Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
BAY STATE SOLID
FOR NEBRASkAN
MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRATS
WANT BRYAN
TRUTH ABOUT NEW ENGLAND
TOLD IN LETTERS
Los Angeles Man Receives Commune
cations from George Fred Williams
and Norman E. Mack, Opt.
nstic and Reliable


New England is shown by the follow
ing letter from former Congressman
George Fred Williams of Massachusetts
to Mattison B. Jones, one of the lead
ing Democrats of Los Angeles:
BOSTON, Mass, April 8.-Mattlson
b. Jones, Los Angeles. Dear Mr.. Jones:
If The reports which are current in the
middle west are also circulated in your
section to the effect that New England
is not with Mr.. Bryan, l take the lib
erty of stating that New England is
for Bryan with practical unanimity.
I'm the canvass of the New York
Herald yesterday Massachusetts was
put in the doubtful column, but though
a month remains before our convention
of May Z, I have no hesitation in say
ing that Massachusetts will send a
solid delegation to Denver, not only for
Bryan, but instructed to vote for Bryan
by the state convention and by the
fourteen district conventions of our
commonwealth.
EVERY one of our congressional dis
tricts is well organized and the only
candidate who appeared in the field as
against Mr.. Bryan yesterday withdrew
his candidacy, announcing that the
sentiment in his district for Mr.. Bryan
was evidently so strong that he could
not remain as a candidate.
1kuOuG lSldllu flllCddy NlCNAS0 Ien
delegates, seven to one in Mr. Bryan
favor. In Connecticut, which is always
the most doubtful of our states, / am
assured that there is no substantial op
position 10 Mr.. Bryan's candidacy.
Vermont will send a solid delegation,
probably pledged TO Bryan; I think the
same is true of New Hampshire and in
Maine only one of the four districts is
at all in dispute. Thus l speak we'll
within bounds when [ say that large
majority of the New England delega-
be not practically unanimous vote.
Stars on Bryan's Side
"While my enthusiasm for this noble
leader may somewhat detract from the
value of my judgment, l cannot but feel
that in the coming campaign the stars
are to fight with us. Never in our his
tory has our party been more united
than it is today, and this, upon the de-
mand of the people, not by the CO.
operation of politicians,
"There =; the universal acceptance,
with the campaign of 1904 as a demon
stration, that our party cannot succeed
except upon lines of progressive and
radical Democracy. The financial in
terests can no more purchase our dele
gates in 1908 than they could in 1896,
Wlen LOT lne IlTSL llllle we DldHltu our
selves upon the principles of true De-
mocracy and laid down the policy
which even the Republican party has
been compelled to recognize. On the
other hanu, we meet a party divided
for the first time upon principle, not
upon men.
1T may be assumed that Mr. Taft
will be the nominee, and despite his eX-
cellent character as a citizen and man
I believe that he cannot compete with
Mr.. Bryan at the polls. He is put for
ward by President Roosevelt as the
leader and successor to his policies,
while there is absolutely nothing in his
record from start to finish which will
warrant the radical element of the Re
publican party in placing any reliance
upon progressive policy at his hands
High Finance Friendly
"High finance has already determined
to accept him, and l can conceive that,
before the campaign is over, the Re-
publican candidate will have exhausted
himself in dancing among the eggs of
radicalism and privilege.
"Mr. Taft. as judge, conceived the
doctrine that the interstate commerce
law applied to organized labor al a time
when capital, at which this law was
aimed, had never felt its edge. Like
wise, the Identification of Secretary
Taft with the Brownsville affair has
set the colored voters of the country
against him and Mr.. Bryan will draw
from these two mighty sources of pop
ular support.
"The people of the United States
have, for quarter of century, placed
their confidence in high finance, be-
lieVing 1t to be the representative of
the business interests of the country.
I myself lost twelve valuable years
in the bestowal of this undeserved con-
fdence, 1ut within three years the
iniquities of high finance have been ex-
posed to the people and thereupon re-
Vealed to them a revel of Spectators
in a system designed to divert the earn
ings Of toll TO the masters of finance
and industry.
1.-THE banks have ruled our money
and credit systems until the people
look with distrust upon their efforts to
turn the banking system of the coun-
try to their own profit, but yet this
measure seems TO me TO have been. in
the last few weeks, a new item added
TO the list or Republican burdens.
Hard Blow at Labor
THE supreme court of the United
States has, in two respects, seemed TO
me to have run amuck against the con-
stitutional safeguards which we have
heretofore supposed to be secure. Or
ganized labor has received a most
stinging blow in four decisions indi-
eating that it can look for no sympathy
to the supreme court as it is now con-
stituted.
I'm the second place, the decisions of
that court holding that judge of tho
supreme court may enjoin the officers
of a state from enforcing the statutes
of the state opens up Il line of Demo-
cratic protest which must draw hun
dreds of thousands of honest Republi-
cans to the support of Mr.. Bryan Only
through him can we hope 10 have a new
spirit infused into the supreme court
through the appointment of men whose
sympathies are with labor in its strug-
gle against capital and with the people
of the states in their maintenance Of
the precious heritage of local self-gov-
ernment.
There are other considerations which
weigh strongly in our favor but it
would be an abuse in me TO take add
vantage of your gathering to attempt
q full discussion of our promising cam
paign In any event, we are entering
upon a campaign which should give
courage and enthusiasm to our forces
and which may prove to be a tidal
movement against the wrongs which
high finance has, for a quarter of
century, inflicted upon our people.
Let me say that | have not yet been
privileged to visit the Pacific slope in
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