Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-01
BRYAN is GUEST IN a.sT. PAUL
Democratic Candidate Holds Confer
ences with Governor johnson.

Democratic Candidate Holds Confer
ences with Governor johnson.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Aug. a.-William
Jennings Bryan, democratic candidate for
president, is Minnesota's guest today. He
arrived here shortly after s o'clock this
morning. and was met at the station by
Governor johnson, former Governor John
Lind, National Committeeman Lynch.
Mayor Lawler, and other notable demo-
Gratis of the city and state. and conveyed
in an automobile to the Minnesota club,
where breakfast was served. At noon Mr..
Bryan was the guest Of honor at a
luncheon given by Mr.. Lynch at the Mer-
chants hotel. the interval between break
fast and luncheon being occupied by Mr..
Bryan. Governor johnson and the party
leaders in a conference over the political
situation in the state as affecting the in
terests OF Governor Johnson and the ma
tional ticket.
Il is understood that plan Of action with
respect to the campaign In the northwest
was talked over.
The feature of the day was an address
by Mr.. Bryan at the state fair grounds,
his theme being governmental extrava-
ganee. He spoke from a platform erected
especially for the occasion at the corner
Of Smelling and Langford avenues, out
side the fair grounds gates. b. f. Nelson
OF the State Fair association, presided
over the meeting and introduced Governor
Johnson, who in turn introduced Mr..
Bryan. On the platform were a number
OF distinguished Minnesotans.
Mr.. Bryan spoke in part as follows;
Mr.. Bryan said in part in his address
today;
The democratic platform makes repub-
li0on aNfFaN a 90 a ON. - l. zee. - 4
present campaign. The republican Platform
Is silent on the subject, and natu, ally 50.
To have promised economy would have
been q mockery and 90 have defended tn
appropriations made by the last congres
would have been impossible.
The Fifty-tirst congress was commonly
called the billion-dollar congress. The APP
preparations made by that congress covered
two years amounting Tor the first lime
extravaganza of that congress contributed
to the overwhelming victory won b. tn
democrats IN the campaign of 1880.
TIL last congress, however, has made a
new record In extravaganza. In spite OF
the deficit OF more than S6o,OOO,O0O IN tn
last fiscal year the appropriations ma ie
during the last session amount TO mprt
than ,O0,OOO,OU or twice as much as tn
appropriations for a single session OF the
EIIty,iirst sonsrsss, ,o6 ineiesse over
growth In expenditure far In excess Of the
gTowth OF tn Popnlstion'
manifests itself In nearly all departments
IL is especially noticeable in the Army and
Navy department. The army Is more than
twice as large as in 1895 and the approp.ia-
tions for the army more than three times
as great as they were eleven years ago
The expenses Of the navy are also about
three times what they were a decade ago
The increase In the appropriations for
the army and navy alone are N20,0G .Ol) a
year In excess OF what they were in 1891
The imperialistic policy, for which the re
publican party Is responsible, Is the only
excuse for this enormous and increasing
drain upon the taxpayers.
Our platform also calls attention to the
fact that ~, 200 new offices have been ere.
ated, at an expense OF S70,O000O0 a year
as against an increase OF 1000 new eff. es
with salaries amounting to- s60.0,000 I'm tn
Cleveland and the Mckinley adm'nistra-
tions. While every element OF our popuia,
cause OF the unnecessary expenditures OF
the government. the farmers have specia
reason for complaint because they pay
more than their share of the taxes col
lected and receive less than their share OF
benefits which flow from the eXpenditu-,
OF the corporation, Nearly all Of our fed
erai revenues. excepting postal receipts, ar,
collected from Internal revenue taxes ard
import duties, and these are taxes upor
those OF moderate means and underburder
the rich.
II the. federal taxes could be serarstet
from the price of the article in which they
are concealed and each persons Ier ca a
be shown q would be found that the Re 4
eral tax now collected would be in Elf &
a graduated income tax, the largest pei
cent being collected from the small In
comes and the least Per cen, upon TIE