The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-09-29
HE is AGAINST BRYAN.
Strong Reasons Why Prominent Young
Democratic Lawyer Will Not Sup
port the Democratic Nominees.

port the Democratic Nominee.
Mr. Allan McLane, well known young
lawyer, and brother of Mr.. Robert M. McLane,
States Attorney for Baltimore city, has writ
ten a letter to Chairman Vandiver, OF the
Democratic State Central Committee, declin-
ing an invitation to take the stump for Bryan.
Mr.. McLane was very active for the Demo-
cratic ticket in the last State and city cam
paign. Following is the letter and it is well
worthy Of careful perusal:
Dear 6ir.-I am In receiptof your circular let
ter of the 18th instant inviting me to discuss
upon the platform the issues Of the campaign.
which must decline to do. and feel that L
should be wanting in frankness did not give
you briefly the reasons for my action, since as
you are aware. / was an earnest advocate OF the
election of the Democratic State and city tick
cts at our last election.
Of the Democratic party from agreement
with those principles, and not from pre-
it was bitter awakening in 1895 to find the
national organization of that party captured by
the Populist party, to see it abandon the time
tariff for revenue only, and to find it advocat-
ing every conceivable political vaeary In its
vain search for votes Having to choose be
pleasure in voting for Mckinley and Hobart.
notwithstanding the republican party's con-
tinued advocacy of the extreme protective
tariff policy.
Four years have passed, and. whether in spite
of protection or owing to it. the country has
had unexampled prosperity.
The war with Spain approached and the Demo-
cratic party Wed with the Republican party IN
declaring that war. UnbrOken victories laid
Of peace was up Delween tne parIles
United States Senate for ratification.
That treaty proposed to do the very thing now
iSoo ana Dubbed une a nsmey to take
from Spain Porto Rico and the Philippines and
pay her 100000 600 for the same.
1t proposed to launch us upon q colonial poll
cy. That treaty required the vote of two thirds
of the Senate to ratify it and to give it the
force Of law Then was the time to object to it,
lican party had only Al of the necessary 60 votes
for its ratification.
1t was either right or wrong to make peace on
the terms proposed. What happened? Mr..
Bryan and the other Democratic (?) leaders saw
that the treaty was on the point of being de-
feated, that it could only be ratified by the aid
derance of feeling throughout the country as
in favor of immediate peace. even upon the
terms proposed. and fearing that the blame for
the treaty's defeat would be cast upon their
party and annihlate it, they went to Washing
ton and whipped into line for the ratification of
the treaty 10 Democratic votes, and the Philip
pines thereupon became ours, just as much as
Alaska, California. Florida or Louisiana had.
The merest schoolboy in the country knew then
"
the 60 Senators who voted for the treaty APP
parently did not worry about the consent of
the governed"
Immediately revolt arose against our au-
thority, just as the noble red man in the past
has objected to our government, and that re-
following the traditions Of our G race for law and
order, we are trying in few years to do what
Spain never tried to do in 400 years, namely,
and establish government in it, and not merely
sit down in Manila and let the surrounding popu-
lation cut each others Threats to their hearts
What change in this policy is proposed by the
Kansas City platforms viii Mr. Bryan, If
elected, call the troops home and present the
of man. after paying out $2OOOO,OO0 of our good
money for them? No; he could not do so with
out violation of his oath of office. He pro-
poses to have Congress at once declare our pur-
pose to establish a stable government How
does that differ from what we are now doing
ACTIONS speak louder than words" To my
mind the Kansas City platform on that point is
simply trash. imperialism is merely buga-
boo to make cloak for Mr.. Bryan's violently
suppressed attack of free silver. The Kansas
City result was arrived at by very simple pro-
cess, to wit, in consideration of yielding to the
party managers from the East the sop of "im-
perialism" and declaring it paramount" Mr..
Bryan was allowed to reaffirm free. silver and
the platform of 1895.
He has kept himself bottled up longer than /,
for one, had expected, but how can anyone lex
cepting, of course, the Sum doubt what he
stands for or what his election means after
reading his letter of acceptance He is as bad
H fsa6 free silver yea even worse now than in
He has no foreign policy to propose that is any
better, or for that matter. as good as that now
He attempts to set class against class and APP
peals for national dishonor and stagnation as
against national honor and progress
Until the Democratic party rejects him and
all of his doctrines shall cast my vote in the
way, best calculated to defeat him, and this year
shall vote for Mckinley and Roosevelt.
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