The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-08

Saturday might Mr.. Bryan made q
speech at q Jackson banquet In ChicaGo
II was his frst notable effort Of the new
year. and now that the Hood gates have
opened the people may as well prepare
for q torrent Of sounding phrases until
election day next November. It would
be a. easy to dam Niagara a. to stop
Mr.. Rryan's talk. and the public will
have to make the best Of It
There was nothing new in the grafton
Of Saturday night 1t was the same
old dismal wall which the windy young
man eloquent has been sending UP since
he quit working for living, just after
the Chiuago convention, and opened his
career a. tramp orator and professional
agitator and fault finder. II he had
something new to impart II might be
worth while to read what he has to
say, for he plays upon words admirably.
II he put forth few novel IDEAS It
might be worth while to forget that he
Ii dead tissue II he could touch upon
some new problem and offer solution
therefor. It might be listened to, and
possibly would enliven the dull routine
Of life, But no. ne has only the same
well-worn twaddle to present in the old,
= familiar strain Of the chronic grumbler.
There p the faded argument about
Fastening the financial system Of the
old world upon us. and his talk takes
no the gloomy Bryanesque hue OF 1895.
The boy orator speaks as II the condi-
Tons today were the same az four years
ago. He talks despair when the coun-
try II prosperous; walls about threaten
Ing evils when all the people are busy
and the outlook for the future brighter
than ever; revamps the old 10 to idea
when nearly everybody else admits that
It IL az dead as Julius Caesar. He Is
trying to unload on his customers q
stock Of goods which is out Of fashion
and apparently he doesn't know it.
But in reality 1t In evident Bryan sees
that the silver question Is something
with which the public at large is not
greatly concerned at this time. Conse-
quently he 10 twanging on a few other
strings which he has been tuning UP
since the country threw him over
board, He pitches into the trusts and
declares the Republican party is unable
to enact and enforce laws adequate to
deal with this supposed evil. It Is only
when the Democratic party is in power
that It will be possible to meet this is
sue with q plain and positive remedy. he
says This old-time promise has been
repudiated SO often that 1t is doubtful
IL people will be deluded into relying
upon 1t again. The plain and positive
remedies which were to be applied when
the Democracy was in power have
never been forthcoming when that
When the business Of running the gov
eminent was turned over to the Demo-
Gratis In 1899 plain and positive rem
edy was promised for difficulties alleged
to have grown out or our tariff laws.
All that came Of the promise was an en-
actment, the chief characteristic OF
which, according to high authority.
was "perfidy and dishonor." This is
the best the Democratic party could do
when in power, and is probably better
than 1t would do If It was now Entrusted
with authority to deal with trusts.
Tho party has not originated. passed
and enforced any wise remedial legis-
lation In over fifty years, and 1t is not
likely to show itself capable Of doing 1t
now when the organization is in the
hands Of Democratic Popullsts like
Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan also had more or less to
say about imperialism" but as there
IL no such thing as imperialism 30