The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-09
Attacked the Republican Party
and Its Platform.
HIS ARRANGEMENT WAS SEVERE
Pointed Out the Inconsistencies in Its
Utterances, and Declared That Its
Policy Tended to Imperialism
Frequently Applauded

Milwaukee, Wis, September S.-Wiliam
J. Bryan made a record breaking railroad
run from Chicago to Milwaukee today to
open the Democratic national campaign in
Wisconsin. Ninety-siX minutes after his
special train left Chicago he was at the
depot here. Mayor Harrison or Chicago,
the Cook County Democratic Marching
Club, with Debaugh's band were with him.
The special was met at Western Union
Junction by Mayor Rose and other leading
citizens.
After brief pause at the City Hall, Col
onel Bryan was driven to the residence of
W. G. Bruce, chairman of the Milwaukee
City and County Democratic Committee,
for luncheon. Mayors Harrison and Rose
went to National Park to witness base
ball game, the Cook County marchers were
taken in street cars to National Park where
they were served luncheon until the
speakers arrived at 4:30 o'clock.
After long delay Ex-Governor Peck in
trodueed Mayor Harrison, who apologized
for his part in the delay pleading the en-
gagement at the ball game. L. ]. Bohm-
rich, candidate for Governor, followed
Mayor Harrison, speaking until Colonel
Bryan was ready to begin. Colonel Bryan
smiled as he walked to the front of the
platform. He waited for the cheering to
abate and then attacked the Republican
party and its platform. Colonel Bryan
said in part:
"The Republican party Is on the defen-
sive of every question and yet it is not
able to defend itself Republican leaders
are no better able to defend their position
on the money question than they are on
other questions The only reason they pre-
fer to talk about the money question is
that when they talk on that question they
can use old arguments and when they
talk on trusts and imperialism they can
not use any argument. (Applause)
"The difference between the Republican
party and the Democratic party in 1896 was
while both favored the double standard
the Republicans wanted to secure the dou-
BILE standard by foreign aid and the DEM
ocrats wanted to secure 1t without the aid
or consent of any other nation on EARTH
(Applause.)
An Inconsistency
''Since 1896 the Republican party has put
itself on record as in favor of the two
metals as against the one metal For how
else can you define the action of a Presi-
dent In sending commission to Europe
to ask other nations to help us restore the
double standard? How else can you de-
fend the action Of Republican Congress
in appropriating money to pay the ex-
penses of a commission while in Europe
trying to get the double standard? How
can you defend 1t except on the theory
that the double standard is good?
Read the financial bill passed within q
year. Section IA declares that the bill Is
not intended to stand as an obstacle in
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when other nations will help us restore It,
(Applause.) And that bill received the
sanction Of Republican House or Repre-
Sentatives and Senate and Republican
President put his own signature to the
bill. (Applause.)
you will find that the Republican party
now is in joint debate with it's platform
daughter.)
Read what their platform said at Phil
adelphia! We renew our allegiance to the
principle of the gold standard-'We renew
our allegiance'-Why, to renew means to
re-state something that you said before
and that is the first time they ever stated
tina position and declare our confidence In
the wisdom of the legislation of the Fifty
sixth Congress by which the parity of all
our money and the stability of our cur
rency on a gold basis has been secured
congratulated the country that 1t had been
done, that now it Is secure and within two
months they are afraid 1t amt So" Gaugh-
teri
The speaker then said that the position
of the Democratic party on the money
question has undergone no change
Now the Republicans say that the MAIN
tenance of the gold standard is the para
mount question. If there Is any man hero
who believes that any financial system is
more important than the form of govern
ment under which he lives, then he can
agree with the Republican party. 1 want to
snow you the Kind of argument that the
Republican party presents to the Repub-
lican, who, you all know, is opposed to mil
itarlsm the German says: L don't want a
large army. The Republican leader slaps
him on the back and says: Never mind
about your army just you have a gold
dollar In your pocket daughter) The Ger
man says: I don't believe in a system that
takes the best years of a young mans life
and devotes them to an army, and the Re-
publican leader slaps him on the shoulder
and says: Never mind your boys provided
you have got gold dollar in your pocket
(Laughter.) The German says. I came to
this country because believe In liberty
come here because believe the people are
the source of power. I am here because I
want to have the individual to have his
rights respected and his participation in the
government protected; and the Republican
leader pats him on the shoulder and says:
Never mind liberty, never mind seh-gov-
ernment, never mind anything but the dol
lar Uaughter.)
Where Responsibility Rests
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