The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-07-11
Special to the News-Democrat.


Them Prominence.
Special to the Democrat.
Columbus, July S.--The address Of
William ]. Bryan, at the Dollar Din
ner last night. created intense enthus-
iasm. Mr.. Bryan said in part:
81 congratulate the club upon having
declared in emphatic terms that there
shall be no retreat from the position
taken by the Democratic party in 1896.
The Chicago platform applied Jeffer-
son principles to the questions then
before the country. Every plank in
that platform was Democratic plank,
and not one plank could be taken from
the platform without injury to the
partys chances of success. Sometimes
we hear suggestion that the silver
plank should be dropped or amended,
but as a rule those who threaten to get
off the platform are really the persons
who were never on the platform, Those
who aided in the adoption of the Chi
cago platform are still true to its prin-
ciples, and multitude Of those who
are opposed to its adoption have been
converted to it within the past three
years.
The money question is neither dead
nor sleeping. Can the gold stand
ard be regarded as satisfactory when a
Republican President sent a commits
sion to Europe to secure aid in getting
rid Of it? Every argument made in
favor of an international agreement is
condemnation of the gold standard.
The failure OF the commission to secure
foreign aid in the restoration of bimet-
allism is conclusive proof that we must
act alone If we expect relief from
monometallism, while the refusal of
our opponents to suggest any other ra-
ito is evidence that l6 to is the only
ratio at which bimetallism is possible.
THE trust question is not new one,
and yet it has grown in interest and
Importance because the trusts have
grown in number. Attorney General
Griggs is reported as saying IF any
thing is done to control the trusts, it
must be done by the states No one
who has examined this subject will
believe that state legislation is suf-
fcient. The Federal government
must deal with the trust as soon as its
pernicious influence extends beyond
the limits of the state ia which it Is Or
ganized. The President, through his
Attorney General, can enforce the law
now in existence. II that law Is not
sufficient he can recommend laws which
are sufficient. II the Constitution will
not permit the extinguishment of trusts
he can recommend an amendment to
the Constitution comforting upon the
Federal government ample power to
enable the government to destroy the
monopoly principle in industry. The
Republican party, through its admins
tration, could extinguish its trusts If it
desired to do SO. 1t is powerless to
deal with the question be-
causd it mortgaged itself to
the trusts to obtain the money
necessary to carry on the last election.
When the methods employed in the
last election are understood no one
need wonder that the Attorney General
is uudisturbed by the watering of
stock, the discharge of travelling men
and the extortion practiced on the con-
sumer."
The latter half of Mr.. Bryan's speech |
was devoted to Imperialism, with this
conclusion: "Let us give to the Fill
pinos the same assurance of independ- |
ence that we have given to the Cubans. |
Let US assure them of our intention of |
establishing a stable government, |
which, when established, will be their |
government, not ours. Let US assure |
them that We shall stand by them like
an elder brother and say to other ma
tions: Glands off," Let this republic
work out its destiny"