The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-02
PRESENTS FOUNTAIN
William Jennings Bryan at New
Haven.


Haven.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov BOWL.
liam Jennings Bryan received warm
welcome in many ways when he
came here on a double mission OF
handing over to the city marble foun.
tain erected through Request In the
will OF his friend, the late Phio S.
Bennett, and of addressing the New
England Progressive Democratic
league at It's annual banquet
The widow of Philo 5. Bennett, who
was one of the closest friends Of Mr..
Bryan, and of whose estate Mr.. Bryan
was executor. occupied carriage near
the stand with party Of friends, lis.
tened to the exercises and shook hands
with Mr.. Bryan at the close. Mr..
Bryans address was q eulogy of his
late friend.
The welcome was not bit less
hearty from the fact that he has many
times spoken here, and each of his four
addresses were well received by the
audience, which in total numbers
went well into the thousands. In adj
dressing the league at its business
meeting Mr.. Bryan expressed his great
appreciation of the work of the league
and said he believed that the time Is
not far away when the members will
meet to rejoice over victory won. and
he hoped TO be with them when they
rejoiced.
Mr. Bryan said the leagues name
was good one, as II stood for action.
In the Republican party there are the
stand patters and the reformers. The
former element is against progress.
The reform element is the life of the
organization, and, he said, he had no
doubt but that the reform element
will win within the party just as II has
won In the Democratic party.
OF the reform In the Democratic
party Mr.. Bryan said that 1t was grow
ing. He thought there was much hope
for the Democrats In the future. Poll
cies which heretofore were called rad
ical and dangerous are now indorsed
by those who formerly opposed them
The president is In part responsible
| for this, Mr.. Bryan said. He revealed
| the great reform element in his own
party.
In the next campaign, said Mr.. Bry-
an, the Democratic platform will be
| progressive, definite, positive and one
that people can read and understand.
I'VE have had in the past" he said,
platforms which read one way before
| election and another way after cleo
| ton. The people were betrayed. Now
| there Is an awakening of conscience.
We have not got to invent principles.
| Every situation can he met by the old
principles. Everything the party stood
| for has been indicated. Our princl-
| pies as a party have been indicated In
negative way at least by the party In
power. The signs all point to great
support of these principles.
A resolution indorsing the movement
for law compelling publicity of cam
paign contributions was passed by the
league after suggestion by Mr. Bryan
that publicity shall be before election
had been adopted. Mr.. Garyin of
Rhode Island offered resolution to
the effect that members of the league
in each state are requested to circulate
petitions to their respective legislature
for a constitutional amendment which
shall in effect provide that legal voters
equal to 10 per cent of the total vote
cast for governor may propose specific
or particular amendments to state con
situations, filing the same before cleo
ton, and if at general election such
amendment shall be carried by the
people the said amendment shall be-
come part Of the constitution of the
| state.