The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-11-22
BRYAN PLEASED.
WITH MATTERS
In Kentucky as Regards
Election Result.
FREELY OUTLINES HIS VIEWS
On Public Matters Says
Much Depends on DEM
Ocratit Congress.
OLLIE JAMES FOR PRESIDENT

The Hon. William Jennings Bry-
an. of Nebraska, was in Louisville
last week to be the principal speak
er at the banquet at The Seelbach
in the interest of the Winona AS
sembly movement.
While Col. Bryan's visit to Ken
I lucky at this time WIS wholly aside
from politics, ne consented to give
his views on the effect of the re-
cent election. To a Times reporter
he said
81 was much pleased with the re-
suit in Kentucky. In fact, Ken
lucky was the brightest spot in the
Union measured by the election re-
turns. 1t is a great satisfaction to
know that the entire State ticket
had such a splendid majority and
] that Ollie James election to the
United States Senate is assured.
Mr.. Bryan was asked what les
sons could be drawn from the cleo
tion returns here and elsewhere.
He said:
1T is not very easy to draw a
lesson from election returns, es-
pecially in an off year when Con-
gressmen are not elected. Local is
sues usually cut a figure and make
it difficult to draw a national con-
clusion, and yet whenever there is
general trend toward one party
or another, landslide. as it is usu-
ally called, manifests itself in To-
cal elections.
Taking the country over, the
Democrats gained in some sections
and the Republicans in others, and
| see no evidences of a landslide
either way. 1t looks to me as If the
next campaign is to be a holly con-
tested one and that both parties
will have to watch every question,
and be on their guard against mis-
takes. We have another session of
Congress before the next campaign
and | am looking for our party to
strengthen itself by the manner in
which it deals with issues before
the country.
What questions do you regard
as most Important" was asked Mr..
Bryan. He said:
81 think the first thing to do is
to make sure submission of the
amendment providing for the pop
ular election of United States SEN
ators. This is the greatest reform
we have, as 1t opens the doors fot
other reforms. The amendment is
now hung up in conference, because
both sides inject a partisan issue.
believe this partisan issue should
be eliminated by a wording that
would present the reform without
giving a~victory to either side on
partisan issue.
1.-THE tariff question, of course,
will be up for consideration, and l !
hope the Democratic Congress will !
pass a Democratic bill, without any
regard whatever to the probable &C
tion of the Senate or the President. |
The bill, when it passes the House,
ought to represent the Democratic
idea. The Senate, of course, would |
raise the House rates, as the SEN
ate has a Republican majority, and /
even the progressive Republicans do
not go as far in tariff revision as
the Democrats.
"The lower the rates in the
House bill. the lower the final COM
promise rate is liable to be. The
last House bill left the rates higher
than the Democrats wanted them,
In the hope that the Senate would
accept the rates, but, as might have
been expected, the Democrats had
10 make another compromise in or
der to reach an agreement.
THE trust question can no long
Or be Ignored. We have some
democrats who are as close to the
trusts as the Republican leaders.
they s-e now Endorsing the SUI
,reme Court decision in the oil and {
Tobacco cases, but the rank and
lie OF the party will insist on re-
pairing the damage that the SUI !,
'reme Court has done to the anti
rust law, and hope that the Demo- ,
ratio Congress will have the cOur- i