Show BRY BRYANS AN PLANS S FOR FORTHE THE FUTURE t 4 Radical Change from Conserva Conservative tive Lines Advocated 9 I SOME MEA URES OF REFORM PASTING SHOT TAT TAKEN T T AT CLEVELAND H I Lincoln Neb July 21 William J 3 Bryans plan pl n for lor the of ot Democracy wis vu published today In It Mr Bryan B an favors fa or radical db and anI anda a departure from conservative n lines linen but advocates the election ejection of or Judge Judg Parker for fort president p as a Soot good begin beginning beginning ning He declares for state ownership of or railroads government control of the fo telegraphs abolishment i of private mo monopoly monopoly the income lax fas ax and the elec election el elt tion t n of or federal Judges iy by the people Mr Bryan says in part My ily selection as standard bearer of DC the Democratic party 6 and again In 1900 1500 made me the nominal l leader of that party and as such I did not feel at liberty to engraft new ne upon the party creed I contented myself with the defense of f those thoe e principles and policies which were embodied in th platform N Radical Change Now that the leadership devolves upon On u another and Bd d I bear baar only the re responsibility responsibility that each eth citizen must bear namely nameh responsibility I for my toy own d my utterances a and aDd d my con conduct conduct conduct duct I am free tree to undertake und a work ork which until now I have voId avoided name namely namely ly l the work york of or organizing the radical and progressive ve element in the Demo Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic party The money question is for tor the th pres peas present present ent in abeyance The increased pro production prodUction of f gold has bas lessened the t strain upon u on the dollar donar and while bimetallism is as sound in the ordinary as it ever Was v s the necessity for It is not so ap apparent apparent parent arent 4 Other Questions Ques ons Besides Beside Money But while the tie people peo e cannot b be brought at this time to consider the I various phases of f the money question they hey can be brought to consider eec cerain certain ain tain tam other with which the tho Democratic party must deal I have heretofore refused to take a u position upon the question of government own ownership of railroads first because b u e I 1 had hadnot hadnot hadnot not until recently studied the subject and second because the question had haJ ha hanot hadnot not reached primary importance Recent events have convinced me that the time is now ripe for the pres presentation presentation presentation of or the question Consolidation after fter consolidation has taken place un until until until til a few men urea now control time the railroad traffic raffle of the country both the th legislative and executive power of the natIon I Invite the there therefore therefore therefore fore to consider a plan for tor the t e govern government government ment meat ownership and operation of or the railroads The plan usually suggested Is s for the purchase of by bythe bythe bythe the federal government This plan lan It seems to me Is more objectionable ob than thana a plan which h involves the ownership and operation of ot these th roads by the th several states To put the railroads In Inthe Inthe Inthe the hands of 01 the federal government would mean an enormous centralization or of power It would give to the federal government a largely increased influence Influence ence over the citizen and the affairs and such centralization c is not at all necessary State Ownership S The states st ites can own and arid t railroads within their borders just as s effectively as s it can be done by b the fed federal federal federal eral government go and if it is done by bythe bythe bythe the objection based upon the fear of or centralization is entirely an A board composed of ot representatives representatives from the various states could deal with interstate traffic traffie of or the various arlous lines If the th federal leral te govern government ment meet had the railroads s to bu 4 there th re would be a constant warring between different sections to secure a fair share of the new naw building and development but were ere this is left to the state the people can decide whether they desire to build bund or to buy bu While the Democratic party in the nation is adverting to the government ownership of railroads the Democratic party in the cities should upon the same theory espouse the cause of or mn mu ownership ef of f municipal fran franchises franchises chines We have hae also reached a time tiffie when the th department should em eta wace a telegraphic estem as no well as a amail 1 amail mail system lIe the lines do not reach as many nany people as the tho railroads do and while the Um abuses s of or private ownership own have hao not been so open n and notorious there is why hy this nation should not do what other nations are re re doing in thip respect Must Hust be Destroyed The Th private monopoly must most be de tie destroyed destroyed The Democratic platform adopted a at Kansas City declared the private monopoly to he be Indefensible and intolerable The Democratic party has in two campaigns stood for an Income tax The was omitted this year be because because cause the men Ih Itt control of at the party part thought it would jeopardize success in inthe Inthe Inthe the eastern astern states This objection may mar ma have bave weight w when the appeal is mad Thad to a particular section and arid to th the wealthy men of or that section but It ItC cannot C have haye weight when wh n th the party goes forth as it must mast ultimately 1 do doto doto doto to appeal to the masses mamas The contest above abo outlined must most be bema made ma e whether the party wins in No November November vember or not A single sin le election ejection is but butan butan butan an incident in the life Ufo of a party For more than a century the Democratic party has stood forth t rth as the of ot certain great eat ideas Jefferson founded it It Jackson defended it it ani and even eYen Cleveland could not destroy it It If Mr Parker is elected el ted his will rid us of Imperialist and of ot threat of a race issue and give le us lEI greater freedom in the taking Op up of economic questions que |