The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-10-21
"PeerIess One" in His Address
Here Made No Mention of
Reading Out of Party Many
of Its Leaders.
"A TECHNICAL CHARGE
AGAINST BEvERIOGE
Nebraskan Attacks Him for
Not Fighting for Popular
Election of Senator's He
Sounds Praise of Kern.

Declaring that John Worth Kern
must be supported because he stood
on the same platforms with him and
ran with him on the Denver platform,
William Jennings Bryan last night
pied for party regularity in the demo
cratic party and asked for republican
support. The tenor of his remarks
was to the effect that the bipartisan
machine had no grip on the democra-
tic party and he made no reference to
the speech at Ell Paso in which he
read two-thirds OF the democratic con-
gressmen out of the party for their
betrayal of the Denver platform in
the tariff fight. His speech was sig.
nificent in that 1t made no reference
to Senator Shively. He confessed that
his visit to Indiana was because of
his personal friendship for Kern.
His audience was such IS to COM
fortably ill the coliseum to start with
many having come to hear him be-
cause of his known oratofical ability.
were many seats vacant in the COLI
scum.
Attack on eeveridQe.
His main attack on Beveridge was
because Beveridge. he said. made no
fight In the republican national con-
vention for direct election Of senators
and other issues which Bryan claims
as his own. while Kern had always
supported every platform of the demo-
cratic party.
He absolutely ignored and evaded
the Ell Paso speech In which he accus-
ed the democratic congress of betray-
al Of trust. He said last night in part:
"The democratic party has three
times, in national conventions declar-
ed in favor Of the election of senator's
by direct vote of the people, in 1900.
In 1904 and in 1908. The republican
party has never declared for this re-
form In national convention. Will
you explain to me why 1t Is that a re-
publican congress can act in favor of
this. when q republican convention
will not? I will give you my explana-
tion. II you have a better one. give
1t to me after the meeting and will
use yours next time instead Of mine.
Here is my explanation: In the repub-
lican congress they have a democratic
minority. and that democratic minor
ity supports the majority in doing
some good things. Sometimes the
democratic minority can get few -
publicans to help and thus some good
will come out Of a republican con-
gress: just as the last congress had
enough republicans in it who Joined
the democrats and put the speaker
off of the committee on rules. So
that the democratic minority can
sometimes compel the majority to con-
cede something to public opinion; but
a republican national convention has
no democratic minority in it. and you
can't expect it Of them"
A Technical Charge.
The attack on Beveridge was on the
technical point that Beveridge did not
as delegate to the convention make
a fight on the floor for the direct
election Of senators" although quail
fled Mr.. Bryan. Il will do him the
justice to give him the benefit of the
doubt that he is in favor Of the direct
eletcion Of senators.
"The amendment is ready to be sub
mitted to the people OF the several
states and before an other election
hope that this will be adopted" he
said.
Practically the only reference Bryan
made to the tariff was by way OF COM
batting the tariff commission idea.
Taking the stand Of Marshall. that to
do SO will take 1t out of the hands of
congress and that the real salvation is
by putting the tariff into the hands of
a democratic congress.
ITO admit that a tariff commission
is necessary to remedy tariff injustice
is to admit that republican tariffs
have been full Of injustice. We DEM
ocrats agree as to the last. We
think. however we have sufficient
brains in the party to make an equita-
BILE tariff adjustment without such a
questionable delegation of power as
Is contained in the tariff commits
sion proposition"
Opposed to Roosevelt
Mr.. Bryan is not in the least in SYM
pathy with the new nationalism." as
advocated by Mr.. Roosevelt, and re-
ferred to it in a belittling way. He
also pointed out what he considers
the Inconsistent attitude of Mr.
Roosevelt on the subject of publicity
for campaign contributions and on the
subject of Roosevelt's denunciation Of
i the interference OF corporations in
politics, said:
/ "Our Kansas City platform de-
nounced the same interference in
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