Evening star., 1908-01-22
PLEADS FOR BECKHAM
BRYAN SAYS HE VOTED FOR
PARKER UNWILLINGLY.

FRANKFORT, Ky. January 22-The
climax of w J. Bryan's visit to Frank
fort was reached yesterday afternoon
when he spoke to the democratic men,
bers of the legislature behind closed doors,
advocating the election of former Gov.
Beckham as United States senator. Mr..
Bryan said neither Gov Beckham nor
| anybody else had invited him to Frank
| fort.
| He declared he had 70 fears for him
self. He said he was told in the Goebel
| campaign that he might hurt himself if
he came to Kentucky.
Il am not afraid of hurting myself when
the interests of the democratic party are
at stake said Mr. Bryan
Il might be candidate this year" he
said. Il do not know. Only two dele
gates have been elected and they have
been instructed for me. but they are not
enough to elect me- If what I say here
sufficient bribe to keep my mouth closed.
| l am in the habit of saying what l think" ;"
He said he had come to Kentucky not
for Beckham, but for the democratic
were the nominee for senator he would
be here speaking for McCreary.
Sees Democratic Election Chances
L
lieve the democratic party has a good
chance to be elected this year. i do not
know who the democratic standard
bearer may be, but l know that it takes
a democratic Senate ard House to up
hold the President. I do not want to be
President simply to sit In a chair. but
to do something for the people.
'AI the popularity of the republican
President has come from the adoption of
democratic principles and reform. We
cannot rely much on republican senator's.
We may get this House, but 1t will require
an overwhelming victory to get the Sem
ate. am hopeful we may make enough
gains to secure the Senate for democratic
reform. On the vote of one senator may
rest the fate of democratic principles.
For a generation we have had q gov
ernment under corporate control. This
government was sold to the highest bid
der. and since that time saturn allan
feast has existed at Washington. The
only relief is democratic triumph this
fall; not only the White House, but also
the House and Senate.
Faces Great Responsibility.
'"The legislature of Kentucky faces a
great responsibility, and should arise to
the occasion and elect democratic sena-
tor, on whose vote the deliyerance may
rest
be allowed to figure in politics.; that it
was wrong for democrats to refuse to
support men just because they did not
want them. He said in 1904 he took his
medicine in Parker. Parker was the man
above all others he did not want but"
declared Bryan. "he stood for more de-
mocracy than the republicans did, and
l accepted him and did what 1 could
for him. Give me bitter enemy. and if
he stands for the same things I stand
for, / will do more for him than his best
friend
Mr.. Bryan said:
The embezzlement of power is as great
crime as the embezzlement of money"
Mr.. Bryan was referring to the man
who Is elected to legislative body and
then votes against the wishes of the peo-
pie who sent him. II hope the time will
come. he said. when such betrayers
will be whipped from power.
Conscientious Legislators.
Mr.. Bryan decla -ed that legislators who
are too CONSCIENTIOUS to vote as those
| who elect them want should be conscien-
tfous enough to resign their offices.
'The rights Of the corporations extend
only to those given to them by law" de-
clared Mr.. Bryan. amid applause. The
warning of President Roosevelt as to
great fortunes which had been built up
by the growth of the corporations was
my COuiiIlcHucO Dy lile SPEAKER. MT.
Bryan said that he wanted to express his
qualification and gratitude for this TAX
ing of from his shoulders part of the
cussing from corporations which he
formerly had to bear. According to the
speaker, the recent panic was due to
fictitious values. The railroads, he said,
had palmed off on the public" stocks
that were the primary cause of the dis
turbance. He said every state should
pass such laws or amendments as would
make impossible watered stock and ficti-
tious capitalization.
At the conclusion OF NJ Bryan's
speech to the democratic members of the
legislature, Senator Wheeler Campbell
one of the anti-Beckham democrats. arose
and said he would refrain from making
public his reasons why he would not vote
for Backham for senato-. but he would
give Mr.. Bryan his reasons in private, and
he felt sure Mr.. Bryan would shake
hands with him and say: well done.
good and faithful democrat" He was
greeted with Kisses.