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PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
NO MORE WATER
TO GO III STOCKS
Control Capitalization
of Railroads.
ROOSEVELT DEFINES POLICY
No Attack on Existing Securi
ties Proposed.
HUNT DOWN ALL WRECKERS
Favor Valuation of Railroads, but
Thinks Improved Facilities and
Extensions More Important
; Than Reduction of Rates.
ROOSEVELT'S RAILROAD POUCI.
As common cirrim transport
mailt, probably their business,
whether interstate or not. is subject
to Federal control.
Government supervision over future
Issues of stock arid bonds,' preferably
through National Incorporation.
Contrary to public policy to allow
railroads to devote capital to any
thing but transportation business,
' certainly not to speculation. . t
should be devoted to extensions and
betterments and . development .of.
tributary country.
Let railroads acquire' connecting,
but not parellel and competing; lines.
-Railroads should be- encouraged" to
make traffic agreements when In
Interest of general public a. them
selves, but such agreements should
be published and subject to approval
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. No criminal, high' or' law, will re
- celve Immunity, but the aim Is not
vengeance, but to prevent abuses In
the future.
Allow ample return on capital In
vested In railroads, but allow no In- .
. flatlon of securities.
On the whole, railroad- property is
worth as much as the securities rep
resenting It. The real value is prob
ably grea.ter than the face value.
Physical valuation should be made,
wherever of value to the Commis
sion, but is' no sufficient measure
ment of rates.
Effect of valuation and supervis
ion of securities cannot be retroac
tive. Existing securities should be
tasted by the laws in existence at
the time of their Issuance.
Supervision will be for the advan
' tag of the investor.
Better transportation facilities, ad
ditional tracks, additional terminals
are more essential than lower rates.
It is urgently necessary that facili
ties be Increased. We cannot get
these unless railroads can sell secur
ities. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., May 30. Presi
dent Roosevelt today delivered the princi
pal address at the unveiling of a monu
ment to General Henry W. Lawton. The
speech -was devoted to a discussion- of the
railway problem, and Incidentally the
President paid a warm tribute to Oliver
Morton, the war Governor of Indiana.
The President arrived at 10:38 A. M. from
Canton, O., accompanied by Vice-President
Fairbanks, and was driven to the
Fairbanks home, where luncheon was
served, after which he was escorted to
the Courthouse square by three battalions
and a battery of United States troops, 13
companies of the G. A. R., and other or
ganizations. - The parade route of two
miles was lined with cheering masses of
peopleA Following the ceremonies Mr.
Fairbanks addressed the crowd briefly.
He said:
Fairbanks Speaks for Indiana.
Fellow citizens, I can say but a word. I
wtsh to express to the President of - the
United States that which I know is In the
hearts of all of you. and that is thanks for
the admirable address he has Just delivered
here. He came Into the state this morning
greeted by thousands at the state line.
From Union City until he reached Indian
apolis he has met with the loud acclaim
of our citizens. As he leaves us tonight
after the crowning event of an eventful day,
he will carry with him the assurance that
the great citizenship of Indianapolis Is loyal
to the memory of those who made illus
trious the yean from 1S61 to 1S63. and that
the people of Indiana are for cleanliness In
civil lite and honesty in publlo service. My
friends. I thank you and bid you good night.
At the conclusion of the exercises the
President and Vice-President were driven
to the Crown Hill Cemetery, where the
President placed on the grave of the late
ex-President Benjamin Harrison a wreath
of galax leaves and lilies of the valley,
which he brought with him from "Wash
ington. The train bearing the President left
here for Fort Wayne, Ind., where he was
to pass the night on his car. Stops were
made at Anderson and Muncle. Tomor
row the President will make an address
at Lansing, Mich.
Welcomed Dy Whole City.
The President and Vice-President were
met at, the depot by a large reception
committee In carriages, at the head of
which were Senate.! s Beverldge and Hem
enway and Representative Overstreet
They were at once driven to the Fair
banks home, where luncheon was served.
At Monument Place, University Square
and St. Clair Park nearly 20,000 school
children were massed to greet the Presi
dent. All business was suspended,
schools and factories were closed and
every building decorated. The weather,
though cloudy, was pleasant.
At tU Fairbanks home the members of
the re'ceptlon committee were introduced
to the President, after which he received
the clergymen of the city and the mem
bers of the Thirtieth Indiana, General
Lawton's old regiment.
Seated with the President and Vice
President at lunch were 40 guests, Includ
ing Governor Hanly, Senators7 Beverldge
and Hemenway, Representative Over
street, members of the President's party.
Mayor Bookwalter,- Chairman New, of the
Republican National' Committee; Chair
man Taggart, of the Democratic National
Committee; James Whitcomb Riley, Mere
dith Nicholson and other officers of the
G. A. R. and other organizations.
Following the luncheon began the march
to the courthouse grounds for the unveil
ing ceremonies. Solid banks of people
gave the President an enthusiastic greet
ing. At the courthouse grounds, elaborate ar
rangements had been made to seat several
thousand people, including the veterans of
the G. A. R. The streets surrounding the
monument were packed with people for
many squares. On the platform were Mrs.
Lawton and her three daughters.
Governor Praises President.
The ceremonies began with the invoca
tion by Rev. Dr. Lucas. James Whitcomb
Riley then read, his poem, "The Home
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President Theodore Roosevelt. Who
Declared His Railroad Policy at
Indianapolis Yesterday.
Voyage," written In honor of General
Lawton's memory when the body was be
ing: brought home from the Philippines.
The curtain veiling on the monument was
then withdrawn by Miss Frances Lawton,
eldest daughter of the dead General.
Introducing-. President Roosevelt, Gov
ernor Hanly said;
Thin, In and of Itself, is a great occasion.
but It would still be sreat were all Its oth
er elements absent, because of him who Is
to bear the principal share In its ceremonies.
The Presidential office Is the greatest of
fice in the gift of men. It requires a strong
man to administer. A weakling would be
quickly overwhelmed by Its responsibilities
and lost amid Us immensities. But he
whom I now have the privilege and thu
honor to introduce Is at home in that great
office. Great as tt Is, - it Is - to him but
opportunity, nothing more. By his own In
trinsic worth he has added distinction to
Its greatness and luster to Its fame. For
him there have been, there are, no prob
lems. Ladles and gentlemen, the President
of the United States.
Mr. Roosevelt was given another greet
ing; when he walked to the front of the
speaker's stand. The reception was equal
to the ovation given him when he first
appeared on the platform. He. said;
There Is no other class of our citizens to
whom we owe so much as to the veterans
of the great war. To them it was given
to perform the .- one feat with which no
other feat can be compared, for to them it
was given to preserve the Union. Moreover,
you men who wore the blue, blessed beyond
the victors in any other war of recent
times, have left to your countrymen more
than the material results of the triumph.
more even than the achieving the triumph
itself. You havt left a country so genuinely-reunited
that all of us now, in what
ever part of this Union we live, have a
right to fel the keenest pride, not only
in the valor and seir-devotion or you, tne
gallant men who wore the blue, but also
in the valor and velf-devotlon of your gal
lant opponents who wore the gray. The hero
whose monument we today unveil, by his
life bore singular testimony to the com
pleteness of the reunion. General Lawton
his youth fought gallantly in the Civil
War. Thirty-three years afterward he
again marched to war, this time against a
foreign foe, and served with distinguished
ability and success as a general officer,
both in Cuba and in the Philippines. When
he thus served it was In an army whose
generals included not only many of his old
comrades in arms, but some of his old op
ponents also, as Oeneral Wheeler and Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee. To General Lawton- it
befell actually to lay down his Hie a
tragedy, but one of those noble tragedies
where our pride rises above our sorrow.
For he died in the fullness of time, serving
his country with entire devotion a deatlt
mat every .man may well envy.
Great Problems of Peace.
The men of the generation which fought
the Civil War had their great tasks to per
form. But no generation can ever plead the
great deeds of its predecessors as an excuse
for failing to perform its own duties. Our
duties are those of peace and not of war.
Nevertheless they are of the utmost im
portance; of importance' to ourselves, and
of still greater Importance to the children
who In a f "w years will take our places as
the men and women of this republic. If we
wish to show ourselves worthy heirs of the
men of the Civil War, we must do our tasks
with the thoroughness with, which they
did theirs.
Great social and Industrial problems con
front us, and their solution demands on our
part unfaltering courage, and yet a wUe,
good-natured self-restraint; so that on the
cne hand we shall neither be daunted by dif
ficulties nor fooled by those who would seek
to persuade us that the difficulties are in
superable: while on the other hand we are
not misled Into showing either rashness or
vindictiveness. Let us try as a people to
show the same qualities as we deal with
the industrial and social problems of today
that Abraham Lincoln showed when with
indomitable resolution, but with a kindli
ness, patience and common sense quite as
remarkable, he faced four weary years of
open war In front, of calumny, detraction
and Intrigue from behind, and at the end
gave to his countrymen whom he had served
so well the biooa-Dougnt gut or a race
freed and a Nation forever united.
Stop Crimes of Cunning.
One creat problem that we- have befor
us is to preserve the rights of property; and
these can only be preserved if we remem
ber that they are in less Jeopardy from the
Socialist and the anarchist than from the
predatory man of wealth. It has become
evident that to refuse to Invoke the power
of the Nation to restrain the wrongs com
mitted by the man of great wealth who doe
evil is not only to neglect the interests of
the public, but Is to neglect the interests
cf the man of means who acta honorably
by Ms fellows. The power of the Nation
must be exerted to stop crimes of cunning
no less than crimes of violence. There can
be no halt In the course we have deliberatly
elected to pursue, the policy of asserting the
right of the Nation, so far as it has the
power, to supervise and control the business
iCorwhirtsxl oa Fa lx.
NEVUS
SLAYER
LANDED IN Ml
Police Confident They
Have Right Man.
H. COLLINS UNDER ARREST
Bad Bruise on Head and He
Carried Automatic Gun.
TAKEN IN BARR HOTEL
Fits Motorman's Description of Thng
"Who Held Vp Rose City Park Ci
Monday Xlght and Brutally
Murdered the Conductor.
H. Collins, suspected of being, the mur
derer of Conductor C. L. Nevlus and
who wounded Motorman Hull, of the
Rose City Park carline last Monday
night, was arrested in the Barr Hotel
last night by Patrol Iriver Graves. The
man answers the description given by
Motorman Hull. He has a welt on the
side of his head, where Hull says he hit
the robber with a rock. Collins had in
his possession a 38-caliber Colt's revolver,
the same kind of a gun that waa used In
the murder. ' "
The man was taken in custody at 11:45
P. M. and taken to the police station. He
was questioned, but refused to talk and
was locked up on a vagrancy charge. His
room was searched, but nothing waa
found that would associate the man with
the crime. '.
One of the most suspicious movements
of the man is the hours he has been
keeping ever since the murder. He never
left his room in the daytime, going out
only at night. In stature and figure he
answers the description given by the
motorman and companion of the murdered
conductor. He is about 5 feet 10 inches In
height, is 33 years old, but might be taken
When arrested he did not attempt to
resist the officers, but took his arrest
stoically. '
A great deal of credit belongs to Patrol
Driver Graves for his part in capturing
the man. The officer was sent out by
Captain Slover at the time of the mur
der, and received an accurate de
scription from Motorman Hull. He went
to work on the case at once, and has
worked indefatlgably for the past two
days.
One of the most valuable links in the
chain of circumstantial evidence is the
description of the revolver. The morn
ing after the murder, Patrol Sergeant
Johnson, of the second relief of police,
picked up two empty 38 -call ber cartridges
at the scene of the murder. Beside these
empty cartridges he found $2 in silver.
When searched at -the station Col
lins had only 10 cents in his posses
sion. His clothes were'of good ma- i
terial and he was dressed neatly. He
was smooth shaven, and appears to be
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a man of more than ordinary intelli
gence. He also appears to be a man
of determination, capable of carrying
into execution any deed he attempted.
On his hand Is tatooed a star, and the
man . is growing - bald.' Collins ap
pears to be a man who has been dissipated.
FLIMSY. PLATFORM .BREAKS
Bishops and Priests Injured at Cor
ncrstone Laying Ceremonies.
WILKESBARRB, Pa., May 30. At the
laying of the cornerstone of St. Mary's
Greek Catholic Church this afternoon a
temporary flooring collapsed, precipitating:
about 0 persons into the cellar, 12 feet
oeiow. .uaaoers -were seoared and with
the aid of the police the injured were re
moved from their perilous positions. Some
were, able to walk to their homes, while
others were removed to hospitals in am
bulances. The accident, it is said, was due to In-
eumcient Draclngr beneath the new floor.
Bishop Hoban, of Scranton, Pa., escaped
with a severe Jolting. The priests injured
Father C. Sopoy, rector of the church.
bruised and injured about the body;
J amer uaorlel Sopoy, of Perth Amboy,
Secretary of War W. H. Tart, Who
Spoke to Millers" Convention on
American Insular Policy.
N. J., brother of the local pastor, bruised
about the body and tongue badly Injured;
Father Kossy, of Alden. Pa.; Father Ja-
covlecs, of Scranton; Father Kamlnsky,
of Kingston, and- Fattier Loughran, of
Scranton, who suffered severe bruises and
lacerations.
A 5-year-old child of Kaspair Kallun-
seki, of this city, who was among the
injured, died tonight. V -
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DEEP SNOW IN 'COLORADO
Mountains Were Yesterday Covered
With a' White Mantle.
COIjORAJX) SPRINGS, Colo., May SO.
The most unseasonable weather on rec
ord prevails in Central Colorado. The
mountains this morning are white with
snow which fell during the night.
Heavy Downpours in Texas.
BEAUMONT, Texas. May 30. The
heaviest rain in the history of this city
has been falling since last night. The
city is flooded with water, which In some
places is four feet deep. Streetcar service-is
suspended on -some of the lines.
The Southern Pacific tracks are washed
out 30 miles west of here, temporarily
stopping traffic upon the main line.
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CRISIS
REACHED
IN GRAFT CASES
Heney Denounces At
tack on Motives.
CALHOUN'S DESPERATE MOVES
Seeking Aid' of Powerful Men
to Escape Stripes.
PROMISES OF IMMUNITY
Better to Iet Confessed Bribe-Takers
. Go Than Unconfessed Brlbe-Giv
ers Prove Wealth Cannot
Corrupt the Courts.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 90. In a state.
ment issued at a late hour 'tonight. A;
slstant restrict Attorney Francis J. Heney
had of the graft prosecution, outlines the
policy of the men who have made possi
ble the indictment of nearly a score of
San Francisco's wealthy capitalists, de
nounces as malicious falsehoods the
charges which have been made that the
prosecutors are Influenced by political mo
tives, and openly charges that some of
the most powerful financial Interests of
the country have been brought Into the
battle on the side of the alleged' bribe
givers.
Mr. Heney declares that the greatest
crisis in the graft exposure is now at hand
and the greatest crisis in the history of
the city goes side' by' side with it.
Calhoun Seeks Aid of Wealthy.
He charges that President Patrick Cat
houn of the United Railroads has sought
the aid of the wealthiest bankers and
merchants of the city to free him from
the clutches of .the prosecution and pre
vent his having to pay the penalty for
all his alleged crimes. A meeting was
held a short time ago, ber says, at which
Calhoun called together a number of
the heads of the largest S.an Francisco
banks and sought their aid through
thinly veiled request for backing in the
carrying on of the car strike. ,
The powerful influences which have
been set at. work to Injure the prosecu
tion, Mr. Heney says, have succeeded In
hampering the prosecutors to a certain
extent, as they have raised a sentiment
of doubt as to the real motives behind
the Investigation, and he calls upon the
citizens of San Francisco to give their
fullest assistance to the work that Is still
to be done.
Admitting that the 18 confessed bribe
takers on the Board of Supervisors have
been promised immunity from pros ecu
Hon, Mr. Heney declares that this step
was essential to the carrying out of the
work at hand.
He states that every effort to gain legal
proof of the corruption and bribery failed
until the confessions were secured from
the Supervisors, and to secure these the
promise of Immunity was given.
In answer to -the- cry, - which he say
has been raised by the capitalists that
the Supervisors shall be punished, he
points oot that, while the prosecutors
were laboring for months to obtain proof
concerning the briberies,' none of the al
leged bribe-givers came forward to their
assistance, but that as soon as they be
came involved they raised the cry of
"punish the bribe-takers and let ' us go
free." Mr. Heney asks the pertinent
question:
, "Which is the man who should be pun
ished ' for the crime, if one must be al'
lowed to go free, the confessed bribe
taker or the unconfessed bribe-giver?"
"Let us show," he continues, "that no
man, however wealthy he may be. Is
greater than the law. Let us prove that
the power of wealth, cannot corrupt our
courts ' and ' prevent the carrying out. of
Justice."
ONLY WASTS "GOOD" JURYMEN
Chief -of Police Dlnaa Admits Seeing
: Sctuhiti. Vefflroeaen.
SAN FRANCISCOT May SO. In an
swer to the accusation brought against
W. J.' Bryan, Who Sitoke at the
Jlimtma ylr Yesterday.
him by the graft prosecution . that Jje
was attempting to tamper with the
veniremen summoned in the trial of
Mayor Schmltz, Chief of Police Dlnan
made public today an explanation of
the activities of the police department.
He said:
"Yes, I have had men out watching
the veniremen. My object was to find
out if they were men of good charac
ter. 1 did tiot have any Juror ap
proached and my men did not use any
intimidation or anything of the kind.
The men simply made inquiries as
to the good character of the venire
men. You see our men ran into
Burns' men, who were engaged In the
same line of work, and that Is how
the graft prosecution came to And out
about it."
When asked whether Mayor
(Concluded en Pas 4.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 93
decrees; minimum, 53.
TODAY'S Fair, northerly winds.
' . . .IJona.. .
President Roosevelt declares policy on rail
road question at Indianapolis. Page 1.
Secretary Taft speaks at St. Louis on in
sular policy. Page 4.
President frankly tells Hsgerman why res
ignation was .demanded.-. Pace 4.
Roosevelt . and - Fairbanks and antl-raca
suicide family. Page 4.
Foreign.
Illegitimate son of late King Alfonso exposes
scandal In court. Page 3.
Agrarian riots -break out In Ireland. Page
s. .
Russian Ministers deny torturing prisoners;
Douma discredits them. r Page 4.
Russian Social Democrats spilt with Mod
erate Liberal.' -psge ' 4.
Guatemalan, court sentences 19' conspirators
to death. Page 5.
PoJUlct
Bryan' speaks on railroad question and
Democratic politics at Jamestown Fair.
Page 1.
Foraker declares' against' encroachment by
President, on power of Congress. . Page 4.
Judge Wallace opposes elective Federal
Judges. . Page .15 , .
Land law convention may attack Roosevelt's
policy. Pago-13. "
Domestic
Kurokl gives lavish banquet in Chicago and
decorates Lincoln' statue. Page 15.' ' "
Memorial day exercises In all cities. Page
5.
New Chicago School-Board wHl light' teach
ers' union.- Page 13.
Many of Weber's chorus girls marry rich
men and live happily. Page 5.
Pacific Coast.
Heney defends policy of graft prosecution
and accuses Calhoun of enlisting aid of
powerful financiers. Page 1. '
Chief Dlnan tampering with Jurors In
Schmlts case. Page 1.
Boise Socialists repudiate Duncan. Page 13.
Harrlman busy with construction work on
Coos Bay road. Page 8.
In rush for ' railroad lands many' settlers
get "gold bricks." Page 8.
Tillamook preacher fleeces his congregation
and decamps. Page 0.
Sport.
Peter Pan wins Belmont stakes. Page T
Hart throws up sponge after fighting 8treck
. 21 rounds and breaking wrist. Page 14
Cornell defeats Harvard In boat race. . Page
14.
Portland aid Oakland break even In Deco
ration day double-header. Page T.
Portland and Vicinity.
Mayor Lane writes regarding vice in the
North End. Page 14.
Proposed bond issues Involve heavy bur
den for taxpayers. Page 13.
Large crowd attends Oaks on opening day.
Page 10. -Memorial
day services at cemeteries and
plaza blocks. Page 12.
Thousands attend Memorial services at' Lone
Fir Cemetery. Page 12. ,
Failure of City Council to publish election
notice not likely to have serious results.
Page 13.
Eunnyalde 'alarmed over diphtheria epidemic
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BY NEW RATE LAW
Bryan Wants People to
Share Profits. .
NO REBATES AND NO PASSES
Railroads Keep Proceeds and
,. Fight Reductions.
WRONGS OF PHILIPPINES
Revives Parallel With British Tyr
. .nny Oyer .Colonies Gives South
em Democrats Timely Hint
. About Sectionalism.
NORFOLK. Va.. May 80. The anni
versary of the passage by the Virginia
' House' 'of Burgesses, on May 30, 176."..
of Patrick Henry's famous resolutton
condemning the British stamp act, was
celebrated as Patrick Henry day at
the' Jamestown Exposition today, with
Wlllinm J. Bryan as the central figure
of attraction. Mr. Bryan delivered an
address in the convention hall upon
the exposition grounds before 2000
people upon ' the theme, "Taxation
Without Representation Is 'Tyranny."
The exercises opened with singing of
the . ."Star-Spangled . Banner"' by a
chorus of 350 school children, followed
by . an -address by President Tucker of
the Kxposltion Company upon the ca
reer' of Patrick Henry. Following a
reading of the original stamp-act resot
lution. Dr. Phillip A. Fitzhugh, of New
York, great grandson of Patrick Henry,
was introduced. The audience arose'nnd
cheered Henry's venerable descendant.
The singing of "Yankee Doodle" by the
children was followed by "Dixie."
which called forth great applause.
Finds rnrallel la Philippines.
Mr.. Bryan dwelt on American rule
In the Philippines, declaring that we
are making laws for the government of
the Filipinos under which we would
not live ourselves, and compnred the
American rule of the Philippines to
the British rule of the American colo
nies prior to the Revolutionary War.
He said that, while he had frequent"
said in the North that the black man
was taxed In the South without repre
sentation, he had likewise said that
the white men of the South are them
selves living under the same laws
which they made to affect the negroes.
The speaker discussed Federal own
ership of railroads, but said after .all
he wondered if more was not to be
gained for the people by discussing
and fighting the corporations. Continu
ing, Mr. Bryan said:
Make Railroads Divide.
What la the effect .of our new rate law.
which was so hard to get? There are two
effects so far. One Is. It stopped rebate.
That Is good; but what was the pecuniary
effect? Why, the railroads keep the mon
ey they paid to the favored shippers. What
was the other effect? It stopped passes.
What did that do? It gave to the railroads
the money that the fellows used to save
that rode on passes. 8o far we have In-
created the revenues of the roads and that is
all that that law has done thus far, and
when the various states said:
"Well, now that we have given you this
advantage by stopping rebates and pasneit,
we will reduce passenger rates and mako
you divide with the people," and in some of
the states they have reduced the passenger
rates. The railroads In some cases are so
ungrateful ' for what has been given them
that they go into the courts to try to keep
the people from having the benefit of the
2 -cent rate law.
Struggle With Corporations.
All over this land we have seen the strug
gle- between the people and the corpora
tions, and w see it today upon the rail
road question. In 18116 the Democratic plat
form declared for railroad regulation. Ic
aid so in lUOO; It did so In 1U04, but, my
friends, after ten years of effort on our
part we had to wait until a Republican
President had to take the lead upon the
subject, and then he had the fight of his
life to get. his bill through the Senate or
House. At last. In order to make a Repub
lican measure, the President was forced to
compromlso with the representatives of the
railroads 'in the Senate.
I think if I am allowed to talk on taxa
tion, 1 ought not to forget the taxation
this country Is bearing today because .we do
not regulate the corporations as we ought
to regulate them. When I find a man who
is con-Uantly talking against Government
ownership of railroads. I believe he la doln
If from his own interests. Well, we have
not reached that question, but we have
reached the question of our railroad man
agement, and 1 have sometimes felt tempted
to suggest thut the man who spends his
time talking about the Government owner
ship of railroads could better spend his
time In . protecting the masses from the
greed of corporations of todav.
Mr. Bryan expressed appreciation of
the kind things said about him In his
introduction and said he was proud to be
the son of a Virginian.
"I - know there is no distinction," he
said, "equal to being a son of Virginia,
but a grandson comes next to it."
South and the Presidency.
Alluding to a reference by ex-Congressman
Lassiter, who Introduced him, to
Senator Daniel as a candidate for the
Presidency, Mr. Bryan said:
I don't know whether my good friend ex
pected me to use this occasion to Join In
the nominating of the candidate for Pres
ident or not; I will say this, that I Join
with him in the admiration he has expressed
for Virginia's great son and statesman,
and I have said time and time again that
section should not control the selection of
our candidates. In fact, two years and a
half ago I seconded the nomination of a
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