The evening times., 1900-10-09

so. when shall his term erd? II a Presi-
dent is authorized by the American peo-
pie to perpetuate his Administration by
his own imperfect acts. why has tenure
of Office been prescribed by the ConstItu-
tion? Is not such a doctrine very like the
imperial idea that the king can DO no
wrong? It is novel campaign argument
that asks for continuance OF power be-
cause of pledges unfulfiiied. Democrats
think that the laws of the land and the
Constitution will not be Violated by MI.
Bryan and cannot subscribe to your IN
uendoes.
Third AS to Imperialism, you say it
is a mere spectre used to frighten th3
timid for campaign purposes, and IN
support of the assertion your SIrSngs sst
argument seems to be that there can De
no imperialism, because it would take
years to make material change in our
Government. and because II is not ths
outgrogth OF years therefore there can
be no such thing. It has taken years.
For years the Republican party has been
building up a favored class whose arls-
tocracy was wealth Without such Ia
yored class Imperialism would be I'M
possible. Kings are not OF the people
Imperialism is not rule by the people.
There must first exist powerful subjects
who can lend aid and support and IN turn
be favored by the imperial Government.
Your declaration is careful to avoid
the mention of trusts In these years OF
preparation that you speak OF. the X nj
Of subject that is necessary to support
an imperial Government has sprung up.
and today every one of the Hegemen OF
the Republican party has rallied around
its leader. The preparation has been al
ready made fer a material charge IN
our Government and the mate
rial change has come. Who
would have thought four years ago of
/ standing army OF 100000 meny w 10.
even of the most ardent militarists, could
have dreamed of our country engaged in
an apparently interminable war to subju-
gate2 Who could have imagined q Presi-
! dent governing by commissions which are
empowered to pass laws, execute them,
/ and then have their creatures sit as
/ Judges upon them? Who even more re-
| Gently listening to a pharisaical protest
! aga inst criminal aggression from the lips
| of our President, could imagine that he
| would use his tremendous powers TO be-
come a criminal aggressor? panic has
| horrors for the Committee OF Seventy.
Has bloodshed no horrors for them? Has
| the comDlaeency with which our young
1 men look upon war no dangers fer them!
| ''It is safe to assume that no member OF
| the Committee of Seventy will ever know
! the horrors of war from actual experience.
| any further than il is pictured TO them
/ upon Z STOCK llCheF- DcElUCI oSO oE@i
/ ger in the perversion of our institutions
by Mckinley. and while neither towards
| nor skulkers iii the presence of right
whether it means loss or gain, they dc
| shrink with the dread OF an honest man
from doing wrong because doing right
is dangerous TO dollars. Therefore theg
cannot subscribe TO your third count
The Democracy of MIR. Bryan.
Fourth You complain Of Mr.. Bryan s
Democracy and charge that he is more
| closely affiliated with the Popuiists- Now,
gentlemen of the Committee OF Seventy,
isn't that more matter of opinion than
! a statement worthy of place III your dec
laTation? Is the Committee Of Seventy oil
the Democratic Convention TO say what
are the principles of Democracy You ear
! tginly have no copyright on the name ei
Democracy or. it might be added. any 9th
CT right. If Mr.. Bryan has said, as you say
that he is ready TO leave the Democratic
party as soon as he becomes welded TO the
gold standard is he not more honest than
you who claim that you are still Democrats
while opposing every principle advocated
by Democracy? Do you hold yourselves
ready to leave the Democratic party wheI
| you are satisfied that It is welded to fret
silver2 And yet you assert that II IS al
ready welded, but you won't leave it per
, / manenty. He is certainly the more con
- ( SiStSnL OF the TWO, 10 say AUlullS Vi Las
honesty and sincerity. as compared witt
the feeling your declaration shows
Fifth. You say he is to keep TO th'
front the paramount issue in the hop'
that the American people will be fooled
and turned aside from his real pupose-
in regard to the reconciliation of silver
presumably you mean. By your own con-
fession as to the vuInerability OF the gol(
standard law you admit that Mckinley i:
to keep to the front his paramount issue
. He has kept 1t 10 the front since his inau
guration, and he has even brought it ovel
from his last campaign. Was there an.
/ purpose In that? Was Mr.. Mckinley trying
, to fool the people and turn them asid
. from the real issue? He has not shown
any disposition to take the people into hi
confidence in any matter except SO far q!
. would assist his tight for reelection.
man who conceals the truth, or part o
the truth, as Mckinley has done, is NOR
; than likely 10 be the one who is keepint
his paramount issue 10 the front for tn
! purpose of deception. Democrats eanno
subscribe to your paramount issue, KEEP
to the front for the urpose of deception.
z Sixth. Your declaration signifeantl
: fails to mention trusts Are you, like Mi
Hanna, convinced that there are no trusts
or are you convinced that there are goo
and bad trusts, or are you part of a trCs
yourselves, and not conpellable to give tes
tiEony against yourselves? Whatever ma
t be the feelings Of Democrats on the othe
counts of your declaration they canno
( subscribe to your silence as to trusts