Connecticut western news., 1900-08-30
BRYAN TO POPULISTS.
For maIIy Accepts the Nomination
 For President.

For President.
 William J. Bryan received the official
 notification of his nomination for the
 presidency by the Populist party at To- peka on Thursday. Thomas NJ. Pat tersop of Colorado acted as mouthpiece
 of the party in making 1t. Mir. Bryan
 was at the same time informed of the
 indorsement of his candidacy by the United States Monetary league, this
 notification being given by A. W. Rucker. The ceremonies occurred in the spacious
 and beausiful grounds of the state capi- tol and were witnessed by large mum Der of people.
 In his reply to the addresses of Messrs Patterson and Rucker MT. Bryan held the close attention of his audience. He said in part;
 In accepting the presidential nomination which you tender behalf of the Populist party de- rre to give emphatic recognition to the education al work done by your party. The Populist party
 IS an organization and the Farmer alliances and
 the labor organizations from which they sprsns have done much to the people to q study of economic and industrial questions
 desire also to express my deep appreciation of
 the hberRlity of opinion and devotion to principle
 which have led the members of your party to en.
 ter the ranks of another party in the selection of
 a candidate.
 In 1896 the money question was of paramount
 importance, and the allies in that campaign unit. ed in the demand for the immediate restoration Of
 silver by the independent action of this country
 at lo to | the ratio which had existed since 1884
 They were defeated, but that did not end the dis
 cussion. The Democrats were defeated in 1888, but
 that did not put end to tsnn reform. The Re- publicsns defeated in ls92 but that did not permanently overthrow the protective tRrn. De.
 feat at the polls does not necessarily decide . great problem. Experience, and experience alone, srgr. fu Nha va1n nf the currency since ls9d. although unpromised by | the Republicans and unexpected. has brought i'm. | prcycment in industrial conditions this improve ment instead of answering the arguments put forth in favor of bimetallism only confirms the | contention of those who insisted that more money would make better times.
 It is true thst the Populists believe in irre. deemable greenback, while the Democrats believe in a greenback redeemable in coin. but the vital | question at this time. 90 far as paper money Is concerned, is whether the government or banks shall issue it. There will be time enough 10 dis
 cuss the redeemability of the grcenbaek when the | greenback itself is saved from the annhlation which threatens it The Republican party is | now committed to a currency system which neces. sitates a perpetual debt, while the Populist nnds himself in agreement with the Democrats. who be
 ieye in paying of the national debt as rapidly a' | possible
 In 1898 the Populists united with the Demo,
 in opposing the trusts although the question st that time appeared like cloud scarcely larger | than a mans hand. Today that cloud well nigh oyersprcads the industrial sky. The farmer doe'
 not participate in the prohts Of any trust, but hs | sorely feels the burden of them all He ts de | pendent upon the seasons for his income. wher | he plants his crop. he knows not whether it will
 be blessed with rain or blightsd with drought. hs knows not whether wind will blow 1t down or hai destroy 1t or insects devour 1t, and the price o | his crop is as uncertain the quantity. If a pr vate monopoly can suspend production and hx th' | price of material well as the price of th' | finished product the farmer powerless Co protect | himself when he sells is plundered when he pur | chases. Can any farmer hesitate to throw the in | huenee of his ballot upon the side of those whc
 desire to protect the public at large from monop. | oliesf The fact that the trusts support the Republican
 party ought to be sufficient proof that they expeci | protection from 1t. The Republican party cannot
 De relied upon 10 extinguish the trusts 90 long al | it draws its campaign contributions from heii | overhowing vaults.
 The prosperity argument which the Republican,
 bring forward to answer all complaints against tn, | administration will not deceive the farmer. H' | knows that two factors enter into his income
 first. the size of his crop, and, second, the prcs which he receives for the same. He does not re | turn thanks to the party in power Tor favorable weather and a bountitul harvest, and he knowt
 that the Republican party has no policy which in
 sures q permanent increase in agricultural priccs | It Is not strange that the Populists should op
 pose militarism and imperialism, for both an
 tagonstie to the principles which Populists sppl, | to other questions. Looking at questions from
 the standpoint of the producer of wealth rathei | than from the standpoint of the speculstor. ths | Populist recognizes In militsrism a constant and | increasing burden. The army worm which occa
 sonally destroys a field Of wheat is not nearly ss | dangerous an enemy to the farmer lsrg, | standing army, which invades every field of in | dustry and exActs toll from every crop.
 | At the present rate we will spend annually upor | the army approximately half as much we spenS | for education in the United States, and this i'm | mense sum Is wrung from the taxpayers by sys | tems of taxation which oyerhurden the poor mar | and undertax the rich man. In the presence O such an issue as militariEm it is impossible tha any Populist should hesitate ss Co his party. Bu
 even the menace of militarism is but part of th. question of imperialism. The policy contemplated by the Republican party nullihss every principl. | set forth in the Declaration of Independence | strikes a blow st popular government and rob- | the nation of its moral prestige. Already ths | more advanced supporters of the colonial idss | point to the economy of s system of government | which intrusts all power to executive snd doe away with the necessity of legislation. | There is middle ground between the Ameri | can policy and the European policy. If this ms | tion remains true to its principles its tradition | and its history, it cannot hold colonies If it en ters upon a colonial career, 1t must repodists th. | doctrine that governments derive their just pow | CTS from the consent of the governed