Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-18
Bryan Forecasts issues Of 1901.

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| Lincoln, Neb,, Sept. IA. Mr.. Bryan,
in letter to President Harris OF the
ST, Louis Travelling Mems Bryan Club,
outlines, at his request, the issues OF
1904. He says in part:
1T seems proha BILE that imperialism
will again be prominent. and probably
paramount, for the Republican party
shows no disposition To abandon It's col
onial policy, and we cannot accept col
onialism without repudiatiug all that
we have been taught to regard rs Dem
ocratic in government
MUST OPPOSE THE TRUSTS.
THE trusts are increasing in num-
Der aud magnitude, and we must reso-
lutely oppose them or forfeit the conf
dence OF the common people.
"Whether the silver question will
play an important part in the next cam.
paign is a question which cannot now
be determined. The thing to be de-
sired is a stable dollar, and that can
only be secured by legislation which
will furnish volume OF standard
money sufficient to keep pace with the
demand for money. We have no as.
suranee that gold alone will do this,
and certainly the interests OF the peo-
pie ought not To be Entrusted TO those
who defended the gold standard when
the dollar was increasing in purchas.
ing power, aud who would favor the
gold standard still, even though the
production Of gold was decreasing.
The gold standard is not yet complete;
IL remains yet 10 make silver redeema.
BILE in gold, and limit its legal-tender
qualities. The Republican party has
these further steps in contemplation.
We cannot abandon the Democratic po-
siiion until we are ready to accept the
Republican position, and we cannot ac-
cept the Republican position until we
are sure that the worlds supply Of gold
Is sufficient To furnish all the nations
! with enough primary money
INDoRSES KANSAS CITY PLATFORM.
"The Kansas City platform is sound
throughout, because it applied Demo
cratic principles To the conditions then
existing. Those principles are still
Democratic and we must apply them to
present aud future conditions. The
! line between The Republican party and
the Democratic party Is the line be-
tween plutocracy and Democracy, aud
we cannot afford TO obliterate that line
or to make il less distinct.
las matter OF principle we must
not compromise with those whose sym.
pathies are against the rights and well
fare Of the masses; rs matter % pol.
Icy we cannot afford 10 compromise, be-
canse organized wealth has more conf
dence in the Republican party than VI
could possibly have in the Democratic
party.
! III we abandon the Kansas City plat.
form we shall lose the support OF the
plain people without gaining the sup
! port 81 those who are opposed 20 that
| platform. We may deserve to win and
still lose. but il remains true that to de.
serve success is the surest road to vie
tory
Those who boast OF their willing.
ness to do anything 70 win are unsafe
pilots, because they throw away the
compass when they discard Democratic
principles. The party now stands for
positive principles aud definite policies.
| II the party is righ., as believe IL l..
we can confidently expect vindtcation,
aud we can better afford to wait for
that vindication than prove recreant to
the trust reposed in the party by more
than six million voters"