Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-07
BRYAN SHOWS
HOW TRUSTS
ROB PEOPLE
NEBRASKAN PLEADS FOR JUS
TICE TO ALL
EXPLAINS THE POPULARITY OF
ROOSEVELT
Democratic Leader Says There viii
Be Return to Doctrine of Equal
Rights. and No Special
Privileges
Rv Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
OMAHA, Jan. 6.-Four hundred guests
were present at the annual gathering OF
the Jacksonian club of Nebraska at its
celebration tonight of the anniversary OF
the battle of New Orleans. William ].
Bryan was lne guest of honor and other
Democratic leaders of more or less prom
inence in national and state politi, IS had
places at the speakers table.
1.-THE Moral Element in Pending Issues"
was the subject of Mr.. Bryan's address,
which in part was as follows:
''No question is ever settled until the
moral element in the question is dis
cussed and decided. Nothing but moral
issue-that is, an issue involving justice,
stirs the heart The time is ripe for
another appeal to conscience, and the
indications point to a greater study OF
public questions from an ethical stand
point. The corrupting influences which
have flowed from mercenary politics have
at last excited attention. and there Is a
searching ol men and of measures such
as has not been known in recent tlnies
Rights of the People
"The presidents popularity is largely,
due to the belief among the masses that
he wants to do what is right and that
he Is trying to secure justice to those
who have been unjustly dealt with. he
has made many mistakes and great ones
but the mistakes nave to large extent
been overlooked by those who believe
tbat his heart is right and that he means
weG. This is only an indication OF the
public attitude
"Another indication is to be found in the
influence of the voters. Not since the
war have party lines hung so loosely
and this is the natura. result when the
voters become earnest III a.. alr desire lnat
wrong shall be overthrown and right Vin-
dicated.
people diffor as to the relative i'm
portance of the different issues, some
placing the trusts first, some regarding
the tariff question as paramount ana
others believing the railroad question
most important But the fact is that
they ali point to the same issue and that
those who take the peoples side ON one
of three questions are likely TO take the
peoples side on either of the other two.
Explains RooseveIt's Popularity
..'rhe issue presented in each and all of
those questions is whether the govern
ment shall be administered in the interest
of a few favorites or in the interest of
the whole people, whether the people
shall be taxed that few may pe en-
rfched The trusts tax the entlre popu-
lation for the benefit of comparatively
small number of stockholders' me pro-
teeted manufacturers tax the entire pun
lie through import duties, and the rail-
roads levy tribute upon the whole coun-
try through extortionate rates.
1--WE have had selhshness in law or
selfishness defying the law until the
average man has become the Vlctlm Oh
injustice practiced in every year.
'.In a multitude of ways the moral sem
timent is manifestlng itself, and unless
the signs of the times are misleading
there is going to be a return to the Jei
1ersonian doctrine of equal rigfhts TO all
and special privileges to none.
A feature of almost every speech OF the
evening was praise of President Roose-
welt. who. it was said, has been carrying
out many of the principles of the Demo- |
cratic platform of 1896 in spite of the op- |
position of his own party.