Show BR ANS VIEWS ON ELECTIONS I Ir t r They Arc Are Public Affairs and Par Participation Participation Participation in Politics is isa a Civic Duty I ARGUMENTS SHOULD BE OPEN U IC Contributions by b n a aVe Vow Ve Men They c Will UI The Influence Washington Ij Jan 30 An election Is hi hin I n affair participation In pol politics IlleS Is Il a l duty dut All arguments used in elections should be used pub publicly nil all employed to secure the tM of ot or tu to defeat a n candidate should hould bo be means which tho thu ono using uffing them would woul not be bs ashamed to have havethe the th world know This J ls epitomizes tho views or of William Williamj j BrUn on the subject of ot publicity of or campaign contributions as os expressed today before tim tho I house on election of pr and vice Ice president In add addi addition tion to 10 t the full thero were present Pony Perry Perr Delmont und and Samuel 1 GomPer and nn other othol labor leaders Mr Ir declared that Hint reforms only came when abUses are arc recognized reeo Not Sot until there thero Is an nil evil to bo be rem remedied remedied he said docs one Ofle think of ot n a l The rhe thing thin to 10 bo be remedied In American politics he continued was the HE ot of to secure control of or tho 1120 government money being ad by b those antagonistic to the public welfare When u fl man finn resorts to secrecy ho he said IBid it t must bo ho because ho has some something somethIng thing to gain that ho he does docs not want the tho world to know or 01 that he hc distrusts the Intelligence or patriotism of or the tho people Mr Bryan Dran Insisted that the most tin Im thing to bo be done dona was to make multO the campaign contribution known bo be tore fore the election Tho TM trouble about the publication at or expenditures after arlel elections was WIlS that the knowledge came too lato late to be bo of or any advantage to the people in that campaign Mr Ir Bryan Uran declared that there thoro could be no objection to anyone malting making a campaign contribution If it that contri contribution contribution his patriotic Interests In a public cause Ho lie said It was the duty of ot people to contribute to the tho ex ox penso of disseminating campaign ma inn material material by way of or education U Jt had been charged ho he h eald that Chairman had received con contributions contributions from contributors aH as alIt asIf If It he said It was a 0 matter to do de deserve serve recognition reco that so BO many people had bad contributed Even Ev n If Ir this vero true he argued that they were vere a very cr slim sUm fraction of or orthe the several million rotors for tor President Roosevelt As for the Democratic par party party ty I Mr lr Bryan said Bald that thai In 1897 It had more contributions than in any pre pie previous loUR campaign Many Jinny men inca would bet het beto MO o on the result of ot an on election who would not contribute 5 to a 0 campaign fund Mr r Bryan DIjan however voiced his opposition sitton fitton to tho the principle of or allowing only a alo low few men to provide campaign funds It follows almost as oS a u mutter matter of or no ne necessity he said that these row few ow men mon will wm have havo Influence utter atter the election entirely out of or proportion of ot their numbers or to the tho Influence thoy they ought to have hn Mr Bryan said he ho was wu glad President President dent had taken tho the matter mutter up Ho lie has hns lia spoken so plainly on tho the subject of or publicity of or campaign con contributions said Mr r Bryan that I Iam Iam Iam am sure that tho the fact tact that I am a Democrat will vill not place suspicion upon my argument for I think I have tho thu tame am Internal Interest In this matter that thaI tIm the president has expressed He lie declared ho he laid u a far greater in interest Interest terest In government and public ques questions than In iii personal concerns about the tho success of or an Individual and he hu added I assume that President Hoose I volt velt and those who like him have hao spoken out In the tho Republican party have tho the samo same broad general Interest l as out have ha Democrats who have hse spoken 10 ken |