Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-13
BRYAN IN. KENTUCKY
Nebraskan at Louisville on
 Southern Tour.
WAT1ERSOS HALLS HIM CHIEFTAIS
s'Our JurS fs the Nation, Our Proof Republican Records, Our Witness
 the President, Our Attorney M Mr. BPyan,0

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 ing the southland for the first time in two years, William J. Bryan was vel comed here with spontaneous gladness. He seized the occasion to read state
 ment in explanation of his New York speech on government ownership of railroads.
 Bryan's arrival in the city provoked Q great outburst of exclamation from thousands of marchers and other thou sands in the streets. His reception at the arInory, where he addressed 12,000 persons, was wildly enthusiastic. | When Mir. Bryan entered the hall on the arm of Mfr. Watterson there was a l demonstration that lasted ten minutes, thousands of flags waving with the surges of cheers that swept over the throng. As soon as the noise subsided Mir. Watterson began his address of welcome.
 Watterson pointed to Mir. Bryan and said: Here he Is. God bless him and give him wisdom" The audience yelled | for five minutes.
 MT. Watterson said in part as fol- lows:
 "There is but one paramount issue 1 for the next presidential battle, and that is the rescue of the government from hands that have mlsused and de- bauched 1t and It's restoration to the custody of the plain but sovereign ipeo- pie.
 ''The parties to 1t are upon the one hand standing army of trained poll ticians held together not alone by the cohesive power of the public patron age, but by community of interest as unyieldine as 1t Is minimizing, richly caparisoned in all the panoply of sue cessful war, and on the other hand the mass and body of those who hew the wood and draw the water and pay the taxes, undrilled, unskilled and widely separated, often groping In the dark, sometimes misdirected by divided counsels, always lacking the resources by which results are reached and dan gers turned, but never yet united ex- cept to conquer.
 II recognize as our chieftain in this approaching conflict the Hon. William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska. is'We purpose to reform. not to revo- lutionize, the government. We pur- pose to re-establish Democratic institu- tlons in the nations capitol. returning to. the voters what belongs to the vot- CTS. We purpose to drive from the floor of the senate those who sit there not as servants of the people, but as corporation counsel We purpose to drive from the floor of the house the speaker and his rules committee, who have made an autocracy of that which was created legislative body. In. a word, we purpose to readjust the lost balance between the people md their lawmakers.
 "Our jury is the nation. our proof the record of the Republican party. our witness Theodore Roosevelt and our attorney Mir. Bryan of Nebraska"
 Senator W. J. Stone of Missouri in- troduced Mir. Bryan. The demonstra- ton that greeted Mfr. Bryan on his en- trance to the hall was renewed as the Nebraskan rose to speak. Following his response to the welcome O great hush fell on the crowd when Mir. Bry- an announced that he would read a statement on topic which had been generally discussed since he had touch cd on 1t during his speech at New York" He then read his statement. which in part follows:
 'Tn my speech at the New York re- ccption made some remarks concern ing the government ownership of rail- ways and thought that had express ed myself 30 clearly that my position could not be misconstrued even by those who desired to misconstrue it.
 After quoting from tho Democratic platform of 1900 that a private mo- nopoly Is indefensibie md intolerabie' and after laying 1t down as principle that public ownership should begin where competition ends and that the people should have the benefit of any monopoly that might be found neces- sary I stated that had reached the conclusion that railroads partake @ much of the nature of c monopoly that they must ultimately become public property.
 This statement of my views has been assailed by some as m attempt to force these views upon the Demo cratic party and by some as an an- nouncemeut of an intention to insist upon the Incorporation Of these views In the next Democratic national plat form.
 "Iet me answer these two charges. I have tried to make it clear that I ex. pressed my own opinion. and I have never sought to compel the acceptance of my opinion by any one else. Reserv- ing the right to do my thinking. 1 re- spcct the right of every one else to do his thinking.
 "If you ask me whether expect the question of government ownership win be an irsue in the campaign of 1908 answer I do not if you ask me vheth- CT it ought to be h the platform I re- ply cannot tell unfil I know what the Democratic voters think upon the sub feet. If the Democrats believe that the next platform should contain q pisnk in favor of government ownership. then that plank ourht to he included IT the Democrats think it ought not to con tain such c plank. then such c plank