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Commoner.
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WILLIAM J. BRYAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
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VOL. 7, No. 22.
Lincoln, Nebraska, June 14, 1907.
Whole Number 334;
CONTENTS
"NO. TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTA
TION" THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
HARRIMAN'S BATH
' . . FINE AND PRISON
NO "RUNNING AMUCK"
' '.GOLD, PRICES AND INTEREST
- ' v REGULAR "POP" DOCTRINE
' - THE IRTSH BILL
s LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
V ' WASHINGTON LETTER -
1 PARAGRAPHIC PUNCHES - -
COMMENT ON CURRENT TOPICS
'. HOME DEPARTMENT
.-WHETHER COMMON OR NOT
' NEWS OF THE WEEK
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THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
Aa will be seen by the speech reported in
this Jssuo, Mr. Bryan attended the James
town exposition on Patrick Henry day. Having
had an opportunity to inspect the grounds, the
buildings and the exhibits he urges the readers
of The Commoner. to visit the exposition. "The'
place is not only historic but delightful. Air the
attractions of the seashore are to be found there
and one can enjoy an outing while he refreshes y
his memory as to the early settlement of Vir
ginia. At Williamsburg, an hour's ride from
Norfolk, are the college which Jefferson attend
ed, the church in which seven presidents wor
shipped and the foundation of the house of
Burgesses where tho doctrine of "no taxation
without representation" was promulgated.
At Hampton Roads one sees a number of -modern
battle ships and recalls the epoch mak
ing engagements between the Monitor and the
Merrlmac. The representation of this battle on
the grounds of the exposition ,is, by the Way,
one of the most interesting side features that
any exposition has presented.
The exhibit of the national government is
the best that has ever been made and is in itself
a liberal education. The group representing the
pioneers trading with the Indians is a superb
thing.'
The state exhibits are very complete and
great taste is displayed in their arrangement.
The buildings are well planned and sub
stantially built. '
While thd lateness of the spring has de
layed some of the work there is more there"
now than most of the visitors have time to see
and the government's work will be completed
soon.
Go to the Jamestown exposition and take
your children with you. They will find inspira-
tion In the memory of the early days and in-
struction in the evidences of the nation's
progress.
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, ' JBAKRttIiLN?S BATH .
When E.-H. Harriman .appeared before' the
Interstate commerce commission he answered'
such, questions as lie saw fit to answer and re
fused to give testimony on other points, yet It
has been decided at a White House. conference
that Mr. Harriman "is immune from criminal
prosecution as the result of his testimony before
the interstate commerce commission."
That provides the cheapest method yet sug
gested of avoiding prosecution for violation of,
anti-monopoly laws.
If a monopolist may appear as a r witness
and tell only-the things he desires to' tell and
' at the same time obtain immunity from prosecu-
tion then even "the paying of fines is. a waste of
good money. . .
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The "Safe and Sane" Rally to the Standard
"No Taxation Without Representation''
Mr. Bryan's speech on Patrick Henry Day
at the Jamestown exposition (Norfolk, Va.)
May 30. 1907:
Ladies and Gentlemen: It gives me great
pleasure to return to Virginia at any time. And
I have frequently given myself the gratification
of coming among the people of the state in,
which my father was born. I know that there
is no distinction quite equal to being a son of
Virginia; but a grandson comes next to it. And
it is with an added pleasure that I come today,
when I am to participate in the commemora
tion of an event that so strongly influenced for
good the history of this country and the destiny
of the world.
I appreciate the very kind words that have
been, spoken of me; the invitation that brought
me here; the greeting that you -accorded, and the
' introduction which I have received. I enjoyed
the ringing of the children the singing of the
northern Yankee Doodle, and then J enjoyed the"
singing of the southern .one, Dixie, just after It.
I. am glad that our national music rests upon two .
- pongs; that we have a sort-of-a-double-standard-muslc,
so to speak; and ilim satisfied that, ac
cording to the sentiment of this audience, it Is
sixteen to one in favor of Dixie.
W like Dixie in tho north. The anxiety
of our people to get that war concluded was not
entirely because it was a costly war in money
and In men, but we wanted to get through with
it so we could get "Dixie" and have-it for a
national air, and not have you monopolize it.
You will find that Dixie brings forth shouts in
the north as well as in the south. .
c This day brings -us to a consideration - of
tho pioneer; and the more I have thought of
tho pioneer, the greater has been my respect for
him. The pioneer lays the foundation upon
which subsequent generations build. I have
been thinking of those pioneers who, three cen
turies ago landed here with an ocean behind
them, an unsettled continent before them, and
began to lay the foundation of an American
civilization. I am reminded of the early, instance
of faith, where Abraham, at the call of the
Almighty, went a thousand miles away from
home and friends, and began the establishment
of a race and the founding of a religion based
upon the worship of one God. As tho result of
that man's faith there grew up a race that haa
not been surpassed in history; and as the result
of that man's faith, nearly four hundred millions
of human beings daily bow In worship of one
God. A remarkable act of faith, and yet it wag
a faith that was akin to that which brought
people across an ocean three thousand miles'
wide. ' In three centuries their work has in
creased until eighty millions of people rejoice
in the most advanced civilization that history
has known; and they can trace its beginning to
the pioneers who settled here, at New York
and at Plymouth Rock. Three hundred years
how long that seems! The city -in which I live
is only forty years old, and has nearly fifty
thousand inhabitants. Three hundred years
that seems long to us In Nebraska, for our
country is new, and yet, measured by years,
this Jamestown settlement Is not an old settle
ment. Go to Klota, Japan, and you will find a
temple twelve hundred years old, and by the'
temple, there hangs a great bell as old as the
temple." Nine hundred years before your ances
tors turned the prows of their vessels towards
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