North Park union., 1900-06-08
Walden Colorado, Friday. June g.
Issues of the
Coming Campaign
1eiled 5own by John
5ris1een Wallzer, Eai.
ter Of the Cesm opolitan.


5ris19en walker. Eai.
ter Of the rropolitan.
New York, June 2.-(Associated
Press. John Brisben Walker, &C
cording to the New York World, has
written letter upon the issues of
the campaign to William J. Bryan.
The letter is dated at Mr.. Walkers
home at Irvington. on. the Hudson, N.
Y, and is as follows:
"Upon every hand the next presi-
dental election is regarded to be the
most important in the history Of the
republic, The question which will
be uppermost is not simply ques-
ton of good or bad legislation, but
the finality: Shall the republic give
PLACE to form of government which
will be the equivalent of monarchy
or worse? Shall democratic forms
of government be replaced by the
rule Of the few unscrupulous men
who have no regard for the general
welfare nor love Of republican institu-
tionsY
"With the Democratic party alone
the hope of rescue remains. The
man who by lis error of judgment
makes the success of that party i'm
possible may be responsible for the
downfall of the republic. The Dem
ocratic party represents all that there
is in form Of opposition to the dan
gerous state of affairs which now
threatens; upon it depends the preser-
vation Of the republican institutions.
To succeed it must have the votes of
the great majority of honest men.
In such a crisis the worst enemy
of the Democratic party and of the
country is the man who would mar.
row the platform and creed under
which voters must act upon lines
which may exclude those who are
sincerely anxious for the public well.
fare. To repeat, the success of the
Democratic party is necessary for the
preservation of government by the
people. There are many issues for
which the Democratic party stands,
but there is only one issue upon
which the voters are certain to be
united. Imperialism, trust rule, mil
ltaryism, all mean but one thing, all
represent but one issue, and upon
this issue every Lincoln Republican
and every Jefferson Democrat may
unite. The finance issue, while of
immense Importance, must have no
place in this campaign; its introduc-
ton will cndanger more vital interests.
No man has better right to say this
than /, who twenty-five years ago
made it part of my contract in tax
ing charge of the Washington Daily
Chronicle, that | should be allowed
to advocate the reconciliation of sill
yer, and in the Buffalo convention of
1896 wrote and secured the adoption
of the clause indorsing the Chicago
platform.
~ know what men are saying and
thinking. With large personal ac.
quaintance and correspondence scat
tered all over the country l am salts
fed that those Democrats who were
most serious in urging the adoption
Of the Chicago platform in 1896 and
are most anxious for the success of
Democratic institution to-day, look
at this matter in the light which I
have here indicated.
"You have reason to know my be-
liefs in your great personal fitness to
represent the interests of the people
in the next campaign. I trust your
sincerity, your imperyiousness alike
TO fear, to fattery, to purchase. [
trust your wisdom to conduct the af-
fairs of the nation. But your leader.
ship will be dearly purchased if, in
order to secure it, we must adopt a
platform which, however just in its
enunciation, is unwise and unneces-
sary at this time, and which must re-
suit in driving away those voters
which are necessary to perpetuate
our institutions.