The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-01
BRYAN As ROOSEVELT'S heir
DECLARES AGAIN HE'S THE
PRESIDENTS NEXT OF KIN.

DECLARES AGAIN TEE
PRESIDENTS NEXT OF KIN.
Says Taft Ii Not q aefornter and Cannot
Garry out Rooscveit Policies
very Chummy with Got. Johnson
-Arraisns Republican E~xtravasance.
M~INsEAPoLIs. Aug. si.-The announce
ment that he 10 the natural heir to Roose-
welt was the point OF ar informal talk
by William J.. Bryan at a luncheon given
in his honor by National Committeeman
Frederick B. Lynch to-day.
Il am the natural heir Of Mr.. Roose-
welt. and l think that itis the will Of the
people that I shall succeed him. de-
clared Mr.. Bryan.
.AH Of the ~policies that have made
Roosevelt the great man he. is have been
advocated by me for years. Mr.. Taft
Ia not a reformer and he cannot carry
out the policies Of Mr.. Roosevelt
This evening when Mr.. Bryan ad-
dressed $4,000 persons at the State fair
grounds he did not follow the line Of
thought advanced earlier In the day.
Mr.. Bryan arrived In st. Paul this morn
ing at 8 O'Clock. He was met by a com
mittee composed Of Gov. johnson, Ma
tiopal Committeeman Frederick b. Lynch,
former Governor John Lird. Thomas d.
o ,Brieu and Mayor Daniel W. Lswler OF
St. Paul.
Gov. johnson was the FIRST to greet the
Commoner. He and the Nebraakan
shook hands warmly. Bryan was taken
from the station to the Minnesota Club
for breakfast. He was In jovial mood,
ohatted pleasantly and engaged In spicy
repartee with the members OF the party,
including Gov. johnson. why, I o
have Mrs. johnson fayoring my oandi-
daoy, " said Mr.. Bryan with an expansive
smile, -and abe vas my earnest supporter
until the Governor got into the race
"Pshawi' replied Gov, Johnson, Il
never was in the race; I just thought I
was
From the Minnesota Club Mr.. Bryan
was taken to the State Capitol. where he
held an informal reception in Gov. John
sons privats Office.
Later Mr.. Bryan was taken to the State
fair grounds. where hes presented his
autograph to several country girls, took
a peep at the Pike. looked wei Dan
Patch and Minor Heir. kings Of the race
track, and returned to St. Paul at noon.
where he was the guest Of Mr.. Lynch ut
luncheon at the Merchants Hotel. At
the luncheon Mr.. Bryan sat with Mr..
Lynch on his right apd Gov. johnson on
hisleft.
At the fair grounds D. F. Nelson in
troduced Gov. johnson, who in turn intro
duoed MIR. Bryan. After hts address Mr..
Bryan was the guest Of the fair directors
at dinner In the Administration Building.
Later he left for Fargo, N. D.. whore he
will speak tomorrow.
MIR. Bryan's fair grounds speech was
In part as follows:
The Democrats platform makes Repub-
lican e1trayagances one Of the issues OF
the present campaign. The Republican
platform Is silent on the subject and natur-
ally so; to have promised economy would
have been a mockery and to have defended
the appropriations made by the last Con-
gress would havebeen impossible.
The Fifty-irst Congress was commonly
called the billion dollar Congress. The
appropriations made by hat Congress
covered two years and amounted for the
frat timeto q billion dollars. or 1--WE hundred
millions a year. The extravaganza OF that
Congress contributed to the Overwhelming
victory won by the Democrats in the cam
paign Of 1890. The last Congress. 10
ever. has made q new record in extrava-
gance. In spite Of q deficit of more than
sixty millions In the last fiscal year the APP
preparations made during the last session
amount to more than q billion dollars. or
twice as much as the appropriations OF a
single session Of the Fifty-frst Congress.
The increase over the year before was
$40. ooo. 900. showing a growth In expendi-
ture far In excess Of the growth of the popu-
iation.
While this tendency to extravaganza
manifests itself 10 nearly all departments.
1t Is especially noticeable in the Army De-
partment and the Navy Department. The
army Ia more than twice as large as in 1898
and the appropriations for The army are
three times as great as they were eleven
years ago. TIL expenses OF the navy are
also about three times what they were a
decade ago. The increase In the appropri-
atoms for the army and a alone are
$40. 900, 600 a year in excess of what they
were in 1897. The imperialistic policy, for
which the Republican party IL responsible.
is the only xcuse for this enormo and In
creasing drain upon the taxpayers.
Our platform also calls attention TO the
fact that %. 900 Offices have been created, at
an expense Of $40. oo0. 200 q year. as against
an increase OF 10000 new Offices. with salaries
amounting to 80, 1000 900. In the Cleveland and
Mckinley administrations.
while every element of our population
suffers to a greater or less extent because
Of the unnecessary expenditures Of the
Government. the farmers have special
reason for complaint. because. they pay
more than their share Of the taxes collected
and receive less than their share OF the
benefits which how from the expenditure
Of the corporation,
Why Ts 10 that the Republican party 10
so much more e~xtrsvagant than the Demo-
cratic party In the expeEditure Of public
money! There are two reasons: First.
because Republican leaders are more
Intimately associated with the tax eaters
than with the tax payers. There is q
second reason. the Republican leaders have
taught the doctrine that taxation Ia an
unailoyed good. II is not strange that
people who consider taxation q blessing