The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-03-10
WANT BRYAN.
He Is Greeted BY His State Con-
veRtion With Cheers.
SOLID DELEGATION

Instructed to Vote for Him as the
Democratic Candidate for Prcsi
dent.-Platform Adopted Favors
Many Reforms.-"Equa Rights tc
AIN, Special Privileges to None
Harmonious Meeting.
A dispatch from Omaha, Neb.
says Thursday was Bryan Day" in
that city and throughout Nebraska
With the Democratic State Conven.
tion as nucleus party leaders from
every county and practically every
primary district in the common
wealth gathered there to pledge al
legiance to the presidential aspira-
tions of Mr.. Bryan and to consider
means for furthering his interests be-
fore the Democratic national conven-
ton.
Enthusiasm was prevalent through
out the day. 1t broke loose early in
the afternoon session Of the colven-
tion and gradually gathering volume,
broke out in tumultuous vUcifera-
tions when at the beginning Of the
evening session the platform COM
mittee presented this resolution:
1.-THE Democratic party of Nebras-
ka again declares confidence in and
admiration for William Jennings
Bryan. In him We behold the ideal
American citizens-the ideal Demo
crat. We rejoice that the principles
which he has so ably advocated have
been gladly received by the Ameri-
can people. Resolved, That the DEP
gates by this convention chosen -,
and are hereby, instructed to vote as
a unit for the nomination Of Mr.
Bryan for the presidency"
This official endorsement of Mr..
Bryan's candidacy met the full ap-
proval of the delegates. The iron
clad instructions to the 16 men Sc
lected during the afternoon to repre-
sent the State at. Denver will, it was
thought, leave no doubt as to where
Bryan's home State stands.
The platform as whole was large
ly Mr.. Bryau's own work. That 1t
reflected the leaders view as to what
should form tn issued upon
which the party should go before the
country next fall, was not denied:
Mr.. Bryan, however, said that the
declarations of the platform were
necessarily Incomplete; that some Sec
tions undoubtedly will be included
in the national platform that were
omitted; while others were treated
in the Nebraska document in pur-
posely brief manner so as to allow
modification at Denver.
MIR. Bryan's Speech.
"Our trouble seems to be to per-
suade the Republicans to accept
Democratic policies; our work is to
expose the imitation by them OF
Democratic ideas and to point out
wherein they come short in their ef-
fort to appropriate Democratic doc
trines.
Take for instance the trust ques-
ton. We have definitely convinced
the Republicans that there were
trusts; now they admit trusts exist.
We had difficulty in convincing them
that the criminal law should be en-
forced; now they admit it should be
enforced but fail to enforce it. In
so far as they have acted against
the trusts at all they have acted
along the lines laid down by the
Democrats, but the trust magnates
are still at large, the trusts ere still
fiourishing and even the supporters
OF Mr.. Taft have no specific remedies
to offer for relief, and trusts arise
while Republicans are boasting Oh
their crusade against them. They
propose regulation Of monopolies in
stead of determination, although they
have reason to know that regulation
has failed and that any one OF a
number Of trusts can afford to con-
tribute 10 times as much to COM
paign fund as can be collected from
all the voters who are outside the
privileged circles.
ION the tariff the Republican lead
ers now admit that tariff reform Is
now necessary but a careful reading
of their promises show tnat they use
language identical with that employ
ed in former platforms which have
been the basis LOT the present ex-
tortionate rates. The advocates OF
the Mckinley tariff and of the Dingley
tariff never asked for more than
enough to cover the difference OF
labor here and abroad but under pre-
tense of protecting labor they built
up the present oppressive schedules
What reason have we to believe tnelr
promises are worth any more now
than they have been in the past ~
years? Surely the people will moi
trust tariff reform to lnose W. have
stubbornly refused to reduce tar1fl
rates wheu they had full power to
do so and then asked to be returned
to power that they may dc what
they have failed to do.
''The Republicans admit that rail-
road regulation has been needed and
20, for q wears the Republican party