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The Commoner
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on thp propoBitionB that wo aro already or fast
apiJroKchinj the political milloniura.
j Mr, Bryan. No, my dear sir; I used to think
b? but then I was only acquainted with one party.
' Now that' I Lave become ucqualntod with many
"I partly, I think the milloniura i a long time off.
JVfr .Watson. Do y roraember that Secretary
" MqAdbo issued a genera, order restricting em
' ;ntriinrtH In tho oxerciso of their political beliefs
V hat tLoy thought were tlioir rights, and
'thoii rescinded tho order?
far. Brvan. 1 remomber he issued an order
nt tof'docortuin tl' .ga. ? do not think it pre
rvjJhtad' man from having hid own political
'"Mr. Watson. No, of course not. s
; Mr. Bryan. And I also, know that there was
a protest among, the railroad men.
. t"lr. Watson. It was on the gr6uhd that under
private management thoro bad 'iot been any such
situation as that ivhoji it camo to the politico
of the employees, and Hi on. 'Secretary, McAdoo
rescinded the r. ler. f
Mr.. Bryan. , Well, I think, ho, wjintod to avoid,
,'pr ;.bly, any posdble charge that tho opposi
tion iight make tlrat he w&n using tho railroads
in politics. , ,, ,
Tho Chairman. That orderhas not. been ro
sclndod. . ' . A
7Tr. Bryan. No. But someone called my at
tention to the fact that thoro "was quite -a protest
against that as interfering' with tho political
rights of citizens.
Mr. Hamilton. You referred incidentally to
Government ownership in Australia. My no
tion, although I may be ,w.ron.g( .about that, is
that at one time thoy disfranchised all men em
ployed on the railroads there, ' and afterwards
that Tight to vol; was rostorod, and then they
i had another serious difficulty: Each province
sought to carry as much 'freight -as possible and
au4 many passo ers as possible'-over its'' own
, 11; oh, so thut freight would travel many more
: m'leo to reach a certain port in' that par
t tuvlar province than it wotild" haVxTt'o travel
if it went to another port-iii the adjoining
p-r.v'-se." Another dlffldtittjrHhoy had was tho
version of the business man," Mr. Bryan said.
"At the statt of. the fight for the abolition of
the saloon, the farmer was the hero. It was
in the rural districts that prohibition first gained
headway. But we now want the business man
to join In this last fight to make the nation
dry." '
In Cleveland's murder record, Mr. Bryan
pointed out, ai decrease of ten murders from the
twenty-four in the months of June, July, August
and September of last year, as compared with
this year's record.
The heartiest applause given Mr. Bryan was
in response to this statement: "You who permit
a saloonkeeper now to furnish alcoholic; liquor
to a police HeutenanC aro more responsible for
-r'the consequent mfl - than the lieutenant' or
the saloonkeeper himself!' You must realize the
t saloon will sell tho virtue "of any 'woman and
ho valor of any man."
MITjPPARV PTinxmrvii .
A' Washington dispatch dated n .
says: Tho leaders . in congres TL1 V,cn!ber 1,
put over until next session p 0D0,( f,ded to'
tlo'n creating a permanent peace mff leglsla
lishmont. Tho question of uuive a I SUb"
uumug 1H ginng xneni mucli concern l,7 i
. the beginning of this Epecial ?'-
number, of,, bills have been introduced n-tftl
either for' tho universal- militi tr5J,dlBR
universal military service. These h ml i !8 or
. tho regular course found their wav f n iw c in
mlttee Oh military affairs; f the co'
- hrco months ago any member nr n,
.mitjLeo would We included a nrSiwL" m.'
vernal military training In the reorrani J,
.hill. ndaV thn.mnmh r .- -l,rgamzfttl0tt 1
not afafi certain that such a proviTn a?
voted out of tie committed, th Ii8 ?."
has developed with lespect to universal tr?inS
is duo, members of the military affairs coZSf
- teo say, to the reaction among the people ac" in 5
d has auf- --anything which in their judgment tends S
u.t accumula- .militarism. Such a reaction, if is ataA :.
mmrn fnllnnm rr.J .. t..., ,. .7. lvu "
Folru- nnnitvitfni nrtmn li. -,i .
,VU. UU!lf..uiM;, T.vii it tJULurca qn the work
.of preparing a bill for tho reorganization of
the army on a permanent peace basis, supposed
that the country not : only would favor universal
' military training but would demand it.
-j AA iunl'ownal Po11 ; of the ' twenty-one members
ut cue uiuuury auaia committee reveals only
n'M'tment of guago, and" they absol itely re- and u Idlechrh,. -Engldaneaslly mnltlpl:
faobd to adjust 'the guag of t:.e X9ti?Ste-2?''''fo. pvoauctton by ttliilaigiaJtr,4f,,.51
Us, to absolutely provont -t"Cr:.t.ansier or freirht
KNGTjANP' IDLE 7 "
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Ono of the evils from which 1
forod for venerations was the
tion of real estate in the hand" C the nobility. , : (ways;r follows a. great war, but the military af-
as n to maice tne siuiauon ' wmse, uiuuu.uun
of acres were held out or cultivation that a'few
nobiomon might have a place, at times to shoot
grouso, It was a folly developed in olden times
that permitted the land to1 bo taken over by
tho few.' but to withhold it- from cultivation
was a blunder of modem days, and' wholly -in-
defenslbte. , - ' seven votes in favor Of universal mimntv fMu
Apparently ono of the results of the war Will o-i ing'And yet it is tho judgment of most of the
bo to break up these excessive holdings and m. etfpOfienfeed members of the legislative body
permit a nation to cultivate land needed lor .'H?nat'rth0 'new "army legislation will make some
food production. Made wise by experience' and ''provision for giving a large number of youths
uubm vihiuu, iiui&uBJi auiuicio ttuu Bi.,Lcoiiioii'ii HiiiiLary training.
no longer willing to allow a few nooiemen sel
fishly to keep in idleness vast areas"
rnuu wuuo liuuuuu u. -u.t. d u vw luvur i t $ttm&& tihder- whidh the training will be
prices -Some of theso largo holdings aro bftlng 4jmUm to thVstudents of high schools, co leges
broken up and w 11 bo cultivated. Some'oBnthe -imhWmYtraltlWL- ' A vast amount of this tor
palaces of the idle are to give way to-moten : af mMis"ddheixtiw, it is pointed out, ftnd
structures in the cities. Property will boused ,, imi'-W& fldne-TOb'-gftatMnany yeart, though
in a modern. wa"y that will "contribute to'i-pftblic ntthHhtiJWwfltT''.TTftif ztJJ timn L
good, not used as a" play
Sm'Wo ,fflay;ef say members who take this view,
IS tstBtft will bo -nocossary to agree to a com!
overaioott-1 , tWonttao'lA ti'hder whidh tho trntninir will h
' i&W rsSSr.g;ir-ir .m'-ohe- province"- to' another.
'liyTUaa gbuo thro-igh'tfeurly bvory pha'eo'.
t -Mr: 'F.-v "n. "tg". T on not siuahitcri "with
lii histoty (f the tailroad oxperimontij there.
Mr H& .litou,. i do'liCt kua TrLother it ban
bin Jv-truct1v .rot. "' :1-"- - J '
"". Bryan. Well, all osnarienco in Inatruotlve.
I ffom'ct'ntos it1' guidea and' UOinotiir.cs it -warns. I
r r say that I havo no dvifhi that wO will havo
who fought her battles
teontiment seems tobe
t-Ohio 'State ; Journal
Ing lucTWiiiJU frff If'aig '.!n'Je-;eaVcati6nal institutions of
.wantiit dono,-aitd public .atf c6tftif. fTM WzO" orfho permanent peace
bringingvablcralosults. 'itaf'mlitfsffe bbe& deflriltoly d'ete-r-ihiae'd dtii-but
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It, li (?.V lU-VVil, klltVlt lipiVJlUl iLli-C, 1UUDC l,UUmn,u
.; QUiffitfty affairs ngr congress .as a whole, for
'jjtnt 'attqrr ha3,any thought of accepting tho
.yejjprnxdnda.t'ibri of tho general staff that the
fjffftftcP is DG d at .570,000 men.
-joiJuA-large .number, at -ofllcers Pf high rank havo
said to the .military affairs committee that they
UUL Ll IL.l 1.11 MM U K. i (J. I JJ.I ml lAill ii.n M. ,-, .!. 11 1 bib n w . . -...
In France-the fight against alcohol-will -hvte a rf9j&PWUev$an armyol L.that si ze is aecessarj
; TiiJwpEEANCiiJ iidrrr oW in kuropi
The triumph . of ti the temperance causo- in
America -is being, turtlrer reflected in. Britain
and ; on ' the continent where until recently.i in
toxicants were aocepted as a matter of course.
A. r li".. i. .. ? . ' .... k! '. i '. s ... Tt VlnnnAn t
io u eKponnie is una rcyjeai mws ana try Eime- x" mM-iurpui Ka,u.i.i ihwhw wui yib . '"'mes iifl,oifi. i' ivTomhorc nf th rnmmitteo
1- . g else'.' 'Tf. Is W. likely tridtHWs Silt bo per- - Place in the coming election. Ministers aro.:de- -xoTJft ?5nen0 TlSann
rbVt-iit flheo. ' ' W '-' - mandlng the suppression-. of-alcoholic beverages, "ha1 the-m
.m,. ' !- fo ',.j,ii .JUln ,i . and nosters an.l .namiililflt.a.it.fi tli mramnlA nf ;i-ffille&-AxOd at ,150,000.,, Members of coqgress
nm.suro:
J (Tluteupon, at' 5:15' p?
Vndjourned.)
oil is oh mv side I -"ine UP tbo "respectaMo." ..aflyocatea of rum in Jt been:.n-i&portod..to the house perore ".""; "
i ?n m W' l . Great Britain, Lord ftorthcliffd's prOss and a mfoTQ'the. faot that .the. military affairs coffl-
irf'.?'iho cpmmftico:iiiaio'rity of the Bjttglfeli-npwspapeys. li'aye. jjojfned iniittee,Jfolt.lt pught to wait as long as pos iw
,000 3S1EN DKINK TOAST VIGDH MK.. BRYAN.
(From the Cleveland JpialhXealer, Oct. 21)
Approximately 1,000 mnho "Heard William
Jonnlngs Bryan addresB t,l City, qiib. yesterday
noon in The Holleuden on trXe liquor question,
' filled their glasses with water at'tlie close of
the address and drank with the speaker, to this
toast: , " x '' '
'Water the daily hoed, ofeyeiy living
thing. It uccends frpm' theearth, obedient
to tho summons of tho sun,' and descends -in
bhowors of . blessing. It gives of its
rparkling beauty .U. tholragrant flowers; it
is tho alohpmy that transmutes base clay
1 Into golden grain; it is tho canvas on which
the finger of the Infinite traces the radiant
bow of promise. . It is the drinjc that cheers
, and adds no sorrow with it. Jehovah Iohlrori
WUOTl1.114 creation's dawn and said; It
Jrr. Bryan found, by a raisinc of haiulR. hi
scarcely half dozen of tho Citv ninh nrHor.
heard him' at any of the three meetlmrs ho
. in heaping ridicule and .calumny upon Mr,.l6hn- '-ftir.anfbrmation.as to- tho.'nunber ot iroopb, u
...son . , ..r . r ,.;.'. '..t . v : anyi.that are.' likely to. be.useci aorouu ..-
'. Vrs. Lloyd , Qoor-ge, wif of., the .Brteh .the treaty. Up. to-this time the information ou
premier, is taking a prominent, pai-t.in the 'pro- uHhis tpoint is jratlier indefinite,
hibitton campaign, and October 14 she ad- .
; .dressed a large meeting of Woinenin Glasgow. , .. broworsJiave been hiring some more at
If Scotland is won next, year for tempo Ace, ibimevs t'o brine some more suits for the pur
she.said,. tho. victory will be ft. great, stimulus, atbwrMtoR the government in the
adding that .. was as much tho duty of women SreVmeX and
' &S2! Ifc'rt ftJPlV"? "."wwiui to help 'K VZmmiL iZvevance people will no
vtutiiiia. ul j. i iiMHiu.il ihiii iiiiTiiiir run wnr.' ' no - . . j.i.i nn nnrrn.nu. "
C0ntment:. , "" ' ' ! ' , '
Bean
had
that
WHAOJ DEFEAT WOUIjD BGAV
"You may defeat this league of nations; you
may scatter abroad criticism that' is 'unjust and
baseless; you may appeal to a national pride
and to the selfish srde of our nature, and there
by destroy the Tiope. that has been in the heart
of every thinking, feeling. human being fpr cen
turies that the time would come whon tho same
law. which governs individuals would be ap-
jjuvu to Bjueiu uie nves or nations. , But as .
J.-. i u inoroi hnrraco. i
. nation .has decidpd . by . the votes of for ijuj
;.;state legislatures' that' it is .through with liquo
. . W te fact that a sufficient mworlcowa.J
.seeureff In b,oth houses ,of congress to mm
: thewpre4idenCwhenrhe fought o give a . w
brief months offeliof from aridity, sho
...truth of that statement. No mon havo u
.oars, closer to. 'the pplitica . ground than
"inbribors of' the two oranches.of congress.
New Jersey went democratic at tlie JJt t0
otnn hn thRre is nothing in tliM w .,
surely as. this is defeated and the world'suffers cause ,a true democrat torejoico. nflect to
another such ja.lauiity, deeper than. the hatred . date for governor pledgOd 3Inlf'i Prohibition
ni liitkr .miRnnpfa i j.i. - ... i - J-. . --.----
had udaro33ea nfi-.j Sunday, and ho, te7o, . S-TTSS HKf rS??:
repeaieu part or nis appeal to have "Ohio lead rt omiVi i.7.T i i ",, "" &!. ujjiiuiwumty
tho ntim tnfiiAnnminw V",i , .r-1. w to shield human, beings from such sufferinc and
4 foreclosing th cnin fa " m Iorever I .calamity as. hag been .visited upon them' becaimfi
. - VM4"" UJ aUlUUU. -VrJ. .nn . t A . J "ww
"What I am trying to accomplish , in this tour ."SltiAn Tlu A T -S ?uecK -a BFeV 'W1 ul
of Ohio m the interest of-prohlbltion An the cont '-4!,McoZber? -V ? RegrsionS.enator
nnnnsn .tiio Anfnrftement of national pron
within the. borders of tho state, ana tbat
-republican votes he w.as .elected, y a ake
,he wlU be unable to fulfill his promise
the state wet does, not detract frm t0
that.io,ivictbry is; not ono.. for deraot
rrojoice.oyer. ,.?v
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