Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-08-31

ton Of the products These conditions
cannot be repres-ed OF regulated by law.
The means employed are permissible.
The results Are hurtful Proteetion Il
the breeding ground Of trusts; the public
highways provide the nourishment and
sustenanco that fosters and sustains the
public trusts. Let the government with.
draw all protection, become the owner
and operator Of all pablo utilities. then.
and not till then. will lrusts and com.
bines aud monopolies die a death that
knows no resurrection. There are two
great trusts In this country with which
the people can deal directly. They sre
the mos, formidable. the most danger.
Gus Of all trusts. and until the people In /
their majesty, In their patriotic love for
the welfare Of their common country
shall put these two criminals 10 death
all efforts at escape from trusts viii b.
abortive. refer 10 the Democratic
party Of the south and the Republican
party Of the north. Trusts more OPP
prossive. more proscriptive never has,
never will. exist in this country.
Although the Democratic party has
been In nndisputed possession Of the
state for q years. they have met every
two years and propounded platform.
each succeeding platform being longer
and containing more promises than its
predecessor. Each platform has been
laden with griefs and hardships endured
by the people with promises Of reform
and entreuchment II the Democratic
party had been patriotic there would be
no burdens upon the people Of this state
II the Democratic party had been honest
there would b. no need Of retrench.
ment. Why, ask, should Il take tha
Democratic party q years 20 perfect o
law. % perfect a tax measure. land
/ policy. fees Of ofiice.a primary election
lAwi Why should IL take the Demo
cratic paaty 81 years 10 learn that the
giving Of free passes was an evil, that
the running Of two engines on one train
WIS extra haEArdons'
Why should Il take the Democrntie
party q years 10 learn that the free
coinage Of silver st the ratio Of 10 10 !
was Of secondary Importance
fMr. Kearby says the real issue Of the
Democratic party is office" He calls
Democrats revolutionists and obstruc-
t!onists. He says Democrats squan.
dercd the public domain, prostituted the
school fund aud debauched the laws Of
Texas. He alleges the Democrats arr
insincoro in their cry against trusts and
cites the Water+Pierce OIL company,
case as an example.
Mr. Bryan and his followers tell u,
that the Republican party will destroy
republican form Of government on thi,
continent This % me Is the sublimity
of partinnship and political blindness
All history is forgotten. sud the credu
! lous present Is made - bury the dead
past The only organized party IN thi'
nation that ever shot % death the Amer
ican flag was the Democratic party
The only organized party that ever dis
fmnehi.ed citizens by the millions, tha
enslavcd its free born Is the Democratic
party. The Democratic party forced
Z the war on Spain and then obstructed
the appropriations b pay for IL.
r lMr. Kearby says the Democrats vote,
, 20 raufy the treaty of peace with SpaiI
and % pay for the Philippines and ar
now trying % shirk that duty lie SAY
both Of the old parties have outliye'
their usefulness. lie says no man cal
b. elected 70 Office without spending
two 20 five times the amount OF th
salary the office pays. He says be vii
a support any ticket his party names {
n secure victory over the Democrat
y machine Says the Populist platform
o conservative and progressing aud
y. ticket 20 which the mad and jealous Grim
nations Of the Waco convention oannC
apply.l
> now come 70 what is me Is the MOI
n painful part Of this letter, Ny healt
Ie has been for the past two years yer
70 poor. II is now such that / could M
Is possibly endure the labor Of the excit'
N meut u campeign. owe some dut
b. 20 my wife and daughters They hay
i, always with & resignation charactcrist
i alone of women, encouraged me an
" aided me in my public efforts to reud'
some service 20 my country. For tw
u years post they have done little eli
N than nurse me. And they no
appeal 70 me % save them from thl
ie anxiety and'unrcst that my oaudidac
10 wonld occasion them. Were 10 {
m otherwise than crafty this wish
AZ theirs would at once distrust myself.
re Indulge the hope that our peop
- may gather wisdom from past experien
- and labor earnestly To secure tick
~ that will command the support OF eve
III element In Teas opposed % the prese
iel organized Democracy. Lot US ha
ho such a fight Tor Texas, and victory W
ve be yQur reward. l AN, with great !
ve speot, your friend, J, o. KEAgBY.