New-York tribune., 1908-04-18
CONNERS SEES BRYAN
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1896 that they must continue to come from the
same direction However. the TACT that sun
remain i'm nolitics should be sufficient to as
abuse our Republican friends OF the ist'ei W
In 1856 1 was buried know it, for have
often read about it When l reappeared in lsoe
| | mystfed many Republicans. who did not KNOW
whether L had ever been killed or had just peen
resurrected. At St. Louis was run over ana
| trampled upon. but still live
| In discussing the money question MI
| Bryan said that it would be nonentiN III
the approaching campaign.
..The same men who asserted twelve years
| ago." said Mr.. Bryan, that we had too much
| silver money now besieging the treasury
| Department in an effort to get the printing
| presses busy on a issue of bank notes.
| silver dollar loses half its value when melted
| hut melt a cashiers check and what is ieft!
| Passing to the trust question, Mr Bryan
paid his respects to William III. TAFT, VINO, ne
| said had no record opposing illegal COM
bination
| Why" said he. "the man whom New YORK
| Republicans favor for the Presidency mas op-
posed the fning of such corporations "heh
| proved guilty of illegal acts on account OF the
suffering which might be entailed on the STOCK
I holders should such penalties be enforced All
| this in face of the fact that not single trust
official has ever been sent to state prison
| The Republican party was arraigned for faNor-
ing government by injunction. Secretary 1ar1
was called the father of government by IN
| junction" and Mr.. Bryan passed TO bTleI re-
| view of the tariff question. He disposed OF sew
| eral modes Of dealing with the question In an
| airy way and came to his peroratlon' "hich WAS
| an attack imperialism" He said:
The President has asked for four battleshps
| this wear The opposition tells that We must
| go out and conquer; be land grabbers, in fact
| Tba1 &c ~ bs orr future policy For the first
4 snlI fhaf a q
For the past hundred years we have Deen 'he
| greatest power in the world and America mas
| done more to shape world politics than mas any
| other nation. All this has been done wlthou' q
| large army, and are asked 10 consent to
| Our colonial adventures have cost us S500,O0O-
| OOO which might better have been spent upon
| irrigation upon rivers and harbors- we aIe
| asked TO build four battleships because some
/ one else has scared by building two soon
| It will be in order for the other nation 10 ouilo
! six and we must follow suit with six.
! There are three causes which may contribute
| TO our confidence in cause.-the growth or
! Democratic ideas. the division in the ranks OF
| the Republicans between the standpatters ana
| the reformers. and. better than all, newly
| awakened public conscience.
| After his address Mr.. Bryan was surrounded
bv a crowd of eager admirers. from which he
was extricated with difficulty and whirled away
| in an automobile TO attend reception given
| to him by the Rochester Lodge of Elks.
| Mr. BRYAN will go tc Glens Falls tomorrow
| morning and from there to Utica where he will
| speak tomorrow night. He will wind up his
| trip at New York.
| Buffalo April II Norman E. Mack national
committeeman returned to Buffalo early this after
| noon after spending hour and half with VIII
| fam J. Bryan in Rochester during the morning
| ''I met Mr.. Bryan at the Genesee Valley CLUB
/ and had a private conference with him Tor an
| hour and a half" said Mr.. Mack who. when ne
was asked as to anything Mr. Bryan might have
i said In regard to the present Democratic situation
| in this state, said:
Mr. Bryan had nothing say in regard to the
poitcal situation in this state. he believes each
| state ought to run political affairs
| Regarding his possible reelection as national
| committeeman, Mr.. Mack said:
| IF those at the head of the state organization
| and who control the majority OF the delegates 10
the national convention. which delegates elect the
| national committeeman, want to defeat me ana
| name some other in my place because don't
| agree with them s matter entirely in their hands
/ and not in mine
81 would under no circumstances want to be ma
| tional committeeman except with the approVai OF
| the Democracy Of my state
| Regarding the action of the state convention in
| naming the Democrats of the state committee Mr..
| Mack said
! This treatment Of the delegates to the state
| convention is not q one-county matter. 1t con-
| Germs every county in the state and the 100000
Democratic Voters in the state the rights of all
of whom are affected. These 100000 voters are es-
pecislv interested in knowing whether they are 20
have any rights in state conventions of the future
The action in depriving them of seats in the con-
| vention and of naming their state committeeman
| is the most vicious taken against home rule in
| this or any other state