Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-10
PEORIANS GIVE
BIG RECEPTION
TO NEBRASkAN
RARE DEMONSTRATION TEN
DERED TO BRYAN
DISCUSSES ISSUES OF estate
4, AND NATION" ELooUENTLY
Vast Throng Pays Him wonderful
TrIbute-Great conmoner Has
Strenuous Day-LeaVes
for the East
BY Associated Press.

Bryan was lIe man u
u in Peoria today. From the mo-
ment he set foot in the city at moor
until his departure tonight for Evans
willie. Ind, he was accorded series o.
tremendous demonstrations.
Within ten minutes after his arriva
ha was addressing a vast throng II
front of the hotel.
He took for his text the mere striking
messages of his Labor day address II
Chicago and dwelt at some length OF
the right of trial by jury In cases OF IN
direct contempt of court.
In the afternoon and evening he made
several other speeches, the principal
one at the Coliseum, which was hlleo
to it's capacity and which necessltateo
an overflow address in the court hous'
square.
His set speech on 1.-THE State and Ma
tion." in which he declared in favor OF
state rights, was received with VoclIer'
GUS applause and every manifestation
when he had finished his prepared
speech he launched into discussion
of the various issues OF the caInp an =
and reiterated his charge that Mr.. Iat'
was not Satisfied with the RepuollcaI
platform and had been compelled u
amend it in many particulars.
When the train pulled out of the sta
tion tonight the actual invasion OF the
east by the Democratic candidate Wa'
begun. From this joint until the trlg
is concluded September 20 at Lincoln
Mr.. Bryan will travel in private car
State and the Nation
Mr. Rrvan's speech was as follows:
The success Of our system of gov
eminent rests upon the careLul on
seryance of the constitutional DIVISION
of power between the state ana the ma
ton, A number of expressions nave
been coined to describe the relations
existing between the federal govern
ment and the several Subdivisions, but
no one has been more felicitous in dell
milton than Jefferson or more accurate
in drawing lines of demarkation. lie
presented the historic position of the
Democratic party when he declared
himself in favor of 1.-The support OF lhe
state governments in all their rights,
as the most competent administrations
for our domestic concerns and the sur
est bulWarks against anti-republlcan
tendencies" and 1.-The preservation or
the general government In Its Wnole
constitutional vigor, as the sheet an
Choir of our safety at home and peace
abroad" The Democratic platform
adopted at Denver, quotes the language
of Jefferson and declares that 1t ex-
presses the party's position at this
time.
1t would be almost as difficult to
maintain a free, self-governing repub-
lie over a large area and with large
population without state governments
as it would be to maintain such re-
public without a general government.
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the country are so varied, and the mat
ters requiring legislative attention so
numerous, that 1t would be impossible
to have all of the work done at the
national capitol. One has only to ex-
anime the bills introduced in each con-
gress, and then add to the number the
bills introduced at the legislative ses-
sions of each of the forty-six states, to
realize that it would be beyond the
power of any body of men to legislate
intelligently on the multitude of queS-
tions that require consideration.
Not only would national legislators
lack the time necessary for inVestiga-
ton, and therefore lack the informal
ton necessary to wise decision, but the
indifference of representatives in one
part of the country to local matters in
other parts of the country would invite
the abuse of power. Then, too, the seat
of government would be so far from
the great majority of the voters as to
prevent that scrutiny of public conduct
which is essential to clean and honest
government. The union of the sepa-
rate states under federal government
offers the only plan that can adapt
itself to indefinite extension.
Must Preserve Rights
Our constitution expressly reserves
to the states and to the people respects
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federal government, and only by re
specting this division of powers can we
hope to keep the government within
the reach of the people and responsive
to the will of the people. Because in
all disputes as to the relative spheres
of the nation and the states the final
decision rests with the federal courts
the tendency is naturally toward cen
tralization, and greater care is re
quired to preserve the reserved rights
of the states than to maintain the au-
thority of the general government.
In recent years another force has
been erecting an increasing influence ir
extending the authority of the centra
government. | refer to the great cor.
porations. They prefer the fedora
courts to the state courts, and employ
every possible device to drag litigantI
before United States judges. They als'
prefer congressional regulation to stat
regulation. and those interested il
large corporations have for years bee
seeking federal Incorporation. Thu
Democratic party will resist every at
tempt to obliterate state lines, whethe
the attempt is made through Legislation
or through judicial Interpretation
Amendment of the organic law by jul
dicial Interpretation would be destruc
tive of constitutional government: on
constitution can be amended by tn
people in accordance with the terms o
the document itself, and no group o
men, however honorable or high-mind
ed, can usurp this power without VIC
lating the fundamental principles o
our government.
1t has been suggested that the right
of the states can lapse through non
use, and that congress is justified il
usurping the authority of the state i
the state fails to make proper use of It
While this doctrine has been advanced
in the pretended interest of the people
III is as insidious and as dangerous al
assault as has ever been made on gu
constitutional form Of government. Th
people of the state can act with NOR
promptness than the people of the ma
ton, and if they fail to act it must b.
assumed that the people of the stat
prefer inaction.
The real purpose that those have il
view who complain of the inaction o
the state is not more strict regulation
of corporations, but the relief of cor
porations from state regulation.
The Democratic party favors the flu
exercise of the powers of the govern
ment for the protection of the rights Q