Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-09
B RYAN DISCOURStS
ABOUT THE STATE
AND NATION
The Peerless One Is Big At
traction With Democracy
Assembled al Peoria
day.
GIVEN GREAT OVATION
UPON HIS ARRIVAL
Is Met al Station by Big Crowd
ard Escorted TO HIS Hotel Made
Talks dt Nearly Every Sld-
tiOn on the Way From
iCdgO.

Peoria, ILL.,, Sept. g.-Leaving Chi
cago this morning William j. Bryan
arrived al Peoria at noon, accompan-
led by number of delegates to the
Democratic convention, which is
meeting here today lie was met at
the station by a large crowd, in the
crowd being Democratic leaders of
the state, including Adlai L. Steven
son, Democratic candidate for gov
ernor.
The journey from the station to the
hotel Was a continuous ovation and
bryan Was forced to make a brief
speech from the balcony. Later he
addressed a great meeting on The
state and the Nation" He said:
The success of our system ot gov
ernment rests upon the careful OBJ
servance of the constitutional division
of power between the state and the
nation. A number of expressions have
been coined to describe the Relations
existing between the federal govern
ment and the several subdivisions, but
no one has been more felicitous in
definitions than Jefferson or more ac-
curate in drawing lines of demarka-
sitlon of the Democratic party when
he declared himself in favor of the
support of the state governments in
all their rights as the most competeat
administrations tor our domestic Goa
Germs and the Surest oulWarkS against
anti-republican tendencies" and the
preservation of the general govern
ment in its whole constitutional yigor,
as the sheet anchor of our safety at
home and peace abroad" The DEM
ocratic platform, adopted at Denver,
quotes the language of Jefferson and
declares that it expresses the party
position at this time.
1t would be almost as difficult to
maintain a free, sef-governing repub-
lie over large area and with large
population without state governments
as it would be to maintain such a re-
public without a general government.
The interests of the different parts of
the country are so varied, and the
matters requiring legislative atten-
ton SO numerous, that IL would be
impossible to have all of the work
done at the national capitol. One has
only to examine the bills introduced
in each Congress, and then add to the
number the bills introduced at the
legislative sessions of each of the
forty-siX states, to realize that 1t
would be beyond the power Of any
body of men to legislate intelligently
on the multitude of questions that re-
quire consideration.
Not only would national legislators
lack the time necessary for investiga-
fharafnTa
ton necessary to wise decision, but
the Indifference of representatives in
one part of the country to local mat
ters in other parts of the country
would invite the abuse OF power.
Then, too, the seat of government
would be so far from the great ma
Jority of the voters as to prevent that
scrutiny of public conduct which Is
essential to clean and honest govern
ment. The union of the separate
states under a federal government Of
fers the only plan that can adapt IT.
self to indefinite extension.
our constitution expressly reserves
to the states and to the people re-
spectvcly all powers not delegated TO
the federal government, and only by
respecting this division of power can
we hope to keep the government witn-
m the reach of the people and re-
spOnsiye 10 the Will OF the people.
Because in all disputes as to the rela-
tive spheres of the nation and the
states the final decision rests with the
federal courts, the tendency is natur-
ally toward Capitalization. and greater
care is required to preserve the re-
seyed rights of the states than to
maintain the authority of the general
government.
In recent years another force has
been exerting an increasing influence
In extending the authority of the CEN
tral government. l refer to the great
corporations. They prefer the federal
courts to the state courts, and employ
every possible device To drag litigants
before United States judges. They also
prefer congressional regulation 10
state regulation and those interested
in large corporations have for years
been seeking federal incorporation. |
The Democratic party will resist every 1
attempt to obliterate state lines |
whether the attempt Is made through |
legislation or through judicial inter- |
probation. Amendment of the or
ganic law by judicial Interpretation |
would be destructive of constitutional |
our constitution can he