The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-10
RYAN answers BELMONT.
~,sCOyERs THE DIFFERENCES ne.
TWEEN THE TWO.
s..fsts That the Only Simon Pure
DenOcracy IL That Which De.
uands the Free and ynlimst~d


aryan today mailed his answer 10 the last
Ltter received from Perry Belmont some
wseks ago. The correspondence thus far
tss dealt largely with ssse riva. JeEer~
eoaian dinners 10 be held In New York.
but Mr.. Bryan ignores that matter and de-
votes his attention TO the differences ex
sting between himself and Mr.. Belmont
on questions Of Democratic party policy
lis letter In part follows:
Lincoln. Seb,. April g. 1859.
Hon. Perry Belmont New FORK: lear
Nr-upon my return found your letter
containing the original letter and post
script given 10 the press some days 5e-
fore, cannot find anything IN ay letter
70 which you can consistently OBJECT.
you began your speech In Madison
Square Garden on August y. Iz2. b. say
Ing that IT was time tor ,psaln speaking
And proceeded 10 accuse the Chicago ef1sl-
yention Of q betrayal of the Democratic
party. In your Brooklyn speech on sep
tember Is. 1876. You spoke Of the Chicago
platform as the strange doctrines born IN
Chicago OF q coalition between the uI-
thinking element OF the ole ,sarty and sae
SOCIALISTS who masquerade Populists.'
II seems that In using the words 'oetray
n ard masquerade, GHeoEseioussy fell
into the style which you employed in isss,
but did not reflect upon the intelligence.
Of The gold standard advocates ~ caafac-
terizing them the minimizing element
You AK first, tina, ! point oat where
IN your utterancss aapatrtotte UNI
Democratic, un-Aineriean and IN conflict
In LETTERS sons first inaugural address
We have no accepted standard BY
which 10 determine whether given op!n~
Ion is patriotic or Americas. but He have
means OF determining whether an opinion
Is Democratic and In accord with the
teachings Of jefferson / presume you use
the word Democratic In the party sense
otherwise that term would ne difficult
TO define patriotic or American
The right To determine what In Demo
cratic In party senae belongs to tho
Democratic party. The Chicago conven.
ton was more purely representative than
any other convention held In recent years
because the rank and file OF the party
spoke on public questions through in
structed delegates The Chicago platform
liz the latest authoritative definition OF
Democracy, as applied To existing c0ndi-
tlons. II the minority OF the delegates to
a national convention representing mi
norify OF the members Of the Democratic
party has a right 10 determine what ia
Democratic, then each member OF the par
~ has rish, 70 define Democracy for
himself and TO assert that he Is IL better
democrat than anyone else.
Let me apply this principle 10 three
Questions upon which you have taken a
position Ia the volumes sent me:
'F1rst. standard money.
Second paper money.
Third. income tax.
Jefferson favored the double standard
as against the single gold standard. and
during his administration our nation had
the Tree and unlimited coinage Of gold and
silver at the legal ratio of Is Il, / The,
ratio ssas changed to Is 10 during Jack
sons administration. The Chicago plat
form pronounced against the gold standard
and In favor Of the return to the free and
unlimited coinage OF gold and silver at the
ratio OF 10 Ia / withou: waiting for the
aid or consent OF any other nation. As
delegate 10 the Chicago convention you
voted for Il minority report which deciar-
ed against independent free coinage on
the ground II would not only lmperil
finances. but would retard or entirely
prevent International himetaliism To which
the effort OF the government should be
steadily directed Az delegate to the
Indianapolis convention, two months later
you supported n platform which declared
IN favor OF the gold standard without any
declaration IN favor Of international b.
netalism. You may be able 10 explain
why the minority rejected at the Indian
apoils convention the plank for which 1.
Mr. Mckinley. in Isei charged IN a pub
lie speech that Mr.. Cleveland during his
frst administration was dishonoring one
Of the precious metals dscreditgng silver
and enhancing the price Of gold
HE insisted that Mr.. Cleveland was
trying 10 make money scarce and there
fore dear. and added ne would have tn
creased the value of money and diminish
ed the value of every thing else made money
the master and everything else the serv-
ant II Mckinley then understood the
real purpose OF the gold standard. as I
believe he did. who could think jefferson
capahie OF advocating a policy which. In
stead Of securing equal ana exac; Justice
for all, makes money the master ard sv-
erSfh'nR else the servantr
carlisle. tn = speech In 1873. said. The
conspiracy 10 destroy by legislation and
otherwise from thres~sevenths 10 one-halF
q the metallic money uf the worid is the
most gigantic crime OF this any other
aga
III Mr.. Carlisle was then right. rs I be.
licve he was, in his denuneiation 81 the
gold standard. who can believe jefferson
CAPABLE of being q party 20 sfch crime
After the sseetion Mr.. Mckinley sent
commission Ia Europe IN secure iuterna-
floral AID in getting ria 81 tho gold stand
ari and a Republican congress appropri-
ated money Ia pay the expenses az the com
mission. The commission failed because
or English opposition. and English ap-
position was due to the opposition Of En-
Elish financiers jenersoaiaa Democrats
mus have better reason Tor submitting
TO the gold STANDARD than tho fact thn.
The English Nuancsers favor X as means
fer raising the purchasing power of their
i:foney
4 have selected these three questions
because they are impariE ard because
your position upon them has been clearly
defined Your speeches abound in ex-
pressinns OF confidence i'm the gold stand
ard YOUR correspondence With NJ War
ner sets forth yoar opposition tn an in
come tax and a newspaper fselu quoted