El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-05
Former Free Silver Leader
Favors McKinIey's
Reelection.
TERRITORIAL EXPANSION
Is Right and Good, and He Quotes
the Father OF the Democratic
Party To Prove It.-protectlve
Tariff Praised.

OF Mr.. Bryan In toe campaign of 1896,
has announced that he will ad vocate
the reelection of President Mckinley.
He gave his reasons to a Washington
Star reporter for this change in his
political views. he said:
while l am not now actively enga-
ged in politics, shsll most heartily and
with Whatever Influence can properly
WELD endeavor TO promote the re-elec-
tion of Mr.. Mckinley. AS am de-
mocras, must consequently camp out
side the lines of my party, but l shall
content myself with the reflection that
there Is higher and more potent call
TO duty than any that comes from atty
political organization.
The democratic party. with Its long
line OF illustrious leaders," he con-
sinued, lis q great fact In the history
of this country, but the American
people are . still greater fact, and l
hold their interests TO be paramount
in determining my political course.
The Issues have materially changed
since 1896. Toe leading Issues then
were the free coinage of silver and the
protective tariff. They have both been
solved by the logic of events. The
chief argument urged in support Of
necessity of an increase In the volume
of our currency to meet the needs of the
people. Our money circulation, then
a mou nting TO less per capita than ever
before, is now Twenty-Five dollars per
capita, the highest point 10 has ever
attained In the history of the country.
This result is due primarily to the
Spanish war, which involved the ex.
penditure by the government OF many
millions OF dollars, but chiefly to the
vast increase in our exports, the bal
A. ~ d0 In IA mn
ing to eighteen hundred millions of
dollars. This means . prosperous
people. That the United States lie now
a creditor nation instead of
debtor, as formerly, Is due, in my
judgment to our Wise system OF customs
the protective tariff enacted by
a republican congress, which keeps
American work for American work.
men, and fosters oil our home indus
tries by imposing upon foreign pro.
ducers a heavy tax for thu privilege OF
entering our home market, which is of
greater value TO them than all the
markets of Europe.
THAT is the best economic system
which best promotes the self-support
among the working classes-thst IL to
say, the hand workers OF country.
FREE TRADE AND PAUPERISM.
1.-THE application OF this test In q
with England's free trade
~ stem, which Mr.. Bryan has advocst-
ed throughout his political career, will
furnish q most convincing argument
In favor of the republican policy of
protection for American industries.
to the British census of 1890
there was 10 the united kingdom, in
Guiding En2lan Scotland, Ireland and
Wales one registered pauper for thirty
nj fha vnn,tlatinn nrhf1a In tho
United States, despite the enormous
foreign immigration, according to our
census for the same decennisl period,
.hers WAS one pauper to five hundred
mia itsnts.
1.-THE charge of imperialism made
oy the democratic party leaders
against the republican administration
because of our acquisition OF the
islands and the main ten ,,
snce of the authority OF the govern
nent against the armed rebels who
.here sssail it is most unpatriotic, as |
e gives 'comfor. to the enemy The
,he false charge are merely contrac-
;ionists, and Mr.. Bryan virtually
commits political blasphemy when he
involves the name of HE party god,
Thomas Jefferson, in support OF the
policy that he advocates against terri
,orial expansion.
JEFFERSON AND EXPANSION,
"Jefferson, in q letter to James Mon
roe, dated December ), 1909, wrote as
follows: No Constitution was ever be-
lore so we'll calculated as ours for ex
sensive empire and self government"
"As early as 1856 that fsr-seeing and
;agaoious statesman made the following
forecast OF our recent acquisition of
Spain's colonial dominion in America,
and predicted the extension of our rule
over the whole North American and
South American continents. Writing
said: Our confederscy muss be viewed
as the nest from which all America,
north and south, is to be peopled.
We should take care, too, nos to think
ls ts for the Interests OF the great con-
Binent to press too soon on the Span
lards. These countries cannot be in
better hands for us. My fear is that
they are TO feeble to hold them Sill our
population can be sufficiently advsrced
10 gain 1t from them piece by piece
And again In letter to James Monroe
80 However our present interests
may restrain US within our own limits.
Il is impossible not to look forward to
distant times when our rapid multipli-
cation will expand itself beyond those
limits, and cover the whole northern,
II not the southern, continent. with q
people speaking the same language,
governed by similar forms and by silni-
ar laws
TIE CRY OF MILITARISM.
1.-THE cry of militarism is equally
,aseless. Our territorial area includes
,early 1000, 900 square miles, and we
rave q coast line of about IL, 900 miles.
our population 81 rs, 900, O0O,
'ur regular army, with an authorized