The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-04-14
NO BOMB IN THE
+ {: BRYAN LETTER
NebraSkan'S Jefferson Day
Communication.
ONE DISTURBING FEATURE

ONE DISTURBING FEATURE
Refers to Taft's Lincoln Day Address
At New York as an Endorsement Of
the Democratic Financial PROPOSE.
ton in 1s96-Sees in Recent Events
Hope for Success Of His Party in
Congressional Elections.
washington, April 14.-The letter of
William jennings Bryan, written from
Brazil, to be read at the Jefferson day
banquet in this city and In Indianapo-
hs-the letter which caused commo-
ton among the local banquet commit
tsemen because of what some of them
regarded as it's unorthodox doctrine
was made public and it proves to be
document that cannot be construed as
containing revolutionary utterances.
The only portion calculated to at all
disturb Democrats is a reference to
the platform of 1896 being justified. in
part, by recent utterances of President
Taft. Mr.. Bryan's letter, in part,
reads as follows: . ..~
I'm our own country, a. we'll az
abroad, Jefferson's principles are tri-
umphing. He taught that the art of
government is the art Of being hon
est and each new Investigation proves
the folly of those who refuse to learn
of him.
"He was the foe of monopoly in
every form and his name is the one
which can with the most propriety be
invoked when the trusts are attacked
and when contest is being waged for
the application of the principles of
popular government. --...
II am so far away from home that
I am not fully informed as to the re-
cent events, but I have just read of
one Jeffersonian victory, namely, the
selection of an investigating commit
tee BY the house instaa1 Of by the
speaker, and, better still, each party
selected it's members of the commit
tee. This establishes an important
precedent, which, if followed, will
make Investigations real and effective.
Should Accept Democratic Remedy.
II notice, also, that we seem likely
to win = 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
cs9t the Democratic remedy. It is not
unnatural that they should use the
boycott, even if they punish them
sslve while they are inflicting punish
mont on their oppressors; but am
sure they will, in the end, by legis-
lation more satisfactory than absti-
hence from meat, join with the Demo
Gratis in declaring a private monop-
oly-not the meat trust only, but ev-
cry private monopoly-indefensible
and intolerable. .>~-
but there is another item Of news
which has just come to my attention.
President Taft, in his Lincoln speech
at New York Feb. IL, attributes the
present high prices mainly to the in
crease in the production Of gold, and
the consequent enlargement of the
volume Of money. This unexpected
endorsement of our party's PROPOSE
tiom in 1896, when we demanded more
money as the only remedy for falling
prices. is very gratifying. How valu.
axle that admission would have been
to as Il it had been made during
the campaign Of that year when the
Republican leaders were denying that
the volume of money had any intlu-
once on prices, and asserting that it
did not matter whether we had much
money or little, provided it was all
good.
"The time Is ripe for the return to
Jeffersonian principles and I trust the
representatives of our party will make
q record which will secure us a ma.
jority at the coming congressional
election. With that advantage gained,
the Democrats will have an oppor-
tunity to outline program and, with
a program in harmony with Jeffer-
sonian ideas, the Democracy will en-
ter the presto entail campaign with
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