Show I 1 BATTLE CRY crr NEXT YEAR f what democratic committeemen I 1 predict for 1900 THE TRUST ISSUE PROMINENT with one exception all members of 0 national committee speak freely that some other issue divide the 0 stage with free silver imperialism or cr militarism is suggested ono one emphasizes the trust question on as an the big Thing still others other want a tialin battle cry chicago june 12 the times herald has bas been asking members of the dean democratic national committee what should be the pit bailys ys battle cry in 1300 2900 tree t whittier whet tier fret ree coi naltO of sliver silver or don donn n mit with ti tho trusts or both tho the ansmits a ft f t those hos that havo born been re r celled are am published in lb the times time herald t today 0 day as lions 9 while on only y ono one ot of thi the replies of it those delacr democratic site lodders le lod deas tile the representative for maine t tho he bottle state stall or of mr life bryn ans running mate in 1 eitai I 1 says deop free sliver they are arc all im but unanimous in giving tr tile truba question a prominence it never ni vcr has ha hid hd in the platform of cf their anti oo 00 n or stay any other purly party w with I 1 th one exception all speak reely freely that go some e other issue dildo tin tile stage with fre free silver some same say may imperl 1 I ism or m till ill ile 10 anti no of 0 the iho prominent I lilies sties one on save dav frankly to iho be I 1 question llon as a tho the we big thing still others speak for or a twin battle cry just one com committeeman sa sal a 11 nally t y the issues of ph should abt he be the iss uis 8 of 0 aw 10 this one exception is alexander troup of connecticut half a dozen of the committeemen TO are either cither noncommittal non committal or refuse to be qu quoted 0 ted they are george fred wll wil 0 of I 1 massachusetts D J cham chain rau poll of 0 it michigan ic calgan B B smalley of vermont frank campbell ot of new york T P D obrien of minnesota klinne sota and J G dudley of 0 texas A statement tatem from thomas gahan rational sa committeeman for or illinois cannot bo be obtained because he be is not in the city and cannot be reached bv bar telegraph his attitude Is ho however never pretty well know n the benien who say pay free silver must have the first place in tho the p platform t to rm although com ba lilied n ed with the questions of 0 ra militarism and po 10 on a arc in colorado kansas nebraska arkansas arid and III indian territory chich latter does not vote f or r president dent all the others othera either put put the trust question foremost or lay much stress upon ilia questions presented by the spanish war some pome of tho the statements of ill the committeemen received by the th times herald are in part as aa follows fallen THOMAS ARKANSAS in my opinion the national dean n cratic bratic convention should r affirm the chicago platform and in addition denounce ale unco trusts imperialism ond and extrac al affa lance aco the th necessity for the free coinage 0 of sliver la Is greater freater now than it vaa ism in 16 because as we baan more taxes and A larger national debt to pay wo no nned need mate redemption money to to make payments 40 J J DWYER california no man can co n tell we will bo be in 1206 bredle predictions t ono must therefore ther eforo bo be based on ifa ac the he philippine war Is IH still in active in ili or if the president and his guard aro are then act lelY engaged in their con to nicol cuba and especially jf if both these foreign questions remain unsolved there them mill be but one issue and that will be imperialism in that event the democratic party v m ill lit in my opinion declare fiaui nat imperialism a n nd d will win mill easily its platform will h bo a the constitution tho the declaration of ind independence e pen dence and tho the ten commandments rine n ts domestic Auest questions ions will mill bo be d et racked in tho the absence of 1 foreign rig a issues tho the battle will mill bo be on the me lines on as in 1836 1 I do not think the antitrust anti trust issue mill bo be allowed to obscure the sliver silver julie iwuc it m will III bo be a tight of demo clarY against plutocracy math t tho 0 finta racial question in tho the forefront ADAIR WILSON COLORADO in my opinion there la Is no doubt thit hatin in tho the next presidential campaign the money question will be the leading liue issue as it was in tho the last and that bimetallism tho the restoration of silver collidge coinage at the ratio of IS 18 to I 1 kill IK be the battle cry of tho the democracy the democratic party has always opposed trusts arri and possibly lit lik view of recent events in its in platform of 1900 public attention may he be more forcibly called to this question but in TIO no sense as to 0 supplant t tho he In ancial issue the former la is in f fat t eni embraced embro braced ced in the lotter ls la only the natural out t groath hi of the alie present financial polac policy y of the if y you ou wish ish to al tle lroy ilroy i an beij you must str strike ike at it ha 8 I 1 burce liene henre to crush the trusts restore tho the paramo paramount ant lt sue of the campaign of IDOO will be tho the bame os as it m as in ALEX TROUP connecticut Tenni nally I 1 favor the chicago platform of iain as tile the paramount ismae in the campaign of vw IW 1 I he h vote for brian in my opinion mill be largely increased in 11 34 nf and tile tho issue in cited atad of being beloff bete between 11 bler all in an and Ind independent pond en t hi metal 1 sm M will mill be between tho the ingle i sold ROM tn dard as ail advocated by the iho il pub llian aln pat pan ti and the ChIr chinigo tage plit plat forre I 1 it t will 11 I 1 ix ile a tight to B a finish CLARK ROWELL until a non new platform Is in made we should lili stand by the iho old platform ex cx cepl of course on an such foni an might art araw out of in I 1 n it aleh tell arc lieu lien and chich welo not under con nto 11 lel ration at the iho time lime of tho the motif ii iii of nc the iho last national conven convention tieta and aad eten een on oil match auch ques question I 1 doubt thu the propriety of the national nat tonal committe taking a ution in fit see nd ance of the party parly n eions lit in I 1 lh he F veral states aft pvc the two q are enow low imperialism and the construction of f trusts trims and sit As an to the latter question tile the ge gentral attitude of the he party to 1 already defined in the no na illonal platform p and d there re Is little doubt that 1 it t mill 1 bolion t bonow th the taken PO bItOn iLli cady dY in its ilia last lant na national declaration by tt a more pointed u lind nd more emphatic utterance on the oil bleat in the next r r national sn convention 1 0 to my mind lal th this simply ly a collateral issue to the well known nd of the iho party parly tor for cur rency reform and nd we should bould continue to be as tt active a in 1 this th i ture 1 line to 1 tile he fu as we have hav been in the pat past As to the question of Imperi imperialism allis I 1 bo be called n 0 I 1 orby am y haLover hn lover name tt may inclined to 10 think that iha it to would be very verv unit inc tor for the party commit itself tion now to any de declare clarn proclaiming the te changed d cand condi items on aleh aus kiil I 1 give the th proceeds pool people or of the holta craun try better data from which to reach 1 B as to the r binnal at na a duty we are cam filed ty t 1 e policy of 0 f establishing e 1 I inina L 1 in cuba this 1 no all ra k an n h tet to 1 I effora I 1 with HIKI I to iii pon inelo ali I 1 to 9 ra illy it i should 1 nul I 1 b in all 1 1 9 iri 11 exl ii d na am a part of the united states and id governed for the present as a territory 1 with fth a A low of 0 establishing ul til tillage late od with fill cef reco to the philippines I 1 should say ny us its a general proposition ili that tl it I 1 9 our dat duty to oui melves lacs and also to a the he mail v 01 1 id I and nl first sto 0 o establish it a sound tind mild stab as e government I 1 ram it thorp there e we me conal ia tho aties t ton ot of ant and I 1 lewi lea ing hiir tho the deop people le and propel property pro ty of those thio islands to tile hit marev of the ine philippine b a agan we a khouli give tile fill 1 ill panni alit independence lit in lue due couise of f al lime I 1 inn it IL mould be both inhuman and brutal lit on atlie the part of our to pull peremptorily out ns things now maud and such a path nub jnet out oui country to the th contempt of its t oun people and fit the abil cule of the IN ol 01 id it seems seeing to in me that I 1 lans couise of tins party in clear as aa ragar in the selection of its van didat for int ear cor and list that th rank and nic file 0 of the pai tv lieve air adv designated for ro nomination file th III iffland lender of W J bryan if fr no w made no en now non owl hold ours olies in ili a position po where no v can call lake prompt advantage of tho the many ej i rora rare of the pai iv now in III I 1 pom potter or I 1 see no reason m chy by it a ill bill illi llant arlt campaign ump aln next year should not be followed toti foli by it a democratic 1 bictory in 19 C A WALSH IOWA in the campaign of men na am in five campaigns of laj and IS the th of flee fice silver stiff and down donit with mith the trusts RO go hand in bond the chicago platform rm of f be leaf firme 1 in nil all itt its I 1 parts rt in ili 1900 its ita pronounce I 1 menu are pta should ile be ina inadi in strong und and explicit pr Ht anti and a a remedy to for r j their prevention offered WILLIAM JOir KANSAS nothing hua has occurred ainee to shake tin flat faith or of acino rata in the principles announced in the itte claro hl aRO plat folin foi in the financial 1 14 detill the dominant isgur and nil other ceon inte tr are lut but collateral to lo 1 it tie the ali trust que question it has since isitt sq 0 feciale an issue or of tile first magall lu luan b the th Donin cratic states ot of 1 I bourl ai Kan taji and lexas 1 axas b have ave adopted lawn against such bombina long tile the convention of ftc IIII IW i emphatically abill with fill this question the D democratic platform m of 1904 mili will at alm 1 I ll clare aro emphatically against ilia lov Pro gramme of oc colonization imperialism and british alliance UREY WOODSON KENTUCKY the th democratic gatherings at st PL louis and the last laet two mocks ought to clearly show the gold standard press that thai jim predictions that the democrats are prop to drop ill ahn silver issue me are erroneous tor for every speech made and eiery resolution adopted was lit favor of main i he time firm gland fiand for freo fren coinage col nafie in liw as wan mas fricell in A ear ar heno bryan till he be ronoel rated upon lipon the chicago plat tonn forin unaltered save by such buch additions ith let crenco to lo file th tr trula lists and othol issues as aa may seem docs sary pary SETH C GORDON CORDON MAINE I 1 nir mr bryan m ill III be b our candidate and the platform hlll ill not insist on the IS to I 1 doctrine but will mill be it repetition of oc tho the bime bimetallic tallio plank of 12 1112 thin anent to plait null ili ih eif bliver men inen and mill do inah overcoming the prejudices of many of the eastern men who ampro opposed to the chicago platform the national convention should take a strong stand against inman I 1 bellev 0 the next national convention of the democratic party parly should and m will ill pronounce emphatically in tavor of 0 silver alvor and against trusts trust tho battle cry of democracy will mill bo be free reo don donn n m alth till the trusts W it THOMPSON SON NEBRASKA the battle try of the democracy let in 1940 faw he h tile the financial quention qt lon as by it in 1896 and antl anti trusts tru stitt antl antl anti anglo american alliance these there issues should lame huc in the discussions lit in tho ilia order mamed T L 18 NEW HAMPSHIRE the match mord of the democratic party in the next campaign should be down ich the trusts for tile ali present villa all 0 her should be subordinated to this ahta tine one which Is of paramount importance Import ame to the prosperity lay ay to the thea life and freedom of thin nation I 1 am not in favor of repudiating lie chicago in of the 1 lt I lit campaign but I 1 do not believe that the silver question should be or deserves to be placed in the forefront of subject se issue the democratic party should not declare itself in favor of expansion FRANK NEW YORK TORK it mould be impossible for mo me a at t tills time to simmer definitely for th tho n reason t that list the conditions condl condI tlona tiona lit in this athla country are so BO changeable and m nc a have been making history so BO rapidly since ice the spanish alej lean mar ar having added new and increasing our r responsibility c it mould oum jim b hardev ai bale a to at this time to predict n m law ha will ill be the most moat prominent feature of the platform of isao DANIELS or OF NORTH CAROLINA the campaign the democrats Domo crata will ill cagatin avabe in 1900 will nill bp be down domn bilth th trusts tho the chicago platform mill n bo be rest firmed bryan will mill 1 IP e beati blitter ain and 1 I 1 wn men opposed fd to lo tru trusts and rn militarism nill be in cited to join in a struggle f tor I 1 equal opportunity dilleh ahl h trusts deny it V CO COMSTOCK ISLAND I 1 the question Is still meryi very conspicuous and la Is very likely to rei remain so eo m alth it it mr bryan aal a bleI nominee in doaa one of the results of ahn foreign war was the imperialistic policy and tills may bp be a great ernt it if not tile tha leading factor in the national election of next year down doun with the tha trusts truma may almo be at a leading issue in 1900 1 tm BEN SOUTH CAROLINA 1 I rhall the chicago platform it ithe itil taking out a single word and would add to it strong planks against tenets and imperialism J if TENNESSEE jai in my any judgment the national democratic mo rain cratic convention in 1900 1904 should re adim evely laid down by tile the chicago convention in without oily trimming or equivocation und and it if possible be in nr more alliett and ami unequivocal the the 11 democratic platform should alan oe trounce in terms the of territory by force orca of stole PETER J oter VIRGINIA 1 I 1 think kimt the sc affirmation of ill inn platform Is IH a certainty all and I 1 hen hance tile five qu eption van can ile he no less 1 brorn I 1 arat in the future than in tho the campaign of WIG though the light against the file fri truan esti and will he w equally BS am pronounced W H WRITE WHITE washington fITON I 1 in ili inoa ilip i ho platform of 1996 mill v tip reaf reaffirmed filmed in its ha entirely irp free silver will not tip b but the flat firlit bf be liga against inot tile hie monfry trusts and industrial tru sils up un me wilh if the dean democratic ca cratic party opposes the retention of pono rico and tho the philippines under control of he united states the party u ill he be defeated at a the polls |