The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-06-21
BRYAN TALKS OF SITUATION.
De ,lares Republican Party is on Defen-
slye and Can be Beaten.

sIve and Can be Beaten.
Chicago, H.. June 12-Nilliam j
Bryan was in Chicago to-day and the
center OF much political discussion.
all OF IT bearing on what may he
done at the Democratic national con-
vention next month.
Mr. Bryan saw scores OF people dur
ing the day. He talked business
with Senator Jones. chairman of the
national committee. j. q. Johnson.
head of the executive committee:
Charles \. Walsh. secretary of the
national committee. and Daniel j.
Campan, national committeeman
from Michigan
The platform To be adopted at
Kansas City and the vice-presidential
question. especially the Towne-popu-
list nomination angle OF il. were con-
sidered at some length.
On the question OF platform the
trend OF discussion forecasted To some
extent the differences of opinion
which may arise at Kansas City even
among loyal Bryan men. The ques-
ton is,Iwhether the money plank and
other legacies from 1896 shall he
handled by reatfirmation OF the Chi
ago platform i'll Il lump OF whether
5 ome pIanks OF the 1896 PLATFORM
and especially themoney plank, shall
| be rewritten.
Senator Jones. according to cred
table advices. advocates reaffirma
ion OF the Chicago platform as "A
whole and then a quick transition to
The newer issues of Imperialism and
! trusts.
Il say, as l have said before so
many times, Mr. Bryan said. when
asked what he thought the platform
md ISSUES this year would or should
| ne, that | think the three big ques-
| lions before Us are money. trusts and
Imperialism. The money question
81 course, includes the question OF
silver and of paper money; the ques-
zion OF Imperialism includes militar
SIN and the policy of which our ma
tiOnal administration work in the
Philippines and attitude on the Boer
question are samples.
believe the principles adopted in
the platform of 1896 We're adopted
as part of the party creed, never to
| be departed from. | do not think
they should be or can he departed
from this year. That platform must
however, be added to as new issues
arise. As | do not expect to be Il del
egate TO the national convention.
can not presume to discuss the form
in which these principles shall be
stated i'll the platform TO be adopted
there
cannot undertake to say what
will be the paramount issue No man
can. One thinks one question is the
biggest and another man thinks an
other is
What do | think should lee don.
with the Philippines? / think this
country should tell those people that
we are there only for the purpose of
establishing Il stable government.
and that when we have done so we
should turn the islands over to the
people there and protect them against
foreign aggression. az We have pro-
tected the South American republics
The conditions ahead and the plan
of campaign? Why, conditions are
much more favorable than they were
at this time in 1896. The republican
| party is OH the defensive 1t will
talk prosperity, OF course, but we'll
| be willing to take the votes OF all the
people who have not had their share
of prosperity and leave them the
votes of the people who have had
their share.
| should say our plan OF campaign
will be to carry every state in the
union. Can not carry all OF them? |
would not speak so harshly OF the
people of any state as to say that |
thought the people there intended
to support the republican party