The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-23
DEFENDS PLATFORM
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN MAKES
 TWO ADDRESSES.
First speech Was to Assoctnttcn q Groeera and Butehers and the Second to State Demo-
 cratic Conmittee.

Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., July 2z ,--- Honesty in business and q defense of the Denver platform particularly with rasnect to publicity before election of carnpaign contributions, formed the themes of two addresses made today by ". J Bryan. Beach to the Association of Grocers and Butchers of Lincoln, and the sec- ond to the State Democratic Commit fee In his remarks to the grocers and butchers Mir. Bryan dweit. on rnonop- olies in certain products, but declared that merchandising was the last branch of business in which there would be a monopoly because, he said, when the monopoly was established, a conpet. itor would present hinhself and the peo- ple would thereby be protected against extortion. To the State Committee Mir. Bryan gave assurances that reports of Democratic success from different parts of the country were encouraging. He expressed his qualification that Dem, ocratic newspapers were receiving con- tributfons and that the masses were taking al hand in the subscriptions. This, he argued, was an suspicious be- ginning of a new era of politics He said:
 q do not know that have anything to say except that am always glad to meet WlLn the OL NS~ braska. During the last twelve years the Democrats of Nebraska have been attending political conventions and ap- parently enjoying them. am very glad to have so many of our Demo- crats attend the convention at Denver and was glad to hear from the .buJs letins that they were taking most active part in what went on.
 The reports that we get from the country are encouraging and one of them, I think, especially deserves no- tice: The promptness with which our Democratic papers are taking up the subject of subscriptions to the cam. paign fund is very encouraging Sew erai have already opened subscriptions and I believe it is going to be quite generally followed. This is probably a response to the party's position in regard to publicity concerning cam paign contributions and 1t verihes the hope of those who believed that If the party threw itself upon the confidence of the masses of the people, IT the party announced It's intention to rely for sinews of war upon contributions that would come from the body of the population and receive no contribu- uons that should not be made public. that confidence would be rectprocated and tho people would respond. be- lieve' there Is evidence that we are going to have that response and when the voters take upon themselves the burden of furnishing campaign contri- buttons the voters will have an Inter- est fin the Government that they have not had heretofore. think 1t Is an evidence of what is to come. think 1t is an suspicious beginning of this new era of politics. I believe that ev- cry newspaper should make itself a collecting agency and when you re- member that we have several thous- and of those papers in the country. you will understand what a consider able sum can be realized when they all begin work and when the readers of those papers have this subject pre-