Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-25
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY

differences Of purpose cannot. Between
great gulf fxsd. And, it may be added,
s6e ssm the d fTist9Sr itSat th exists Tp am Ss roq the
beasts Of prey-some rave the courage Of
the lion. and others the cunning and
together II their object, is spoil, whether IL
be avowed or concealed. Between those
really democratlo in purpose there. can be
no personal or permanent alienation, be-
cause having no Interior motives they are
open to arguments and amenable to rea-
CONFIDENCE in the triumph Of their cause,
and are content to employ honest methods.
They will neither conspire against others
takes in Judgment, as all are liable to do,
they are not only willing. but anxious to
correct their mistakes: In politics, as In
tween a doubt Of the head and a doubt OF
the heart.
TO attempt to patch up an apparent
sympathy with democratic purposes is not
SSn Tls. a waste TD Of m time w but WoSId prove s
party in. 1896 may be divided into two
classes.those who left because they under
real nature OF the contest. Until the
sympathies they Cannot return to the party
without inJuring It. The, latter will be
s ssfSss Become tS t aSa Psr ~ t Ese real ths eSSat ths%r
Of the life and death struggle now being
Of today is one of wealth rather than OF
birth and It Includes not only those who
those who, although without wealth,
RSaSsT Sc II ana m oesaniss sdl t Meafith OE HAS :
become so potent in governmental affairs
! effective remedy. But such underestimate
strength Of the public eoenSeIence. The
namely. the baliot-and with II they can
and will right every wrong and remedy
every grievance.
Issues Are Yet Uncertain.
So With our party. We cannot tell what
issues we may have to meet; we can only
}, spirit. to apply to them Democratic princ
eiples and to take the peoples side always.
form, and the Democratic party boldly as
serted its demand for a tariff for revenue
only. 1t fought the campaign, and 1t won,
senators. disloyal to the party on this sub
Ject, defeated the verdict OF the peopi.
rendered at the polls. But the failure OF
the party to do all that It promised would
not have been so disastrous but for the
fact that the Wilson bill. unsatisfactory
as II was to tariff reformars, had to bear
the sins of a republican financial system
which was supported by our administration
against the protest Of an overwhelming
, majority OF the voters of the party. The
defeat Of 1894 was more disastrous than
any that the party has experienced since,
and Il was due to the fact that the admin.
!, question. In 1895 the money question had
forged to the front, made paramount not
I cratic party, but by the attempt of a
minority OF the party to aid the republican
PARTY to Shsin the country to an appTe.
position on the tariff question. the party
met this issue and took the side OF the
formerly conspicuous In its councils, tht
democratic party polled 100000 more votes
than IT had ever poled before, and would
Of the. republican party, whose leaders
/. held all the protectionist republicans b.
declaring the tariff issue to be paramount
I silver republicans by promising interna
tional bimetallism, and won all the advo
' them the secret purpose Of the party /,
adopt a European financial system. Blu
. even then we would have won but for tn,
, employed inundated.
4 Trusts Grow ana Flourish.
I Since the election Of 1900 the trusts hav,
z administration, as might have been ex
o pected Almost two years have elapse'
e since The last presidential election, and n,
8 legislative attempt has been made to inter
fere with them, and the executive efforts
Y instead of being directed toward the en-
! to the equity side OF the court. and thes
: eforts have not in the least retarded tn
: 3 formation of new combines:
2 Since the election the hnanciers ar
: seeking ia. carry their advantage a Iittl
farther and are planning an asset currency
d a system OF bremen banks and the Eedemp
\ enormous inlquity of the bill. they aid no
dare press Il during the campaign, bul
house. postponed its eonsidsrstion unit
4 December.
J, Ds Sine ,srd the %slsSS sa a ,:sP'SSSiGsssp so9srss
d for relief from government by Injunction
c and q republican senate has refused I
siecaOn Of United States ss1ste s0 by 10
And ali the while an exorbltant tariff
ene bl.ng the benehciaries OF protection I
sell at home at a high price and compel
IN w 1Srsls the %s sTpioi,s az E lSw1 S.I p5iG s,.,,,n
n their advantages at home and abroad tn
. interests Of the producers Of wealth 0
y have been utterly ignored. and the una
" business man has been left to such Pr,
%earious existence as the trusts permit hi
,e to enjoy.
le No Peace with the Enemy.
"a How can the opponents Of aristocrac
x and plutoeraey be united for q s~ueeessf
making peace with the enemy; not Q
G. Initiating their works, their methods {
v their phraseology, but by honest, atraigh
Or forward appeal to the American Peep
upon a platform that can be understJe
* and with an organization that can /
q trusted. Already of the republican
he are wavering, but they can never be va
re 70 the democratic party As long as the
Is can say tha' our parry ls as bad as their
Is by equivocation, not BY ambiguity. not b
be vacillation, Is the victory 20 be won, bl
X. by bold, constant, persistent. steadfast d,
a; Tense OF the interests OF the people At q
times, under all circumstances and on a
questions. To lose faith in the expsdienC
OF such a course Is 10 lose faith In n
omni9otenee Of truth.
Mr.. Bryan left tonight for Maine. a
2. companied by Senator carmaek and Senate