El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-06

legislation as has been carried through
for their benefit.
The 'tcriminal aggression" folly lie
It has not a shred of fact to back up its
and its hum buggery should
bamboozle no sane person. The trust
planks are far more wordy but less
sincere than that OF the Philadelphia
platform. The difference is that the
republicans have in the past carried
out their pledges in regard to trusts,
and have fathered every bit of national
legislation which has been passed in
the effort to check their abuses, while
the democrats convicted Themselves
before the country only a month ago by
defeating in congress the proposition
to amend the GOES titution so as to per-
NIT proper restrictive leRislation-the
only way, as the greatest lawyers in the
country have agreed, by which those
trusts that are vicious in tendency or
practice can ever be effectively control
led by nation al legislation. Democrats
in congress defeated the effort the re-
publicans made in good faith to reach
the trust evil. Yet they put up fer
vent talk about the adherence they
feel for the octopi. Mayor Van Wyck,
of New York, is said to have written the
trust plank. Van Wyck, it may be re-
mem bered, helped to organize the Ice
trust in New York q few weeks ago,
which raised the price of ice arbitra-
rily from forty to sixty cents hun
dred. Van Wyck ought to know
the very best way not to harm
the trusts. Talk is very easy, but it
takes the republicans to act.
Republicans should read the dsms
cratic platform through from begin
ming to end. And they should urge
democrats to do the same: this will be
more difficult. Democrats ought to
know what their party stands for, but
most of then will no doubt vote for
Bryan without knowing or caring any
thing for the iniquity of the platform.
Read the platform through, compare
it with the republican platform. and
there can be but one conclusion. The
paramount" issue before the people
Of the United States today is that of
the urrency-national and individual
honesty. The issue is as clear cut as il
was four years ago. No matter what
the platform says, those who know
Bryan and his views know that he
will do everything in his power to up
,et the financial establish ment Of
The United States. It is folly to say |
hat the democratic president would |
nave his hands tied by q republican ]
senate. The democratic president
could do almost enough damage to sat
sly even Bryan by simply exercising |
lis discretionary powers through q |
IA bservisnt secretary OF the treasury
,r comptroller. The republican SON
tie can do something, but it cannot up
, Did the honor OF the executive.
In private conversation Brysn has
said that his first and most
persistent efforts if he were electsd
would be to make the gold standard
aw imperative as far as pos
ible. He has resffirmed this
Intention within two months, and
n view of his expected nomination.
That is what Bryan is for. The
and "militsrism" clap
rap is but wool for the eyes of the
nwary. 1t is to catch wavering demo
ratio votes. 1t ought not fool any
hin king man into voting for national
ish onesty and degradation.
The republican party welcomes the
ontest. Another victory over free
liver ought to silence the prcpag arda
eyond fear of resuscitstion.