The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-31

and candidates of the present Cam
paign. To this end we have published
issue after issue list of questions and
have invited the Bulletin or any demo-
GRAFT to answer them.
y The democratic leaders of this coun
ty have seen fit to absolutely ignore the
questions all of which deal directly
with the issues of this campaign.
Every opportunity both of time and
space have been afforded them, but
their silence is that of sphinx. Why
is it? Is it not just and fair and hon
0rable that these questions asked in
the great joint debate of the campaign,
be answered?
1t looks very much as if the leaders
fear to meet the issues fairly and
squarely and seek to gain victory by
appeals simply to partisanship and not
to reason. 1t is an insult to the intelli-
gence of the voters that these leaders
expect them to blindly vote the ticket
labeled democratic" without any rea-
son for doing so save the democratic
label.
The REVIEW has asked these ques
tions, given ample time for reply and
as none is forthcoming we now propose
to answer them candidly and fairly,
being careful to state no untruth, nor
half-truth, for we know that only in
honest, fair dealing can the confidence
of the people be gained. We ask our
readers to give these questions and
answers careful perusal, every one of
them has direct bearing upon the u.s.
sues and the candidates involved by
the election one week from today. For
convenience we reprint the questions
and give the answers below. We
challenge anyone to dispute the abso-
lutte truthfulness of any of the state
ments made.
THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED..
Does the treaty with Spain make
any guarantees as to rights TO be given
Spanish commerce for the next ten
years?
The treaty states specifically that
Spain shall have free entry to the ports
of the Philippines for the period of ten
years. The agreement is such that 10
honorable nation Can repudiate it.
Does the treaty make the United
States responsible for the property
rights and SAFETY of foreigners residing
in the Philippines?
1t does, and the clause is uneouiyocal.
Other nations would have just cause
for claims for damages were not its
provisions carried out.
What democratic senators voted to
ratify that treaty?
We have not the list at hand. but as
the senate was almost evenly divided
and several republican senators voted
against it, and as it required a two
thirds vote, it is safe to say that at
least 40 per cent of the democratic sena-
tors voted for the ratification, Its
passage was entirely non partisan.
Is W. j Bryan denouncing that
treaty today?
Every daily paper contains accounts
OF his speeches denouncing the treaty
and rid;culing its provisions.
Did not W. j. Bryan make a special
trlp 10 Washington to urge democratic
senators to vote for the treaty the
terms of which he is now denouncngi
He did, and it was due to his intlu
ence that a number of democratic sena.
tors voted for the treaty. They took
Bryan's advice and he now abuses thel1
action.
II any other man should do such &
thlng would you not call him dema
gogne2
This question was asked the Bulletin
and we cannot state what it would do
its course is too full of inconslstencie.
for any man to foretell it's actions, bu
we feel safe in saying that any homes
man would call such person a dema
gogue.
Did or did not the Iowa democratic
convention OF 1899 endorse and reaffirn
the national democratic platform O
1896?
The Iowa democratic platform read
as follows:
We, the democrats of Iowa, in con
vention assembled, unqualifedly ant
nnreservedly endorse the Chicago plat
form of 1896, in whole and detail.
Did or did not the national demo
cratic platform of 1896 contain the
paragraphs as above printed?
The national democratic platform
relative to the money question reads al
follows:
Recognizing that the money question
is paramount to all others at this time
we invite attention to the fact that the
Federal Constitution names silver and
gold together as the money metals OF
the United States, and that the first
coinage law passed by Congress under
the Constitution made the silver dollar
the monetary unit and admitted gold
to free coinage at ratio based upon
the silver dollar unit.
We declare that the act of 1873, de-
monetizing silver without the know
ledge or approval of the American PEG.