The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-06

whenever an occasion again arises fe'
claiming !: popular verdict nlei them
rc.l.ixa. Iaa; rhi> .~}tcftcn invoisc> -
aEy otc |pnlicy. bar In. Very existence ~
em1traric government. tie ronyenti"i
>h.uld Invite all citizens who ahhor ihf
e ai;ensTt - .latfc Ibis r, pnIl;c in the Jaw
dry rags II imperialism 4" cooperate Il
maintaining the territorial Integrity 80
III" tn.tfl State. leaving ail question
affecting The financial integrity Of tn.
tnifetI States - he settled hereafter.
What then would be yotIr PLATFORM
Il would reafTirn the Declaration al
Independence. and - 10 the people %
that alone. on such 4 platform tue cam
:, raicn al 1900 would rc-cnNle the cam
l,ai@n Of 1900 in liz issues. il / nper anal
is results. Who can doubt that ~.icff"cr
Scn's imncrta! work would ohiliI> ~
1900 an endorsements III emphatic and a
sanitary as IT. auihor received il lSb:'
"Inu are aware thai Mr.. Bryan him
self insists uroli III" r+-ad"fii"n II III
C!irag" latfnIm in liz "nlircty:
Il have no doutr NJ. Bryan viii adyo-
Gaze that cGir>c. and / am equally cent?
dent thai N. would decline 10 ne Il caEdi-
date. O. Ia remain in the convention il
The Chicago platform were rcpndiated Iii
rcclly i'll words. or indirt city hy silence.
l,uf ! ctnnTt ard d, not Ecinvr tina: J..
would refuse 10 accept The Judgement II
The convention AZ To Whether this j. the
proper time and occasion for submitting
the d"ctrint> embodied in thar platform
I" the Judgment Of the people.
II Mr.. Bryan were elected upon I
platform. declaring that the financial
status quo should Ic preserved for thu
next four years. | have 10 doubt that h
would loyall! abide ny it. He would, of
course. lie fire." 10 seek recollection in
1:i as IN advocate of free silver. and
+ he We're renoIninatcd OH >ucil Il plat
form | would q pose him again as earn
c>tiy rs | did in 1896. In the meantime
he would have IN cutirc right to sur
round himself with officials who SHARED
his views ;ind who could, therefore. he
trusted /" aid his denomination. TlliS
would exclude ne and those Who Sla"c
MY Views from all prospect OF holding
office under his administration. burt who
ever sSnnGcS an attitude Of independence
to his party from Il sense Of duty must
be prepared 10 pay the price Of his indie
"tHdence.'
Every election depends largely upon
the policy Of the party in power. This
discussion OF truss is one manifoStati0l
Of this tendency. 1t shows that. not
with~tandiDy the disturbing questions o.
foreign policy that have arisen durin;
the last four years. the country has
grown uneasy nvCr the domestic policy OF
the present Administration. The meu
who have directed Republican c%ouncii>
III the past have either disappeared from
the ltlh,ic service or they have been OK
Guided from prominence III til, I;epu, ican
Administration. The Policies which.
lIpSnupI unJcr +hnir La, r. ,.cbt,
We're always digniticd hy :; b"r.lliant sup
port. have sunk ROM into schemes of al
>llrd EHtciilallsn. a. once SeI>pieSS and
>irAva-lllt. HE leadin. measure Of this
administrator * the SliS.uy bill. 1hn
passage Of which has been urged by lie
on the grorrd that the bus ne<~
# shipping j. highly profitable. 20 profitt-
hlt. in fact thai the Government should
undertake. to pay the losses u those en-
in it. With Il craftsmanship tco
for me to comprehend he a.
:t*'r~ t" Glove that II CT Il c / ain p" ioI
accumulated losses will b" mrtamor-
h"scd into l%rntit~. What sensible Elal
contemplate the initiation cI such Il
policy without apprehension as 10 its re-
,'Ils: II il be advisable IL guarantee
'rotit to a rev Industry. it must BE still
,:orc ::d>i~th!e 10 protect from loss ~
tail shed industry. Surely the llhorcl.
he merchant. the farmer a. do lawyer
las Is mach right to ~ guaranteed a
occupation * any rcr>on en-
III transportation. II this system
# b"nntle> he nrcc established. | know
t but one Wa. III WHICH we niay hone
" escape from it. and tha- is by insist
." tha' cy"rybnhy he ppn>ioneI Zach I
Individual thus forced to contrlDntt to his
elbows III the shape cf taxation the euui- )
.a'rnt OF which he draws IRON them in
he form Of subsidy. /.
No party ever entered i -, sidcntial
arva>> with Ill easier road to S;i..,es {
han that now CItn to thr m1cracy. (:
2hc emily cloud on its prospects is the i
anger that II Will tic Itself +, 4 question. i
cad as Il practical issue. hr. sill >usii- (:
Itnt to hamper is muvrm.5 hts. distract :,
5 councils and paralyzc IL tlto.,ncy.'