North Park union., 1900-10-19
col. BlKYAN'S LETTER
epRAks 70 THE POINT ON
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wltliam J. Dryis. n his lsttsr ac-
csDtang TIE no11asttop for president
~ IL Kaaans CITY eoayatioa. ones
01se proves his psoeound nAstsfy Of
vsAaie issuss. and his wonAsrful skiil
In illa0ina3inE With fsW words. .
6obate4 question. His utterances are
~ direct e ride bullets. and in every
HaragrapA. ~ caA an1 - aphortsn-
In his spseeA ~ acceptance II La
1iaAApeils ~ confined himself almost
wholly q IL subjsot of Imperialism,
0ean leAAeGa Ard oegans that he WaA
dodsiAs Al the othsr platform Issues
and paSticalaFly the silver ono. Thse
knsw better. soe " there Il emo tbiag
moro than another the American pso-
PIE admire Bryan for. II IL directness
and the courage 20 speak the thing
~ wiIl~ No other man with his re-
sponsililitass, In our public life today.
- politically - brave and honest -
a.. Mentally and morally he 10 20
framed that Ae cannot hesitats or
dodge or fawn. and It u the general
.acknoWledgmsnt of these characters
ttcs thst make his character public and
Ustva1A, unassailable, end gives him
II popular sstimAtion the attributes OF
. hes. How different, although In
high station, does his competitor In
the national race look to the public
sys. Versatile only in change. and
content only In ignoring plain duty"
Mckinley. politically. Il 4 cipher and
regarded BY the masses ss simply
proxy for Mark Hanna creature
ever ready. At the dictates Of the
trusts Ito crook the pregnant hinges
of the knes that thrift may follow
fawninx.-
BryaAs 1etter - q public psper
worthy - be bracketsd with his In
dianapolis speech u overlooks NO
topic TINT thoughtful voters arc talk
ing absut, and d. Republican high
binderu who comDlaised that he was
dodgiux sthe silver. income tax. and
Other vital issues. IRE now theuselves
dodEng -tho solar pfenus blows hta &C.
eeptAnce letter 1eals out Unaeie to
answer Ms logic Nnt trenchant 7argu-
meats md battered by his proofs Of
their .drg,licity and 1ascality xhey are
noW ssying he .corered too much
ground. and that he ought to hEve con-
flned himself totWhat they hyPscIftical-
~ propsund ~ the paramount assue-
that of silver. Dufeeven on that point.
he has.said much usre than tilty relish
or can ;yefiite. He exposes tAe.double
dealing sof tho Republican party In
financial matters, and shows tha. while
thy have consptseb 70 estAhEsh . gold
staadard. they wcse boo cowarily TO
declare their 1urpsse untN they fslt
that thU had the people at their
meDcy. .aud co1Ile ssafely pursue q
policy Of robbery IL home IN soonnec-
tion with tho Hlanour OF eManston
and military ginW abroad. Ar. Bryan
shSws that the currency system now
upheld ~ the Bepsbli parry In
wolves q pernaDsui and tnnrsasing
deht, am adds ~ As hardly sonceiv-
able that.the Ansttsan people Wiil de-
libsrately turn from the debt payins
policy, to the dx1lUerous dnclf Inc oi
perpetual bondA--
Of truslB he pttAaias. says thM-.a pri-
vats monopoly has always been an out
law. No Hefenss can be mAdeao an
tndne1rial system An which one. or q
few ssnen. can onatHl for their own
proft the aatput er Drice OF any arti-
ele 0f merchandise"
He n eqaslly sxDltdt and pointed In
his treatment Of eoxsrnment by In
functian. In tdenuneix1son of eng loyes'
biackiists; fa denaItt for arbitration
a a prevention OF Rtrikes. and the
establishment OF \ government dscart-
meat a labor. with 4 cabinet otncsr
at liz head: h insisttiW that pension
laws ahsuld he constroed according to
the generous spirit v1Ach promoted
their paaagee an favortng the imme.
diste construction. ownership and con-
troll Of thu Niearagua canal By the
Unttah States. and asserting the right
to eiess II ass1lnst any ,Aostile power.
for 20 sstify the Hay-PaNrcefote treaty
.oud b To lessen Its commercial
value and eomvest It iAr = positive
menace In time OF war. The entire
letter u - msaty - . NUT ,and worthy
OF his reputation sas fsarlsss and
acute political thSAker. Here are .
few sentences FROM II:
"Ths weak and 0s.alined aondemna-
Aieu Of trusts to be found b the Re-
publcan platform = desisnad to dis
-tr>ct attsntioa willis industrial dss-
potasn b cooplstins its work."
'Tt IL q signinoant tact that the Re-
pnblican sArty should accept Abe Eu-
ropean Idea Of = protectofate. at the
dime II adopts . . European colonial
policy"
.'Ths principle of direct legiaation
rests upon ~ Aesnd theory thsf the
peopls can b. Arugted nd that the
uoss responsive IL goxafnment - to
the IN q III 1Opls. The more tree
4 IN - from ads-Ass anl abuse"
-TAe sbolitios of &pvernosnt BY n
1unetiaa b - nansssary Ter the pre-
2actioA q the regulation Of the court
- It - fpr the sssar1ty OF ths duzsQ..
IA - hour Of AAaser the Sovsrn-
mont can draft the eitisas: II snght to
b ahls % draft the pocketbook ~ we'll.
Unlsas money Il more precious than
>Hpa~-l An ~Nva ~xoa -