Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-14

BRAZII. FOLLOWS JEFFERSON
A letter from w. ]. Bryan also was
read. 1t was, in part, as follows:
thank YOU for the invitation to the Je1-
ferson dav banquet While I SHAH not re
turn TO the United States In time 10 attehu,
I can Join with you in spirit the more more
heartily because OF what nave iea1iiVu ~
visiting old countries.
I have seen everywhere the influence eA
erted by his teachings. In the nauon =, IN
which l am just now sojourning,' llhu II
1ustrations Of his idea Of conquest He CON
tended that we should conquer the world win
our ideals rather than with our arms n ant ~ ~
this sense we are effecting a conquest OF
rna.ii Her constitution Is modelled after
ours: she has copied from US the reoerd
system OF government, which united cohIiol 70,
of local affairs with national supremacyi heI
flag, like ours, has a star for each state, anu anu
her school system is being made to CONFORM
more and more to ours. ,-,, l.,
These victories. too, cement friendship in
stead of arousing enmity -
I am so far away from nome tnat l an an
NOT flliv Informed as to the recent events, put
/ have Just read Of one Jeffersonian victory
namely the selection Of an investigating COIL
,nIt+ee bv the house instead or py the
sneaker, and, better still. each party selected
tts members Of the committee. Ihis estao-
fishes an important precedent whch' II Loi-
lowed will make Investigations real anu ei-
fective. ,,, 4. II,
victory against the meat trust. Monopoy
rrices have at last provoked a popular pro-
teat and now that the people are LOOKING
TO- ren,edv there is hone that they will ac-
cent the Democratic remedy. II Is not WI
natural that they should use the poycott' even
~ they punish themselves while they are IN. m
ficting punishment on their oppfessoIs, pu'
I I'M sure they will, in the end, find Iesls-
lation more satisfactory than abstinence from
meat and ioin. the Democrats In declaring
a private monopoly-not the meat trusI on,S ,9d
hut every private monopoly-indefensible ana
intolerable But there is another item oI
news which has Just come to my atten-
tion. - ~ rr.1vr
President Taft, in his Lincoln speech at New
York. February u, attributes the present high
nrices mainly to the increase In the produCliSn
Of gold and the consequent enlarge1neht 9t 5 tloo
volume Of money This uneNpeeleu Cos i''uo r-,'o
,nent Of our partys proposition in 1895 Wheh
we demanded more money as the only remedy
for falling prices IS very gratifying. hoW
valuable that admission would have beeh 70 US
~ IL had been male during the campaign OF
that wear. when the Republican leaders were
denying that the volume Of money haa any
in1uence on prices, and asserting II did NOT
matter whether we had much money OF "l@e'
provided II was all good
Of money established beyond dispute ana pro-
ceed to the consideration or other quesliohs.
But the president and his predecessor nave
admitted the correctness of the DenocraIic
position on so many questions that IWther
argument is hardly necessary on any suo9sct'
we may now take Judgment against the nc
publican party by confession.
Please present my compliments to the DEM
ocrats assembled in memory Of the sage OF
Monticello I take II for granted that your
gathering will not adjourn without the adop-
lion of a resolution urging the ratihcauon
bV ali the states Of the income tax amendment
to the federal constitution.
The time is ripe for a return 10 me JEFFERSON
ian principles and 1 trust that the representa-
tives of our party will make record which
will secure us a majority at the coming con-
eressional election.
With the advantage gained, the Democrats
Will have an opportunity to outline campaign,
and with a platform in harmony with Jeffer-
onian ideas the Democratic party will enter
the presidential campaign with promise Of
success.