Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-07-07

party honest, bold and patriotic enoug h
to apply American theories and pre-
cepts to existing conditions and thereby
solve them in harmony with the UNDER
lying principles Of the declaration of in
dependence and the constitution OF our
country.
Eleventh-Another part Of the issue Of
the campaign this year Is the scandalous
dealings OF high cabinet officer with
private banks Of the country. These
scandals are notorious. and are based
upon the earnest and repeated written
demands of the officers of some Of these
banks that they should be favored by
this administration because OF money
contributed by them with which to buy
the presidency Of 1885,
Twelfth-The scandals which sur
rounded the war department In feeding
embalmed beef TO the soldiers, in its
purchase Of old yachts, tugs, ocean
liners. ocean tramps, barges. scows, etc,
for use as army transports constitute an
important chapter.
Fourteenth-They loudly proclaim
that theirs Is the party of liberty, yet
they are caught coquetting and forming
secret entangling alliances Of the most
detestable character with the old mother
monarchy. They stand supinely by and
refuse even an expression OF sympathy
with the Boer republics in their heroic
Fifteenth-An important chapter is
the oft repeated promise, made to be
broken, that when the war ceased the
oppressive burdensome and veXatious
war taxes on many articles of prime ne
cessity should be repealed or reduced.
Though the war closed two years ago
and notwithstanding there is a large
and growing surplus In the treasury, not
one dollar Of reduction in these taxes has
been made,
Sixteenth and lastly--The cost Of Re-
publicanism and Its twin monster. i'm
perialism The average of appropria-
tions per year for all purposes Of govern
ment for the two years Immediately
preceding the Spanish war
was about $475 100000. The average ex-
penditures per annum for each Of the
three years since that war. including the
fiscal year upon which we have just en-
tered, shows an Increase of nearly $780,
100000. The total increase for the three
years will be nearly 5000 900. 900. And In
like proportion it will go on. This shows
the difference in cost Of the empire as
fer alone to the money cost Of the change.
and do not include the expense of the
blood of the American boys. the price Of
which is far beyond computation.
/ said at the outset the issue this year
was again 16 to l. The foregoing are
briefly the 16 parts of the issue. What
Is the part?
1t Is apparent that In this supreme
exigency of the republic a demand goes
forth not for a faint hearted declaration
of platform platitudes. but for man.
Yes. a man who stands like a mighty
rock In the desert; man who, knowing
the right, will dare do the right; a man
who, rather than follow multitude to
do evil, will stand like Pompeys pillar
conspicuous by himself, and single in
integrity" Such a man as the one part.
this convention will tender to the nation
as their candidate for president. A man
who is unsurpassed as citizen, un-
equalled as an orator, courageous as
soldier, conspicuous in every element
that constitutes the typical and the true
American. William ]. Bryan of Me-
braSka,