
lines by the government and of state
lines by the states.
he was particularly careful in his ref
erences to the question of government
ownership to repeat his Madison Square
Garden declaration that he did not
know what his party would think of his
views on that question. he emphasized
the fact that he was speaking his opin-
ion as a nan who was too honest with
himself 70 hope for adequate regulation
without ownership. when he had no
hope, and declared that he had q great
patience with those who differed with
hin in that respect as one who had for
long tried to hold differently from the
view at which he had arrived.
Fifth--He touched lightly upon the
issues Of Imperialism and colonialism
chsrsctOrizing the republican admins.
OF the Philippines as a failure
which, in costing money where it had
been expected to make riches, had
dashed the republican enthusiasm in
the policy as proYidential destiny.
The speech abounded in the Bryan
epigrams, and was touched here and
there with q fine Irish humor which
only once went 30 far an to tell a joke,
which, however. was 30 good as to bring
down the house"