The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-14
WOULD REWRlTE PLATFORM.
BRYAN FAVORs THAT COURSE AS
TO CHICAGO DOCUMENT.

But He Stands by All the Principles
Ii Contairs-Iie Says Money, Trusts
and Imperialism Are the Three
Big Questions Before the People.
Senator Jones FuvOrs the Adcp-
ton of the Chicago Platform Just
II stands.
Chicago. June 1S,-Winiam Jennings
Bryan was in Chicago to-day and the cen
ter CT much political discussi n. all of it
be airing en- what may be done at the
Democratic National Convention next
month.
Mr. Bryan saw scores of p-opla during
the day. He talked "busiaess" with Sen-
ator Jones. chairman Of the Ma ioral
Committee; J. G. johnson. head Ct the
Executive Committee; Charles a. Walsh
secrs tary eff The National Committee; d.
J. Campa9, national committeeman OF
Michigan.
The platform to be adopted at Kansas
City ard the vice presidential question,
especially the Towne-P opulist nomira,ion
angle CT it, were considered al some
rngth.
On the question of platform. the trend
OF discussion fcrecasted to some extent
the differences of opinion which may
arise at Kansas City, even among the
loyal Bryan men.
The question is whether the money plank
and other troublesome legacies from 1896
shall be handled by .reafirmation of the
Chicago Platform in a lump, or whother
some panks of the 1896 platform and es-
pecially the money plank, should be re-
written. Mr. Bryan favors rewriting
much of the 1886 PLATFORM.
Senator Jones, according TO credible ad-
vices, advocates reaffirmaion Of the Chi
| cago Platform as d whole, and then a
quick Transition TO The newer issues o. i'm
perlalism and trusts
Mr.. Bryan Faeiterates
Il say, as l have before so many times.
Mr.. Bryan said when asked what he
thought of the platform and issues this
year would or shou1 be, that | think
the three big questions before us are
money, trusts and Imperialism. The money
question, of course, includes the questi n
CT silver and of paper money; the question
of Imperialism includes militarism and
the policy of which Our national admins
tlation's work in the Philippines and at
l1tude on the Boer question are samples.
u believe the principles adopted in the
platform of 1895 were adopted as a part
OF the party creed, never to be departed
from. l do not think they should be or
can be departed from this year That plat
form mus, however, be added 70 as new
issues arise. AS l DO not expect to be a
delegate to the national convention, |
cannot presume to discuss the form in
which these principles shall be stated
in the platform TO be adopted there.
Il cannot undertake TO say what will
be the paramount issue No man can
One thinks one question is the biggest
and another man thinks another IS.
The Philippine Question.
What do I think should be done in the
Philippines? I think this country should
tell those people that we are there only
for the purpose of establishing stable
government, and when we have done
so we should turn the islands over to the
people there and protect them against
foreign aggression as we have protected
the South American republics
The conditions ahead and the plan of
campaign? Why, conditions are much
more favorable than they were at this
time in 1855. The Republican party is on
the defensive. 1t will talk prosperity. OF
course, but Wen be willing to take the
votes of all the people who have not had
their share of prosperity and leave them
the votes of the people who have had their
share.
II should say our pan of campaign will
be to carry every stale in the Union. Can
not carry all of them? I wouldn't speak
so harshly of the people of any state as to
say that | thought the psopla there in
tended TO support the Republican party"