New-York tribune., 1900-10-01

Bryan who promised the Coxey bummers that
there would be no signs of keep off the grass"
when he was President TO forbid them trespass-
ing on others rights.
Perhaps THE New Bryan" is, at any rate, a
respecter Of the Supreme Court. In his letter Of
acceptance a few weeks ago Mr.. Bryan talked
about the income tax and specially referred TO
and accepted the Chicago platforms declaration
on the subject. 1t was that platform, 1t will be
remembered which threatened TO secure a re-
versal of the income tax decision by ''the Court
as ii may hereafter be constituted Mr.. Bryan
is a clever politician and has learned to be more
guarded in his words than the candidate of 1896,
but he leaves it perfectly evident that the plan
of packing the Court to secure decisions in line
with Popustic ideas of government has not
been abandoned There is no New Bryan here.
But maybe The New Bryan" has been SO de-
voted 10 saving the country from Imperialism
that he has had no time TO devote to the other
issues, though he is talking about them in the
same old spirit How much, then, of conserva-
tive craftsmanship such as he is said to have
developed does he show in dealing with that
subject? He is the man who forced through the
Senate the treaty making the Philippine Islands
part of the territory of the United States, over
which it is the Presidents duty to maintain the
authority of the United States against all at
before but after the Bacon resolution disclaim-
ing the intention of absolute and permanent
annexation had been defeated. 1.-The New
Bryan" may be anti-mperialist at heart, but
he shows an even lower character than the old
Bryan in playing politics and In helping his
country to do what he believed was wrong in
order to furnish him convenient issue
Yet. anyhow, THE New Bryan is a soberer,
more trustworthy man than the young rheto-
rician of 1896. Is he? Is he still anything but a
Specious phrase maker and dodger whose whole
stock in trade is an appeal to prejudice and
class feeling and some dexterity in debate?
THE New Bryan talks about equal rights
and the consent of the governed" but he has
no word to say about Red Shirts and negro
disfranchsement, and when asked his views on
the subject talks about something else Ask
him if he approves the purchase of Senate
seat in Montana and he is driven to the pitiful
expedient of retortng that Republicans have no
right to ask any questions about bribery Ask
him if he will remove the troops at once from
Manila and he has nothing to say. He appears
on the platform day after day making reckless
misstatements of fact about finances. denounc-
ing our idle soldiers" who are defending terri
tory he helped annex and Offering to degrade
The Presidency, just as he did in 1896 by telling
the unthinkng that he will be their ''hired
man." His present platform, by his own ex-
plicit direction, renews adherence to every
plank Of the Chicago platform. The seekers for
The New Bryan" pretend to see in the Kansas
City declaration a milder and more conservative
document than that Of 1896 and point out that
it contains no reference to this or that dan
gerous heresy. But this is either ignorant or
dishonest. Mr.. Bryan is committed to the old
platform, with all its radicalism and dangers.
No pretence and no apology can make him any
thing but the same old Bryan