The Forrest City times., 1904-07-15
BRYAN ISSUES A
 LONG STATEMENT
Says He Will Support the Demo-
 cratic Ticket.
ALSO GIVES HIS REASONS
All Ink of His BoItlng s'Ie Ticket is siienced By Lengthy state mcnt Issued By the Ncbras-
 isa Statesman.


 i>a Statesman.
 Lincoln. Neb., July 13.-W. ]. Bryan has given out the following statement:
 'I shall vote for Parker and Davis, the nominees of the democratic na- tional convention, and shall do so for the following reasous:
 First-Because the democratic ticket stands for opposition to imperialism. while the republican ticket stands for an imperialistic policy. On this ques- tion. which was the paramount issue in 1900, and must remain an important issue so long as an attempt is made to hold colonies under inc American flag on this issue the convention was unanimous the platform emphatic, and 1 have no doubt that the candidate will carry out the platform.
 Second-Mi Rooaeevlt is injecting the race issue into American politics, and this issue, if it becomes national, will make it impossible to consider economic questions that demand solu- tion. The election of the democratic ticket will put a quietus upon this at tempt, and permit the race question to work itself out without the bitterness which MT. Rooseyelts conduct has en- gendered
 Thlrd-Mr Roosevelt stands for the spirit of war. His friends present him as a man of blood and iron. He believes in strenuousness, and incul- cates a love for warlike things The democratic ticket stands for peace, for reason and arbitration. rather than for force, conquest and buster.
 Fourth-The democratic platform de- clares in favor of the reduction of the standing army and as this plank was unanimously adopted. there is reason to believe that democratic success on this subject would bring some ad- vantage to the people.
 Justified in Supporting the Ticket.
 For those four reasons feel justified in supporting the ticket but shall not misrepresent the situation, or appeal for votes for the ticket upon false grounds. A democratic victory would mean very little, if any, prog ress on economic questions so long as the party is under the control of the Wall street element.
 "On the trust question the democrat ic platform is very much better than the republican platform, but the nom ination of Judge Parker virtually null lifes the antitrust plank. Unless in his letter of acceptance he commits himself to attempt antitrust legisla- ton We need net expect him to pur- sue different course from that pur- sued by President Roosevelt.
 50 far as the labCr questions are concerned. we must await Judge Par ker's letter before We shall know whether the laboring man has anything to expect from his election The labor plank as prepared by Judge Parker's friends on the subcommittee, was a straddl.ng, meaningless plank. In the full committee, blanks were adopted in favor of arbitration. the eight hour day, and against government by injunction: also a plank on the Colorado situation If Judge Parker is silent or ambiguous on these subjects, it wi,l mean that the influence back of him will not permit him to take the labor side on these disputed questions.
 "On the tariff question spme little progress may be hoped for, but the Parker men on the committee were nearly all in favor of q very conserya- tive tariff plank and 1t remains to be seen whether Judge Parker will carry out the positive and definite plank which was submitted by the full com mittee. This is the situations
 win Vote for Parker.
 Judge Parker stands fer enough things that are good to justify me in giving him my vote, but as l have tried to point out for several months, the triumph of the Wall street element of the party denies 10 The country any hope of relief on economic questions
 After having stated that l shall support tho ticket, and after having given my reason for so doing, l think it due to the democrats of the nation 10 say that while the fight on economic questions is postponed, it is not aban- doned. As soon as the election is over. l shall. with the help of those who be- lieve as I do, undertake to organize for the campaign of 1908, the object be- ing to marshal the friends of popular government within the democratic par ty to the support of radical and pro- gressive policy to make the democratic party an efficient means in the hands of the people for securing relief from the plutocratic element that controls the republican party.