New-York tribune., 1908-02-05
BRYAN DRAWS CHEERS.
s'Thou ShGIt Not SteaP ApPt'es
OnEu TO Poor, He Says

Il
william Jennings Bryan. che time Democratic
candidate .o< the P7esidEacy ta-so Two time ala
.~cszsbiy Ih-cs tine. talked TO q PACKED mouse
u Carnegle Han last night OF the coT1nlsEo-
- iron s.taFz not steal" Under this head
14 szerz sozae time II eloQuently aoolishing me
sock Exchange, exco-iating criminal wealth.
torsGezruizg G1eyerly olstf7ouleu IaAE'''1 s44~
t,gt1inz against the ''ter1T val
Z ,,Ixed audience that listened 70 the
,uasryess one and while from the gallery he
w. chee-ed IL 1-ue Cooper Union style he oid
.aos lack applause from the floor ana ne
t.o-es II o which were occupied The CIVIC
Forum. IS rs officers wish understood Is q
.o-,-pa-risan platform" end its boxholde-s ara
r 20 gfveu political creed" Moreover. the an
r.-e.aents SET forth that = was mot a dem
o-5z--atian. buT ar open-hanoeo nearing q M
Jzf-ssz 3 factor oe ouT national politics New
.--s,-. Si- Bran had crowd OF supporters
.coo lost no opportunity u give him a hand"
Fv4ry one X Is safe TO say, vas waiting for
~ rrz-an 70 make some reference 70 his Presi-
Genital aspirations Along toward the fag end
IF The sheas Of questions handed up came the
.,n-or-,,Ylifv Some one asked: DO ycu stand
<a- s-nnnediate and radical reform. tariff revision
eu5 do you represent tne Democratic party"
sIr Bryan Ieaped from lis seat and walked
briskfy forward
q
first ne said III not know for few months
yet
This zsas greeted by yells from the gallery
snd laughter and handclapping from the rest o.
the house Then he took occasion TO hit the
accommodated saying: Put In proud not
% stand for some who call themselves Demo
crat&-
he explaine6 that he wished to quality the
word radical u s1zrd for revision OF the tariff,
n
be called radical sur now I'm very conservative
L used 70 be said I went too fast. but now they
car In too slow"
AFTER ne laughter subsided he said he would
begin b. taking duty Of all goods that came into
competition with those made IL this country by
trusts He would give the trusts notice a few
months before that they should cease conspir-
sur behind TIE tariff wall" or they would Be
obliged 70 DO their conspirirg with the wall
pulled down So al the world could see"
Somebody wanted 70 know whether President
Roosevelt had not taken the wind GU OF the
sails of every bod-. excepting the Socialists" 9ir.
Bran replied he supposed he couldn't please
the oues-ioner, but he wanted 70 say that Ar.
Roosevelt had left some things undone. such as
the election of United States Senators by direct
vote Of the people. There was q deal OF aTnuse-
,1ler1t when & question came, telling about Sec
1e1zry Taft's reply. God knows. don't" when
work. The writer wanted 70 know Ny. Bry7an's
= approach this question" he said. with hesi-
.stfon. because do not wish TO Identify myself
rrith the class % which ~. Taft has referred
N"
Edward u shepsrd. zho introduced Mr.
r---an, said Although the White House at
Washington IS occupied by a political adversary
rt his nerertheless he inspires and controls the
90
PC he does the gatherings Of his oTn party"
In opening his speech Mr. Bryan spoke 0f the
President q ''i.ke myself creature OF environ
-re1f 2 product of the times in which he lives"
Mr Bran thcn said: = don't accuse him ot
.rnt-ating US but believe that we should give
him the great credit Due for honest intent ana
fearless erunc!a3ton OF great AID good princi-
pies" Ny. Bran then took CD his text ss tol-
lows:
Hs me wrongful taking Of another's property. Law
writers have Giylc@o larceny into Two cleSses-
r=tst larceny and grand iarcsny-the former term
tsl,ss - The ia.seT thep TIE value Is greater.
There Is : teude1cy in Tnodern times 70 divide
sy-azd larceny classaE 50 thaI now We are
inciinec tkrk q larceny petit larceny. grand
laroeDy ana glo-loEs Larceny y glorious larceny
Go noi re.eT e ne policy Nf-cn iAtons haze N
dEigec II of taking the property g other nations
b. 4orce-an az slst - sometimes described Is
70 thai tendency cEite discern. bic At the present
Cay. 70 regard sealing Ep9E large scale less
II r22n picks ycuF POCKET. CT e1feTE yDu- house
q TIE czrk o. zccOsts you EpS1 ths highway and
takes from ESZ IeW dollars. yDZ regard him
q vulgar thief &o have re.pecr for such
4 person, and TIE pUDisilu1euts Cf the
tlch Gases swat AID sure, Z the offender IL caught
kTeE Y the case q gTan1 Larceny. = the
teke2 IS not grea. TIE thief aaGs difficult
70 escape, for he has 3a1us friends and
c2htot hlFe sk1II lawyers u present ;ecfn!cal-
tasb ln rs defence y. however. he steals large
.ssl a oeco-les quite different matter. and the
sum may De 50 large that overlook tie mans
sssSa.lty n cur aEnazernent a. the genius which
.se Lss cisp-Ayec- As Tslle. who steals
s4st-.'vs h&s z better chance q escape than the
man VINO steals Si.tg. 90 this that II has
se--n suggested that amend the commandment
70 read Thou kll2it Eot steal = small scale
Larceny. under Mr. Bryans analysis. is d.
sidec into tWo classes Larceny ia violation OF
the Law and larceny through the operation Of
the Law The aggregate under the second class
IS larger than the hRsJ according 70 Ir. Bryan
Eur the stealing done in violation OF the law
& enorTaous" be saic. ar5 ther explained
Inequality Il taxsiio- is merely g .cEm G; larceny.