Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-27

have something to say for ITSELF
Mr.. Bryan's Address.
Mr.. Bryan was the next and the last
speaker. He put his audience in good
humor by happy references to the demo-
cratic donkey as compared with the re-
publican elephant. THE donkey" he
said, rs really better emblem than the
elephant for party. This was impressed
upon my mind when 1 visited other coun-
tries. ] found that the donkey is resi-
dent of every country and that every
where he is serving the people, and that,
too, the common people. He is not an
tains of the west, the densely populated
| regions of the Orient. the fertile valleys
of the Nile or the sacred soil of the Holy
Land. you will find the donkey-patient,
persistent and always at work. The ele-
plant, on the contrary, is only to be
found in certain ATTITUDES, and Is seldom
seen except on dress parade. If greatness
Is to be measured by service instead of by
size or appearance, the position of honor
must be given to the faithful donkey. AS
the democratic party is becoming uni
versal party, and is everywhere justifying
its claims to the confidence Of the peo-
Fle by the service 1t is rendering them, 1t
is entirely appropriate that it should pre-
fer the donkey to the elephant as an
| emblem.
Theft Of Democratic Thunder.
After dealing humorously with the
charge that the republicans were stealing
democratic thunder, he proceeded to point
out the things which the President has
borrowed, the democratic doctrines which
he has ignored and the undemocratic
doctrines which he has advanced, saying:
The President has advocated railroad
| regulation. which is democratic doc
trine. but he has not gone as far as demo-
Gratis would have him CO. and the repub-
| lican leaders are not willing to go as far
as the President does.
| He has taken some steps toward the
| enforcement of the law against the
trusts; in this respect he has been follow
ing democratic doctrine. although he has
| not prosecuted all the trusts and has not
recently made any effort to secure addi-
| tlonal antitrust legislation. Here, too,
| the republican leaders do not support the
| Presidents position. The President has
| advocated an income tax: this is demo
cratic, but none of the leaders of his
| party has yet attempted to carry out his
recommendation on this subject and
Secretary Taft. whom he has designated
as his heir apparent. is not in favor of
an income tax at this time.
THE President has also recommended
arDltrat1on as a means of settling labor
disputes; this doctrine was taken bodily
from the democratic. platform, but 1t
seems to be as unpopular with the repub-
trines. Here are four policies which the
President has indorsed, which are dis
tinctly democratic, and which were being
urged by the democratic party for from
five to twelve years before the President
ever said word in their favor, and it is
a significant fact that these are the very
things that have given popularity. Surely
no democrat will find fault with demo-
cratic policies which are so just and
necessary that President of the opposite
party is forced to acceot them.
Some Doctrines Not Endorsed.
There are. however, several democratic
doctrines which the President has not
Endorsed. He has not yet Endorsed tariff
reform. although the sentiment Is growing
SO rapidly that Secretary Taft admits that
tariff revision is necessary, although he
yields to his habit Of postponing. and
would put the reform of until after the |
election. The President has not Endorsed
the election Of senators by direct vote of
the people. although this democratic re- |
form is SO popular that the House Of
Representatives has declared for it five |
times by nearly unanimous vote. The |
President has not yet recognized the right |
Of the Fflipinos to the promise Of ulti- !
mate Independence. although the demo: |
cratic position on this question has been
indicated by experience. He has not yet |
Endorsed the democratic position on gov
ernment by injunction, but In his last |
message he minated that it might be-
come necessary to restrain the use Of the |
writ OF injunction If the abuse Of this
writ, continued He reminded me Of the
man who went to the theater on a pass.
The play WAS SO unsatisfactory that the |
audience Kissed and heoted, but the man
with the pass kept quiet. Finally one
Of the audience asked him why he did not |
join in the expression Of disapproval, and |
he replied, i. do not like this play any bet
ter than the rest of you DO. am in
here on a pass, but If this play gets much
worse I'll go out and buy a ticket and
rest Of YOU
Undemocratic Ideas.
Here are four democratic doctrines |
that he has not yet indorseda And now |
let me call your attention to some very |
undemocratic doctrines which he has an
nounced. In the first place, he favors |
the national incorporation of railroads |
and other interstate commerce corpora
lions, and this is in the line with his /
position that the federal government can,
through treaty, interfere with the school |
system of California
THE democrats insist upon the recog-
milton of the right of the state to exercise |
it's constitutional authority over it's do
nestle affairs. He has recommended a |
ship subsidy which is so undemocratic that |
it had the solid opposition of the demo-
cratic party and the opposition of num-
Der Of republicans from the interior |
states. He has advocated an asset cur |
rency which is also undemocratic, and he |
has manifested a military spirit entirely |
out of harmony with democratic ideas and |
democratic ideals. |
Here are four positions taken by him |
which are. undemocratic, and l may add |
that the. republican leaders have sup
ported him quite enthusiastically in all
that was urfdemecratic and have opposed |
him quite persistently where he was dem
ocratic.
II have been glad to commend the |
President where 1 could, and have criti- |
cised him where it was necessary. If you
ask me whether he is a democrat, I must
answer that 1t would be unfair to him
and unfair to the democratic party to
call him a democrat. If you ask me IL
he is democratic, 1 answer after the man
rier of Peter Cartwright, the pioneer
preacher of Illinois. who when asked If
he was sanctified, replied, Yes, in
spots So
Democratic in Spots.
THE President Is democratic in spots,
and while the spots are not as large as
they ought to be, or as numerous as
might wish them, a democratic spot looks
beautiful to me, no matter upon whom
T see it.
Il am glad to note the growth of re-
form sentiment in the republican party,
but the difference between the republican
reformer and the republican standpatter
Is illustrated by a stcry which ! recently
heard. A man told me, of visit which
he made when a how To a hapkWoodS