The San Francisco call., 1908-07-18
BRYAN EXPLAINS
TALK ON NEGROES
Makes Plain His Interview on
Brownsville Affair and Quotes
Editorial About President
Receives Nebraska Labor Man
and Discusses Democratic
Platform on IniunCtions

LINCOLN. Neb-, July 17.-FolIowing
his declaration of yesterday to the Bal
the Brownsville affair or the question
1.-THE appointment of negroes TO office,
W.@J. Bryan announced today that he
did not wish to be misunderstood. He
said that he did not mean to convey the
impression that he had never talked
about the Brownsville case in any man
ner, but that he had not discussed IL as
an issue in the present campaign Bryan
read an editorial written by him two
years ago in which he made the frank
assertion that if the facts We're as
stated President Roosevelt was fully
justified in his course.
In a joint letter today Bryan and
Kern appeal 10 the farmers for cam
paign contributions.
Visitors to the Bryan home were less
numerous than yesterday The principal
caller was John E. Lamb of Indiana.
Bryan received at his home tonight a
large delegation from the local central
labor union. The chairman of the dele
cation presented to Bryan resolutions
expressing their confidence in him and
pledging their support of his candidacy
for president.
FIRST SPEECH OF CAMPAIGN
While this feature was purely local
the resolutions provided Bryan an op-
portunity TO make his first real political
speech since his nomination. He en-
phasised his qualification that the great
labor leaders have been so well satisfied
with the work OF the resolutions COM
mittee of the Denver convention Bryan
said:
I am very grateful to you for this
generous expression of confidence and
this pledge Of your support The reso-
luton is the most pleasing to me be-
cause IL comes from you among whom
have lived for a little more than 20
years Among the testimonials that
have been given by neighbors and
friends there are none that prize more
highly than this voluntary proffer OF
your support this expression of your
confidence and Of your good will.
1T is true that our platform indorses
a number of remedial measures, and
am in hearty sympathy with the plat
form Endorsements. There is not a line
in that platform declaration in favor
Of the laboring men that does not have
my cordial approval
NEW CABINET POSITION
This is not the time nor the place
To elaborate upon those planks. There
is one plank there 1. was very anxious
10 have in the PLATFORM it was in the
platform of eight years ago; the plank
that proposes a new cabinet position,
a department of labor, with a secretary
at its head
L think, too, that it is very impor-
Htant that we should have an amend
ment TO the antitrust law that will
draw distinction between those
who associate themselves together for
mutual bene6t-s line between those
and those who associate themselves to-
gether in an Industrial corporation for
the purpose Of monopolizing some ar
ticle of commerce There is a dis
tinction so broad between these two
classes of organizations that it seems
TO me every one ought 10 be able to see
it, and that distinction ought 70 be
drawn by law. I am glad that that is
in the platform.
Z am glad that there is a provision
in there In regard TO a trial by jury
in cases of Indirect contempt It is
now something like I3 years ago, 1 be-
lieve, since 1 first had occasion to dis
cuss that subject. 1t was after I went
out Of congress and before I was nom
mated for the presidency the first time.
A bill was before the senate and as 1
IrecolIect the history Of it it was about
like this.
PROCEEDINGS IN SENATE
1T was reported back from the com
tmittee OF the senate and in the form in
which it was reported the judge could
/ permit jury. When / read that re-
port I at once criticised ii and said that
the bill should not provide merely that
the judge might permit a jury, but a
jury should be demanded as a matter
of right by the accused, ana my recol-
lection is that Senator Allen of this
state introduced an amendment to that
effect, and it was adopted, and that
went Though the senate by so unani-
nous vote that no one called for the
roll
1T is now more than u years since
that time. and yet the influences which
have been opposed to this legislation
have been SO strong that up to this
time the measure OF justice has been
defeated. I am very glad that in our
platform there is a provision demand
ing trial by jury in cases of indirect
contempt
APPROVES INJUNCTION PLANK
7 am glad. too. that we are able to
agree upon an Injunction plank that
/ is satisfactory to the leaders of the
laboringmen and the members of the
resolutions committee. 1 am gratified
and l think the party's stand upon
that subject ought TO be satisfactory to
all You will find that this is no at
tempt to interfere with the legitimate
Iuse of the writ of Injunction, where
there is real occasion for it. but that
plank urges that this writ shall
not be issued in labor disputes under
/ circumstances that would not justify
its use were there no labor disputes.
| which ought TO be satisfactory to ALL
In other words. that it shall not be is
/ sued merely for the purpose of giving
| to one party of a labor dispute an ad-
vantage over the other. but there must
! be conditions that would justify its is
suance if there were no labor disputes.
and I think that the labor leaders in
I stating il in that way have acted
wisely, for they have not asked for
/ special privileges for the Iaboring-
man."
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