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Mr.. Bryan,s Platform.


Mr.. Bryan's Platform.
Mr.! Bryan can be fish, flesh or fowl
ON all these constitutional questions
according to circumstances.--Linc
Journal.
Nevertheless it is evident that he In.
tends the Nebraska platform to stand
as the keynote for action at Kansas
City on irecracker day.-Ottumwa
Press, ,sp tt
The platform adopted yesterday at
Lincoln by the Democrats of Nebraska
reflects the opinions of William j. Bry-
an, and 1t is in the interest of the Re-
publican party.-Kansas City Star.
He (Bryan) is a rather fiighty young
man at best, and he may change more
than once before the national conven-
tion meets, but he can hardly keep
pace with Mr.. Mckinley in that partic-
ular.-New York Evening Post.
The platform adopted at Lincoln is
substantially the platform that will be
adopted at Kansas City. and the voters
now know on what issues the Demo
cratic party will conduct the presiden-
tial campaign.-Davenport Republican.
Taking the platform as a whole 1t
contains no promise Of reunion of
the disorganiZed ranks of the Democ-
racy, but points rather to further dis
integration. The party is in terrible
need of new leadership.-Chicago
Times Herald.
While Mr.. Bryan continues to domi-
nate his party and to snap his fingers
in the face of its ablest counselors,
Republicans will continue to view his
course with interest, but not with
alarm. He is doing heroic work in
wrecking the Democracy, and his oppo-
nents are quite content so long as that
work continues. .--Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette.
The agonizing shrek emitted by the
furious Bryan Democracy in conven-
ton assembled at Lincoln, Neb., was
expected in view of the recent formal
statutory adoption of the gold standard
by Congress. The action of Congress
only emphasizes and perfects that
which is the recognized policy of the
Government and makes it impossible
for any administration in the future to
change or impair the gold standard
without definite legislation by Con-
ress.-Minneapolis Journal.
Republicans should Do Something.
The reference to a special committee
Of the National House of Representa-
tives Of all bills and resolutions relat-
ing to the regulation of trusts ought to
result in the presentation of a bill for
the restriction of the operations of the
big combinations of capital that will
meet in an adequate way the problem
now confronting the people.
The Republican members of the
House are beginning to realize the ne
cessity of enacting a law, either sup
plementing the Sherman antitrust law
or standing by itself, which will meet
the trust evil. and they cannot fail to
see the necessity of enacting such law
at the present session of Congress.
It is clear that the, Democrats of all
factions are determined to push the
trust issue to the front in the coming
Presidential campaign-the gold men
because they are anxious to dispose of
the silver issue and open a way by
which they can get back into their
party, and the silver. men because they,
while not willing to abandon free coin
age, know that they must have some
other leading issueto make even q half
way successful campaign.
Therefore it has become necessary for
the Republicans to meet the issue. If
they can succeed IN evolving from the
mass of resolutions and bills practi-
cal anti trust law and put 1t in the
statute book before the close of the
present session Of Congress, they may
go before the people with the declara-
ton that the pledges of their platform
have been kept With the trust issue
eliminated from the campaign it will
he impossible for the Democrats to
make a decent showing at the polls.
The Republicans seem to be deter
mined to do something. and 1t Is to be
hoped that they will succeed Cleve-
land Leader. #