The Washington herald., 1907-10-22

New York. Oct. 2l-winiam Jennings
Bryan rushed into town this, forenoon
from Washington. and before he quit
work for the day he had delivered three
speeches, one before school pupils. an
other before striking telegraphers, and a
third before a typical Cooper Union
crowd
Before he started in upon his formal
talking. Mr. Bryan unburdened himself
OF brief interview at the Hoffman
House. He said he was in favor Of es-
tablishing game preserve around the
White House so that the President
wouldn't have to so so far for bears in
the future. Speaking of Presidential pos
sibilities. he said that he was personally
not in favor Of a second term for Presi.
dent
Whether he was stiH in favor of a
first term he did not say. The local
financial situation led Mr.. Bryan to say
that our financial leaders were evidently
not our moral leaders.
Cooper Union was jammed to the doors
within a few minutes after the doors
were opened, and hundreds were turned
away. A great roar of applause went up
when Mr.. Bryan appeared on the plat
form in company with Augustus Thomas.
the playwright. and Tammany District
Leader James J. Hagen. MI Hagen
called the meeting to order and described
MI Bryan as the Jefferson of the
Twentieth Century" He then introduced
Augustus Thomas, who introduced Mr.
Bryan, explaining in doing so. that the
meeting was held n1der the auspices of
the Progressive Democratic League.
Makes TwO-hOur Speech.
Mr.. Bryan's speech lasted two hours
end ten minutes. Mr.. Bryan started out
with the general principle that the aver
age man was the man that ran the gov
ernment OF this country. Then he men
toned a few classes = men thai he put
IN this large and respectable class. When
he came TO lawyers the crowd laughed.
You remind me-" said Mr. BRYAN. "of
tale about a man out West who was
nominated at a convention for some office
as a lawyer. His friends at once saw
that mistake had been committed. and
they hastened 20 explain that he had
been a lawyer once, but mad been dis
barred
He went on 10 include some Of the
newspaper men among the average-man
class, and to give a wallOping to the rest
though he carefully avoided giving anv
clew as to which newspapers he referred
to.
TT is one Of the caIamities of our
time, he said, that so many of these
newspapers are owned by people whose
names can't be learned; that some, not
all. Of these metropolitan newspapers are
owned by men who hire brilliant editors
20 chlorofom their readers. while they
pick the pockets Of the public.
'One Of your newspapers. has asked me
for proof. but shall not at this time ar
tempt TO offer it, But I have sufficient
information to convince me at anv rate
that many newspapers are owned bv men
who use them for no other purpose than
TO deceive the public while the public Is
being exploited for their profit. This in
formation leads me to believe that the
columns Of many metropolitan newspa-
pers are for sale in this and other cities
10 the highest bidder"
RaPs United States Senators.
''The most popular reform now being
agitated in this country" Mr.. Brvan
said. was that for election Of United
States Senator by popular vote. tt would
have become a law long since, If there
were not so many men IN the Senate who
never could have got there if the peopIe
had had any choice in their selection"
Mr.. Bryan then reiterated his we'll
known views about the Democratic ideal
Of local self-government, as opposed IN
what he called the Republican princjnIa
OF Capitalization. He denounced the ac-
tion Of a Federal court in the railroad
affair in North Carolina, declaring that
the question was Gould Federal Judge
suspend State law before It had been
pronounced unconstitutional"
He denounced the Roosevelt plan for
national incorporation Of railroads. de-
claring II TO be the most radical sugges-
ton toward Capitalization that had ever
been made here since Alexander Hamil-
'oi 4@oUe MS proposal Tor a President
with a life term"
Mr. Bryan had a scheme 10 control
monopolies. 1t was that when a company
controlled quarter Of the total outnut
of any necessity, IL should have tn take
out a Federal license, this not 10 infer
fere with State control within the state
limits. No company should be permitted
10 control more than 90 per cent Of tho
output Of any commodity. Thus. he
thought, watered stock would be avoided
also.
Railroad rates, ne said. should be O. !
duced so as to give only a reasonable
profit This he defined as a return suf |
ficient to keep the stock at par on an |
honest capitalization.
Address to Strikers.
Mr. Bryan went 10 the Hoffman House |
rs soon as he got here in the morning |
There he was greeted by several men
prominent in the Bryan Democracy. He |
did not stay long at the hotel. but went
to the Dewitt Clinton High School. where /
he made a little talk to the public. The
main feature of his afternoon. however. |
was an address he made before the strik |
Ing telegraphers at their headquarters in
Clinton Hall
His speech. which lasted about half an /
hour, was an attack upon monopoIies. and /
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