The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-20
NEBRASKA'S DEMOCRACY
SOUNDS CRY OF BATTLE
Bryan In Ringing Speech Tells What Platform
He Would Stand Upon.
He Announces to the Nation the Principles That He Be-
lieVeS Should Be Advocated.

I is attempting to nonopolize any branch
/ of business or the production Of any
/ article OF merchandise.
In its platform Of 1860 the Repub-
] Hean party declared that the n1ainten-
ance of the principles promulgated in
the Declaration Of Independence and
embodied in the federal constitution.
/ (viz: That all men are created equal:
/ that they are endowed with inaiienable
q rights; that governments are instituted
to secure their rights; and that gov
ernmentS derive their just powers from
/ the consent Of the gOverner), is essen
/ tlaI to the preservation of republican
institutions but the Republican party.
under its present leaderships is erdan-
| gerlnS the preservation of Republican
| institutions by placing the dollar above
/ the man in the construction of gov
! eminent and of violating the princf-
pies that II once declared TO be essen
| tiaL
Porto Rico Tariff Bill.
We condemn the Porto Rico tariff
/ Dill, recently passed BY q ReDubIicsr,
/ house of representatives as bo15 5''i III II
open violation of the nations orpsni,.
faith. OF sood
We assert that the constitution fol-
lows the nag and denounce the doc
eLIHe Ihat an executive or a congress.
tiea'eu ana limited by the conf5tftu
lIOh can exercise lawful authOri+,- r.
yond that constitution or in vioia+ior7
! " IL 6eneYlng that a nation caDDO+
Lohs endure half republic and half en-
| pre-. We oppose wars of cOn0uaSt a,,lz
| colonial possessions
| Inc tlnpinOS cannot be cifjzAns
MIthout endangering our Civilization
( GaS cannot be subjects without en-
/ UaISeTIhS our form of government ana
dS we are not willing to surrender orr
cIFAizatlon or TO convert a republic into
| an eHl-'Ire, We favor an immediata de-
cidrallon OF the nations purpot@ IN
give the F1iipinOs, first, a stable form
| u government; second. Independence
ana third, protection from OI1tei5a in
reference as it has for nearly q ,e-7
fury given protection to the renubIics
u CentraI and South America.
Expansion of Trade.
I'VE favor the expansion or trade b,,
every legitimate ard peaceful means
DuI we are opposed to purchasing trade
d the cannOn's mouth with bTrnaz
OIood; neither do We believe that f1af5e
secured ard hetd by force is worth the
ne IIIe1 must be paid Tor il. We are
"a IN IdVor OF extending the nations in
| Huence, but We believe that that infI,-
ence should be extended. not nv Fore
ana violence, but through the Dersuas-
I've power Of high and honorable ex-
| ample. q
We oppose militarism. It imposes
upon the people an unnecessary bur-
ueh ana IS constant menace. A small
Stahdlng army and a well equipped
state mllltla are sufficient in time of
/ peace; IN time of war the cfLizen-so!-
der should be q republics defense.
| we DeueVe, with jefferson in Deace
/ comfort and honest friendship with All
| li1IiohS ana entangling alliance with
none, and regard with apprehension the
doctrine, advocated in some quarters
that this nation should in its deaIiros
OF supremacy show Partially toward
! any OF the European nations.
Sympathy for Beers.
Not because Of hostility to England.
put because the principles of a repub-
nc, and reject, as did our forefat5a~s
| me theory OF monarchy, We sympathize
with the Beers in their heroic effort II,
preserve their national integrity. The
| failure Of Republican leaders who foI77.
years ago expressed sympathy g1r the
| CUBAN patriots, TO feel an interest in
the struggle Of the Dutch in South Az
| flca, shows the paralyzing influence Of
the imperial policy TO which the admin
lstratiOn is now endeavoring to commit
| this country
While the committee on resolutions
! was out, Richard Metcalf Of Omaha "
D. Oldham Of Kearney, W. H. Thomp-
son OF Grand Island and A G. Tibbets
| OF Lincoln were chosen as delegates ar
large 10 the national convention at
Kansas City.
WnAe the convention was in the
most 1l OF a not row over the choice of
9a Iu hates 10 the delegates at large.
! MT. Bryan appeared in the hall. The
slSht OF him put a stop to all business
| ana the delegates went wild as he
mounted the platform
MIR. Bryan's Speech.
MT Bryan's speech dealt almost en-
tirely with the three questions vvbicI, l1o
mas been discussing in various mars
OF the cOUntIy-the money. question +be
| trust question and Imperialism. He
charged the Republican party WITH
! practicing a deliberate fraud 11non tba
voters IN 1895 by holding out the hone
OF International bimetallism when rha
leaders neither expected nor desired the
/ restoration of the double standard
either by Independent action or bv in
ternat1onal agreement.
He denounced the currency fa.+ ,,-a %
the financial bill, and said the RenTb-
mean party had never in a campaign
| advocated the retirement of the green
backs and that il would not he af11a n,
defend that bill before the country He
SAID tnat a national bank currency Sc
cured Dy government bonds could not
| ~ - ESAAA-etAAC4AL settlement of the pT1r-
rency question unless we have a ne,.-
marem and increasing national hank
On the trust question he reiterated his
condemnation Of the Republican pa.~fv
saying: Ps'-'S'
The trust is so bad a thing thar tho
president felt 1t necessary to denoupce
trusts IN his message last wear br,+ h..
oio not recommend a remedy Tho
trust portion Of his message might ba
Condensed as follows:
Inc trusts are bad; for the life of
me, don't know what to do ahou+
them. l hope somebody knows 1,70Te
thah DO and will suggest somethinr'
Paper Money Trust. 4
Republican congress listened to
the reading of the message and +t,s,1
proceeded TO establish a paner n,OTsI-
uu1I' Wnlch gives to the people a
larger chance of injury and to +be
banks q larger opportunity for Drofit
tnan any other trust in existence ;,
he SAID that the Republican r,s,-.-
was poWerless TO interfere win ~,
trusts because the leading RepuhIica7S
We're connected with the trusts and fba
party had TO rely upon the trnSt o,,
1 trlDut.Ons to carry on the corniner 90
palgn: He presented and defended ~,
remedy which he suggested AT +5s -,
THRUST meeting in CHICAGO Iast foI a.
Taklrg up the Philippine question ba
referred first TO the Porto Rico BIZ and
The desire to impose import dyt;as