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Democrats. OF course the radical
Democrats and Bryan men are deli
GIFTED with it. The more ultra the
platform declarations, the more they
are pleased. They are the wild asses
of politics and nothing suits them
better than an opportunity to run and
bray. Thus Senator Jones, of Arkansas,
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, says the Nebraska plat
form is on the whole fair declara-
tion of Democratic principles. Just
be retained as chairman and of
course he has to endorse anything
and everything Bryan says and does.
The unconscionable Sulzer is another
endorser of the Nebraska platform.
This New York east side statesman
is candidate for the nomination
for Vice-President on the ticket with
Bryan, which accounts for his endorse
ment. He says the Nebraska platform
is "most excellent. Z"
On the other hand Senator Clay, OF
Georgia, said he could not support the
platform of the Nebraska Democracy
that it's Populistic features are objec-
tionable to Southern Democrats who
have to fight the Populists in their
section. Senator Bacon, of Georgia,
says the Democratic party does not
take kindly to the Initiative and
Referendum" because of their close
connection with Populism He hopes
Bryan does not intend the Nebraska
platform to be the keynote of the
coming campaign. What ground he
has for that hope in view of Bryan S
constant Populistic utterances and
utilization with the Populist party he
does not say. Senator Martin, of Vir-
ginia, says the Democratic party can
not and will not stand on the Nebras-
ka platform. But he is obliged to
admit that if Bryan insists on the
Democratic National Convention
adopting ideas of the Nebraska plat
form, it will be hard if not impossible
to prevent the incorporation in the
National platform. Senator Lindsay,
of Kentucky, says he is not surprised
at the tone of the Nebraska platform
for he thinks Nebraska has always
been more than half Populist. When
one recollects that Bryan is the leader
of both the Democrats and Populists
of Nebraska, a good deal is account
ed for.
One of the planks of Bryan's Ne
hraska platform calls for the retire
ment of national bank notes and their
substitution by greenbacks. Another
calls for the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at the heaven born ratio of
16 to /. The two taken together
mean simple fiatism in money Last
January, Representative McRae, of
Arkansas, introduced a bill to retire
National bank notes and substitute in
their stead legal tender Treasury
notes, or greenbacks The bill was
referred to the Committee on Banking
and Currency and there turned over a
subcommittee composed of Represen-
tatives Hill of Connecticut, Oyerstreet
of Indiana and Shattuc of Ohio, Re-
publicans, and Representative briggs
of New York, (Brooklyn), Democrat.
This subcommittee made yesterday a
unanimous report against the bill.
Coming as it does upon the heals of
the Nebraska Democratic State Con-
vention and the Bryan platform it
adopted, this report may be regarded
as in some sense an answer 20 that
platform, or at least that particular
plank of the platform. The adoption
of that platform by the Nebraska
Democrats convinces political OBJ
servers that the Democratic party has
not forgotten its old habit of blunder-
ing at the right time for the Republi-
can party and the country, to which
General Grant once called attention.
1t goes to show, further, that the
Bryan element of the Democratic party,
that is now in the saddle in that or
ganization, intends to ride its cheap
and worthless money hobby into this
campaign Though you bray fool
in mortar yet will not his foolish
ness depart from him or words to that
efrsot.
3. ". BRADY.