Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-25
The Marietta Daily Leader.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1900.
BRYAN ABANDoNs ALL ISSUES BUT
THIS DOWN EAST.

Leaves imperialism, Free 81 yer ana
Other Questions to Devote All His Al.
tenti"p TO the Trust Issue-Some Facts
Worth Considering.
Mr.. Bryan's eastern speeches dis
close a gradual abandonment of the is
sues of free silver, imperialism" and
militarism for the one issue OF
trusts" In his tour of New York
state industrial combinations are the
paramount issue, notwithstanding the
declaration of the Kansas City plat
form that the retention Of the terri
OF war is the dominant issue in this
campaign.
Mr.. Bryan has found that the Amer
lean people cannot be persuaded to
take him seriously on these questions
They know that it was largely through
his efforts that the treaty of Paris
ceding us the Philippine islands, was
ratified by the senate. They therefore
decline to believe that he is honest OF
sincere upon this question.
He dare not bring free silver at 1t
to in the foreground again for fear
of driving gold Democrats back to the
support of Mckinley. He has been
warned by the Democrats of the east
against frightening capital and dis.
turbing business by talking for rot.
ten money in New York.
He is therefore driven to the ex-
tremity of devoting his speeches al.
most entirely to industrial combina.
tions. Having no practicable rational
remedy to propose, and making nc
distinctions between industrial COM
binations and "monopolies, it follows
that Mr.. Bryan's campaign resolves
itself into an effort to array the wage
earning classes against employers, to
incite class hatred and prejudice.
Let not voters be misled Here are
the hard, cold facts on the trust issue:
Every line of legislation now on the
statute books of the United States
directed against trusts and unlawful
trade combinations was placed there
by the Republicans.
That there is not more stringent law
against them is the fault of the Dem.
ocratic party.
The last occasion on which the par
ties as represented in congress, went
on record on the trust question was
on June /, 1900.
On that day a final vote was taken
on constitutional amendment offered
by the Republicans, to grant congress
power to define, regulate, prohibit
and dissolve trusts, monopolies and
combinations, whether existing in the
form of corporations or otherwise"
1t requires two-thirds vote Of each
house to submit constitutional
amendment to the state legislature fol-
ratification.
The question to so submit 1t was lost
by vote of 154 yeas to 1872 nays.
OF the yeas, 149 were Republicans
and only were Democrats. The five
were Campbell, of Montana; Naphen
and Taylor, of Massachusetts; Scud-
der, of New York, and Sibley, of Penn
sylvania.
OF the 1872 nays, only 2 were Repub-
licans-Loud and Mccall.
In one of Mr.. Bryan's recent speech
es he gave the Republican remedy as
the final one he would adopt, in case
he was elected and all other means
failed.
In other words Mr. Bryan admits
the value of the Republican idea, but
wants to try other measures first. He
has not said what those measures are
to be.
Denouncing is one thing. Doing is
another. Mr. Bryan's trust denuncia-
tions, in view of his party's record
promise no better than the prophecies
he made four years ago; and as a
prophet Mr. BRYAN has not succendad