The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-24
Filling His Cabinet with Corporation
Agents, Turning the Public Treas
ury Over to Wall Street,
THEN DEBAUCHING HIS PARTY
AND sTABBING 1T TO PREVENT ITS
RETURN To CHAsTE PATHS.
Real Fight, MIR. Bryan Asserts, Is Be-
tween a Real Democracy and the
Cleveland PIutocracy.


LINCOLN, Neb., June 2S.-The absence of
w. ]. Bryan from the Democratic har-
mony dinner at New York is pretty well
explained by a statement given out by
Mr.. Bryan this evening commenting on the
dinner. At the outset Mr.. Bryan says
there is no such thing as Democratic har-
mony where former President Cleveland is
concerned. He says:
THE banquet given on the evening of
June 10 by the Tilden Club of New York
city, was advertised as harmony meet
ing but it turned out to be, what might
have beer expected of such gathering-an
ovation to the chief guest, former Demo
crat Grover Cleveland. There can be no
such thing harmony between men like
him and those who believe in Democratic
principles, and he is frank enough to say
So He spent no time looking for middle
ground upon which to gather discordant
elements. He boldly called upon members
of the party to abandon their convictions
and accept the construction which he
placed upon Democratic principles. He
even taunted the party with being sort
of prodigal son. and invited it to give up
its diet of husks and return to its fathers
house.
He spoke of his retirement from polt-
ical activity and said perhaps there are
those who would define my position as
of banishment instead of retirement.
Against this L shall not enter protest
1t is sufficient for me in either case that
/ have followed in the matters of differ
ence within our party the teachings and
counsel of the great Democrat in whose
name party peace and harmony are tonight
invoked. No confession of party sin
should, therefore, be expected of me. 1
| have none to make nor do l crave political
absolution.
PUT HIS BRAND ON THEM.
HE not only boasted of his course, but
put his brand upon those who sat at meat
with him. Having asserted that his DEM
! ocratic faith compelled him TO leave the
party Cor resulted in his banishmenD he
described the banqueters as sharing in that
/ faith. He is not only defiant, but he in
sists that party success can only be Sc
cured by an open and avowed return to
/ his ideas. Harmony is to be secured not
by the suppression of differences, but by
the elimination of those who differ from
him.
Mr.. Bryan says he will print in his paper
Mr.. Cleveland's speech Ito show that the
| reorganzers do not want harmony, but
control, and that their control means the
! abandonment of the partys position and a
return to the policies and practices of Mr..
! Cleveland's second administration"
He continues: He. Cleveland, secured
his nomination In lSS2 by secret bargain
| with the financiers; his committee collected
from the corporations and spent the largest
campaign fund the party ever had; he filled
| his Cabinet with corporation agents and
/ railroad ATTORNEYS he Init ted
States bench TO look after the interests of
! their former clients. He turned the treas
! ury over TO a Wall street syndicate and
| the financial member of his official family
went from Washington to become the
private attorney of the man who forced 60
| the Treasury Department to sell him gov
| ernment bonds at lJ5 and then resold them
at III. He tried TO prevent the adoption
of the income tax provision, refused TO sign
! the only tariff reform measure passed since
the war. and while laundering against the
trusts in his message did even less than
Knox has done TO interfere with their high
! handed methods. His administration in
| stead OF Deing a fountain of Democracy
| sending forth pure and refreshing streams
| became a stagnant pool from whose waters
| foul vapors arose, poisonous TO those who
| fingered near.
DEBAUCHED HIS PARTY.
Having debauched his party he was Of
Tended by its effort to reform and gave
comfort to the enemy. Virsinius killed his
daughter TO save her chastity; Cleveland
stabbed his party to prevent its return to
the paths Of virtue. And now, still gloat-
ing over his political crimes he invites the
party TO return 70 him and apologize for
the contempt which ii has expressed for
him VIII 1T? Not until the principles of
Jefferson are forgotten and the works of
Jackson cease TO inspire.
''If we are TO have reorganization. Cleve-
land himself should accept the presidential
nomination. 1t would be due him; his rein
statement would be poetic justice to him
and retribution TO those whose Democrats
conscience reYolted against his undemo-
cratic conduct OF course. he would get no
Democratic votes, but being closer to plu-
tocracy than any Republican likely TO be
nominated, he might divide the enemy and
even Democrats would have what little
consolation would come from receiving
their disappointment in advance
"A merchant about TO fail invited his
creditors TO a dinner and after stating his
condition, secured years extension from
waited until after the others had retired
and then accosted the debtor: 'Of course
] promised with the rest to extend the
time, Dut you are going TO make me a pre-
ferred creditor, are you not?'
Yes replied the debtor, III make YOU
a preferred creditor I'll tell you now that
YOU are not going to get anything; the rest
won't find IL out for year.
"Mr. Clevelands nomination would have
this advantage over the nomination OF any
other reorganizer; he would make the
Democrats preferred creditors and tell
them that they would not be benefited by
his administration.
Mr.. Clevelands speech should beread in
full. II answers useful purpose; IL out
lines the plan OF campaign decided upon by
the plutocratic elements for which the re-
organizers stand. Tariff reform is 10 be
made the chief issue. and the men who
voted for Mckinley. the high priest OF pro-
lection, are 10 carry on a sham battle with
| their companions OF 1896. while the fnan-
| ciers make the dollar redeemable in gold
and fasten upon the country an asset cur
| rency and a branch bank system. Trusts
are TO be denounced in sonorous tones.