Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-10
BRYAN is BITTER
Plain Talk Before the Michigan
Judicial ConVen-
ton
ABOUT EX-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND
Nebraskan Says No One Wants Har-
mOny More Than
He.

Detroit, Mich, March 1O.-ln a
| speech before the democratic state
| judicial convention here today Will
liam j. Bryan said: Il have been ac-
cused of preventing harmony No
man wants harmony more than l do
and no one has suffered more for lack
of it than l have. But YOU can't keep
in one organization men who want to
cut each others throats They ac-
cuse me of saying hard things about
Cleveland. l never said anything
so hard about him as did President
Mckinley, who said: Cleveland is
trying to make money the master and
all things else the servant
Il am not ashamed of any humble
part | may have had in driving out of
the democratic party the man who
tried to make money the master and
everything else the servant. l want
him in some other party than ours.
| would be glad to help organize one
for his exclusive use"
Republican Methods Criticized.
Toledo, O., March 10.-Colonel W.
J. Bryan was in the city yesterday
morning. He was prevailed upon TO
discuss politics. He told of his re-
cent 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. land 1 told them
could say nothing until I knew his
attitude on public questions. They
answered that he was a judge and it
would not De proper for him to dis
cuss political topics"
"What do you think Hill intends TO
do?"
'Well, / think Mr. Hill is tossing
penny to see whether he or Judge
| Parker 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"
His Views on the Situation.
Bryan declined to discuss the proba-
BILE issues and candidates in the next
national campaign. but when asked TO
make Il general statement as to the
situation, he said: Political success
depends upon two things-Opportunit
| and preparation to take advantage Of
it. \ political party must have its
principles and it must advocate those
| policies it believes best for the peo-
pie. and then trust to events to vindi-
| cate the wisdom of its course. I he
| lieve the Democratic party has taken
the peoples side of the public QueS-
| tons discussed in 1896 and I'm 1900;
and l believe if it will maintain its
integrity and allow no doubt to arise
as to its fidelity to the peoples case
it will be only a question of time
| and not a long time. either-before
enough Republicans will be disgusted
with the time-serving and mammOn-
worshipping policy of the Republican
party to again put the Democratic par
t. in power.
Charge of Extravaganza.
"Such a victory when won will bring
relief to the people from all the vicious
policies of the Republican party We
cannot win victory by compromise or
cOwardice. and if we should win 4
victory by such means it would be rs
disastrous to the party as Mr.. Cleve-
lands victory in 1892 proved to be.
The Republican congress which has
just adjourned shows how eXtravagant
the Republican, officials are in the ex-
penditure of public money, and how
negligent those officials are of the
rights of the taxpayers. They not only
collect eXorbitant taxes from the peo-
pie, but they allow the trusts and cor
pOrations to levy tribute even great
er than that which the government
takes"
Asked his opinion on the Wabash
strike Bryan said: THE merits of the
controversy between the company and
its employees are overshadowed by the
menace of the process known as gov
ernment by injunction. The Democrats
have long been calling attention to the
danger that turks in this abuse of the
judicial power. but it seems to take
several object lessons to make the peo-
pie acquainted with a bad principle"