The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-10
TICKET GOOD
PLATFORM BAD.
Mr.. Bryan in His Commoner Anal
Yves the Acts Of the Iowa
Democracy.
Reorganizers Treated Their Constit-
uents Dishonesty" and Their
Platform Is ''Cowardly."
4. E.
Real Fight Will Come Next Year
When National Delegates Are l
to Be Elected.
Special to The Journal.

q 81 - Of
Lincoln. Neb., July 1o.-W. :. Bryan
discusses the democratic convention Of
Iowa In an editorial in the Commoner to-
day. In the recent Iowa convention,
says Mr.. Bryan, "the delegation from Wa
pello county was chosen by a convention
which Endorsed the Kansas City platform,
but the reorganizers, chosen by courtesy,
were on hand, and in the absence of some
Of the Kansas City platform democrats
cast majority Of the votes OF the county
against the platform. Mills county in
dorsed the Kansas City platform, but was
misrepresented In the state convention.
How can an honest platform be expected
from men who deal dishonesty with their
constituents?
1.-THE Iowa platform contains many good
planks, but without improving upon the
last national platform in any respect, it
shows weakness where it departs from
that document. The plank against impe-
rialism is not clear. The coupling Of
Porto Rico with the Philippine islands
leaves 1t In doubt whether the lf-gov-
eminent mentioned is self government in
an Independent republic, as demanded by
the Kansas City platform, or self-govern-
ment as q part Of our nation, as q few re-
publicans favor. 800, = -. H. ~:
Nothing is said In the platform about
arbitration, notwithstanding the 1ncreas-
Ing necessity for some just and peaceable
oo'.AoiiAoA1I VI ull1ereIlCeS between 1aDOE
and capital -. r 49, -... ....
smacks OF Wall Street.
The money plank was written to de-
ceive. 1t has the flavor of the platforms
written by Wall street representatives for
both the leading parties before 1895 and
| Tor the republican party since. ,..-@
We insist that the integrity Of the
money OF the nation be guarded with zeal
Gus care. That looks reasonable enough,
put 1t will be found on Investigation to be
intended by its trainers to mean the gold
standard, altho not one Of them would
| dare to indorse the gold standard openly
| IN a democratic platform Do they think
| the voters are fools and unable to under
stand the purpose Of the fnanciers? or
course the. goldites will concede few
words about wanting sufficient volume
| OF money, but they construe that to mean
that we already have too much.
The convention deserves credit for de-
| nouncing an asset currency and the Aid.
rich DILL but such condemnation would
| nave no influence on an Official who
showed as much contempt for his platform
as some Of the delegates showed for reso-
| lut1ons adopted by their counties A man
who is afraid to indorse bimetallism lest
he may offend the f1nanciers cannot be de-
pended upon in any contest in which or
gan1zed wealth is arrayed against the peo-
pie. s NJ ... ys5a
| 1.-THE republicans are now .conterr1plat
ing the passage Of a Bill making some
s600;000,000 of silver redeemable Sin gold.
q more dangerous proposition even than
the Aldrich bill or the asset currency.
and yet the Iowa reorganizers did not
nave the courage to mention it.
| $ReorganIzers and the FnancIers.
THE antitrust plank is not nearly so
strong or explicit as the Kansas City plat
form plank on this subject Here is a
question Of vital Importance, a question
which involves the rights and interests of
the people of the whole country, and the
reorganizers are impotent to bring any
relief because the same fnanciers' who
threatened panic if silver was restored
are now threatening a panic if the trusts
are interfered with. IT,
mo wonder the reorganizers were un-
willing to risk one of their own men on
such a platform. If they had Nominated
one Of their own kind, his candidacy on
such a platform would have aroused wide
spread protest; but instead Of that, they
place the party standard in the hands OF
J. B. Sullivan, one Of the ablest and
stanchest Of the democrats, whose county
and congressional district made gallant
fight for reaffrmation. Judge Caldwell
and the other nominees were also faithful
to the party in 1896. -.
Real Fight Is Coming.
'The democrats of Iowa have, there
fore, to choose between a good ticket on
a cowardly platform, partly good, and a
republican ticket running on as bad a
platform as could we'll be conceived. What
should they do? Vote for Sullivan an6
his associates on the ticket, but continue
to fight for Kansas City platform prin.
ciples. The real contest will come mex
year when national delegates are selected
LET loyal democrats, by considering the
unfarness shown by the reorganizers thi:
year, learn what to expect IN case thu
party goes back into the control of tn,
Cleveland crowd, and let the defeat suf
fered by the friends Of the Kansas Cit,
J platform in the late convention arouse
them to a battle royal for the preservatio,
of the integrity of the party.
IF those who are earnestly against plu
tocracy will attend the primaries and con
ventions and then instruct all delegates
they will be spared the humiliation which
they have just suffered in Iowa. TIL
fight for the reaffrmation of the last ma
tional platform and the building Of
new platform in line with it is. on, an,
must continue until complete victory i
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