The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
1t lis the Burden Bearer of the
World.
ROOSEVELT ALL RIGHT
AS Far as He Goes, But That is
Not Far Enough.
Refers to Taft as a PrOcrasti-
natOr in Politics.

| Bryan was last night rendered a BAN
quet and reception by 1.-The United
Democracy of the District of Column
| bia.' Five hundred Democrats par
| took of the three dollar dinner and
more than double that number parti-
cipated in the reception and feast of
oratory which followed. While the
| ca pacity of the Raleigh hotel banquet
| hall placed limit on the attendance,
the lid" was completely off as to en-
| thusiasm and the long speech of Mr..
Bryan, like the half dozen shorter
ones in his praise which preceded II,
afforded opportunity for repeated and
continuous demonstrations of politicai
accord and personal regard for the
guest Of honor.
Mr.. Bryan's subject was 1.-The Point
of View" and his speech consisted of
Illustrations of the differences in the
point of view from which questions
are examined. Before taking up the
serious presentation of this subject he
referred to some of the remarks made
by the preceding speakers and apro-
pos of Mr.. Hagan's suggestion that
Tammany tigers would make better
play things for children than Teddy
Bears he said that party emblems, as
well political toys. had their places,
and he spoke a word in defense of the
Democrat donkey.
1.-The Donkey he said, sis really a
a party. This was impressed upon my
mind when I visited other countries.
found that the donkey is a resident
of every country and that everywhere
he is serving the people and that, too,
the common people. He is not an aris-
tocrat. Whether you visit the noun
tains of the west, the densely populat-
ed regions of the Orient, the fertile
valleys of the Nile or the soil of the
Holy Land you Will find the donkey
patient persistent and always at work.
The elephant 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 SER
vice instead of by size or appearance
the position of honor must be given to
the faithful donkey. AS the Demo-
party and is everywhere justifying its
claims to the confidence of the peo-
pie by the service it is rendering 1t is
entirely appropriate that it should
prefer the donkey to the elephant for
an emblem
Stealing Democrat Thunder.
After dealing humorously with the
charge that the Republicans were steal
ing Democratic thunder he proceeded
to point out the things which the presi-
dent has borrowed, the Democratic doc
trine which he has ignored, and the I'M
Democratic doctrines which he has adj
vanced, saying THE president has ad-
vocated railroad regulation, which is
Democratic doctrine but he has not
gone as far as Democrats would have
him go, and the Republican leaders are
not willing to go as far as the presi-
dent does. He has taken some steps
toward the enforcement of the law
against trusts. In this respect he has
been following Democratic doctrine, al
though he has not prosecuted all the
trusts and has not recently made any
effort for antitrust legislation. Here,
too, the Republican leaders don't sup
L., -
ident had advocated an income tax;
this is Democratic. but none of the
leaders of his party have yet attempt
ed to carry out his recommendations on
this subject and Secretary Taft, whom
he has designated his heir apparent,
is not in favor of an income tax at this
time. The president has also recon-
mended arbitration as means of set
Ting labor disputes. This doctrine was
taken bodily from the Democratic plat
form, but 1t seems to be as unpopular
with the Republican leaders as other
Democratic doctrines
Here are four policies which the
president has indorsed which are dis
tinctly Democratic and which were be-
ing urged by the Democratic party for
from to IL years before the president
ever said a word in their favor and it
is a significant fact that they are the
very things that have given him pop
ularity. Surely no Democrat will find
fault with Democratic policies which
are so just and necessary that a preSi-
dent of the opposite party is forced to
accept them.
What Roosevelt Left.
There are however, several Demo-
crat doctrines which the president has
not indorsed 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 post
wOu1d he n
until after the election. The president
has not Endorsed the election of sena-
tors by direct vote of the people al
though this Democratic reform is SC
popular that the house of representa-
tives has declared for 1T five times by
a nearly unanimous vote. The presi-
dent has not recognized the right Of
the FilipinoS to the promise of ulti-
mate independence although the DEM
ocrat position on this question has
been indicated by experience. He has
not yet Endorsed the Democratic po-
sition on government by injunction,
but in his last message he intimated
that it might become necessary to re-
strain the use of 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 it was Missed,
but the man with the pass kept quiet.
Finally one Of the audience asked him
why he did not join in and he replied:
'I do not like this play any more than
the rest of you do. 1 am in here on
a pass, but if this play gets much
worse I'll go out and buy ticket and
come back and then 1 will hiss with
the rest of you.''
Here are four Democrat doctrines
that he has not yet indorsed and now
let me call your attention to some very
undemocratic doctrines which he has
announced. In the first place, he IA
vors the national incorporation of rail-
roads and other interstate commerce
corporations, and this is in line with
his position that the federal govern