The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-05
COMES SQUARELy
OUT FOR BRYAN
John Sharp Williams Makes
!, Notable Political Speech in
the Lower House
DISAGREES WITH HEPBURN
SOME WEAK SPOTS IN PRESI.
DENTS MESSAGE.

Washington, Feb. General debate
on the Indian appropriation bill in the
house today extended so as to permit
fits continuance until the close of the
session tonight.
Mr.. William (MississippD was recog-
nized at once for an hour. and taking
for his text the presidents message,
which was thoroughly discussed yes
terday said he disagreed with Mr.. Hep
burns statement of yesterday that the
message met with the approval of the
entire American people. Indeed, he
said, there are things in it sensational,
federalistic and dangerous to the
American public.
Not Hero Worshipper.
Mr Hepburn, he declared, had
Threatened "the Big Four" of the
house-the speaker and Messrs. Payne,
Dalzeli and Sherman-when he assert
ed that the house would pass the reme-
dial legislation the president had re-
commended. He hoped to see the
standard of rebellion raised by Mr..
Hepburn, and he said he hoped to see
some of the things spoken of in the
message enacted into law. He was not
a hero. worshipper. and therefore he
any regard to the honorable Theodore
Roosevelt. from whom the message
emanated. l shall consider it," he
said. amid loud applause, Just as if it
had been a message emanating in the
past from Grover Cleveland or William
Mckinley or message which more
nearly resembles in its substance one
emanating from the Hon. w. ]. Bryan.
Mr. Williams declared that he was
not one of those who were afraid of a
radical in the White House. He dis
cussed briefly the possibility of rail-
road rate legislation, and insisted that
it was of Democratic origin.
Message Good in Spots.
Returning to the presidents mes
sage, Mr.. Williams said IL was not de-
serving of an ali around euIogy upon
the part of any man who loved dem
ocratic institutions. There were. how
ever. good things in it.
" He did not think. he said. that the
Democrats would endorse that part of
the message which recommended re-
storing to The railroads the power &C
pool. or which advocated licensing OF
corporations. or which declared it use
less to attempt to punish the men
flesh. the beings" who violated the Law
in the name of corporate authority
AS to the corporations, Mr.. Williams
declared they never would be properly
upon the flesh and blood from whose
brains and by whose acts the viola
lions take place"
Case OF Paul Morton.
In this connection he referred t
Paul Morton. former secretary of the
navy, and said:
\ r,ff 10 to
TO a prison after a confession of q
long-continued violation of the severe
laws?"
No, he said, but instead he jumped
into a lucrative position I'm private life
with letter of recommendation from
the president Of the United States
Mr.. Williams insisted that a corpora
tion as such could not commit a crime
and therefore he advocated Furnishing
the responsible heads of corporations
Punish one" he said "and you will
not have to punish any more
Mr.. Williams said he did not like Il
stand here or anywhere merely as the
mouthpiece of a heterogeneous body OF
oppositional criticism and cOntentiOn; "
he believed that the party that ne
represented, 1.-The party that in the
past so gloriously led its country" was
capable Of leading it again, no less
gloriously.
Comes Out for Bryan.
Abiding to ". J. Bryan ''as our pro-
posed leader" he aligned himsell
,squarely with the Nebraskan on de-
a Clared principles and policies, and pre-
: dicted his election, when he said:
Il hope to see this bill, the one 1 hold
in my hand-the one which we have
been iiscussing-som day signed by
him."
Again reverting to the president
message, Mr.. Williams received more
applause from his side of the chamber
when he said its omissions were more
significant than its commissions. He
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