Daily inter mountain., 1900-09-18
Mr.. BRYAN s YES
HIS ACCEPTANCE OF THE DEMO
CRATIC NOMINATION.
WILL HAVE ONLY ONE TERM.
Takes Up Other Planks of the Plat
form Besides Anti-Im-
perialism.

Notification Committee of the Demo-
cratic National Conventions
Gentlemen-ln accepting the nomina-
tion rendered by YOU in behalf OF the
democratic parry, 4 beg 10 assure You
OF my appreciation OF the great honor
conferred upon me by the delegates in
convention assemb bled, and by the voters
who gave instruction to the delegates.
l am sensible of the responsibilities
which rest upon the chief magistrate of
so great a nation, and realize the far
reaching effect of the questions involved
in the present contest.
In my letter of acceptance of 1896, l
made the following pledge:
so deeply am L impressed with the
magnitude of the power vested by the
Constitution in the chief executive of
the nation and with the enormous in
Huence which he can yield for the ben
eft or injury of the people, that | wish
to enter the office, If elected, free from
any personal desire, except the desire to
prove worthy of the confidence of my
countrymen. Human judgment is falh-
-ble enough when unbiased by selfish con-
-siderations, and, in order that may not
be tempted to use the patronage of the
office TO advance any personal ambition.
L hereby announce, With all the emphasis
which words can express, my fixed de-
termination not under any circum-
stances, to be a candidate for re-election.
IN case this campaign results in my
election.
Further reelection and observation con-
strain me co renew this pledge.
Having in my notifica tion speech dis
cussed somewhat at length the para
mount issue, Imperialism. and added
some observations on militarism and the
Boer war, it is sufficient at this time to
review the remaining planhs of the plat
fern.
TRUSTS.
The platform Very properly gives prom
1neGce to the trust question The an-
pd!lu'3 growth of conbna lions in re-
stra,lt ct trade during the present ad-
lllnlstration, proves conclusiyelv that
the republican party lacks either the
desire or the ability to deal With the
question effectively. If, as may be fairly
assumed from the speeches and con-
diet OF the republican leaders, that party
dc es not intend to take the peopla'S side
against these organizations, then the
weak and qualified condemna ton of
trusts to be found in the republican
platform is designed TO distract atter-
ton While industrial despotism is COM
Ilellns It's work. A private monopoly
has always been an outlaw. No defense
can be made OF an industrial system in
which one. or a few men, can control
Tor their own profit. the output or rrlc;,
of any article of merchandise Under
such system the consumer suffers eX.
tortion, the producer of raw material
has but one purchaser, and must sell at
the arbitrary price fixed the laborer has
but oEa employer, and is poWerless to
protesl against injustice, either in wages
Ot in conditions of labor: the small stock
holder is at the mercy of the speculator,
while the travelling salesman contributes
his salary to the overgrown profits Of
the uLst. Since but a small proportion
of the people can share in the advantages
secured 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. 1t is difficult to overestimate
the immediate injustice that may be
done, or to calculate the ultimate effect
of this injustice upon the social and po-
litical welfare of the people. Our plat
form, after suggesting certain specific
remedies, pledges the party to an un-
ceasng warfare against private monop-
oily in nation. state and city. l heartily
approve of this promise: if elected it
shall be my earnest and constant en-
deavor to fulfill the promise in letter
and spirit. I shall select an attorney
general who WILL without fear or favor,
enforce existing laws: I shall recon-
mend such additional legislation as may
be necessary to dissolve every private
monopoly which does business outside
of the state of its origin: and, if con-
trary to my belief and hope, a const-
tutional amendment is found to be neces-
sary, I shall recommend such an amend
ment as will, without impairing any of
the existing rights of the states, en-
power congress to protect the people of
all the states from injury al the hands
of individuals or corporations enga ged
IN interstate commerce.
CORPORATIONS IN POLITICS.
The democratic party makes no war
upon honestly acquired wealth; neither
does 1t seek to embarass corporations
engaged in legitimate business, but it
does protest against corporations en-
terng politics, and attempting to as
sumo control of the instrumentalities
of government. A corporation is not or
ganlZed for political purposes, and
should be compelled to confine itself
to the business described in it's char
ter. Honest corporations engaged in
an honest business, will find it to their
advantage to aid in the enactment of
such legislation as will protect them
from the undeserved odium which will
be brought upon them by those corpora
tions which enter the political arena
THE 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 system is to re-
store and maintain a bimetallic level of
prices, and in order that there may be
no uncertainty as to the method of re-
storing bimetallSm, the specific declara-
tion in favor of free and unlimited COIN
age at the existing ratio of 16 to l. indie
pendent of the action of other nations.
is repeated. In 1896 the republican party
recognized the necessity for bipletallism
by pledging the party to an earnest ef-
Tort to secure an international agree
ment for the free coinage of silver, and
the president, Immediately after his in
auguration, by authority of congress
appointed a commission composed of dis
tinguished citizens to visit Europe and
solicit foreign aid. Secretary Hay, in
a letter written to Lord Aldenham in
November, 1898, and afterwards pub
lished in England, declared that at that
time the president and majority of his
cabinet still believed in the great de-
sirability of an international agreement
for the restoration of the double stand
ard, but that it did not seem opportune
to reopen the negotiations just then.
The financial law enacted less tha,, q