The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-04-13
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Y. ]. BRYAN
Which Has Been De-
clared to Be Unortho.
dox Doctrine

Washington. April 13-The letter ul
William J. Bryan, written from Brazil.
and TO be read tonight before tho
Democrats who attend the jefferson
day banquet here and those at n sim
liar function in lndianapolis-the let
ter which caused q commotion among
the local banquet committeeman at
its initial reading because of what
some Of them termed lts "unortho-
dox doctrine is as follows:
Il thank you for the Invitation to
the Jefferson-Day banquet While I
shall rot return 10 the United States
IN time TO attend, can join with YOU
in spirit tho more heartily because OF
what | have learned by visiting other
countries.
Il have seen everywhere the intlu-
cnce exerted by his teachings. In
the nation In which / am Just now
sojourning l find Illustration of his
Ideas of conquest He contended that
we should conquer the world with
cur ideals rather than with our arms,
and In this case, we are affecting a
conquest Of Brazil. Her constitution
is modelled after ours; she has copied
from lis the federal system OF govern
mont which united control of local
affairs with national supremacy; her
f'sg, like ours. has a star for each
state. and her school system is being
made 10 conform more and more 10
OUTS
These victories too, cement friend.
ship. instead Of arousing enmity.
Hall to Jefferson. the worlds
schoolmaster, whose Views continue
their majestic march around the
earth
But IN our own country. as we'll as
abroad. his principles are triumph.
Ing. Ho taught that the art Of GOV.
ernment is the art of being honest.
and such new investigation proves tho
folly Of those who refuse to learn of
him
He was tho foe of monopoly in
every form, and his name Is the one
which can. with most propriety, be In
Noked when the trusts are attacked
and when O contest is being waged
for the application of the principles of
Popular government
Il am so far away from home that
j am not fully Informed az to the re-
cent events, but | have Just read oS
one Jeffersonian victory. namely. the
selection OF an Investigating commit
Ice by the house Instead OF by tho
speaker, and, better still. each party
selects It's members of the committee.
This establishes an important Drece-
dent which, II allowed Will make In
'ostigations real and effective.
Il notice. also, that we seem likely
to win a victory against the meat |
trust. Monopoly prices have at last
provoked a popular protest, and now |
that the people are looking for rem
edy. there Is hope that they will &C.
cept the Democratic remedy. 1t is |
rot unnatural that they should use |
the boycott, even II they punish them
selves While they are inflictiDg pun
on their oppressors; but | |
lm sure they will. In the end. find :,
legislation more satisfactory than alb
it'nence from meat and Join the Dem
'crats In declaring q private monop- |
'ly-not the meat trust only but ev-
TT private moDopoly-indefcns J
md intolerable.
But there Is another Item of news. |
hich has just come to my attention.
PRESIDENT Taft, In his Lincoln speech |
Ii New York. February IL, attributes
he present high prices mainly to the |
Increase In the production of gold and |
ne consequent enlargement of tne |
'olume OF money This unexpected
ndorsement of our party's PROPOSE
lon In 1886. when We demanded moro
money as the only remedy for falling
prices, is very gratifying How val |
iable that admission would have been |
70 us IL 1t had been made during the /
'ampaign Of that year. when the Re |
publican londers were denying that |
he volume OF money had any lnflu-
nee on prices. and asserting that It |
Ia not mattor whether we had much
uoney or little. provided 1t was all |
cod. VIC may now consider the auan-
taoVe power Of money established
'eyond dispute and proceed to the
of other questions But
he President and his predecessor
lnye admitted the correctness of the
Democratic position on so many ues.