Evening journal., 1903-03-10
BRYAN SAYS
DEMOCRATS
CANNOT WIN
Declares People of New York
Know Less Of Politics Than
Those in the West
THINKS HILL IOSSES AN OLD PENNY

Nebraskan Declined to Discuss Issues
and Candidates For Next National
campalgn-His Opinion Of the Re-
publican Congress.
Toledo, o., March 1O.-Colonel w. ].
Bryan was in the city yesterday after
noon. He was prevailed upon TO dis
cuss politics. He told of his recent
visit to New York, and added that the
people in that state knew less about
politics than they do in the West.
"They asked me about Judge Par
ker," he said, "and l told them / could
say nothing until l knew his attitude
on public questions. They answere'
that he was a judge and it would not
be proper for him to discuss political
topics"
What do you think Hill intends to
do9"
We'll, l think Mr.. Hill is tossing a
penny to see whether he or Judge Par
ker will run. The trouble with the
plan is that Hill has an old penny that
he has tossed so often that he doesn't
know which side is head and which
is tail"
What have you to say regarding
the record of congress?'
what congress has done is easily
ascertained. Find out how much there
was in the treasury before the session
began, and find out how much there is
now. The wonder is that they did not
take 1t ALL"
Mr.. Bryan declined to discuss the
probable issues and candidates in the
next national campaign, but when
asked to make a general statement as
to the situation, he said:
Political success depends upon two
hings-opportunity and preparation to
take advantage of it. a political party
must have its principles and it must
advocate those policies it believes best
for the people, and then trust to events
to vindicate the wisdom of its course.
81 believe that the Democratic party
has taken the peoples side of the pub
lie questions discussed in 1896 and in
1900, and if it will maintain its integ-
rity and allow no doubt to arise as to
its fidelity to the peoples cause, it will
be only a question of time, and not a
long time. either, before enough Re-
publlcans viii be disgusted with the
time-serving and mammon-w worship
ping policy of the Republican party to
again put the Democratic party in
power.
Such a victory when won will bring
relief to the people from all the vici-
Gus policies Of the Republican party
We cannot win a victory by compro-
mise or cowardice. and if we should
win victory by such means it would
be as disastrous to the party as Mr.
Cleveland's victory in 1892 proved tc
TO be.
THE Republican congress which
has just adjourned shows how extrava-
CANT the Republican officials are in the
expenditure of public money, and how
negligent those officials are Of the
rights of the taxpayers. They moi
only collect exorbitant taxes from the
people, but they allow the trusts and
corporations to levy a tribute ever
greater than that which the govern.
ment takes"
Asked his opinion on the WabasI
strike, Mr.. Bryan said:
"The merits Of the controversy be.
tween the company and its employees
are overshadowed by the menace OF
the process known as government by
injunction. The Democratic party ha.
long been calling attention to the dan
ger that turks in this abuse of the Judi
cial power, but it seems to take severa
object lessons to make the people ac
quainted with bad principle"