Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-06
DEMOCRATIC
LEADER URGES
BIG REFORMS
CANDIDATE OUTLINES STRONG
PLATFORM
IMMEDIATE TARIFF REVISION
DEMANDED
Private MonopoIies Denounced and
Doctrine of "FuIl Rights to All,
Special Privileges to None"
Is Made Slogan
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less puDHc luIOuSu tiiS SubSSA
flcials whom they have raised 10 pld0o
and power.
"The conscience of the nation is now
aroused and will, if honestly appealed
10, free the government from the grip
Cf those who have made 1t a business
ssset of the favor-seeking corpora
tons: 1t must become "a government OF
the people. by the people and Tor the
reople' and be administered in all It's
departments according to Jetfersonian
maxim, full rights to all and special
privileges to none
''This is the overshadowing issue at
tiiis time; it manifests itself in all the
questions now under discussion and
demands immediate consideration"
Cheer for Bryan
Instructing their delegates to vote
as a unit for the presidential nominal
ton of w. J. Bryan at Denver, next
July, the members of the convention
made clear officially that his home
state will support Bryan principles
throughout the national convention OF
the party.
They followed this action by turning
out en- masse tonight to cheer plat
form which admittedly reflected Bry-
ans views on national affairs, and to
greet their leader with an outburst OF
cheering that brought a flush of pleas
Jre to the countenance of the recipient.
All the proceedings of the day were
planned with an ascending scale OF en-
fhusiasm in view. How well TINS
worked out was evidenced by the
scenes in the convention hall tonight:
Close to 1000 delegates, hundreds Oh
other active party members and thou-
sands of private citizens hailed MT
Bryan as "the next president OF the
United States"
Applause that quickly changed to
cheers, then instantly turned into yelIs'
greeted him when he appeared TO pc
GIN the speech which wound up the Gay.
During his remarks this demonstration
was renewed frequently, and at the
end was repeated with renewed vigor
Replies to Taft
Two significant points were noticed
in Mr.. Bryan's speech. In one he ac-
knowIedged his debt to the Popullst
party and in the other he replied 10
criticisms of his policies which Secre-
tary Taft is reported to have uttered
in a recent speech in Oklahoma
.'Mr. Taft said that I wish to ami
hilate business combinations said Mr'
Bryan "while he declared himself Will
ing to regulate the great corporationss;;
accent this issue, and in reply VIII
. call attention TO the fact that the
trusts have regulated the Republlcahs'
not the Republicans the trusts.
Concerning the Populists he said: II
anv Democrat has a prejudice against
Populist, I would admonish him that
n Populist who crosses the road to vote
for a Democrat is not to be desplseu
by a. Democrat who has merely to vote
the ticket of his own party =
Mr.. Bryan was in splendid voice. AS
he warmed to his subject he emphd.
sized his points with clinched fists anu
stamping foot, and drove his argument
home with a vocal vigor that carried
his tones to the farthest corner or the
big auditorium. ~
He began his address at $3.50 O'CLOCK;
and for nearly two hours preacneu
Denocracy to a willing congregation.
After a review of his early struggles
POLITICALLY in Nebraska, he thanked the
delegates for their action in indorslnS
him for the presidency. Then came nus
reference to the Popullsts ana thaHhs
for the Endorsement by their state con-
vention here today.
Bryan Speaks
He smoke in part as follows:
'sOur trouble used to be to persuaue
4he Renublicans to accept Democratic
1,olicies. our work now is to expose the
imitation by them of Democratic ldeaS
and to point out wherein they colh9
short in their effort to appropriate
llEnOGfHt1t
stance the trust question. We had
difficulty convincing the Republicans
ftat there were trusts. Now they ad-
,nit trusts exist, We had difficulty
convincing them that criminal law
should be enforced against trusts; now
they admit it should be enforced, Dul
fail to enforce it. In so fas as they
have acted against the trusts AT an
they have acted along the lines lala
down by the Democrats, but the trust
magnates are still at large, the trusts
are still flourishing and even the sup
yorters of Mr.. Taft have no speclhc
remedies to offer relief and trusts arise
while Republicans are boasting OF their
crusade against them.
Cannot Trust Them
"On the tariff question the Republi-
can leaders now admit that tarlH re-
form is necessary, but careful read
ing of their promises show that they
use language identical with that en-
1loyed in former platforms which have
been the basis for the present extor-
tionate rates. What reason have we
to believe their promises are worth any
more now than they have been IN the
past twenty years?
'.The Republicans now admit railroad
legislation is necessary, and yet for ten
years the Republican party allowed
itself to be overawed by the railroad
lobby at Washington and having, with
the aid of the Democrats, secured
little relief, the Republican leaders now
rely upon what has been done and out
line no program for further legislation.
''UJnder Republican rule the relations
between capital and labor have become
more and more strained and yet the
Republican leaders resist each attempt
to bring employers and employees into
more harmonious relations.
Instead of applying American ideas
&C the Philippine question the Repub-
lloan leaders initiated the empires Of
the old world and entered upon
colonial policy which has involved us
III enormous expense, brought us weak
iiess instead of strength and humilia-
ton instead of glory.
Cites Financial Stringenc"
"The present financial stringency is
another Illustration of Republican in
competency. In the full possession OF
rower it has allowed the country 10
be run by Wall street financiers and
in the crisis is impotent to do more
than furnish money out of the public
treasury to support the market. 1t has
made no effort to stop gambling-the
fruitful cause of panics; it has made
no effort to furnish government notes
FOR an emergency, and 1t has made no
effort to protect depositors.
THE Democrats face the future with