The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-10
Mr.. Bryan's First Letter of Acceptance.

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| The above declaration is clear and comprehensive
1t fully explains Mr.. Bryans position the Chicago
platform, and will also answer acceptance of the
nomination of the National Silver party inasmuch as its
platform is practically reteraton and affirmation OF
the financial plank of the Chicago guide to bankruptcy
and ruin But what will Mr.. Bryan do with the Popu-
list potpourri of remedies? The Peoples party
IN its demand for reform does not stalk the political field
IN search of small game 1t insists regime OF green
Backs OF government railroads. OF subtreasury oans OF
paternastc protection, and with the exception OF its
silver plank Mr. Bryan will have considerable trouble
in reconciling the Populistic demand with Democratic
doctrine This difficulty will be seen in the following de-
hnition of non paternalism:
democratic form government highest
izaon individual greatest
for Developments highest
except support
which protects him.
But the most glaring and dangerous contradiction in
Byan letter Of acceptance is his advocacy OF State
rights and his deuuncaton of shown in these
paragraphs:
Our fearing the tendency toward centraliza
ton well dangers dsinegraon guarded against
the CAREFUL Observance of the limitations which they imposed
It will noticed while United States
State against authorized interfere
in except upon application of
the legislature State upon the application the executive
when the legislature cannot be convened
party opposed to trusts would be
to its people of the recognized either the
moral or legal these great ggregatious of wealth to s
raous the of law they permitted
from control which created them
permitted upon the that the public
veal they be permitted to their for tie
public injury
The great aggregations of wealth. of which Mr..
Bryan plains demonstrates the necessity OF central
zing form of government Trusts the
of conflicting patchwork system of State laws that
egalze corporations without properly providing for
their organization AS long one State gives trust
authority to prey upon the public, it is impossible for
another State to prohibit its depredatons. Congress
should regulate the formation of corporations and pro-
tect both stockholders and the general public from the
rascaty of many of their promoters If necessary the
Constitution should be changed to confer that power
national legislative body The argument might
be used in connection with what Mr. Bryan says about
arbitration He advocates national law to arbitrate
the differences between employers engaged in interstate
and their employees. Why should this favor
be denied other employees The number of wage
employed in interstate traffic is less than 600 OO
while those engaged other pursuits number many
millions. In Congress Mr.. Bryan uncomproms-
ing Democratic economist He opposed all public i'm
provements except those incorporated in parsmonous
appropriation bills and refused to sanction advocate
expenditure of public money for internal waterway
highway fortifcation naval or architectural improv
ements, although he presented bill favorng the Mica
ragaa Canal Another of his inconsistencies will be
by comparing the following paragraph the of
which doubtless refers his Nicaragua Canal scheme
for the protection of the rights
for their spoaon expenditure of public
justified unless that expenditure necessary
administration of the government determining
appropriations the of those who
should be consulted rather than the wishes of those who receive
disbuse public money.
The policy of improving the waterways the country
justified by the national character of these and the
tonnage Experience that
appropriations the end economical
appropriations separated by long intervals
No government truly prosper its people without
adopting liberal policy of public improvement The
expenditure of hundred millions for additional public
works during the present administration would have
avered the business depression by putting enough
into circulation to stimulate trade. The old Democratic
idea of pnching dollar for fear it will be misappropr
ated should placed the shelf along with strict a
ication of State rights and decentralization Indus
tries of kinds and interstate traffic conducted on
the GENERALIZATION plan, and this government adopt
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