The Caucasian., 1898-03-03
". J. BRYAN FOR COOPERATION.
WHY SILVER DEMOCRATS, POPULISTS AND SILVER
REPUBLICANS SHOULD co OPERATE.

the impoverish ment of the wealth
producers of the world.
Let Each votsr Answer Thsse Questions.
Should those who oppose this fl
nancial heresy, this child Of greed
and avarice, fight each other while
the American people are bound with
fetters of gold.
The administration is clearly com
mite d to the policy OF opposing in
dependent bimetallisIn. Should the
friends Of blmetalIism help the ad-
ministration by fighting each otherf
The Secretary OF the Treasury is
planning the retirement Of the green
backs. Should those who oppose re-
tirement of greenbacks help to de-
stroy them by fighting each other.
The administration has recommen-
ded an enlargement of the privileges
and profits OF national banks Of is
sue. Should those who oppose ma
tional banks Of issue strengthen the
banks by fighting each other!
The Secretary of the Treasury
asks authority to issue interest bear
ing bonds. Should those who oppose
such bonds aid in increasing the in
to- est bearing debt by fighting each
otherq
Income Tax Needed.
Our Federal taxes are. .collected d en-
tirely from import duties and inter
nal. revenue duties, both systems
bearing more heavily upon the poor
than upon the rich. The Rcpubli-
cans refuse to grant the relief which
could be secured through an amend
ment to the Constitution providing
for an income tax. Should those
who favor an income tax oppose this
needed reform by. fighting each
other?
Trusts Must Go.
Trusts are being organized on ev-
cry hand, and the political as we'll
as the industrial welfare Of the coun
try is being menaced by these great
aggregatiOns of capital. Should
those who oppose trusts aid in per-
petuating their existence by fighting
each otherf
! Down With Governme"Hby Injunction.
Government by Injunction has,
even since the election of 1896, de-
veloped new dangers, and today
threatens the existence of trial by
jury. Should those who oppose gov
ernment by injunction aid in max
ing it permanent part of our Judi
cial system by fighting each other?
Recent events have shown the ne
cessity for arbitration as q means OF
settling difficulties between labo,
and capital and the Federal Govern.
ment, by applying the principle tc
carriers engaged in Interstate com
merce, would set most salutary ex
ample to the States. Should those
who favor arbitration, by fighting
each other, deny to the laboring me1
this great boona
If the questions above presented
have lost none of their importance
it would seem that co operation il
: proper now, il proper eighteel
months ago, unless it can be showl
that the parties which could trus
; each other then cannot do so now
; As there has been no national con
vention since 1896, it is impossibl
{ to judge of the present intentions o
+ the three parties unless we take 70
our criterian the actions of thos
/. who stand in a representative capae
:ty.
The Democrats, Populists and Si
} yer Republicans who in 1896 favor
ed the reforms which l have meH
r toned favor them today. There j
= not q prominent man of any of th
D parties which united in 1896 who ha
abandoned any of the reforms wbic
. drew the parties together.
I Tho Gold Syndicate and tho Trusts WI
bs United.
!. The advocates Of the gold STANDARD
: the enemies of Independent bimeta
!. lism, the opponents of the gree,
II backs, the friends of national ban
4 notes, the defenders of trusts. II
supporters Of government by injun
tion, and those who object to arb
tration and an income tax-all the
% And no difficulty in uniting on Il
y main issues, no matter how mut
it they may differ upon minor ones.
70 Shall Those Opposed be United:
g Shall the friends of reform sho
O. less earnestness or less sagacityi R
1t forms ere often delayed by an q
I. tempt to secure too much, while pro
st ress is usually made a little at
. time. If one cherishes the hope
O. laying up q competency for old ag
kol 30 %
o. until he can save all that he desire
OF If he is wise he lays aside a lit
III each day and makes it the found
u, ton for his fortune. Society NOV
10 forward slowly. Circumstances ma
ga it possible to rise to plane q lit
ne higher than that occupied befo
d. and from this new vantage grou
I'M the fight is renewed for the captl
n of some greater height. Holland
'et expressed an idea which may we'll
n applied to the unceasing cont
an waged by those who would impre
the condition of society and prom
ne the welfare Of the human race,
1T says
an AZ "Heaven is not gained by q sin
DOund,
lP We build the ladder by which We J
at' From the lowly earth to the vaul
sse skies,
} is AMI mount to its summit round
of round"
.ed He Says Let Other Issues wait.
lld Many millions Of our people
lieve that the reforms above enum
rol ated will bring vast advantages
&C. the producers Of wealth, but whs
hat or the advantage be much CT lit
on these are the things which lie I'M
ent diately in front of us, and they m
in be decided one way or the other
du' fore more remote questions, Q
IN though they be greater ones, can
'ro. seriously considered. What tho
lied there be questions which may ,
m q tovu - % - ~ o.,