The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-13
MIR. FOULKE SAYS 1T DID NOT HAM,
DIE TRUST QUESTION RIGHT.
A JoIIifcation mt the O. Il. Morton
CIub-POlitica1 News and
Gossip.

repudiate him he Is bound TO disrupt the
party for If he be, as they claim, man
OF principle, he is bound 10 stick to his
principles and to represent those principles
at all times and under all circumstances
no matter who may nominate him. Like
Caesar he must be constant as the North
ern star If, on the other hand, he Is
looking out for his own interests, then he
must convince the Democracy that they
can never succeed with any other candi-
date than himself. In either case, IL he
should be repudiated by the next regular
Democratic convention, he would be found
to run as the candidate of the Populists.
or any other party which expressed his
own ideas Of free silver, anti-imperialism.
income tax, and. in general, what he calls
the cause of the people against plutocracy.
IF, on the other hand, the Democracy
should again take him for leader, which
is still quite possible, he will again lead
the party into inevitable defeat. Mr.. Morss,
in a Sentinel editorial, was quite right In
his conclusion that it was folly to intro
duce the silver question into the last cam
paign, and also in his belief that the De-
mocracy could not win on all three of its
issues at one time, nor, indeed, upon any
one OF them unless under better leadership
and mana cement; that, if it would succeed,
1t must nominate some man of different
temperament from Mr.. Bryan and intrust
the management of its campaign into hands
qualified by training and experience.
BRYAN AN IDEALIST.
'Our people," continued Mr.. Foulke, will
not tolerate the TRADES of Senator Till
oIx nf 70
use baseball bats for carrying elections.
Mr.. Morss correctly describes Bryan as
ar idealist, "a bit of a dreamer and too
radical for the American nature. Our peo-
pie, who are thoroughly practical, feared
to take the government from men of ex-
perience in public affairs and put it into
the hands of one whom they regarded as
q visionary. Mr.. Bryan can never succeed
as candidate for the presidency, unless
he should be nominated at time of wide
spread depression and misery, when he
would merely voice its inarJiculate dis
content and despair. In such a campaign
1t would make very little difference what
the particular issues should happen TO be.
MIR. Morss was also right in his state
ment that the party must repudiate such
men as Richard Croker. 1t was, indeed,
impossible for party TO appeal TO the
moral sense of the community with such
ally.
But he was seriously mistaken in be-
lieving that OF the three issues i'm the last
campaign the which the Democracy
ought TO. have selected was the question
OF Imperialism. My belief is that, ii that
question alone could have been submitted
10 the people without party bias, the
by a far greater majority than was cast
against the Democratic party at the late
election. In the Eastern and Middle States
there were considerable number of men
opposed to our Philippine policy, but
throughout the entire West and South the
sentiment was Overwhelmingly against the
proposition TO withdraw from any territory
which had been coded to us. Some time
before the campaign began L trav-
eled extensively through the coun-
try inquiring carefully as to the
L do not think that there was one
man out of four In favor of promising in
dependence to the Filipinos. There are
many reasons for upholding our present
policy which seem To me conclusive, bur
under them all lies that primary organic
instinct of our nature in favor of expan-
sion, an influence more fundamental than
any philosophy or logic.
a COMMON POSSESSION.
This instinct is the common possession
OF all energetic and progressive peoples.
1t is itself a development of the law of
self-preservation, and when the American
people cease to have it the day of their
decline will be at hand. The Democratic
party was largely imbued with this in
stinct during its period OF power. Jeffer-
son. Monroe and Polk were actuated by
IL when we acquired Louisiana, Florida and
California. And draw what distinctions you
will between these acquisitions and that
of the Philippines. yet the same genera.
feeling in favor OF a large growth and de-
velopment of our country will apply to all
feel very sure that the Republicans in
the last campaign did not consider the
plank on Imperialism as the strongest
point in the Democratic attack
1.-THE trust question. if it had been prop
erly managed, would have been far more
formidable. There is among our people
deep-seated apprehension TO the effect
which these vast combinations will have
upon our industrial. political and social
life, but in the attack which was made upon
them by the Democratic party grave mis-
takes were made. Mr.. Bryan insisted thai
there were no good trusts and bad trusts
but that all were bad; that there was no
use trying 10 regulate or restrain them, but
that they must all be destroyed. When it
came TO proposing remedy TO accomplish
this impossible task. Mr.. Bryan was quite
at fault and his own party in Congress
had voted against the constitutional amend
ment, which was necessary TO trial of his
own plan. In the view of many Of US the
trusts are result of the development of
the laws of social gravtation, which can
tation.
FEDERAL SUPERVISION.
The utmost that can be done is to place
them under federal supervision, TO require
publicity. 10 prohibit unjust discrimination.
and other forms of oppression in which
they may engage. If the Democratic party
had consistently stood for this instead OF
demanding the impossible; IT, by its own
action in Congress. IL had made its remedy
clear: IL IL had come into the contest with
clean hands, under the leadership of a
practical statesman. and had conducted
the fight upon this issue alone, its position
would have been very formidable
81 think II will be found that the strong
est ground which the Democratic party can
take will not be against our colonial or
foreign policy. but. rather, against the
abuses which are liable 10 grow up in our
social and economic life as the result of
industrial combinations
Il suppose. OF course" Mr.. Foulke con-
tinued, "the Democrats viii not take the
advice of a political opponent-indeed.
wrote TO the Sentinel. stating some of
these considerations. but that paper natur-
ally did not desire 10 publish views SO in
consistent with its own. l am not how
ever one of those who desire 10 see the on
position party doing the wrong thing and
taking the worst course possible. on the
contrary. 1 believe IL would be to
the advantage of our country at large II
the Democracy could be reorganized In sun