Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-08

BRYAN SHAKES
HAND OF RIVAL
TAFT AND C0MM0NER ARE
HONORED GUESTS
COME FACE TO FACE AT CHICAGO
FEAST
Great Demonstration Occurs Under
Unusual circumstances at Meeting
of Two Presidential candt-
dates in Windy City
,Cont,nnsd from PAGE onel

'I am glad to meet at this board one
who has been honored by his party
with leadership in a great campaign.
l am glad to testify to my appreciation
of his abilities and his virtues. If 1
am successful, the victory VIII pe
the greater to have won from sucn;;
and if l am defeated, the. sorrow VIII
be less to have been defeated by SUCH
Discusses Commerce
Mr.. Bryan spoke of commerce as the
great molding force in the world and
said society had largely gained through
one of the great inventions that mas
been made largely for the enlargement
of commerce-the corporate entity.
1.-THE corporation" he continued, lis
a step in advance. 1t enables people
to do together what people could not
do alone. It relieves those who CO.
operate of the embarrassments of par
tisanship and It substitutes larger op-
erations and thus facilitates the work
of exchange and none who has eStl-
mated with intelligence the usefulness
of the corporation will for one moment
think of destroying the power that the
corporation gives for cooperative et-
forts.
"But we are now step in advance
RESPONSIBILITIES come. When the rail-
road took the place of the turnpike,
laws were necessary that were not in
the highway, but society, recognizing
the railroad had become necessity,
adjusted itself to the railroad and then
proceeded by legislation to correct
whatever abuses might arise in the
management of railroads.
LeqisIate Accordingly
"And so, socety-accepting the cor
poration as an established fact-is pro-
ceedng to enact such laws as may
he necessary to make the corporations
serve the purpose for which they were
created, and / am sure that the MEM
bers of the association, this associa-
tion organized for the promotion of
the citys interest, for the develop
ment of the citizens commerce and Tor
the advancement of the cttyS good,
recognize that with the large power
that corporate action gives restriction
is necessary.
There is a difference between the
corporate man and the natural man.
There Is a difference in the creation.
God made man and placed him on his
footstool to carry out a divine decree.
Man made the corporation for ma
teria1 purpose.
"When God made man he did not
make the tallest man much taller than
the shortest, and he did not make the
strongest man much stronger than the
weakest, but when the law creates
corporate person that one man may
be made hundred. thousand. hun
dred thousand, million times stronger
than the God-made man.
"When God made man he set limit
to his existence so that If he was
bad man he could not be bad long.
Mr.. Taft's Speech
The introduction of Mr.. Taft was as
follows:
I'm the fortunes of war we acquired
alien and subject races. Our govern
ment assumed to lead them to the
lofty eminence of an American.
For the accomplishment of this pur-
pose the president sent to the Philip
pines a typical citizen and eminent
counselor, and a man with the cour-
age of his convictions. He accom-
plished the high purpose of his mission,
winning both the confidence of his
countrymen and the love and gratitude
of a nation to be. Success and honor
have crowned his every effort in an
active life as citizen, jurist, peace
maker and cabinet officer.
Through all his career and In our
insular possessions he has stood for
the integrity OF his government and
the majesty of right. Gentlemen, Mr..
Taft"
Mr.. Taft, whose rising was greeted
with another outburst of violent cheer
ing, prefaced his prepared speech with
a few impromptu remarks which Gre
ated laughter. He said:
Has Just Begun
"I have only begun to run for the
presidency, and I am glad to begin
when the political amenities of the
campaign are better understood.
81 am exceedingly glad to meet my
distinguished opponent and fellow
guest, and to forget the rivalries and |
disputes of the campaign in this in |
spring hospitality.
"And I reciprocate in every way
and to the full his kindly and courteous |
words of respect and good will. With |
him, I have recently been subjected to |
a considerable strain, but the expert |
ences of today have been almost more |
than I could bear.
"One non-partisan is pretty much of
a bore (Mr. Bryan led in the merri-
menO when you are in other kind of |
practice. And to have to make three |
inside of nine hours, l submit to my |
distinguished fellow guest and oppon-
ent, is cruelty to any man." Naughter) |
Mr.. Taft discussed inequalities in
the administration of justice, saying;
"All our institutions are now being |
view to proving that some of them
should be radically changed.
Private Property
"The chief attack is on the institu-
tion of private property and is based
upon the inequalities in the distribu-
tion of wealth and of human happiness
made apparent in our system.
II believe that the interests of pri-
vate property, next to that of personal
liberty, has had much to do with the |
uplifting and with the physical and |
moral improvement of the whole hu- |
man race, but that it is not inconsis- |
tent with tthe rights of private prop |
erty to impose limitations upon its |
use for unlawful purposes and that |
this is the reform needed rather than |
the abolition of the institution itself. |
An evil which is likely TO grow in |
Importance is the inequality between |
the poor and rich growing out of the |
delays in the administration of justice |
between individuals.
Defect In System
"a defect of our system is seen in |
the unequal burden which the delays |
and expenditures of litigation impose |
on the poor litigant. The reform must |
be reached through the improvement |
in our judicial procedure"
With the conclusion of Mr.. Taft's |
speech the banquet ended.
The candidates Shook hands cor
daily and parted. although they were |
delayed in leaving the hall by rush |
Of guests who wished to obtain their