Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-28
Secretary of National Committee
Expresses His Views.
TRUSTS AND IMPERIALISM WILL LEAD
Yet Democracy is More strongly in
Favor of the Chicago Platform Than
Ever-Democracy Doesn't Know
Exactly Which Way to Jump.
[From Fridays Ds;ly.]

Trusts and anti-imperialism" will be
the democratic slogan to call the war
riors out to battle in 1900, and while
the silver question will not be discuss
ed as much as the Others because of
"the education of the people since 1896
on that line," it will not be dropped to
the rear, Chicago papers to the con-
trary notwithstanding.
According to an interview had with
Hon. Chas A. Walsh, secretary of the
democratic national executive commit
tee, by a Courier reporter today, the
democratic party is more strongly in
favor of the principles laid down in the
Chicago platform than ever, and that
means that free silver will rank well
as an issue with trusts or any other
that could possibly be brought forward.
Yet Mr.. Walsh says that while the
money question is one of great impor-
.tance to the people, ''the issue of i'm
'perialism raises fundamental question
as to the life of the republic originally
planned" This may be intended as a
qualification of the assertion made in
regard to the Importance of free silver
as an issue, and if anti-imperialism is
to be the main issue, how does the ques-
ton Of trusts rank? Mr.. Walsh also
says that the wings" Of the demo-
cratic party are unit and both favor
the candidacy of Mr.. Bryan, who is an
able exponent of the three issues, and
without single platform declaration
of any kind is platform within him-
self on the questions of Imperialism,
trusts and free silver. Mr.. Walsh says
that -fr. Bryan will be elected because
those things which he stands for are
right and because OF the unification of
the party.
Mr.. Walsh personally is very pleas
ant man and politically, while very en-
thusiastic in his advocacy of democratic
principles, never forgets that the other
fellow has opinions and is as much en-
titled to them as himself. While he
did not give up very much OF the inner
workings of the national committee,
which recently met in Chicago, yet he
talked entertainingly of the issues and
enthusiastically OF, the prospects. Mr..
Walsh said:
"The Courier this summer very clear
" expressed my views of what the po-
litical issues of the democratic party
for 1900 would be, and have no reason
to change them.
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'Money, trusts and imperialism will
furnish the issues to divide the par
ties next ca mpaign. Asa natural con-
sequence of the education since 1896,
the democrats are more strongly in
favor of the principles laid down in
the Chicago platform than ever before.
At the same time the money question
Is one of vast Importance to the people
of the country, and while it TO some
extent involves other questions, vet the
issue of imperialism raises funda-
republic as planned by our forefath-
ers. 1t, with the trust question, will
occupy a great portion of the cam
paign from now until the next election,
owing to the fact that the work of ed
ucation on those lines has not pro-
gressed as far as it has on money. For
this reason expect to hear more dis
cussion of the latter two questions
than of the others. But it would be
wrong to assume from this that the
democratic party had in any way al
tered its opinion on the money ques-
tion. Indeed, as said before, the edu-
cation the people have had since 1896
has only strengthened the party in the
position it then took.
MIR. Bryan the Candidate.
.Mr. Bryan will undoubtedly be the
nominee of The party, and will I'M
doubtedly be elected. There has not
been a Minute of time since 1896 that
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