Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-13
ARGUMENTS OF NEW YORK EX-
ECUTlVE WEAKENED
LEADER ADDRESSES NEBRASKA
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Points Out That Man Now Boosting
Taft Recently Worked Against
Him-So-CalIed Champion
No Reformer
[By Associated Press.1

- afternoon William j. Bryan at
tackled the arguments of Governor
Hughes of New York, in defense of the
Republican platform, dwelt on the diff
ference in the two platforms relating to
publicity of campaign contributions.
and discussed the propriety of President
Roosevelt in supporting Mr.. Taft.
Delivered forcibly and In Mr.. Bryan's
best style, his speech was repeatedly
cheered by the students. In attacking
the position of the Republicans on the
tariff situation. he delivered epigrams
which kept the students cheering.
During the speech he took a vote OF
the students for and against election
of senators by direct vote.
The principal part of the speech Of
the candidate was occupied by an an
swer to the arguments of Governor
Hughes, who spoke to the university
students a short time ago. Mr.. Bryan
said:
Put Up as Champion
Governor Hughes of New York has
been put forward as the champion of
the Republican party to attack the
Democratic remedy for the trusts, and
the president seems to prefer the argu-
ment advocated by Mrs. Hughes to
the argument ADVOCATED by Mr.. Taft.
IT can fairly assume, therefore, that
the argument presented by Mr.. Hughes
is not only the strongest argument that
has been presented, but the strongest
argument that can be presented, be-
cause Mr.. Roosevelt would not pit him
against our platform if he were not
the strongest opponent.
He has been sent through the west
to strengthen the Republican lines. L
desire to remind you, in the first place,
that Mr.. Hughes represents the east
ern Republicans, not the western Re-
publicans. He was one of the cam
didates against Mr.. Taft when Mr..
Taft was being urged as the represen-
tative of the administration.
Worked Against Taft
"Mr, Hughes friends joined with the
friends of Mr.. Cannon, Mr.. Knox and
Mr.. Fairbanks in the effort to prevent
the nomination of Mr.. Taft. 1t is only
fair to assume, therefore, that Mr..
Hughes is not a reformer in the sense
| in which that term is used by the
Republicans of the west.
"As an evidence that Mr.. Hughes
| is not in sympathy with western re-
forms you will recall that he vetoed
a 2-cent passenger rate bill and he
publican legislature of New York
passed the bill. Governors in the
western states signed this bill, and we
are now enjoying the benefits of the
2-cent fare.
New York is more thickly settled
than the western states and yet he
gave the benefit of the doubt to the
railroads in their contest with the
patrons.
st will not say that he did this be-
cause of the contributions made to his
campaign fund by Morgan, Depew,
the Vanderbilts and one of the Goulds,
for it is not necessary to assume that
frit it1IIt
his action.
Took Different Stand
"It is enough to know that he did
not act upon this subject as Repub-
lican governors in the west acted, and
care not what explanation MS
friends may make.
IF they say that he decided in favor
of the railroads without any reference
to the contributions made by the rail-
roads, it simply shows that he looks
at questions from the standpoint of
the railroad rather than from the
standpoint of the patrons.
'If he had signed the bill the rail-
roads could have protected themselves
by recourse to the courts, but when
he vetoed the bill the people had no
recourse.
TT is not strange that he should OPP
pose the Democratic remedy on the
any interest in the correction of the
evils that the trusts have brought upon
the country.
''I will not say that this partiality
for the trusts is due to the contribu-
tions made to his campaign fund by
Carnegie, Schwab, Gates, Havemeyer,
Duke and others. 1t is not necessary
to assume that these contributions in
f1uenced him at all. 1t may be his nat
ural disposition to take the side of the
trusts as against the people. His
speech presents all the evidence neces-
sary to convict him of lack of sympathy
with the general public.
Shows No Concern
"Does he manifest any concern about
the wrong done to the people by the
trusts? Not the least.
HAS he any remedy? None what
ever.
"With him it is a subject of amuse-
ment; it is really too funny for any
thing to think anybody should try to
do anything.
'If you will read his speech on this
subject you will agree with me when
I liken the situation to the case of a
sick man who is about to try a remedy
proposed by a physician. DR.. Hughes
comes in and says: What! Are you
going to take that remedy? Why, that
is r1Q1culOuSs LudL Is dDSuIus anu lueil
retires from the room laughing and
leaving the patient without remedy
and without a suggestion.
"Now, if the patient is not really sick
that might be excusable, but what do
YOU think about it? Is the patient sick
or not? If the trusts are doing no
harm, then of course no remedy is
needed; If the trusts are doing harm,
then why doesn't Mr.. Hughes pro-
pose something?
Concerning Patents
"He takes the case of a patent and
says that our plan would interfere
with patents. What is Mr.. Hughes
trying to do? Is he deceived himself,
or is he simply trying to deceive those
who listen to him?
"Our antitrust plank has nothing
to do with patents. The patent Is in
tended to be a monopoly and our ref
erence to patents in another part of
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