The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-16
BRYAN TO BE
The LEADER
Nebraskan AT Boston Hailed
AS Democratic Chief.
WIN BARRING ROOSEVELT
Claims He Was Beaten In 1890 BY
Fraud And Corporation Cam.
psisn Funds.

BOSTON. March 1G. 90 George Fred |
Williams, welcoming William Jennings |
Bryan at a dinner here. referred 20
Mr.. Bryan MS the acknowledged lead. |
or OF the national Democratic party" |
saying also:
$50. ten years OF our history have |
brought "a a public man surcr vim |
dlcauon Of his principles aud policies
saving perhaps the FIRST ten years OF |
the last century when the Democratic |
party took the place o. the fedcrallst
party iu our national politics"
Turning 20 Mr.. Bryan. the speaker !
said.
Il have no right. sir. TO place you IN |
the position OF candidate FOR Office |
uutl YOU have authorized u. but take
mo- undue advantage Of my position |
and believe I represent the sentiment
OF the Massachusetts Democracy when
/ say TINT the success Of our party |
rests upon your shoulders whether you
viii Il or not.
III President Roosevelt abides 10y his
refusal 70 become a candidate. no Re
publican. uslcss he be more radical
than the president. can prevent the
election Of William Jennings Bryan Ia
the presidency
Mr. Bryan was given a great demon.
stratlou. 100 those present standing and
cheering repeatedly Chairman Fee
ney introduced him a. "the foremost
figure la American statesmanshlp" aud
expressed his doubt II any Office which
Mr. Bryan might hold would make
him ans dcarcr o. the American people
After acknowledging the greeting
SIR Bryan referred o. the fact that
some people bad iermcs him Fan emo
tnual orator" BE- thfn remarked.
"Bot if ear nc ali 1 era on the side %
conservatism"
Taking up the accusation that be
was ihc author OF the Democratic pll;
FORM of is.si MI. bryan declared that
De- wrote hut little OF that platform
and deserved little Of the credit Tor
20. bui that be- had had more % DO with
thc platform of 100
Il think" asserted Mr.. Bryan. chat
n we bad had "a vote unpurrhnsei AMI
unIntImldaiod in isg ! would have
bocn cioeici hy on overwhelming ma.
joriiy"
he went on.
Il shall not discuss The amount ~
fraud that was pcrpoiraicd 90 isHi bli
wc had against us che largest corpora
tipu fund that WIS ever usi.i On cam
pnirn n man voted our Ticket be-
dld 30 hrcnuse b. beloved in u AMI
because De- had the moral oynrurc o.
d. so. ! would a thousand times rather
H. defeated candidate with the f5l
lowing ! had than bold an Office and
have 70 thank corporation and int.mi
dalton. II i better a. have run and
lost than never o. have run ~ all"
No one rcloiccd more than be- In the
vlndlcaiion that has come O. Demo.
cratic IDEAS. for dcarcr 10 him than
any Office WIS the triumph - the
things Tor which they had been hght
Ing.
"And I rejoice ~ much" said Mr
Bryan. that never lose an opportu
nifty 90 thank the president for what he
has done. The president was one Of
ms opponents. No one ever used
harshcr language than he did toward
our cause. Yet I want mo- man In the
community 30 anticipate me In hearty
commcndatlon Of anything be does that
believe i right DO not know what
the presidents attitude will BE- IN the
coming campaign. but Il Il certain that
he cannot take back what he has said
/ about our IDEAS.
'sTcn years ago they called our ideas
insanity. yet on no question that We
ever discussed have we been more Win.
dlcated than on our Idea that more
money would make higher prices aud
better times.
'sTho Republican party has been In
power for ten years. with undisputed
rule. n u has not done anything that
ought 10 have BEEN done n IL it, own
fault what IL the rcsultl We ind
the Republican party not 10 popular
today. The party has gone on the TO-
boggan slide. 20 that now IL has just
one man whom II regards ~ popular
enough n be- the candidate for presl.
dent Why Il u that the president
alone has escaped the paralysis that
has fallen upon all the rcstl There Il
only one explanation. and that Il that
his popularity Il due 10 his following
the Democratic doctrine"