The Washington herald., 1907-11-27

man with the uass kept quiet. FINALLY one of the
audience asked him why he did not join IN the cx-
precision Of di,aprroval. and he replied. Il do not
like this play better than the rest of YOU d..
I but an IN herr 2 pass. But II this play gets
I much worse n g. ont and buy a tickC, and come
back. and then viii hiss with the rest Of you.+
some UndemOcratIc Doctrines.
Here are four Dmocratic doctrines that he has
| not get iDdCrsd. and u1W LEI me call your attcn-
/ ton 90 some very uudem0cauc doctrines which he
has announced, Iu the first place, he faYcra the
rational Incorporation r rair,ads and other inter
I state commerce corporations. and this il m line
with his position that the Federal government can.
I Though a treaty interfere with the school system
/ o. California. The Democrats insist uIon the rccug
milton a the night n the State tn exercise its cDn-
siItuticnei authority its domestic affairs lie
| has recommended q ship subsidy which is so Un-
! democratic that II had the solid opposition q the
lCm0crdtlc party and the opposition al number 1t
Republicans from the interior states. He has advo-
Gated an asset currency which IS also UudemOdatc.
and he has manifested military spirit entirely cut
| ~ harmony with Democratic ideas aud Democratic
/ ideals Here four positions taken by him which
are UudemoCratic. and. / may add that the Repub-
hcan leaders have supported him quite cuthusias-
tcally iu all that was mdemOcratic and have op-
POSED him quite pCrsiStrutly whore NE was Demo
cratic. have lceu glad o. cmmard the President
where could and have criticzcd him where II was
necessary. II you ask me whether he Is a Democrat
! must answer that II would be unfair % him and
I unfair to the Democratic party tn call him Demo
cTat.
Democrat lin Spots
II vou ASK me II he is democratic answer after
the manner Of Peter Cartwright. the pioneer preach
1 a. Of Illinois. who when asked If hc was sanctifcd.
replied. Yes. I'm spots" The President is Demo
cratic IN spots. and while the spots not large
as they ought 10 De. OF as numerous as ! might
wish them, Democratic spot lCoks beautiful 10 me-
/ no matter upon whom see IT,
! / am glad 10 note the growth Of reform seuti-
ment IN the Republican party. Int the difference
between The Republican rformrr and the Repuhli-
stand-pltter Is Illustrated bv q story which ]
recently heard. man told me 0f a visit which
he made when n boz 90 a bscbwoOds neighborhood.
where the members Il certain sect stlll believed
that the earth stood still. After several had cx-
pressed themselves ca the subject one member was
called On who had Travelled enough 10 become skep-
tical the question. Closing eye and looking
wise. he said We'll she may move. b1t Il she
does She moves mighty LITTLE One Of the others
rebukej him ard said "Ycu fool She is either
standing stock stiii or she is going like hazes.
/ The Republican reforuer having Travelled a little
ara gathered inspiration from the Democrats is
willing % admit that there ought to be a little
reform, but the stand -patter is quite sure that If
We do not stand stock stil. We viii soon be going
ike blazes
Mr. Bryan then took up his subject and
proceeded to present the Democratic view
and the Republican view of government
i
| those who view government from the
standpoint Of the whole people. and Ham
/ i1ton representing those grom the stand
| point of those who deny the right and
the capacity Of the people 10 self govern
ment He showed how this difference in
the point Of view accounted for the po-
sition taken by different people on aues-
tions relating To the methods Of govern
ment He insisted that the Democratic
party looked at government from the
Jeffersonilu point OF viaw, while Repub,i.
can leaders were Hamiltonian and leaned
toward Capitalization.
lie next presented the Democratic and
aristocratic view Of society. saving that
the Democrat regarded society as con-
structed from the bottom. while the
aristocrat thought It constructed from
the tor lie said.
The Democrat bceJes that if you win only lens
late So that the ueapIe viii b. prosperous tbeir
prosperity viii be shared by the smaller classes tb,t
rest upon the people. the arist0crat believes tb.;
II you VII only legislate 60 make the weli.to do
D osparou-. their prosperity VIII leak through on
I those below You caanct make man admit tbat
he is an aristCcgat but son can rr0Ye II on him h
the ueW De takes z public questions When I v,ps
/ To- ascertain mans point Of view 7 tel him tht.
ftofr of Lazonls and Dives. II he is a Democrat
he regrts that thcle is an;oDe who is conpeJled IN
live on crumbs. and begins 10 devise some remsd4
that viii enable each enc 20 haze a table of his
ocu and not he dependent on the crumbs that faIl
from the table Of another II he is an .r,-oc-at no
sayE. What a lUc>y thing II was IazaruS thar
there was q Dires near. This is no imaginary trs.
Il IS a very practical one. You wip find that the
Democrat looks at public que tions from the stand
POINT Cf the masses and asks what Win be hest for
the people as s whole while the Republican leaders
I eulogHe the CAPTAINS Of industry ard regard the
employer sort of trustee o. whom the govern
ment should give an that is intended Tor the en-
plOycs
Nhy do RCp1bican leaders favor Capitalization ?
Because the sgcat corporate interests want % get
away from State legislation The Democrats belieye
that the government should he kept rs near the
people as possible and want Federul remedies added
10. not substituted for. State remedies.
Why do the Republican leaders prevent elective