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VOLUME 11, NUMBER 33
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don't riistake the cheers
, of the politicians for
the votes of the people"
(Continued from Pago 13.)
abandonment of tho democratic plat
, form when they go ho.mo to givo an
' account of their stewardship. But
they keenly realize that they must
ilrst of all dispose of Mr. Bryan. They
must destroy his influence with tho
democratic masses. They must drag
him down from tho high authority
he has so long held. Ho must bo
degraded in tho public cyo; and those
now in control, as Mr. Underwood
put it, must establish a now leader
ship less querulous or loss critical
than Mr. Bryan's has been.
These gentlemen seem to forget
that with roferonce to very many of
them tho control they now exercise
in tho house was made possible only
by tho leadership of Mr. Bryan. And
Mr. Bryan himself has not changed.
Ho stands precisely where ho has
stood during all the years ho has
been the accredited leader of tho
party. And ho is denounced now as
as liar and a mischief maker by
.gentlemen who seek to justify a de
parture from tho true democratic
course. Thoy forget all that they
owe to tho groat influence of this
remarkable man and in an effort to
divert attention from their own in
fidelity and weakness they are re
sorting to desperate moans of under
mining him in party estimation.
That Mr. Bryan will survive tho
attacks which the new leaders aro
making on him we have no doubt, for
ho is right and they are wrong. Mr.
Underwood and those who have so
cordially sustained him in his sur
render to the protected interests have
the floor now. They can applaud
each other as thoy denounce Mr.
Bryan to their hearts' content. They
may indeed win encores from the
plutocratic press and find sympathy
in every breast responsive to Wall
street promptings. But it must be
borne in mind that congress is not
the country and that tho voice of
'underwood is not the voice of God
or even of the democratic party.
These questions will all bo threshed
out in due course before the people
themselves and we shall see then
whose leadership is to abide. That
It, will not bo that of the men who
have adopted protective tariff bills
in the name of the democratic party
and in violation of democratic tradi
tions and democratic pledges we be
lieve to be a safe guess. Johnstown
(Pa.) Democrat.
of them all, bigger than any other
man in the party, loyal to his people
and his country, fearless and free,
stands W. J. Bryan, the noblest Ro
man of them all."
In tho language of the man whoso
impulse for prayer was not too fer
vent, "Them's my sentiments."
F. C. Garner, Oklahoma City,
Okla. Tho country will applaud tho
stand which Mr. Bryan is taking
against some of the big guns down
at Washington, among tho democrats,
particularly Mr. Undorwood, Mr.
Bailey and Mr. Martin. What wo
need aro more men of tho courage
and honesty of Mr. Bryan. If we
had a primary for tho nomination of
presidents, Mr. Bryan would be the
next nominee.
MR. DYKSTRA ON THE FIRING
LINE
Editor of the Evening Press: I
notico that Congressman Sweet has
joined the ranks of tho democrats
who never have a good word for the
real leader of their party, but who
gladly jump to criticise Mr. Bryan
before the latter has a chance to ex
plain the origin of his remarks about
Chairman Underwood of the house
committee. "The fact remains, how
ever, that William Jennings Bryan
is the greatest living American
citizen today; and the people will
honor and remember him as long
as this great republic will remain
free and independent. The Ameri
can people will build a monument
for Mr. Bryan at a time when no one
will remember that Sweet and Dore
mus were ever among the living. Mr.
Bryan is an honest man, a great
statesman and a most able leader of
thfi trrfiflh P.lftHH nf p.nmmnti nonnlo
Mr. Bryan could not be elected presi- Principles.
dent and probably never will be
inspected in dry-dock by such master-seamen
as John Pierpont Mor
gan, and pronounced seaworthy. Pos
sibly the doubt just expressed is im
pelled by, rather than in despite of,
such indorsement.
It may bo that a haunting fear
that she will spring a leak where
the water is deep, is due in part to
the increasing importance in the
democratic counsels of those who sit
at the tariff tables, and in the seats
of the money-kings. The south 'has
become protectionist ultra protec
tionist where cotton and steel are
concerned, for the south now manu
factures both steel and cotton. The
strength of the tariff graft is local
self-interest, and the new recruit will
not willingly leave the feast of
Special Privilege.
The democratic party has been
long on desire for office, and short
on principles. It is to be feared that
now, with victory in sight, it will
cast the princple part of its luggage
overooara. iot willingly; not with
the consent of the rank and file; not
in the open will this be done but
rather in tho dark, by the instiga
tion and at the hands of those who
have split the republican party in
twain in their attempt to control
absolutely the course of government.
The invidious forces that give pur
pose to true democracy and to real
progression exist in both parties, and
to an alarming degree in the high
councils of the democracy. The same
split that is open and violent in the
republican party crosses over the
pa-rty gap and is already a definite
line of cleavage in the councils of
the democracy. The senate minority
is organized by the reaction
crowd; the house majority has yet
to prove its adherence to progressive
Just at this moment when
it
because tho great money power of
this country "was united against him;
and it is against him today.
It is no credit for Mr. Sweet or
any one else to criticise Mr. Bryan
for a statement before the editor of
The Commoner had time to show who
is responsible for said statement. At
any rate I am inclined to think that
Mr:' Bryan has forgotten more about
the tariff than Mr. Sweet will ever
know about it. A. Dykstra. Grand
Rapids (Mich.) Press.
Cal.-
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. Albert D. Leyhe, Phoenix, Ariz.
The following editorial appeared in
the Arizona Democrat: "There is
no man in tho nation big enough to
eliminate W. J. Bryan from leader
ship in the democratic party. The
people love and trust Mr. Underwood
for his brilliant leadership, but back
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J. W. Dutton, Oakland,
Congressman Underwood is
thing of a figure in the councils of
the nation. He happens to be the
chairman of the ways and means
committee and the floor leader of. the
house. Mr. Underwood represents a
district which is the home of one
of the most powerful trusts in this
trust-ridden country. It is fair to
presume that no man can be elected
to congress from his district who Is
not acceptable to the great dominat
ing trust. Mr. Underwood Is nomi
nally a democrat. The democratic
party is opposed to a high protective
tariff. Mr. Underwood, on the floor
of tho 'house of representatives the
other day admitted that everything
he had was Invested In the iron In
dustry. We read "Where your
treasure, there is your heart also."
We further read (this also is from
the same book, the Bible) I Samuel,
Chap. 30, v. 24, "As his part is, that
goeth down to the battle, so sfiall his
part bo that tarrieth by tho stuff."
Mr. Underwood seems to have for
saken the "battle" and Is tarrying
by the stuff.
should concern itself wholly with the
question or how best to serve the
people who have given it a tentative
lease of power, the democracy in ac
tion is harassed by doubt how to win
the next election. The public is con
cerned with the debate as to which of
several good men is to go to the
bridge; the observer anxious for the
safe passage of progressive legisla
tion is more concerned with the
quality and amount of the coal in
the bunkers, the strength of the
bulkheads, and the sea-worthiness of
the trust barnacled bottom. While
the voyager should sing merrily, let
him also carry a life preserver.
nature must bo done by the govern
ment with reference to the control
of corporations and rather than for
present conditions to continue, it
would be better to go to the limit of
permitting government regulation of
prices.
"That tho very reason subsidiary
companies of a great corporation can
violate the law without knowledge of
the officers of the holding company
is tho law which prevents such cor
poration from operating and ruling
the subsidiary concerns instead of
merely advising them.
"That one great stride toward
averting financial panics in New York
could be made if the government
would prevent banks in Chicago and
tho middle west loaning money on
call in New York during the summer
at cheap rates and suddenly calling it
back in the fall for the crop move
ment, making high money and
trouble in the New York market.
"That the establishment of a gov
ernment bureau which could give ac
curate information to the public as
to the condition of corporations
would bo an active inducement to
the people to make wise investments.
"That one of the most striking de-
velopments of the present system of
conducting business on a large scale
is the dividing of great interests in
the hands of many investors, rather
than concentrating them in the hands
of a few."
Mr. Perkins made the foregoing
observations during the third day of
his examination by the steel com
mittee inquisitors and at times was
eloquent and forceful in his declara
tions. He frequently emphasized his
remarks by waving his arms, pound
ing upon the witness table with his
fists, and arising from his seat to
address the committee. When the
committee adjourned late today it
had not concluded with Mr. Perkins
and again tomorrow he will take the
stand. He has been held longer by
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IS THE DEMOCRACY PRO
GRESSIVE Farm,' Stock & Home: Ho who
takes passage over the sea of politi
cal storms in tho good ship democ
racy, because of tho glamour of its
namo, should pray for fair weather,
and tie a bailing bucket to his wrist
This is said In sorrow that has no
trace of anger, after she has been
GEORGE D. PERKINS ON TRUST
CONTROL
Associated Press dispatch: Wash
ington, Aug. 10.- George W. Per
kins, financier and director of the
United States Steel corporation,
mad some striking recommenda
tions toaay with reference to the
government's control of cornnmttna
As a witness before the house steel
trust investigating committee he de
clared that existing laws were seri
ously threatening big business in
terests and their rigid enforcement
was making It Impossible for corpora
tions, to continue operations In con
formity with the statutes.
Mr. Perkins went over a wide
range of subjects. He touched on
needed reforms in the laws. rilRn.nccmrf
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cue existing conditions of corpora
tions and pointed out changes that
could bo made by congress in the
financial system of the country.
Some of Mr. Perkins observations
follow:
"That great corporations, grown
up under demands of existing condi
tions, can no longer successfully
exist under the Sherman anti-trust
law as now rigidly enforced.
"That tho government's dissolu
tion of tho Standard Oil company
served as tho waving of a 'red flag
of warning to every corporation in
tho United States.
1 ."That something of a constructive
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