The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-20


Chicago March Declaring that
the greatest of the present day evils
Is domination of politics by favor
seeking corporations" and asserting
that the Democratic party is best
qualified to undertake the task of cor
recting this. Bryan tonight celebrated
his forty eighth birthday anniversary
by delivering a speech on the national
Issues before ten thousand people in
the Seventh regiment armory.
Bryan took for bis subject why
Democracy? and after discussing the
records Of President Roosevelt, Gov
crnor Hughes and Secretary Taft as
richards corporation Legislation, he
answered the question by saying;
Leoause the Democratic party Is the
only party sufficiently large to give
hope of Success and sufficiently
Democratic to give hope of relief
after the victory has been won"
The speech by Bryan was the only
one delivered at the meetin. Carter
H. Harrison. former mayor of Chicago
and head Of the Bryan league under
the auspices of which the gathering
was held. introduced the speaker after
declaring the meeting had been or
ganized to give Bryan full oppor
tunity to express his views on the
issues which may he expected to come
up in the national campaign.
Bryan said in part:
Assuming that reform are necessary
and which party can best be intrusted
with the work of securing them. | bee
TO present the claims Cf the Demo
cratic party. What are the evils to be
corrected? The greatest of all evils
and it is the fruitful source of al
most all other evils-is the domina
lion of politics by favor-seekinE corpor
atoms. BY dominating politics they
dominate the government, national and
state. The important question then Is
shall the government be- administer
ed in the interest of the whole people,
by unpurchasable and incorruptible
of the people, or shal
the favor seeking corporations control
the elections, raise their representa-
tives to power and through them eX
plot the country. If the present sit
u2tion is satisfactory, if the people are
contented with fhe distribution of
wealth. and with the predominatine
In fuences OF these combinations, then
there's no good reason why the Re
publican party should not be continued
In power for it has created conditions
which now exist, and must have tho
credit or blame according to whether
these conditions are desirable or un'
desirable I think | can safely asser.
that conditions are not satisfactory
and In support of this assertion | can
point to the ract that remedial leglsla
ton is demanded by practically all the
Democratic party and by very large
Of the Republican party
What ever popularity the president
has is due to the efforts he has made
IN the direction of reform. although |
hcse efforts have been Spasmodic
rather than continuous, and have not
,een supported by bis own party.
The Democratic party can claim the |
right to carry out these reforms; frs |
,ocauso that party is almost unani |
nouslv in favor Of reform. wh"e In the |
Republican party there Is a very large |
minority. If not the actual majority |
against All important refTrms While |
he Republican party is spending time |
,etween refnrmers and stand patters |
he Democratic party is ready for Bc |
ion Then too. Democratic adminis |
~aficn viii IL elected enter the Office |
,ledged to the specific reforms named |
n the platform. Will" the Republican |
,artv will ask tho prh,ic to trust II to
AIRY ont such reforms as NAV be
.u,lined after the lection In tho
ne case the people know what 20
xpcct in the other they are left in
The speaker continued pointing rut
he advantage Of Democratic position