The sun., 1902-10-24
BRYAN on NEW yoRkuELECr,oN.
Good Democrats, lie says. Are Running
on n had Platform.

LINCOLN. Mob. Oct % - Mr.. Rrynn says
that he does not feel II incumbent upon him
Ia urge either support or defeat of IN" Demo
cratic ticket III New York. Ia explanation
he saws:
An enquirer asks whether approv" ~
tho tight which l. being made bv various
Democratic organ llationS in New York.
som" calling themselves Bryan Democrats.
against the Democratic State tickc, headed
by Mr.. Colcr. The question can he best
answered by general statement of my
position ia all such cases When the cam
pa,gn of 1900 was over | asked all BRYAN
clubs to drop my name and take some name
Indicating adIcroii," to Democratic prin-
cipl-- rather than any person.
i stated that my reasons for doing 60
We're: First, that did not want ia" clubs 10
b" einharIass-d by anything might DO.
and. second, that did not want to be- sm-
barrassed myself by ANYTHING the clubs
might feel called upon To do. Events have
justified my fears, and il has sometimes
become necessary for mo to explain that
no person or association L. authorized TO
speak FOR mo either in indor~ing or in op-
posing any ticket. Thi- apple. 10 all
other States a. we'll a. to New York
What | desire To say say for myself
and what do not say myself | do not care
10 have said for me, believing the Kansas
City plat form il sound and that it, prin-
ciples rnuS' be applied 10 public q,iesl ions.
believing that the contest between the
money changers ard the common people
is an uu.nding one, aud that the money
qucstiu in one form or another, will be
before every Congress
III Ia" first session of the present Con-
grsss bill pass. 4 the House Of Hcpresn,ta-
tivts giving the Secretary discretion Ia con.
| all the fun legal tender silver dalaI iiito
sul sidiary coin Of limited legal tender
| aud the Fowler till is set for co. s.deratIon
at Tn. next r ssIon. believing that iho-"
who can be frightened away from the money
| question can also b" frightened away from
any other question by the same utlucI ccs
believing Thus, have felt il my duty to
criticize thoe' conventions which have
refused TO indorse the Kansas City plat
| form.
Il have pointed out that they not only
weaken the party IL the State, but DESTROY
the unity and enthusiasm of the party
III the nation. But having done this, NV
| duty has been performed. and where good
men have been nominated on IA bad plat
form, az in New York and som" Of the other
states, hav" no', as rule. felt il iHCllu-
bent on me 10 urge either the support or
the defeat Of the ticket.
Il recognize that th. voters Of each
state have 10 meet local CoLdit ions of
which cannot fully inform myself and
am willing to trust tn" iutell.g"nc,. a. we'll
| az the fidelity Of those Who have been Iowa!
| to the national creed of the PARTY. Being
| on Nh" ground, they can Iudg" whether
| for State reasons they should support good
men nominated on platforms which are
| bad on national questions, or whether.
! for national reasons, they should getj,s"
! To support even good men who are willing
| To compromise on national ISSUES
! Whether state ISSUES should be sacri-
| feed TO national ones OF national i~Aue-
| sacrificed for State issues is u question
| so largely determined 10y the relative i'm
| portance Of the is-les ~ the 'iue in the
| State that ordinarily no outsider can assume
| to give advice.
But this one thing is certain. that the
! Dempcrats who live III the States where
! the national platform has been ignored
/ must organic 10 protect the party from
! any more cowardly evasion The party
l. weak Decduse Eastern conventions have
/ been running away from the party plat form,
and the Republicans have taken advantage
! of the silence 10 misrrprr-ent TIA" Demo
| cratic position and viliiy tho" standing
for Democratic principles