The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-06-22
W. j. BRYAN IN NEW YORK.

OF the chicago InuOfnl' beloW are
extracts from what he said:
~ am glad to have this opportunity
to join with Chicago Platform Demo
Gratis in celebrating the birthday OF
Thomas Jefferson. need offer no
apology for coming to New York. In
deed would be ungratcful If did not
appreciate the loyalty of the 100000
voters who in this state supported the
ticket nominated in Chicago. While
my opponent carried the State, our tic
ket received more votes in the State
of New York than it did in any other
State, and you. who supported the tic
kct walked through the furnace when
the fires of criticism were seven times
hotter than they have been before
during the present generation
"rhose who accepted the party creed
as set forth in the last National plat
form have a right to meet and renew
their vows to Jefferson aud encourage
each other In the effort TO apply tNe
principles of Jefferson to present cone
dtiouS, to the end that Justice iu gov
crIunent and equality before the law
may he restored to the people. Your
presence here does not Indicate person
al hostility toward those who left the
party in 1896. a party is an associa-
tion formed for the purpose of giving
force and effect to the political prln-
ciples held in common. When vital
differences in principles arise. separa-
tion is not only necessary but desira-
BILE.
"The members of the Republican
party cannot complain because certain
Republicans left the party rather than
accept the st. Louis platform. Meth
er can members of the Democratic
party complain because gold Demo-
Gratis left the Democratic party rather
than accept the Chicago platform. The
Silver Republicans organized party
and gave IT n name which distn-
guished II from the regular Republican
party, and Silver Republicans, true to
their organization, are not attempting
to control the policy or write the plat
form of the Republican Party.
"They openly Joined with the Demo-
Gratis in 1896, and their sympathy for
the believers in the Chicago platform
is as open to-day as 1t was then. The
Gold Democrats organized a separate
and distinct party but instead of call
ing themselves Gold Democrats they
described themselves as National Dem
Ocrats, and in Nebraska and some 9th
er States had their Electors placed up
ing to distinguish them from the Elec-
tors who represented the regular Dem
ocratic party. | charged during the
campaign of 1896, and still charge,
that the Gold Democrats tried to prac-
tice Il fraud upon the voters
1.-The right to hold an opinion and to
defend it is one thing: the right to
practice fraud is quite different
thing. The Democrats who supported
the Chicago platform are not opposed
to harmony, but they are opposed to
surrendering vital principles In order
TO insure nominal harmony between
those whose political views are so an.
tagonistic as to render real or perma.
nent harmony impossible. Before
there can be harmonious cooperation
between Chicago platform Democrats
and the Democrats who voted for Palm
er and Buckner or for the Republi-
can candidate there must be n change
of conviction upon the one side or the
other.
EITHER Chicago Platform Democrats
must abandon their convictions or the
Democrats who deserted the party
must abandon the views they enter
talned in 1896. A man can not be a
political bigamist. He cannot be we'd
ded to the name of one party and the
principles of another party. All that
we contend for Is that those who de-
serted us in 1896 shall divorce them
selves either from our party name or
from the political principles of oppoS-
ing parties. Democrats are not dis
mayed when they hear the Chicago
platform denounced this year by those
who denounced it in 1896
LET me recall few of the planks
The platform declared in favor of the
arbitration of differences between cor
poratons engaged in Interstate com.
merce and their employees. viii any
one doubt that the doctrine of arbitla
ton is growing one? Every large
strike which occurs, interruptlng huSl-
ness. bringing loss TO the employers
suffering to the strikers and nconven.
fence to the public generally.
strengthens the demand for arbitru-
ton.
"The Chicago platform contains 4
plank donounciug Government by in
Jury, and events have made still more
obnoxious this disguised effort 10 deny
to Il man accused of a crime the right
of trial by Jury
"The Chicago platform declared in
favor of the income tax. and events
have shown the necessity for such n
tax. When the war broke out, and
we needed more revenue, we could not
collect it from incomes. We were
compelled to resort to stamp duties.
AT present our Federal taxes are so
collected that the poor contribute more
than their share to the support of the
Government. The present methods of
taxation collect what is in effect a
graded income tax, heaviest upon the
poor. Several of the European nations