Washington telegraph., 1900-09-07
On / Az TU PUPULlSIS
Democratic Candidate Receives No.
tification at Topeka.
Addresses Immense Gathering on the
Various Issues Old and New
strong Arrnignment of Re
publican Policies.

From 10000 to 10000 people listened
to William j. Bryan at Topeka, Kan,
Thursday, August 23, on the occasion
of his notification by the populists of
Kansas of their nomination of him for
the presidency, in responding to which
he said:
"Mr. Chairman and Members of the
Notification Committee: In accepting
the presidential nomination which you
tender ON behalf of the popultst party,
1 desire to give emphatic recognition
TO the educational work done by your
party. The populist party as an organiza-
tion. and the farmer alliances and the la
Dor organizations from which they sprung,
have done much to arouse the people TO a
study of economic and Industrial questions.
Believing, as | do, that truth grows, not
in seclusion but in the open field, and that
il thIives best in the sunlight of full and
free debate, l have confidence that the dis
eussiun which your party has compelled
Will aid in reaching that true solution of
pending problems toward which all honest
citizens aim.
"I desire also to express my deep appre-
citation of the llberality of opinion and devo-
tion to principle which have lead the mem
bers of your party to enter the ranks OF an
other party in the selection of a candidate.
while l am grateful for the confidence
which the populists have expressed in me,
l am not vain enough to regard a personal
their extraordinary manifestations of good
will, The ties which bind together those
who believe in the same great fundamental
principles are stronger than ties OF affec-
tion-stronger even than the ties of blood;
and cooperation between the reform forces
is due to the fact that democrats, popu-
lists and silver republicans take the side of
the people in their contest against greed,
and agree in the application of JeffersoE1an
principles to the question Immediately be-
fore US,
The Currency Question.
an 1886 the money y'auestion was of para
mount Importance and the allies in that
campaign united in the demand for the i'm
mediate restoration of silver by the indie
pendent action of this country at sixteen to
one, the ratio which has existed since 1884
They were defeated, but that did not end
the discussion. The democrats were de-
feated in 1888, but that did not put an end
to tariff reform. The republicans were de-
feated in 1892 but that did not permanently
overthrow the protective tariff. Defeat at
the polls does not necessarily decide great
problem. Experience and experience alone
settles questions. If an increase in the vol
ume of the currency since 1886 although un-
promised by the republicans and uneXpect-
ed, has brought improvement in Industrial
conditions, this Improvement, intsead of
the arguments put forth in favor
of bimetallism, only confirms the conten-
tion of those who insisted that more money
would make better times.
'fhe republican party, however, while
credit for the increase in eireula-
tion, makes no permanent provision for an
adequate supply OF standard money. 1t de-
nies the necessity for more real money,
while it permits national banks to expand
the volume of paper promises to pay
money.
III the populists feel justified in opposing
the republican party when it sought to con-
ceal its gold standard tendencies under the
mask of international bimetallism, the OPP
position should be more pronounced in pro-
portion as the republican party more open
ly espouses gold monometallism.
Greenbacks.
In 1896 the reform forcea charged the
republican party with intending to retire
the greenbaeks. This charge, denied at
t5at time, has been confessed by the finan-
cial bill, which converts greenbacks, when
once redeemed, into gold certificates, and
extends new privileges to banks of issue.
If populist opposed the republican party
when its hostilities to greenbacks was only
suspected, that opposition should be great
cr now since no ono can longer doubt the
purpose of the republican party to substi-
tute bank notes for greenbacks,
1T is true that the populists believe in an
irredeemabe greenback, while the demo-
Gratis believe in greenback redeemable in
coin; but the vital question at this time, so
far as paper money is concerned, is whether
government or banks shall issue it. There
will be time enough to discuss the redeem
ability of the greenback when the green
back itself is saved from the annihilation
which now threatens it. The republican
party is now committed to a currency sys-
TEN which necessitates perpetual debt
while the populist finds himself in agree
ment with the democrats, who believe in
paying off the national debt as rapidly as
possible,
The Income Tax.
III belief in an income tax justified a pop
ulisu in acting with the democratic party
in $50, what excuse can We find Tor aiding
tbs republican party now, when even the
eNigencies OF war have not been sufficient
to bring that party to the support of the
income tax principle?
'Populists believe in arbitration now as
much as they did in 1896, and are as much
opposed to government by injunction and
the blacklist as they were then, and upon
these subjects they have as much reason
for cooperation with the democratic party
to-day as they had four years ago
Democrats and populists alike favor
the principles of direct legislation. If any
differences exist as to the extent to which
the principle should be applied, these diff
forcrccs can be reConciled by experiment.
Democrats and populists agree that Chi
nese and other oriental labor should be ex-
cluded from the United States.
Democrats and populists desire to so en-
large the scope Of the interstate commerce
act as to enable the commission to protect
both persons and places from discrimina-
tion, and the public at large from excessive
railroad rates.
The populists approve the demand set
forth i'm the democratic platform for a labor
bureau, with a cabinet officer at its head.
Such an official would keep the administra-
tion in close touch with the wage-earning
portion of the population, and go far to-
ward securing such remedial legislation as
the toileTS need.