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Show I BRYAN ASSAILS I V JKPARKER Declares Him Unfit for fl 4 i i Bases His Opposition Upon ! J:i Planks in New-York Platform. , ' i tVTMch Ho Says Is Amhlg-uous, Eva- ; l 1 ffiva, Dishonest and Would D1b- H ' , 1 grace leniocratio Party. Hj ! HICAGO, April 23. William J. i I ' ' jff Bryan addressed a largo audience ) y tonight In tho armory- of tho Sec- ond infantry, at the corner of j t 'Curtis street and Washington boule- i I vard. Tho placo was packed to its ut- ( most capacity, and a largo number of I persons were unable to get through the i doors, fl The meeting tob entirely an affair fl (of Sir. Bryan's, he having rented .the ' ( armorj- and paid all expenses of tho j meeting. He was particular to have it ( .understood that Ills address was not in H' I, favor or against any particular as- .' plrant for tho Democratic nomination I f ' j lor President. His subject was "Tho j tNcw York Platform." This ho repeated I ', 1 1 several times during the course of his speech. '. In order that his address might not H r J, have the appearance of being delivered , "under any particular political influence, I I Ir Bryan was his own presiding offl- ccr and Introduced himself to his hear- Hi ' i 3rs- j - Hired Hall for Himself. His address was chiefly as follows: "Ah it is somewhat unusual for a , 1 j political speech to be made as thin onu !' i Is tonight, let me preface my remarks with an explanation. I havo hired thin ) hall and I Introduco myself because I 1 i do not caro to speak under tho auspices of any olub or organization which is ' committed to any particular aspirant for office. 1 ; "My concorn is not about the name of the personality of the nominee, but nbout the principles for which the Dem- I ocratlc party Is to stand. While many , ? of the newspapers seem to nssumo that ' ( ' . the contest for the Democratic nomlna- 'S tion la necessarily between Judge Par- , ker and Mr. Hearst, and tlmt every Democrat must cither be for one or the j other, such a position Is illogical and '!i. . .without foundation. r "My own position Is one of ncutral- LM Hl i , Unfit for Nomination. 1 "I cannot hope to convince those who ifavor deception and fraud in politics, H, ' i but I am satisfied that we now have ! s i evidence sutllclent to convict Judgo ' Parker of absolute unfitness for tho b . nomination. v' "If he did not kjiow of tho platform ' an advance. If he did not himself dlc-. dlc-. tute or agree to it, he has allowed it i to go out as Ills utterance, for tho con-veil con-veil tion was dominated by his friends H' 1 1 , j! and adopted a resolution presenting H, ( Diirn as the candidate of the party of xhe State. f : t j "WJiat are the IsKues before the coun- ' ' ' ,1.ry7 The ti-ust question is certainly 'II Qn ls3ue' an1 eL there Is noUilng in v J that platform that gives any encourage- M 1 'J auent to the opponents of the trusts. H ' 1 "Imperialism is an Issue. Our Clovern- mcnt is now administering a colonial i ' i policy according to the political prin- H! : clples employed by George III. a cen- Hi i tury and a quarter ago, and yet there is 1 ill llot ln thIs platform a single word re- M J'l.jj 3atlng to the question of Imperialism, ' ij not a plank that defines the party's po- 1- i ' i ultion on that subject, not a protest H, 1 ' j j ngalnst the surrender of the doctrines Hi f i )' j of self government. Hl( l ' 1 j "The labor question ls an Issue Tho i' ( I ' ' b laboring men have been beforo tho com- Hi ' tilij anlttees of Congress endeavoring to se- '' f j i i cure three Important measures. One Is . ! the arbitration of differences between H,. K j i corporations engaged in interstate com- H'l.'! merce, and their employees, l' J i "Both the Chicago and Kansas City platforms declared in favor of arbltra- Hht. v lt tion, but the New York platform not c M i' only falls to refer to the arbitration Hl' t . i plan of these platforms, but it fails to Hl ' 1 Ul ' I write a new plank concerning this sub- B; '''4 icct. The laboring men are also trying 1 i 5 ! j to Becure and eight-hour daj'.but tho ' I I IsTew York platfonn ls sllent'on this I ; i subject. 'It i:j I The laboring men are also trying1 to I ' ; i ) secure tho abolition of government by ,l! i , 1 1 , S Injunction. Both the Chicago and Kari- -s i : sas City platforms contained planks on H J fi! 1 1 this subject, but the New York plat- n, !, 'jjj form dodges this as it does all other H'ri(. ' riS vital questions. J. IJ '''IJ Afraid of the Tariff. BP 1 'm j "On the tariff question no issue is Hlj n if ! ; I Joined. Mr. Hill and Judge Parker I il'il Hcem to bo as much afraid of the tariff 11 1 ft ' ft '1 'r questions as of other issues. Hjfl ii ,t'! "The money question is lenored en- F' i )' ' tlrely. No reference is made to bi- HfSf '( mctalllBm at any ratio not even to in- HLr. Jl ' t icrnatlonal bimetallism, to which Mr. Hr I ' ! ' Hill seemed to be so attached in the Hl 1 1 li; Chicago convention. No referenco is ii ,J 1. i 7nado to the measure now before Con- . j! t I Kress to melt up nearly 600,000,000 legal ; j v! 1 ! tender dollars Into subsidiary coin that , i' i ' is only a limited legal tender, i ( ' ' ! "Nothing is said about the asset cur- r ' i l rency which ls a part of the scheme HO' ( 4 of the financiers. Nothing ls Bald about H; . ' j, tho Aldrlch bill, which proposes to sub- n' ' i '.' Hldlze tho banks into opposition to tax j f ; ! reduction by loaning them the surplus ( j i i money in the treasury. There is no n ,! condemnation of the corruption that H , '1,1,1 such a Bystcm would lead to. Hj' ! "The platform does not antagonize B' , !,'.! the proposition now before Congress to H1 j ' ' ' give the national banks unlimited ccn- H t W iJ(M trol over the volume of paper money. H' ' In other words, there is not a line in ' Uf the platform that is written In behalf H' ' y i of the people; not a line that will excite l criticism In Wall street. ' , ' IB , "The platform Ignores the Income l f, . I' if ! tax; It falls 1o indorse the election of ' , ' !' liH Senators by direct vote, and also omits ' 1 1 '? Ml f thc Plank ot tll(i Kansay City platform B t J 1 denouncing corporate domination in H iji'A iiouucs. ' Jl"crsv' "srrl pIa,tCoriu s a dle" honest platfonn, fit only for a. dlahoncat party. No ono but an artful dodger would stand upon It. Tho wubmlnnlon of such a platform to the voters of a State Is an Insult to their intelligence, for it is intended to deceive them, and a dellberato attempt to deceive especially espe-cially so clumsy nn attempt as this platform is Is n reflection upon the brains of those to whom It is submitted. submit-ted. Opposition to Every Reform. "This platform proves that the opposition oppo-sition to tho Kansas City platform Is not opposition to silver, but opposition to every needed reform and opposition to nil that the masses desire. "I hod expected that a platform prepared pre-pared by Mr. Hill for Judge Parker would be evantvc and lacking In frankness, frank-ness, but I did not conceive that any body of men calling themselves Democrats, Demo-crats, would present such a platfonn as a recommendation of a candidate. "If wo aro to take the New York platform as an indication of what tho next Democratic platform in to be in cose tho reorganlzors control the con- vontlon, then who will be ablo to deny the Bcoret purpose of the reorganizes to turn tho party over to predatory wealth 7 "With such a platform and a candidate candi-date who would bo willing to run upon it. the party could secure o.? large a campaign fund as tho Republican party par-ty has ever secured, but In securing It, it would, like the Republican party, secretly pledge the administration to a construction of the platform satisfactory satisfac-tory to tho corporations and the combinations. com-binations. "Can any one doubt that with such a platfonn as was adopted in New York, and with a candidate whose conscience would permit him to run upon such a platform does any one doubt that with Huch a platform and candidate tho party would be mortgaced beforehand to the corporations that aro now using the Government as a private asset and plundering tho people at will? Change in Supreme Court. "But there Is another reason why the Democratlo party cannot afford to go before the country with an ambiguous platform and an uncertain candidate. No matter how people may differ as to the relative Importance of issues, all must recognize that tho trust question today presents an important phaso of the great conflict between plutocracy and Democracy. "We havo recently had a Supreme court decision on the merger case. This decision was rendered by a bare majority ma-jority of one, and that one (Judge Brewer) In a separate opinion outlined his position In such a way at? to leave no douht that in the first case Involving Involv-ing a trust he may join the majority and defeat the Sherman law. "The President to be elected this fall will doubtless have the appointment of one or two and possibly threo Supreme Su-preme court judges. If his sympathies are with the corporations he will doubtless doubt-less appoint judges satisfactory to the corporations especially If obligated to the corporations by large campaign contributions and these judges can make It Impossible to secure any remedial reme-dial legislation for years to come. "If, four years hence, the people should secure a President, a Senate and a House of Representatives opposed to private monopolies, they may And themselves unable to get any remedial legislation past the Supreme court for several years. "The issue presented today in the trust question, and in all other questions ques-tions with which we havo to deal, is tho question between human rights and so-called 'property rights' or, more properly speaking, between ordinary people and the great corporations. "Those who believe that property rights are supreme take the side of the trusts. "If we have a President who is In sympathy with this theory It meant that the dollar will lo given consideration considera-tion before men. It means that organized organ-ized wealth can continue to trample on the rights of the people; It means that the Instrumentalities of government can be used for tho protection of every scheme of exploitation that the capitalists capital-ists can conceive. Tool of the Corporations. "I, for one, am not willing that the Democratic party shall become the tool of the corporations: I am not willing that It shall bo the champion of organized organ-ized wealth. "if any of those who aro present tonight to-night or read what I say think that I am trying to Interfere with Democratic Demo-cratic success, let me answer that no Democrat Is moro anxious for the party to succeed than I am. No one has suffered suf-fered more from dissensions and divisions di-visions in the party, and no one, I believe, be-lieve, Is more eager for the country to enjoy the great benefits which a triumph tri-umph of real Democracy would bring. "But I do not desire that tho parly shall win offices only. If that Is the only purpose of the party, lot its principles prin-ciples be abandoned and Its platform simply declare the party hungry for tho patronage. "Tho New York platform ia ambiguous, ambigu-ous, evaslvo and dishonest. It would disgrace the Democrats of tho nation to adopt such a platform, and it ought to defeat as an aspirant for a Democratlo Demo-cratlo nomination any man who would be willing to have it go forth as a declaration of his views on public questions, ques-tions, "In Illinois, in Wisconsin, in Michigan, Michi-gan, In Minnesota, in Indiana, in Ohio, and in every State that has not acted. It behooves the Democrats to arouse themselves and organize to tho end that they may prevent the consummation consumma-tion of tho schemes of the reorganizes. reorgan-izes. "The scheme begins with the deception decep-tion of the rank and file of the party. "It ls to be followed up by tho debauching de-bauching of the public with a campaign cam-paign fund secured from corporations, and It ls to be consummated by the betrayal be-trayal of tho party organization and of the country into the hands of those who are today menacing tho liberties of the country by their exploitation of the producers of wealth." Reported Suicide Now Believed. signed by JoHoph Coll tvos left hanging from a string: at tho Point Elllcc bridge to-day to-day Htatlng that he hnd had too much trouble and was Jumping off to drown himself. The letter was at first bolloved by thft police to be a practical Joke, but later information developed showing that something Berlous had happened and tho Chief of Polico will have tho harbor dragged on Sunday In an attempt to find the body of Call. Murderous Assault by Japanese. VICTORIA. B. C, April f-2.-Thls aftor-"oon aftor-"oon the foreman of tho Sidney sawmill discharged eight Japaneso helpers because busineEB did not wan-ant keeping thera. tnc Janfl later picked a quarrel wth the foreman, who was accompanied by Sidney 3 Sajindcra, assistant foreman. fore-man. Tho Japanese attacked tho two white men with an ax and a kntfo. Tho unarmed whlto men defended thomHelvcn as well ns they could, but rccolvod ghastly ghast-ly wounds about tho head and body. The foreman will die. 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