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Show IS AGAINST REGULATION Bryan Criticizes the Roosevelt Policy To- ward the Trusts 1 Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 21. Wil- H Ham Jennings Bryan delivered a dozen H addresses In Los Angeles yesterday, jH although only four had been sched- iH uled. For twelve hours the Nebraskan "H was kept on the go, from one mooting H place to another. He first spoke to IH women Democrats at a breakfast thi-y H had tendered him, and then addressed H a hotel lobby throng that defied the police to disporso It without a speed. IH An immense throng heard him later H in the Auditorium and at noon thou- H sands of workmen crowded a prize H fight pavilion and gathered at two H overflow meotlngs IH In the afternoon Colonel Bryan Hl spoke to many thousands at Fiesta park, where the police had difficulty H in controlling tho crowds. Before reaching the park he delivered a ser- IH ies ot addresses from an automobile. IH Discussing Colonel Roosevelt and the IH trusts M.rfl Bryan eald: IH "Mr. Roosevelt says that the trusts H have come to stay and he denounces H the Democrats for wanting to make It IH impossible for a private monopoly to H exist. Mr Roosevelt says, 'You muat H not try to prevent monopoly. .Tuui H regulate IL Let It grow and grow IH and grow, let it merge and merge; let H it consolidate and consolidate-, but H "My friends, he watched it for sev- en and a half years and it merged H and merged, and when it got to a H beautiful poinL when It didn't know H whether It could merge or not. It went H to him and asked him, and he said, H 'Yes, merge.' IH "I don't believe that we can long maintain political independence when H we have lost industrial independence. H 1 am not in favor of Mr. Roosevelt'c IH plan of making the trusts grow and IH increase. It has brought corruption Into every stato government that bat IH tried to control franchise holding coi- "Where Mr. Roosevelt's position U UWMWM good on national issues the Democrats have been there before him. I think IH it is only fair that Mr. Rooseve- H should do with his issues like they H sometimes do with eggs mark the IH date on them. IH "Now. I am glad to have him come l In. hut he has been late. Ho lias been IH on the other side aud wo have had to work along without him and with him IH against us, And now that be ha come over we have got our fight won." oo ll |
