The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-26
PRONOUNCE FOR BRYAN
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS TAKE
A NEW DEPARTURE BY AN
NoUNCING PREFERENCE
MR.. BRYAN MAKES A SPEECH
Outlines the Issues Upon Which He
Relieves the Coming Campaign
Should Be FOught-Refers to the
Money Question and the Sugges-
lions From Various Sources That

He Drop It-Reference to Trusts.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 25-The Demo
cratic state committee set the pace for
the Democracy in other states today by
making Col. William J. Bryan its choice
for the presidency in 1900. This action
was taken by the committee while Col.
Bryan was on his way from New York
to Harrisburg to attend the meeting and
confer with the party leaders. This is
probably the first time in the party's his
tory that the Pennsylvania state commit
tee has declared it's choice in advance Of
the state convention.
There was "a large attendance of Demo-
Gratis from all over the state to meet Col.
Bryan and hear him discuss the issues on
which the campaign will be waged.
The state convention will meet in this
city in April and adopt platform out
lined by the Nebraska orator in a speech
tonight before 1000 people in Kicker
Street hall. The platform will indorse the
Chicago platform, denounce trusts and
Imperialism. advocate ballot reform and
clean ELECTIONS, and denounce machine
politics. The convention will also select
candidates for auditor, attorney general,
ongressmen-at-large, presidential cleo
tors and eight delegates at large for the
national convention.
Col. Bryan reached here at o'clock
and was escorted to the Board of Trade
rooms, where the state commit tee was In
session. by committee representing the
state and local Democratic committee. He
was introduced to the assembly by State
Chairman Killing and made a short
speech, which was received with much
enthusiasm. AT the close of the meeting
he held an informal reception at the
Commonwealth hotel, and later. he was tne
guest of Mayor Fritchey at dinner
party at which Col. Guffey Chairman
Killing and other party leaders were pres
ent. After tonight's meeting he attended
a session Of the local lodge of Modern
Woodmen, of which he is an active mem
Der at his home in Lincoln.
Col Bryan will go from here to Smyrna
and Wilmington, Del, and from there to
Washington to meet the national leaders
MR.. BRYAN TALKS.
In his speech Mr. Bryan said:
81 congratulate the Democracy of Penn
sylvania on the suspicious opening of the
campaign of 1900. In 1896 the Democracy
of this state, in spite of assertions and
dissensionS, polled vote almost equal 70
any former vote for Democratic candi-
date This year, unless signs fail, we
shall largely increase our vote in this
state, both because of the issues and be-
cause Of the hostility which machine pol
itics is arousing among Republicans who
believe that the people of Pennsylvania
ought to be allowed to govern themselves
even if they have doubts upon the right
of the Filipinos to govern themselves.
people ask why 1 don't drop the
money question. 1t would have no eff
feet on the money question II die
drop it.. 1t Is in the keeping of nc
man and 1t would not make any differ
ence whether L adhere to it or disregard
it. But If you will ask me why 1 DE-
not drop it I will tell you that I an
not willing that handful Of English
bankers shall control 70,000,000 Of AmeTi
can people. But you will hear people
say that rev conditions have arisen tina
now make the gold standard palatable. Is
not 1t strange that men who have Ia
bored to fasten the gold standard on
this country for thirty years should now
be defending their position by argu-
ments that have arisen since the eiec-
tiorl?"
Col Bryan said that the Republican
party seeks to fasten upon this country
a perpetual and ever-increasing debt In
order that the banks crnay control the
volume Of the peoples money.
.sWhen a, man tells you now that more
gold means more morey and that money
means better times, you tell him that he
has admitted the cumulative theory OF
money and that Is what we contended for
In 1896. We wanted more gold and we
wanted more silver, too. If we had
had bimetallism we would have had
ali the advantage that has come from
an increased production Of gold. And
trf addition thereto we would have had
the advantage of silver being used as
standard money along with gold"
On the question Of trusts, MI. Bryan
said:
eff they are bad are you going to
saw you can't help yourselves; that you
have got to submit to the trust or TO
the monopoly? The American people 90
not have to submit to anything that Is
detrimental to their welfare. Iii gov
eminent like ours, If things are BAD II is
because the people permit them to be so.
You can destroy the monopoly wnen you
want to do so. The trouble is the monop-
DIV never makes an open warfare In us
defense. but secretly controls the 1nstru-
mentalities of government and thus pro-
tects itse.f.