Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-17
AAMEsW. j. BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT
Delivers an Grafton That VIII Be
& One of the ecs, Kind of Cam.
palan Documcnts--says Republican
: Party is So sIoatcd That it is
lifeless and Also Useless.
tBy Associated press.)

tBy Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan, 16.-
The Democratic Party is MS Eternal,
us Justice with Which II is Synony-
mouse: as lndestructible as Truth
for Which 1t Stands" was the key
| not of speech made today I'm
the House by Mr.. Sheppard of
Texas. For an hour and half
MIR. Sheppard held the attention
OF the House while it had under
consideration the District OF Column
bia appropriation bill. Incidentally
to his coming out for Bryan for
the Democratic nomination 1908, Mr..
Sheppard paid his compliments to
tho Republican party and espec.
ially to the stand patters." Speak
tally to the stand pat" principle of
tho Republican party he said: "Ao.
customed to 'limitlcss and perpetual
power the Republican party has
drifted into complete paralysis.
Stand pat is merely another ex.
;!!tt's.ssssioni for dry rot, Swollen with
the surplus of Office, corrupt with
the wine of power, dIstended with
the dropsy of corruption, the Re.
publican party dragc It's huge in.
Hated body across the halls of State
helpless among the trophies of the
past and before the problems of the
present ana the rctrlbution of tho
future, while its coward lips wall
out stand pat" stand pat.
stand pat. although the pillage of
The people never cease: stand Pat /"
although the wealth of the republic
is by e ruthless tariff law trans.
ferred from the millions who sun.
port it TO the masters who exploit
1t; stand pat" although the Repub.
iican party refuses to tighten the
tariff taxes which IT first imposed
as n temporary burden in the eyes
of war to double and redouble as
permanent tyranny In the eyes
OF peace; stand pat" although the
tariff law itself provides for re.
duction of its charges; stand pat"
although the enormous rates incito
tho antagonism of the world and
imperil our foreign trade; stand
pat" although Mckinley pleaded
from the door step of the grave
for lower tariffs: stand pat" al.
though patriotic Republicans OF
Massachusetts and Iowa unite in
the general prayer for less Cypress.
ion; stand pat" although our loft.
lest principle, the very soul of the
republic, the principle In the name
OF which our country was consc-
Grated in the blood and tears OF
patriots, has been abandoned in Re-
publican policies abroad; stand
pat" although the expenditures Of
the public moneys has become a
rlotious dissipation n wanton waste"
Republicans Are Helpless.
Mr. Sheppard said that 1t was
a curious and significant fact, which
he regarded as a great tribute to
the vitality of Democratic princi-
pies that the President and the RE
publican party, after receiving In
1904 the largest national major,
in American history could pass no
legislation except of n non partisan
or perfunctOry character in the Eff.
ty-ninth Congress and that the rail.
road bill, the pure food bill, the
meat inspection bill were non par
tisan measures.
He said: at is evident that II
effective rate legislation is to be
had, the Republican party must BIZ
banished from control The work
has only begun Roosevelt himself
cannot stay, though he unwittcning-
ly helped set the tide in motion.
HiT3attempt to secure popularity
with measures which Bryan and the
Democracy originated is like the
endeayor of pigmy to steal the
thunder bolts of love. Mr.. Sheppard
had something to say about simpli-