New-York tribune., 1908-01-23
BRYAN And HARMON TALK
Guests at Nashville e-NebraskGn Dis
cuSscs the Panic.

Nashville. Tenn. Jan a2-WiIiam J. Bryan
and Judson Harmon addressed a large audience
at the Ryulan Auditorium tonight Mr.. Bryan
said the idea that prosperity was an inevitable
result OF Republican ascendancy and administra-
tion had been rudely exploded in the last few
months and contrasted the ridicule heaped upon
his advocacy Of the silver dollar with the prayer
ful anxiety with which capitalists had so recently
grabbed for clearing house certificates He
scored irnperialisrr the cost Of it and the wrong
BRYAN did not blame President Roosevelt for the
panic but attacked the laws and their executors.
who would compel the people TO stand and
shiver every time a Wall Street gambler got
cold"
He said that Democrats everywhere were
united while the Republicans We're divided. SO
that railroad regulators. tariff reformers' advo-
Gates Of arbitration between capital and labor
and trust busters were in an overwhelming
majority
Judson Harmon in his speech said:
The Democracy is now free once more to go be-
fore the people on equal terms ~1 aus S h pocies
We propose shall attract or repei the confidence OF
'i-e betVe the great standard ideas of Democracy
we're never more attractive TO the people tnan the
are to-day er6SaT 6ya HG5 fneW5 3 item U shall SPEAK
briefly Of only. tariff reform: NJ eearf, mora
from 9e the eXactions Of the tariff than from any
Intted as everybody knows, to write the various
in the Dingey law to SUIT Sai1 aG
contributions had won the election ana they were
enjoying their own . ~ ..oo.oz
For over ten years, in spite Of enormous increases
in the amount Of articles taxed, the Repu6hcaG9s G
have refused reduce the rates OF taXauoh-, %
+Ta mari of what the people made TO pay Whlch
t-oaS into the Treasury has, in spite OF e&JaVd-
anca in all directions, filled II with lGle money
THESE hundreds of millions do NOBODY any gooQ
T,It favored banks while the far larger part OF
IIhat the people are made to pay, Whlch goes 10
ne favored interests in the form OF arbitrary az
vance IN prices to home consumers mas Edpiu4S
bred Illicit wealth =, - ;a. -,o,;o,, 70
-aiSe ou- voices against these tmpcs1tons on me
T,eople and give pledge of relief Ihey say tne
fari44 must be revised by It's friends we say II
must be revised by the friends OF the peope'
C+bervise ii will be done at all, or the re
vision will prove to be a sham
But ike all measures which affect uade anu
industry the revision OF the tar1H must De mace
I1irI7 deliberate Thousands OF honest huus-
,tac involved which must nave tIne ana Op-
1IGr+,,r+y TO adjust themselves TO new conditions
These need not be harmed. on the contrary, a.
many of them have already discovered, tney VIII
gin bv being freed from obstacles winch hamper
foreign trade 1900 -. -,-r,a-
7 u-as bov l got a good lcklrles Dec4Is51'
T-Fen set 10 weed a long neglected strawberry bed,
went about i with such reckless force that the
vines mostly came up with the weeds
e1aI1 deal this wear in wholesome fashion with all
6Terences in personal choice and views, ana
hiring the party in full vigor 10 the coming race.
This morning Messrs. Bryan and Harmon made
informal calls on Governor Patterson and other
state officials While at the Capitol Mr.. Bryan
briefly addressed a meeting Of the Public School
Officers Association. After leaving the Capitol the
visitors attended an informal reception at the
TIlxs' Club Later Nj Bryan delivered lecture
on .'zlkdorn'' at the Vendome Theatre