The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-14
PLATFORM Will BE- NEN
MIR. BRYAN DISCUSSES THE ISSUES
OF THE CAMPAIGN SOON TO
BE INAUGURATED
THREE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
THEY ARE MONEY, THE TRUST
QUESTION AND THE POLICY
OF IMPERIALISM
FUTURE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Col. Bryan Tells What Should BE
Done With the IsIands-DemO-
Gratis to Try for Every
State in Union.

CHICAGO, June 13.-William Jennings
Bryan was in Chicago today, and the
center Of much political discussion, all of
1t bearing on what may be done at the
Democratic national convention next
month. Mr.. Bryan saw scores of people
during the day. He talked business
with Senator Jones, chairman of the ma
tional committee; ]. II. Johnson, head of
the executive committee; Charles a.
Walsh, secretary of the national com
mittee, and Daniel ]. Campau, national
committeeman from Michigan. The plat
form to be adopted at Kansas City and
the vice presidential specially
the Towne-Populist nomination angle Of
1t, were considered at some length
On the question of platform the trend
of discussion forecasted to some extent
the differences Of opinion which may
arise at Kansas City, even among loyal
Bryan men. The question is whether the
money plank and other legacies from 1899
shall be handled by reaftirmation OF the
Chicago platform in a lurnp, or whether
some planks of the 1896 platform, espe-
cially the money plank, shall be rewrit-
ten.
Mr.. Bryan favors rewriting much OF the
1896 platform this year.
Senator Jones, according to credible ad-
vices. advocates reaffirmation of the Chi
cago platform as a whole, and then a
quick transition to the newer issues Of
Imperialism and trusts.
THREE BIG QUESTIONS.
'T say, as I have done so many times"
Mr.. Bryan said, when he was asked what
he thought the platform ard issues this
year would or should be, that 1 think
the three big questions before US are
money, trusts and imperialism. TIE
money question, of course includes the
question of silver and of paper money;
the question of imperialism includes mill
tarism, and the policy Of which our ma
tional administrations work in the Pill
ippines and attitude on the Boer question
are samples.
''I believe the principles adopted In the
platform of 1886 were adopted as a part
of the party creed and never to be de-
parted from. I do not think they should
be or can be departed from this year.
That platform must, however, be added
to as new issues arise. AS 1 do not eX-
pect TO be q delegate TO the naUOllal con-
vention, / cannot presume to discuss the
form in which these principles shall be
stated in the platform to be adopted
there.
81 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.
PHILIPPINE ISSUE.
''XVna+ do 7 think sho11ld he done IN tho
Philippines? l think this country should
tell those people that we are there only
for the purpose of establishing a stable
government, and that when we have dore
so we should turn the islands over to the
people there and protect them against
foreign aggression, as we nave 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 1896. The Republican party is on
the defensive. 1t will! talk prosperity of
course, but We'll 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 shares.
II should say our plan of campaign VIII
be to carry every state in the Union.
Cannot carry all of them? I would not
speak 80 harshly Of the people Of any
state as to say that I thought the people
there intended to support the Republican
party"