The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-06
 CHEER BRYAN Democrats of State In Convention. LEADER WRITES rLArF,1 PopuIists Hold Mssting at { Same
 T'as. No Friction Arises Q Endorsemest of state. Fave' . soa-Chair- rnsn Hsnk. Arouses Enthu-
 siasm in Speech.
 

the presidential nominatiop/of William L Bryan at Denver, next July the members 8f the Nebraska Democratic Convention today made clear ofnciaiiy that his home State will support Bryan principles throughout the National Con- vention of the party.
 They followed this action by turning out on masse tonight to cheer plat form which, admittedly, reflects Bryan,s views on national affairs. and to greet thesr leader with an outburst of cheer ing that brought . hush of pleasure to the counfenance of the recipient. All the proceedings of the day were plan ned with at, ascending scale of enthu- siasm in view.
 How well this worked out was evi- denced by. the scenes in. the convention hail tonight. Close onto 1000 dele- gates, hundreds of other active party members and thounands of private citi- gems hailed Mir. Bryan as the next President of the United States." Applauss that quickly changed to. cheers then instantly turned Into wild yells. greeted him When he appeared to begin the speech which wound up the day During his remarks this denn- onstrafion was renewed frequently and at the end was repeated with renewed vigor.
 Debt se che Popusssss.
 TWO slgnsncant points were noticed in Mr. Bryan's speech. In one he ac- knowIadwed his debt to tho Pppuiist party, and in the other ho replied 60 d crttleitwa or hie policies which Score I tarv TMES se reported to have uttered | in < recent speech in Oklahoma. saSy oreed fs 'Exterminats the private monopol4" iesitlmate corporation ! can he reguieted. but criminal cor noration 10 beyond the reach of regu- | iatinn. said Afr. Bryan. MT. Taft said that I wiaA to annihIiate bueiness lcoznbinationa while he declared himself | willing to regulate tne great corpora kirh& [ accept this lNxne. And, in re- ply. win eail aktenxIDn 70 tho leef thak tas trusts hays ted t's 2 as'.7 :; Coneefhing ths Ropalistes he haI6. | ''1k any Dsemocr&t has q prejudice againaE PopuIista, I would adrnonssh him that e Popuiist who crosaes the road fo vote for a Democrst Is not to lbo .despised by . Democrat who has uersly to vote the ticket of his own l REr. Bryan was in splendid voics. As he warmed to his sub5ect, he eInpha- siSed his points with elenched fist and | stamping foot, and drove his argument | home with vocal vigor that carried his tones 10 the farthest corner Of the big auditorium-
 apeeeh eg Mr. Bryan.
 He began his address at 9:30 D. m. and for nearly. two hours preached democratic doctrines to 8 willing au- dience. After a review of hts early Rolltieal struggiss n , NeRsaskas s,,nH ns In andorsing him for the presidencyl Then came his reference to the popu- lists and thanks for the endorsement by their state convention here today.
 Mr. Bryan entitled his speech "A Word Of Encouragement," and devoted ' his remarks to the producing of evi- dencs to show the growth of Demo- cratic policies and principles and the basis for Democratic hope.
 He spoke in part as follows;
 "Our troubles used to be to persuade the Republicans to accept Democratic policies; our work now is to expose the imitation by them Of Democratic ideas and to point out wherein they come short in their effort to appfoprt- late Democratic doctrines.
 l ,'Take. for instance. the trust ques- tion. We had definitely convinced the Republicans that there were trusts Now they admit trusts exist: we had difneulty convincing them ehe criminal Jaws should be enforced against trusts now they admit it should be enforced but fail to enforce it. In so far they have acted against the trusts at all they have acted along the lines laid down by the Democrats, but the trust magnates are still at large, the trusts are still fourishing and even the sup porters of Mir. Taft have no specihC remedies to offer for relief. and trusts arise while Republicans are boastine of their crusade against them.
 They propose regulation of monopo- llies instead of extermination, although they have reason to know that regu. Iation has failed and that any one oi a number of trusts can afford to con tribute ten times as much to a cam ipaign fund as can be collected from all
 the voters who are outside the priyt- legged circle.
 Admission on Tariff.
 On the tariff question the Republican fl leaders now admit that tariR reform is necessary. but careful reading oi their promises shows that they use lam
 Ruage Identical with that employed in former platforms which have been the basis for the present exorbitant rate.
 The advocates of Mckinley tafiff and
 Of the DingIey tariff never asked fol more than enough to cover the differ.
 encs of the cost of labor here and abroad. but under the pretense of pro. ltecting labor they built up the present oppressiye schedules. What reason lthen have we to believe their 'promiAe, are worth any more now than they
 have been in the past twenty years Surely the people will not trust tariff
 reform to those who have. stubbornl, . Irefused to reduce tarin rates when they
 had full power to do SO, ana then asked
 to be returned to power that they may 1 do what they have failed to do.
 The Republicans now admit that rail
 road regulation has been needed ant , vet for ten years the Republican Part, allowed itself to be overawed by th' railroad lobby at Washington and hay
 ing. with the aid of the Democrats. se
 cured a little relief. the Republican
 leaders now rely upon what has beei ] done. ana outline no program Tor Fur thef legkslation.
 The< Republican leaders have watch { ed ( few railroad magnates stranSl 1 competitIon and combine great system 5 Into greater ones. without raising i hand for the protection of the pubh
 and now they ask for another lease .