The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-10
CAUSTIC WORDS BY BRYAN
NEW YORK PEOPLE KNOR
 LITTLE ABOUT POLITICS.
Less at Any Rate Than Those fin the Wost-HIlI Tossing a Penny to See Whether He or Parker VVilI Run for Presidential Nomination - Accuses oF
Congress of Extravagance.

Toledo, O., March 9.-Colonel W. J.
 Bryan, in an interview to-day 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 Parker"
 he said, and I told them I could say
 nothing until I knew his attitude on
 public questions. They answered that he was 8 judge and it would not be proper for him to discuss political top ics.'
 What do you think Hill intends to do?"
 Well, I 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 as- certained. Find out how much there was in the treasury before the session
 began and find out how much there is l now. The wonder is that they didn't take it all.''
 MT. Bryan declined to discuss the
 probable issues and candidates in the
 next national campaign, but when ask ed to make a general statement as to the situation he said:
 Political success depends upon two | things-opportunity and preparation to take advantage of it. A political party | must have it's principles and it must | advocate those policies it believes best
 for the people and then trust to events to vindicate the wisdom of it's course. II believe that the democratic party has taken the peoples side of the public queS- tions discussed in 1896 and In 1900, and believe if it will maintain its integrity and allow no doubt to arise as to its hdelity to l the peoples cause 1t will be only question of time, and not a long time either, before enough republicans will be disgusted with | the time-serving and the Mammon- worship l ping policy of the republican party to again 1 put the democratic party in power, Such q victory, when won, will bring re- 1 lief to the people, from all the vicious poll | cies of the republican party, We cannot win victory by compromise or cowardtce, l and If We should win victory by such means it would be as disastrous 10 the par I ty as Mr. Cleveland'S victory in 1852 proved | to be.
 "The republican congress which has just adjourned shows just how eXtravagant the 1 republican officials are in the expenditure of | the public money and how negligent these ] officials are of the rights of the taxpayer, | They not onl ycollect eXorbitant taxes from | the people, but they allow the trusts and ] corporations to levy tribute even greater than that which the government takes..'' l Asked his opinion on the Wabash strike | Mir. Bryan said: The merits of the contro
 versy between the company and it's en;; ployes are overshadowed by the menace of i the process known as government by in. ! junction. The democrats have long been
 calling attention to the danger that turks ill 1 this abuse of the judicial power, but ii seems to take several object fessons to make 1 the people acquainted with bad principle. '