New-York tribune., 1900-09-09

| not the country is the loser ...,
Such is the party. What the professions upon
| which we are now asked TO restore 1t to power
FREE SILVER AN ISSUE THIS YEAR
platform of 1885 in favor OF the free, unlimted ana
pae oas no or and al al the head Of the
column did formerly but It IS there and i 1t Il
makeweght mere patude or slitteiTng 6sca gen
eaiay tno 9g as an waich Tr BRYAN announced
would not accept the nomination ~ Is tlnS anS that
it was adopted in the Committee on RESOLUTIONS g ions
after long a and nd bitter b v6 nt we e the vote Of Hawaii
the annexation Of which the DemGerae Rsiy 9ce
Won the day and the resolution was adopted and and
one half of the Democrats party, making It is
safe to estimate three-fourths Of the whole OF the
don6 Pf02s e2ected Mr would utter dis
force his folly into statute books as he forced
it into the Democratic platform? -o o.o,, oo1,sd
upon to meet this question and we must @ meet ee
T9 M in s II G9r to revre ysTds TsHEr
was some room for argument in 1896, ana e9 muea
plansibe bGn S had hard times and it was natural
for free trade Dem9crat to believe od 6ha him IL was sn
and not free trade, that made the trouble. 1t was
be Claimed to be as good as another until exploded
by practical results but there is no longer excuse
Mr.. - Bryan dealt with opinions then-facts are
He told us that if we adopted the gold standard
the hard times then prevailing would continue ana
smpled prosperity has blessed the land. He said
prices would fall stin lower, but, instead, they
bankrupt but instead they have more business
than they can handle. He said we would become a
hopeless debtor Nation, owing all the world and
rp 70 osf I pt1r sec,,rities bnt instead we have
seen foreign nations including England herself,
selling their bonds in American markets TO Amer-
can money worth one hundred cents in gold all
would iangush and the balance of trade would be
much with other nations and the balances of trade
in our favor were never so large. He drew Gireful
pictures OF the scarcity of money and told how it
would curtai and handicap and embarrass business,
but instead the volume is steadily increasing and
the amount per capita is now the largest we have
He was filed with distress because of the fate
that would befall the farmer If he could be al
lowed to pay off his mortgages with fifty cent sill
yer dollars, and told with great emotion how the
farmers farm and his home would be sold under
III tIe uHusua prosperity ana with the good prices
commanded by his products he has paid off
same length Of time The railroads cannot get cars
enough to handle the corn, the wheat and other
this and other lands Such Illustrations might be
multiplied. but these are sufficient to show what
the country needed in 1896 was not free silver. on
Top OF free trade, as recommended by Mr. Bryan,
nHt pr9teetye M tariff and gold standard as
9ne KePupnean party In the presence of these
tions and the craftsmanship Of Mr. BRYAN bpSear
naeeo anain FaqGuio1s: Notwithstanding, he now comes
placed at the head of our Government
Not, however, on the free silver proposition for
that the American people have condemned it. Not
tdtner, as tree trader. for while he still adheres
yet forgotten the distress that attended our last
experience with that policy. Neither on any other
the last twenty five years. All these great subjects
ceded to be naY setted m 'f ne Past past are If not con
purposes of this campaign 'e"Oieu ior the
IMPERIALISM AS A sHIBBoLETH
he, he has new shibboleth-it is imperialism He
to su5ver ogeVe b that President Mckinley is trying
this Wsy be refers qa9 @ 9$hng empire il is in
ItuD2, Porto Rico and the Philippines What are
PeT1aIism? The people there had already oven ier-
mnSeiiad sft InoIarchy @ and established a republic
81 Iurlsprudence' the same codes of procedure in
Iney had been celebrating the Fourth Of .ImIy and
ashington's Birthday They have most 0f the
served Moa Day as sacTedy as ss ws do haye e b 3o
as Webster a9d Ca1 y @ ysaTs such statesmen
nave favored the annexation of these islands he
would easT eaS0n 0 Wnat have referred to- they
~ and strategtcally they are of manifest impor
nexaton under the Harrison Adrnnstration' 'oa ana
the first thi1g r and sent to the Senate but
the treaty and haul down our flag which was al
ready flying When President Mckinley came into
~ Ps ameMeq 70 me United States, and responding
nexation was coasummated. 1t came about as nat
AZ AIs rs sn tne acquisition of Louisiana or Florida
0r D@rtoThia anc belongs with quite as prop
cry cry: and now has Hawaii been governed? p Tpt
cy OF an empire, having no rights the rI'i
MaS bound ID to rgspec but has been created
pmTeGsey pr @ the same government in effect If not in
I,s tS CeIalls mat all our Territories enjoy No
DoQy IN HaWau Is conscious of any imneria1,s+jc
exercise Of power or trend of events so far as thol
they under flag and in the eioyret that az
at TnP frsS aaS bsu 5aD WSGd Nr undo ali
purpose-except only to restore monarchy? what
FACTS ABOUT CUBA AND PORTO RICO
s nat nat are the facts as to Cuba Most reluctantly
Ihe PRESIDENT consented go to war with Snsi ~
and The was brilliantly succession ana 5as sna isl
we bsys we are IN position to do as we like
with victory and irresistible but they were thaT
When entered upon the nerVentjor tor empire
pledge TO the Cubans and the whole word 91bsTT
Withdraw and leave the Cubans 10 a government A1 f
snd s5 tb GTh @ Selecton Already, under guidance
own, own cholce nave been established and are in or
tion has been ordered to choose delegates to frame
Ti ana establish an independent repuh
nan SoVeThInent which this country will not only
recognize but in every way strengthen ana sIn IIs
kent and OFn fb sPt ana letter our promise will be
tba ic .HaIt people w soon realize enjoy
long nd sn tor %hieh they have struggled SO
rather fhat the Presi9en{ gfasPng for power but
way trying to carry the wish of the anerica
people and promote the highest good of the Tnbons
sentiment Of Whole n AaFos1 A9Sp91sa TO pson the uni
ef that people as well The time had conos 'ir f
SPAN TO quit the Western Hemisphere and Por4a
TI EIco naturally fell TO provision Of the
baoy bagay OF Feace The people Of that island are
however, or the Latin race They have n different
Ss 4n OF 3qTsprudenee they acquainted only
unlike ours They do not know what free ponuIaT aT
so'ternheht IS They are total strangers Ia trial
py jury and the writ OF ha beas corpus ana ,e
heard OF the Bill Of Rights P'' anu never
~ tSot more than 10 or 10 per cent Of the population
can eltner read or write Although ther tsIa M I
fertile we found them in utter poverty and desnat Is
Sot huhdreds or thousands, but tens of tho,Issnjs
OF men women and children were without w,npI