The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-18
.BRYAN'S LETTER
OF ACCEPTANCE
Is MADE PUBLIC,
Notable Feature is It's Brovity.
Touches Upon Nearly al tho
Queations Of tho Hour.
Observation-Disclosures
Unceasing Warfare Against Trusts.
steadfast Advocate Of Rree
Coinage Of Silver, 4

LINCOLN, Neb.. Sept. i2-Han.
james D. Richardson. chairman, and
others Of the notification committee OF
the Democratic national convention, )
"GENTLEMEN:--In accepting thpi
nomination rendered by you on behaiR
OF the. Democratic party. beg to as
sure you OF my appreciation OF tbs
great honor conferred upon me by tho
delegates in convention assembled. and
by the voters who gave instruction to-
the delegates"
Here Mr.. Bryan reaffirms his deter-i
mination not to run a second time In
case Of his election. Continuing, ha
says: .st
Trusts. Al n
"The platform very properly gives
prominence to the trust questlon. The
appalling growth OF combinations in re-
straint Of trade during the present ad-
ministrationy proves conclusiveiy that
the Republican party lacks either tho
desire or the ability to deal with tho
question effectively. II as may be fairly
assumed from the speeches and conduct
Of the Republican leaders, that party
does not Intend to take the peoples
side against these organizations, then
the weak and qualified condemnation OF
trusts to be found IN the Republican
platform Is designed to distract atten-
ton while Industrial despotism Is COM
pleting its work. A private monopoly
has always been an outlaw. No de-
tense can be made OF an industrial sys-.
TEN in which one. or a few men. can
control for their own profit, the output
or price Of any article Of merchandise.
Under such system the consumer
suffers extordon. the producer Of raw.
material has but one purchaser. and
must sell0at the arbitrary price fixed:
the laborer has but one employer. and
is power1ess to protest against injus-
tice, either In wages or in conditions Of
labor: the small stakeholder Is at the.
mercy Of the speculator. while the trav-
cling salesman contributes his salary to.
the overgrown profits of tbs. trust.
Since but a small proportion Of the
people can share in the advantages se-.
cured by private monopoly, It follows
that the remainder OF the people are
not only excluded from the benefits,
but are the helpless victims Of every
monopoly organized. It Is difficult to
over-estimate the immediate injustice
that may be done. or to calculate the
ultimate effect Of this injustice upon
the social and political welfare Of the
people.
An Unceasing Warfare.
"ourplatrorm. after suggesting certain
specific remedies; pledges the party to
an unceasing warfare against pripntn
monopoly in nation, state and city. !
heartily approve of this promise: Il
elected. It shall be my earnest and con-
stant endeavor to fulfill the promise in
letter and spirit. shall select an at
torney general who will. without fear.
or favor. enforce existing laws: shall
recommend such additional legislation
| as may be necessary to dissolve every
private monopoly which does business
outside of the state OF its origin; and.
II contrary to my belief and hope, q
constitutional amendment is found to
be necessary, I shall recommend Buch
m amendment as viii. without IMPAIR
Ing any of the existing rights OF tho
states, empower Congress to protect
the people Of all the states from injury
at the hands OF individuals or corpora-
tfons engaged in Interstate commerce..
'The platform accurately describes the
Dinglry tariff law. when 1t condemns Il
as trust breeding measure. sklnfully
devised to give to the few favors which
they do not deserve, and to place upon
the many burdens which they should
not bear Under It's operation trn1to
can plunder the people of the United
States. while they successfully compete
in foreign markets with manufacturers
OF other countries. Even those who
Justify the general policy or protection
will find 1t difficult to defend tariff
which enables trust to exact an exor-
bitant toll from the citizen.
Tho Financial Plank.
"The platform reiterates the demand
contained in the Chicago platform for
an American financial system made.
by the American people for themselves.
The purpose of such a system is to re-
store and maintain blmetnllic level OF
prices, and in order that there may be
no uncertainty MS to the method Of re.i
storing blmetalllsm. the specific declar-
alton in favor OF free nnd unlimited
coinage at the ratio of 16 to !, inde-S
pendent OF the action OF other nations,
Is repeated. In 1896 the Republican
party recognized the necessity for BIZ 4
metalllsm by pirdging the party to IN (
earnest effort to secure an International
agreement for the free coinage OF sii- /
yer. and the President. Immediately az
ter his Inauguration. by authority Of
Congress, appointed a commission COM
posed OF distinguished citizens, to visit
Europe and solicit foreign AID secre-
tary Hay, In n letter written to Lord :
Aldcnhum In November. 1898, and after.
wards published in England, declared
that ut that time the President and q
majority OF his cabinet still believed In
the great deslrabllity OF on interna-
tional agreement for tho restoration OF
the double standard, but that 1t did not
seem opportune to reopen the negotia-
tlons Just then, The financial law en-