The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-06-04

late them. When 7 zee q man who
is constantly talking aga nst govoin-
n.ent ownership Of railroads believe
he is doing il for his own interests.
Well. We have not reached that ques-
ton. but We have reached the ques-
ton OF our railroad management and
I have sometimes fel. tempted 10 sug-
gest that the man b spends his lime
talking about the government owner
ship Of railroads could better spend
his time in protecting the masses from
the greed OF corporations Of today"
Mr. Bryan expressed his apprecia-
ticn Of the kind things that had been
said about him in his introduction
and said h was proud to be the son of
4 Virginian.
Il know there is no distinction"
- said. EQUALLY To being n SON OF
Virginia. but Il grandson comes next
10 it,"
referring IN Mr.. Lassiter's refer
cree to Senator Daniel for the pres
idency Mr.. Bryan said:
"I don't know whether my good
friend expected to use this occasion
to join in the nomination of the candi-
didate for president or not: I will say
this. that I join with him i'm the adj
miration ne has expressed for Vir-
ginia's great son and statesman. And
I have said time and again that sec
ton should not control the selections
Of our candidates. In fact, two years
and a half ago. at st. Louis ] second
ed the nomination Of q man from Mis-
souri,. ar cx-c~onfederate soldier. when
Virginia voted for a New York "a
And l have insisted that the time has
come when the democracy of the
union Should take in the whole union
and that its selection should be made
without regard to the state in which
q man lives.
Il appreciate the fact that a major
ity Of our electoral vote all come from
the south, but I don't want the peO-
pie OF the south to forget that a ma
jOrity of our democratic votes come
from the north. We have more dem
OC1dlS Ill the IlOIll llidH Eou nave
in the south and you must not be too
harsh with US h we have also the
misfortune of having more republican
voters in the north than OF have in
the south 1t is not that there are
too few of US: it is that there are too
many Of them-and l would hardly
be doing justice to the section from
which I come if I did not tell you
that it requires as much love of dem
ocracy tC vote in the north where
they defeat US as it requires down
here to vote, where they elect you. I
learned my democracy from Ii father
born in Virginia and it came also
from my mother whose grandfather
came from Virginia. And my only
regret is that my children have one
generation more of democracy behind
them than I ave
but lam not here to make a DEM
ocratic speech. This is not a partisan
OCCASION I have ample opportuni-
ties to talk democracy and usually
opportunities where the people need
talking to more tina you do. I am
here to join with you in the cumnem-
grafton Of Patrick Henry Day.
L enjoyed the singing Of the nor
thern air and then the southern air; I
am glad that We have double standard
music. Judging from the pulse of this
audience, however, l would say that
friends, we like Dixie up north. I
it was 16 to l in favor of Dixie. My
am going to reveal a secret to yoa.
The reason VIC were in a hurry to
conclude the val was not because It
was a costly " but because we
wanted to get Dixie as a national air
and not let 0 have it all to your
Selves
Wilmington Progressive.