People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-07-31
10 NaZ lSS PARTY PAPER. ATLAN1l

connected with him In the campaign.
Mr. Bryan is a man of unbemIshed
character and of very high order
of ability. We were friends when
we were in the House together in
the Fifty-second Congress. He and
voted together, think, on every
proposition that came before the
House, and he was one of the three
Democrats who had tbs nerve to
vote against Mr.. Cuthwaite's motion
to reject me from Congress without
hearing thing that had never
been done before, consequently my
personal feelings towards Mr.. Bryan
are exceedingly kind.
What do you think Of the Demo.
cratic platform
The Chicago platform is a return
to the old Jeffersonian landmarks,
and considering the sincerity OF the
gentlemen who pledged their support
to that platform, do say that SO
far. as platform making is concerned,
the Democratic party is immensely
improved.
81 have no prejudice against any
section in the Union. was born on
the 5th, of September, 1856, and
was therefore too young to have any
connection with the Civil War. l
an Southern man in sentiment and
in feeling, but l have no sectional
bitterness with any at all. From
the very foundation of our Govern
ment l think the North and tae East
have been re presented in Congress
by shrewd business men who paid
very strict attention to getting such
laws as would benefit their sections
passed. / do think that our national
banking laws, our funding system,
have to very great extent built up
the North and East at the expense
of the South and West. While ]
would not, if l could, do an injury to
this section, | would like to see the
fair thing done; those laws that dis
criminate agair st the South and
West should be removed from the
statute books. Our system at present
of wealth as against the citizens, and
in favor OF the dollar as against the
man. l see no reason why the Law
cannot give ample protection
to property without doing
any injustice to tie laborer and pro
Queer, and l should be happy to see
that policy SUCCESSFUL. The South
and the West, practically, produce
all the wealth of this country-the
North and East, practically, produce
none of it. 1t is the literal fact the
producing sessions accumulate little
or nothing, while the non-producing
sections accumulate fabulous profits
Il fully endorse the St. Louis
platform just as adopted by our
party. 1t is the best platform our
party has ever put forward, and I
believe it more fully meets the re-
quirements of the political situation
than any declaration of principles
now before the country"
allow about the sub-treasury,
which has been dropped from the
PLATFORM"
The sub treasury was simply a
means of distribute On. 1t has been
greatly misunderstood, and with my
people the ridicule that was heaped
upon it WAS sufficient to prevent
them from making any examination
of it at all. Our great complaint
was that there shonld be more money
put into circulation. Necessarily
then the question arose. 'How are
you going to distribute this money
among the people after the Govern.
ment creates it ?" In reply to this
practical question we offered the
subtreasury plan as method of dis.
tributing the money. The idea was
to lend the people money st a low
rate of interest, upon security 10 be
approved by Government officials
that security consisting of land,
or of cotton, or of wheat. The
idea is by no means q new one
and in nearly every European country
it has been practically adopted. The
English G lends money tc
those who wish to buy land, and this
policy of encouraging the people to