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dent {Roosevek) to corporate innu-
encss. fnrnisheg an excellent proof Of
The wisdom Of Judge Parker in max.
ing the statement he has. But Presi-
dent Roosevelt stands for militarism.
- The republicans are In
creasing The army and relying on a
riot OF cartridges"
III the election OF Judge Parker
would. bring to the country no other
relief. than the reduction of the stand
ing army, we woul be justified in.pre-
him to President Roosevelt.
The present occupant Of the Whine
house (Roosevelt) represents IN an
aggravated form the warlike spirit. "
c%ontrasted with the pacific policy that
has heretofore characterized our ma
ton
Judge Parker believes IN the gold
Standard believe in bimetallism;
but l can vote for him in order that
through him the country may rid itself
OF an imperial policy. l believe to-
day in the principles set forth st Chi
cago and Kansas City DC to u and
shall continue to fight for those prin-
ciples; an 1 believe the fight will be
easier when we have rescued the coun-
try from the dangers Of imperialism,
reduced the army, and substituted the
spirit of peace for the spirits Of war"
William j. Bryan, IN q speech at
Springfield, Mo-, September LIST. 1904,
where he accused President Rooeo-
| welt of surrender1ng to the corpora,
lions and holding bloody, brutal and
barbarous" sentiments.
The AnsMesin4fanR
President Roosevelt, instead Of rep
resenting the spirit Of war" stands
before the world the greatest exemplay
Of international peace in his genera
ton. History Will in full season award
him the titles he has Justly won, and
the greatest Of these will be The
Peace maker" in spite of Candidate
Bryan's assault upon him In 1904.
unjust Own Railroads"
II have already reached the con-
~clusion that railroads paxtake 20 much
Of the nature Of a monopoly that they
must ultimately become public prop:
erty. and be managed by public of
hcials IN the interest Of the whole
community. / believe that an
increasing lumber Of the members of
all parties zee, in, public ownership tho
sure remedy for determinations be-
tween and politics. and for ex-
t%ortionate rates for the carrying of
freight and passengers"
Believing, however, that the opera
ton OF all the railroads by the federal
government would result in q central
iBation which would all but o~bliterate
state hines, I prefer to see only the
trunk lines operated by the federal
government and the local lines by the
several state governments."@W1lliam
j. Bryan; Hom0 coming speech, at
New York City, August, 1906.
The Answer In 1908.
The broad meaning of Candidate
Bryan's remarks on this subject Is
that railway regulation by statute law
Is impossible. and that government
ownership" Is the only remedy for
transportation abuses. The enactment
OF the federal rate law has totally dis
proved the claims of Candidate Bryan
and vividly-disphyed his unsound rea-
soning on great public questions.
What Next7
The season OF prophecy" for 1908
Is tardy, Candidate. Bryan having not
yet announced In full review the fear
full calamities that are to befall the ma
ton in the. event OF his failure to be
elected and his Policies approved by
the people. as he did In the years 1892
to 1906 inclusive.
For fourteen years the people have
listened to the prophecies" Of Candi.
date Bryan an only to see them, In
every case. disproyen and discredited
BY the march of events.
The people will await the prophecies
Of 1908 calmly and serenely. and With
the recollection of tariff crushed far-
mers," homes destroyed and schools,
closed by the gold standard" aud mo-
more-Fourth-ofJuly," will wonder
WHEAT NEXT?