The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-30

There IS now a united Democracy III New Haven and in Connecticut For the first time in years we have a Democratic nnayor-and did not think it possible to elect one. In the last
 county election a Democratic sheriff
 won out. Two-thirds of the cities of Connecticut have Democratic mayors.
 We have simply to follow out what has
 been done and Connecticut will not be
 even a doubtful state, but will be in
 the Democratic column. If we com
 mence work right away we can give
 the electoral vote to the Democrat as
 we used to years ago. As for 1896 and
 1900, let the dead past bury it's dead. After the applause following Mir. Troup's address had died down, the toastmaster presented MT. Bryan. There was great ovation The as- signed subject of the speaker was 'The Point of View" and he said:
 T have lived in state where the democrats are in the minority so I
 appreciate the fidelity of those who have fought for the principles, wheth-
 CT there has been a chance for victory
 or not, You have gained the approval of your conscience and have shown moral courage, courage which proves more than anything else that man was made in the image of his creator l The greatest respect should be held l for men who have opinions which they will not give up for temporary
 personal advantage.
 T want to believe that Connecti-
 cut can be made into democratic
 state, and nothing could make me
 surer of the possibility than the faith
 shown by<Mr Troup Those who
 have faith enough to attempt to se-
 cure the impossible will succeed. T know that the kind of things
 which are said about me are not really
 about me, but that am like the moon
 shining by the reflected light of the
 sun of democracy. Generals get the credit while the privates die in the
 trenches.
 For wears have been trying to
 unload ideas. Senator Beveridge came out west and said that the president 1 Qlu IlliilES WnllS OlilN i didn't think much of this. but soon
 Speaker Cannon said the same thing.
 Then Governor Cummins made sim
 liar statement. So I decided to pleady
 guilty and Justify it. I used to quote
 democratic authorities, but now to be
 sure I quote the Scripture. Joseph
 was dreamer. He told his dreams to
 his brothers and they hated him. They | plotted against him, put him in a pit | and sold him. They had alraost for i gotten Joseph when a famine struck I the land and they had to go down 4 into Egypt to buy corn. They went
 down. There was Joseph-and he had
 the corn. It's all right to be a dream
 CT if you can produce the corn. James Boyle O'Reilly said: The dreamer
 lives forever, the toiler dies in day. Thomas Jefferson was the worlds
 greatest dreamer His dream was that every man should be sovereign ! and that no one should wear crown
 Some day hope this magnificent ( structure will be completed and will stand so high and large that with safety all the peoples of the earth
 can be protected under It. And I will be content that people shall say that I was a toiler and did what I could tc realize the dream of Jefferson.
 "The income tax has been brough up-the last thing expected, secre
 tary Taft, the heir apparent, as far a Roosevelt can choose his successor, l not in favor of it. He is not in favo of any good thing now-he is postpon ing everything. Roosevelt in his agi tation for the income tax is not sup , ported even by the man he has chose . for his successor.
 Arbitration between labor and cap ital is another idea Roosevelt ha adopted from the Democrats. He i doing this many years after the othe rarty has blazed the trail-and the Re
 publicans have refused to pass his biT "Mr. Roosevelt has not advocated tn , election of United States senator's b. ? popular vote. Three Republican con
 gresses have gone on record as favor { ing it, but no Republican conventions 'Even Secretary Taft admits that tn g tariff needs reform, but he prefers t 8 have the matter put off until afte t election.
 "One undemocratic thing that MT 8 Roosevelt has done is to move towar, . having the senate and the presiden : make treaty contrary to the consti : tuition Another is to say that th ? federal government can control tn l schools in California The nationa s incorporation of railroads is anothe t undemocratic idea. Another is tn