Ogden Morning Examiner | 1909-02-21 | Page 1 | Advocates a Direct Primary

A D L A DIRECT I PRIMARY i I I I I I W Jo J Bryan Addresses COi orado Urges Bank Guaranty Law Denver Colo Cob Fob 20 William J Bryan addressed the of or the I Ii Colorado legislature asking to if fulfill the Democratic pledges by enacting a n direct primary I and amid bank guaranty burant laws If U a platform Is held to be not binding ho he said It Is IG a scheme ot I deception No platform should be belet left let to a guess as to lo Its promises Let not a day dRY pass borore you jou be begin begin gin to fulfill your party No Democrat can afford to prevent the Hie passage ot o the direct primary law Be tiC Because cause causo It Is la not as no rio nave na e it I If he alone were nere to be consulted In m drafting IL it It If the Uie law Is not noi perfect I It can be Improved In tee future j I Mr Bryan urged the time adoption oc or O Othe orthe the Oregon plan lilan for electing United I States senators by b popular vote and anti i ithen then taking up the guarantee or Dank bank I deposits said j I There Th ro Is IR no argument against tile the guaranty of deposits that you ou need I fear Such arguments are arc made in inthe tho the dark and will not bear lear tho the light I After AHer approving the initiative ana referendum Mr Bran Bryan continued I You ask why wh the progress or f De lie Democracy Democracy I Is 15 so slow because there thore aro are Ju among the Democratic apostles because wo cannot hook into the hearts of men and tell who will willbo willbe be bo faithful