' ,inpijW"
VOLUME 8 NUMBER 5
i
1
4
tlioy iiiultifBloocl you woro not oiUhuaianUcfor
""'"A Kront many people failed to vote for
Judge Parker, and I have not had time to con
Hiilt all of them personally since election to hoc
why; but I did what I could to secure votes
for him, and he not only appreciated my services
during the caiupalKn, but he culled upon mo (ho
first time I came to New York after the campaign.
J was oppoHt-d to ills nominal Ion for reasons
which I gave, but when he was nominated I
did all that was within my power to secure his
election, and there was not enough money in
the republican campaign committee to buy one
Inch of space in The Commoner (o use against
him, and I shr.ll not allov my loyalty in that
campaign to be questioned by a paper that will
claim to be the discoverer of a candidate and
will then, for a pecuniary consideration, sell
Its pages for a cartoon that was as abusive of
tho candidate as language could have been."
"What do you think or the availability of
Governor Johnson of Minnesota, as the demo
cratic candidate Tor president?"
"Tho greatest objection I havo heard to
hlrn Is that the World considers him a fit man,
and I think that its support is an unfair reflec
tion upon him."
"Outside of the WorH's support, what do
you think of him?"
"I will not discuss him, just as I have not
discussed the availability of other candidates
suggested."
"What answer have you to make to tho
World's question: 'What states can you carry
In 1U08 that you failed to carry in 1S9G?"
"I am not discussing my candidacy and am
under no obligation to namo the states that
might no carried by a democratic candidate.
Let tho World deal with tho facts and give some
ovidonco to convince tho country it is wiser
now than when It picked out a candidate in
3 904. Tho World is assorting that it knows
how tho party can win. It assorted that iu
1904. Unless it has proof that it has tho greater
wisdom now or greater interest in tho party
than It had when It sold Us pages to the repub
licans, It ought not to oxpect democrats to glvo
ts opinions much weight.
"And now you may add a question from
me: Tho World telegraphed me and asked mo
to namo the special interests which it represent
ed. I answered, asking tho World to state edi
torially what financial interest, if any, Mr. Pulit
zer of tho World had in tho stocks and bonds
of railroads or in tho corporations generally
known as trusts. This information would en
able me to answer its question more fully. The
question had not been answored when I loft
home. When tho World advises tho democratic
party tho party ought to bo in a position to
know Just what pecuniary interests tho World
or its owner has In tho questions which tho
World discusses."
w "Wuld ownorahlp of railroad stocks or
UuestlonsV" y " n from aUv,8lns on miblic
"Ills ownership of stocks and bonds of rail
roads or predatory corporations would not dis
qualify him for discussing questions hi,? if J ,
public knows just whaMiiT nnanci'al interests
"Can you account tor tho tllBcronnnrv ho
i7 lllc Oomoerallo strength t IM? j
n.i.1 i'w'0" "','" comn'once with tS9I you will
ntYta " "aV0 " mta t0 " to? an"
domocrnts carried tho oloctloii ii,i ,2?,, , tho
Plied In tho nmrraatlvo. Askoa to Civo 1"
boub, Mr. Bryan said: g vo Uls roa-
fldonc'o. t'c'L'oTor'oiYo Sl ,f l
government and to legislation In SeL 1? oT'tho
jvholo country and not In behalf otTo favored
Tho republican party, ho saiii wi i
Btroyod confidence. aiU had de"
lln"It 8?la tho eovernmont to the hiei,ot
biddor and has been dolivorimr Vi i!L i g ,
the result is that the exploiting 0 ei . S' aml
carried so far that they broke down S Wer0
weight. Our present pan?c wh ich can L h "
midst of plenty, started ?i Wall S?roe an.l
spread throughout tho count t J , oet n,nd
tho floating of watered ?k indwSuSVb?
cause tho republican leaders have so tied t
country to Wall Street that your'gambUng tns!
The Commoner.
actions on the stock exchange and board of trade
affect tho whole country."
OOOO
MR. BRYAN IN NEW YORK
Under date of New York, February-5, tho
Associated Press gave tho following account of
Mr. Bryan's busy days in New York City:
William Jennings Bryan's stay in New York
today was a strenuous one. After a morning
interview with the newspaper men, he hurried
to Brooklyn where ho was tendered a reception
by Bird S. Color, president of the borough, and
made a speech in which he declared that tho
democratic party presented a united front and
was now in a position to fight tho divided enemy;
then ho made a long trip to Harlem where he
addressed a meeting of the Young Men's Hebrew
association. Tonight he was the principal guest
and speaker at tho dinner of the Economic club
at the Hotel Astor.
His itinerary tomorrow includes a meeting
and reception in Jersey City, after which he will
speak in Passiac. He will speak in Newark at
night.
Mr. Bryan was asked today whether his
Carnegie hall speech had been intended to in
cludo an intimation that the free coinage of
silver will still bo a public issue. Mr. Bryan
replied:
mr, nvc duvvi m iiul an iaauc. nviiui x
said last night had no connection with the silver
question. I simply referred to it to show tho
change that had taken place In tho arguments
that are being made at the present time.
"Tho silver question was an issue in 1896
because prices were falling and there was no
other relief in sight. Since gold production has
materially increased, prices are rising, or were
until tho recent panic, and will again, as soon
as normal conditions are restored. The silver
question, therefore, will not bo an issue."
Mr. Bryan was tendered a reception in the
office of Borough President Coler today and ad
dressed a gathering in the corridors of the city
building. Ho said in part:
"I am glad to find that we have a united
democratic party. I have suffered as much as
anyone from the results of a divided party and
I am gratified now that we are presenting a
united front. I hope for a democratic victory
this fall. Tho democratic party has taken an
advanced ground and has vindicated our posi
tion. Some of our ideas have been indorsed by
President Roosevelt. I emphasize the word
'some.' Nevertheless I do not intend to let him
push me off of the democratic platform. We
are now in a position to fight the divided enemy,
for the republican party is divided and it will
take that party some time to settle the questions
which havo divided it. While they are doing
so we can govern in their stead. I have no doubt
of the ultimate triumph of the democratic ideas
Tho time is coming when tho cup of the demo
cratic party will be overflowing with joy."
Six hundred auditors gave Mr. Bryan an
enthusiastic welcome at the meeting of the
Young Men's Hebrew association, where he
lauded the racial achievements of the
Hebrews. Speaking of tho Hebrews, Mr. Bryan
said: J
1 i1. am noi. coropUmenting you when I say
that history affords us no higher type of men
than the Hebrews, both for their influence upon
human destiny and upon the thought of the
, r tV i G Yhere you wil1' you wil1 And that
the Hebrew has won the highest distinction in
an that concerns business in every great en
terprise. In the business of banking he is prom
inent above every other race. I think there Is
less pauperism, less of crime among Hebrews
I think it can be said deservedly of that race
you represent that in the highest walks, intoi-
uTlit yUr PePle haVG vSt
Mr. Bryan spoke on currency needs at the
dinner of the Economic club tonight, which was
Attended by over 700 diners, including many
New York bankers, who listened to the speaker
with careful attention. apeaKer
OOOO
CARNEGIE HALL MEETING
The New York World report of the Cir
neglo hall meeting in New York Tuesday Feb
ruary 4, says: iea
William J. Bryan praised President Roose
velt for his popular fight against abuses and
seconded in his speech last night at Cnrn5
hall before the Civic Forum thf president's de
mand for laws which will end gambling on mar
gins on tho stock exchange.
cunni"6 SIike n the text "Th0" Shalt Not
Steal," and was greeted by an audience which
comfortably filled the body of the hall, the boxes
and the upper galleries. Many fashionably
dressed persons were present. The stage was
filled with personal friends of Mr. Bryan, and
persons interested in the Civic Forum. Mr.
Bryan's speech was received with sympathetic
applause.
Edward M. Shepard, who presided, spoke
of Mr. Bryan as a great American whose politi s
now practically dominated in the White Hou:-e.
Mr. Bryan prefaced his speech with a
eulogy of President Roosevelt which he quali
fied by saying that he did not approve of all
the things the president had done.
I take it that President Roosevelt, like my
self, is a creature of environment, a product of
his time, and the same things which have im
pelled myself and thousands of other persons
have impelled him to advocate some of the
things he has advocated. I believe he has been
impelled by the spirit of the time.
"I do not accuse him of following us or of
imitating our politics. I believe the same force
that compelled us to speak compelled him to
speak. Even when I have differed from him I
have believed him to be actuated by the highest
purposes and the loftiest motives.
Mr. Bryan paid a second tribute to Roose
velt at the end of his speech when he undertook
to answer a large number of queries sent up
to the platform. One question was, "Has not
President Roosevelt taken the wind out of the
sails of every party except the socialists, and
where is there any room for Bryanism and de
mocracy?" "The president has tried to do something,"
he replied. "He has not tried to do everything
he should he has not tried to get election of
United States senators by the people. But the
bulk of the good things he has advocated have
not been adopted by his party, because the
leaders of his party have not tried to help him."
OOOO
MR. BRYAN IN PHILADELPHIA
Mr. Bryan visited in Philadelphia February
3. Following are extracts from the report made
by the Philadelphia North American (rep.):
"When more than 500 men were turned
away from the Lyric theatre yesterday afternoon,
while every seat was filled and full 200 persons
crowded on the stage, William Jennings Bryan
scored a personal triumph sufficient to make his
present visit to this city notuble, without the
formal launching of the presidential boom which
his presence occasioned.
"Mr. Bryan was the speaker at a men's
meeting, arranged by the Y. M. C. A., and his
topic was the eminently religious one: 'The
Prince of Peace,' but in spite of the holiness of
the day and the sanctity of the surroundings
the meeting took a political flavor through no
fault of Bryan himself.
"Men ranking high in the official life of
the city, prominent Y. M. C. A. workers and
plain voters, who may not often go to Y. M. C.
A. meetings, but who are constant in their ad
miration of Bryan as a political leader, mingled
in the big crowd, and the appearance of the
speaker on the stage, following his introduction
by Bishop Mackay-Smith, was the signal for a
mighty roar, which would have done infinite
credit to the last state convention of the demo
cratic party.
"Workers in the local democratic organi
zation were conspicuously absent.
"It was on leaving the theatre that the
greatest tribute was paid to Bryan. Cherry
street was packed from Broad to the Btage en
trance with a mass of men who varied their
endeavors to grasp his hand by cheers for 'our
next president.'
"Two policemen tried to make him a path
to the waiting automobile, but were shoved aside
by men who demanded to shake hands.
"Even after the machine was gained ex
cited electors pushed their hands under the cur
tain, and it was some minutes before the auto
mobile could make headway through the crowd.
"Though he. carefully abstained from politi
cal references and confined himself io a discus
sion of Christian principles as a professed
Christian, Mr. Bryan dovGlnnnri hio
ply to present-day commercial and religious
methods, and made most pointed references to
certain 'wealthy malefactors who offer to en
rich the church with the spoils of trade. He
alluded in guarded terms to John D. Rockefel-
Mi,?0riiOf,,??,Ley to roli6ious institutions,
which dec ined it because it was 'tainted, and
said this incident was cause for Christian re
joicing. u
"'I know no better evidence of our ethical
awakening,' he said, 'than the fact that we ax
fevtt- 1