The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-04-26
POLITICAL
Bryan Would Purge Party.

other speakers as the Democratic presi
Dental candidate next year, said frank
| ly that he had not made up his mind
whether he would be a candidate, OIL
not. but that in the near future he
would announce his position; then IN
the course of his speech he came out
squarely for the initiative and referer
DUN as the coming Democratic doe.
trine, holding that however 1t might
be retarded by some Of the eastern
Democrats they could never defeat it.
At this point, speaking In impassioncd
manner he said:
''The right of the people to govern
themselves is the fundamental Demo.
cratic doctrine. We may differ about
other questions. but If there Is man
calling himself a Democrat who does
to govern themselves l shall drive him
out of the Democratic party If l can,
and l may add that If the Democratic
party does not believe in the right of
the people to govern themselves 1t will
have no difficulty In driving me out
OF the party"
This was incorrectly reported In some
papers as being Mr.. Bryan's declara-
ton that he would drive some partic-
ular man out of the party, and 1t was
said that he had reference to Thomas
f. Ryan.
In answering the question how much
money a man could have and remain a
4. Il hos
his money honestly there Is no limit,
provided he Is the master of his mon
ey. but when his money becomes his
master he ceases to be Democrat. AS
to railroad rate legislation, the Demo
cratic leader said that all past at
tempts at regulation were worthless
because no one had taken the pains to
find out how much the railroads were
worth.
Speaking at another meeting called
in the interests of the national public
ity bill, Mr.. Bryan advocated that all
campaign contributions be published
before the day of election, with the
nothing be received later than. ten
days before the voting, and after cleo
ton he would have a statement pub
lished Of how much money was spent
Taft to Take the Stump.
To the Washington correspondents
the president 9eonfded the definite
statement that he would favor Secre.
tary Taft for the next presidential
nomination and that he would so ar
range affairs that Taft might take the
stump In Ohio this summer.
Anti Roosevelt "Conspirators."
Two men who have made utterances
unfricndly to thes administration haze
been spoken Of at the White House as
confirming the charge of rich mems
conspiracy. One Is III. III. Rogers, mate
Of the oil trust crew, who In publish
ed interview said that "the sentiment
of the country will have so crystalliZed
within few months that there will be
a united demand for the strongest con-
servatlsm In the conduct Of the govern
ment." The other alleged conspirator
Is Colonel George Harvey, editor of
Harper's Weekly, who delivered phil
lipic against Roosevetism at the New
York dinner of the National Democrat
ic club on Jcfferson's birthday. Papers
friendly to the president have not hest
tated to call Harvey the mouthpiece of
''the Wall street anarchists" calling at
tention to the fact that his weekly as
which he also edits, were financed by
J. +. Morgan.
What Colonel Harvey said, however,
was full Of spice He included Bryan
In his attack, comparing him along
with Roosevelt unfavorably to ''the
Hills and Morgans, who have opened
the great west to civilization and won
for our country the commercial SUI
premacy of the world" He character
lied the presidents declaration for his
successor as an arrogant and unprece
denied insult to free people, and his
cry of conspiracy as "the raging Of the
revolutionary instincts Of a lawless
mind" adding that the people were de-
luded by "the marvellous spectacle Of
blatant probity yawplng from the pima
Gle Of self appreciation" In sadness he
said he foresaw abandonment Of prin-
ciple In national campaign led by
two false prophets striving only to de-
termne which may raise banner
most attractive to the multitude" He
referred to the presidents "catsracts
OF twaddle" and his ''lava streams Of
invective turned on to wash away OBJ
noxious evidences of double dealing"
referring to the Hartman episode. He
appealed for one final attempt to join
hands with the conservative south to
blaze the way for the entrance of truth
and sincerity
Florida Against Negro Vote.
BY vote of % to 8 the Florida sen
ate adopted a resolution declaring the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
to the national constitution void and to
disfranchse the'negro in that state. 1t
was certain that the house would fol-
low suit and that the whole matter
would come before the supreme court.
Calls President Fakir.
James w. Wadsworth, former Re-
publican congressman from New York.
who as chairman Of the house commit
tee on agriculture clashed with Presi-
dent Roosevelt on the meat inspection