| Show BRYANS VIEWS ON THE ELECTION Haves Bumped Into JUDGE PARKER NOT TO BLAME 4 WHAT O IN TEE 1 Nov J L today gave out an cx statement concerning Yes election which is intended to serve as his comment upon the and as an answer 10 connect ing him with a to the formatIon of a new party Mr Bryan sd he not attempt to y all the as to toia ia future politIcal action but would Let hi statement to his position He says Democratic party has met with an overwhelming defeat In the national oo As yet the returns are not complete to permit a and it t to say whether the result Is due to an actual increase in the number of voters or to a falling off n te Demo cratic vot Th phase O the 1 dealt next week when the are all In he for consideration at this time are what does the teach And what ci the future The defeat of Judge Parker should not be pernal one He did aS Well as he under the cIrcumstances be was the victim of conditions ad of a party policy Odds Were Against Parker He grew In aa the cam and him self more and more strongly upon the trust question but could not overcome the heavy odds against him The so calleJ conservative the of and 1900 to the position on the money question and Insisted that a victory could be gained by dropping the coinage ques lion entirely The convention accepted this theory and he platform made no to the question but ludge Parker felt that it was hIs duty to announce his personal adherence to the gold gold telegram as It was while embarrassing to the Democrats of the west south applauded by Ibe eastern press He had the cordial endorsement of Mr Cleveland who that the party had to safety and he bad the of the Democratic bolted in and he ab bad the aid of jearly cli of those a were prominent in the campaIgn of 13 1300 and yet his defeat Is greater than the party suf fared in either of those years Where the ault Lies It unquestionable also thai Judge Parkers defeat was not local I but the returns from thc estern states bRIng tiP 8 the returns from the west r o othe r the party They planned the campaign and I carried it on according to their owe I vIews and the verdict against their I is unanimous Surely silver coin ear I slot be blamed for this defeat for the run on a gold basis Neither can the defeat be charged ft emphatic of the trus fet the trusts were not assailed at vigorously this year as they few years ago It is evident that the cam did not turn upon the I of imperialism and It is not fair tc consider the result as a vie for the president fOL his was the subject of The result was due to the fact that thi Democratic party attempted to be can In th presence of whIch demanded radical remedies I t It sounded a partial retreat when i t should have ordered a charge all ion the line Republican Position in 1596 the line was for th fir during the present i plutocracy Democracy and stand on the side o Democracy alienated a large numbe F of plutocratic Democrats who in th e thI nature of things can not be expected b be I return and It drew to itself a largi e number of advocates of re reform form whose to these re reforms forms Is much stranger than attach nent to any party name The R pub Hean party occupies the e position That those having secured unfair e through class legislation insist th t they shall not be disturbed no matte r how oppressive exactions ma y become The party can not e to compete successfully with the Re party for this support T Twin 0 win the support of the ele mont of the country the party woul 6 have to become more plutocratic thai a the Republican party and it could no t noS do this without losing several time S voters as that course woul d win The party h S nothing to gain by catering to organ med and predatory wealth What Democracy It must only do without ud it support can strengthen Itself li I Inviting the open and emphatic of these elements The just shows it is as inex from the standpoint of polie V as It Is wrong from the o f on princIple to any n 01 the Industrial and financial S who are of a athe the avenues of Wealth The party if It hopes to win success must take the of the corn cornmon mon people Mr Bryan says that for to he has pointed out the ot ay to compromise with wrong or orto to patch up a peace with the great corporations which are non exploit lug the country but the sound money Democrats were co alarmed by the isue that they rather be it said to their credit to the promises of a success held out by those who had to the defeat of the party in the two preceding cam campaigns He Costly The experiment has a costly one and it Is not likely to be repeated during the present generation The eastern Democrats were also deceived They were led to believe that the mag magnates nates and who coerced the voters in 1836 and supplied an enormous campaign fund In both and 1500 would help the Democratic party if our party would only be les radical The pres aided In this deception and the Bean papers in dt ire to help build up the party The has opened the eyes of hundreds of boa est and well who whoa a len ago t of on BRYANS VIEWS Page 1 see must Into the Republican party with li Dem Democrats or the west and south in mak lug the DemoCratic party a positive aggressive and progressive or tion There Is no middle ground Did What Ee Could Mr Bryan did what he could to prevent the reorganization of the Dem Democratic party tie failed In this thisbe be did te could to aid Parker and Davis in order to secure such refOrma and theta were iod by their election Now that tile campaign ip over he assist those who desire th Democratic party once more on a sound basis he will assist In organizing for the campaign of 1908 It doca not matter so much who the nominee may be During the three years may bring into the arena the man esie emIly fitted to carry thi standard It wilt be tIm enough to nominate a can candidate when we are near enough to the campaign to measure the of those worthy to be con But e ought to begin to lay our plans the next national campaign and the line of battle Issues The party must continue to protest against a large army against a large navy and to stand for the independence dence of the Philippines for Ism and menace of militarism to the corrupting Influence of commercialism and yet experience has shown that however righteous the position on this subject the Issue does not arouse he people as they can be warned by a question which touches them Immediately and individually the injustice done to the Filipino is not as It should be or as we re resent sent a wrong to ourselves and the cost costliness liness of imperialism is hidden by the and by our Indirect system Of taxation While the party must maintain its position on tills subject it cannot present this as the only The paty must also maintain its on the tariff question No an has been made to the Indictment against the high tariff and yet here too the burden of the tariff system Is by the method in which the taxes are collected The Income Tax It cannot be made the sole issue in ina a campaign The party must renew Its demand for an Income tax to be Se Secured cured through an constitutional amendment In order that wealth may maybe be made to pay its share of the ex expense pense of the government Today we weare are collecting practically all of our federal revenue from taxes upon con consumption and these bear heaviest upon the poor and lIght upon the rich The party maintain Its In favor of It cannot surrender Its demand for the use of Its gold and silver as the standard money of the country but the question must remain In abeyance until conditions so change as to bring the public again face to face with prices and a arising rising dollar This therefore cannot be made the controlling Issue of the contest upon which we are entering Greatest Question The trust question presents the most acute phase of the contest between Dc and so far as ceo Issues are concerned The pres president ident virtually admits that the trusts contributed to his campaign fund but buthe he denies that they received any prom isea of aid or immunity No wellin formed the large corporations have furnished the Re Republican publican fund diring the campaigns of 1896 and 1900 and 1904 and no one can answer the logic of Judge Parkers arraignment of trusts contributions The trusts are run on ona a busIness principle They do not sub millions of dollars to a campaign unless they are paying for favors al already ready granted or purchasing favors for future delivery The weakness of Judge Parkers was that the charge was made at the close of the campaign when it was neutralized by bya a counter charge The trusts cannot be fought successfully by any party that depends upon trust funds to win the election Attack Be Vehement The Democratic party must make upon t trusts vehement that no one will suspect It of secret aid from them It will be to its advantage If it will begin the next campaign with an announcement that no trust wIll be accepted and then prove its sincerity by givIng the public access to its contribution list In pub public lic enterprises the names of torn are generally made public In order to denote the character nd purpose of the work has four years In which to make good his declaration that io were incurred e of trust funds He will dist appoint either the contributors or the voters If he disappoints the the trust question may be put in inthe the process of settlement If he the people they will have a chance to settle wIth his party four years hence Death to every private monopoly must be the slogan of the party In this question any other tion is a surrender The platforms of and 1904 declare that a private monopoly is Indefensible and Intolerable able and this declaration presents the upon the trust question Protect Labor LaborThe The party must continue its of the Interests of the it must protect them front the encroach ot the capitalist The fact that laboring men have not always shown their appreciation f the position tion ought not to deter the party from doing Its duty In regard to them The labor question is not onu that concerns employers and alone It con concerns cerns the entire community and the people at large have an interest in the just settlement of labor controversies fot that they must insist upon remedial legislation In regard to the hours and arbitration and they must so limit the authority of the courts as to overthrow what Is known as government by injunction The party must continue its opposition to national banks of issue and must insist upon divorcing the treasury de department from Wall street Popular lection of Senators The party must continue Its fight for the popular election of senators and for direct legislation wherever the principle cai be applied It must not only maintain its position on old Is sues buC It arce to the eon of as They arise It takes Ume t direct attention to an anevil evil and more time to sentiment In favor of a remedy anti Mr Bryan is not enough to believe that aU te reforms that lie favors will at be endorsed by any party platform but he will proceed to point out the reforms which he be be Among these may be mentioned the postal telegraph system state owner ownership ship of the of fed federal eral judges for fixed terms and the election of postmasters by the people for their respective communities In Instead stead of having the government con controlled trolled by corporations through choSen by we must have a government of the people by bythe the people and for the people a gov eminent administered by the Jefferson JeffersonIan Ian of equal rights to all and to none Hope and duty point the way the sue cess Of our cause Is to doubt the tn of the right for ours Is and must be the cause of the masses With malice toward none and charity for all let us begin the of 1908 let letus us appeal to the moral sentiment of the country and arraign the policies of the Republican party before the bar of the public conscIence |
