The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-13
Gives Reasons For Il
Supporting It. :
THE PLl' FORM
Imperialism, He says, Still
Important issue.
Roosevelt Criticised for Injecting the
Race Issue Into the Pol
itfcs of the
Nation.

Lincoln, July 12.-William J. Bryan
today gave out the following state
ment:
Il shall vote for Parker and Davis,
the nominees Of the Democratic Nation
al Convention, and shall do so for the
following reasons:
"First-Because the Democratic tick
ct stands for opposition to imperialism
while the Republican ticket stands for
an imperialistic policy. On this ques-
ton. which was the paramount issue in
1900. and which must remain an i'm
portant issue SO long as an attempt is
made to hold colonies under the Amer
lean fiag-on this issue the Convention
was unanimous, the platform en-
phatic. and I have no doubt that the
candidate will carry out the platform
| Second-Mr. Roosevelt Is injecting the
race issue into American politics and
this issue, If 1t becomes national. will
make It impossible to consider econom-
lie questions that demand solution. The
election of the Democratic ticket will
pvt a quietus upon this attempt. and
permit the race question to work itself
out without bitterness. which Mr.
lRoosevelt's conduct has engendered.
| Roosevelt for War.
Third-Mr. Roosevelt stands for the
spirit Of war. His friends present him
/ as a man of blood and iron. He be-
jlieves in the strenuous and fnculcates
a love for warlike things. The DEM
locratfc ticket stands for peace, for
reason and for arbitration rather than
for force. conquest and buster.
| Fourth-The Democratic platform de-
1clares in favor of the reduction of the
standing army, and as this plank was
|unantmously adopted, there is reason
TO believe that a Democratic success on
| this subject would bring some adVant-
age to the people.
| For these four reasons / feel Justi-
| fed in supporting the ticket, but snail
not misrepresent the situation or ap-
peal for votes for the ticket upon false
grounds. Democratic victory Will
mean very little. II any, progress on
economic questions so long as the par
tv is under the control of the Wall
| street element.
On the money question Mr.. Parker is
| as thoroughly committed to the side or
the fnanciers as Mr.. Roosevelt. If he
does not go as far as the Republicans
would In retiring silver dollars. in es-
tablishing branch banks. in charging
the powers of the national banks and
in the substitution of an asset cur
| rency for the present currency, 1t VIII
he because he is restrained by the
| Democrats in the House and Senate.
Nothing can be expected of him on the
| money question.
| The Trust Question.
| On the trust question the Democrat
| ic platform is very much better than
the Republican platform. but the NOM
nation of Judge Parker virtually null
lifies the antitrust plank. Unless in
his letter of acceptance he commits
himself to attempt antitrust legisla-
ton we need not expect him to pur-
sue a different course from that pur-
sued by President Roosevelt
So far as the labor questions are
concerned, we must await Judge Park
er's letter before we shall know
whether the laboring man has any
thing to expect from his election. The
labor plank as prepared by Judge Par
ker's friends on the committee was
a straddling. meaningless plank, In the
full committee. planks were adopted in
favor of arbitration. the eight hour
day and against government by in
junction; also a plank on the Colorado
situation. If Judge Parker is silent
or ambiguous on the subjects it will
mean that the financial influence back
of him Will not permit him to take the
labor side on those disputed questions.
On the tariff question some little
progress may be hoped for, but the
| Parker men on the committee were
necessarily in favor of a very conserv-
alive tariff plank and it 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 situation.
Triumph of Wall ST Get.
Judge Parker stands for enough
things that are good to Justify me in
giving him my vote, but as I have
tried to point out for several months.
the triumph of the Wall street element
of the party denies to the country any
hope of relief on economic questions.
have nothing to take back; / have
nothing to withdraw of the things that
have said against the methods pur-
sued to advance his candidacy. 1t was
a plain and deliberate attempt to de-
ceive the party.
The New York platform was vague
and meaningless and purposely so be-
cause the advocates of Judge Parker
were trying to secure votes from among
the people who would have opposed his
views had they known them, If he
had sent TO the Albany convention the
telegram that he sent to the St Louis
| convention he would have had very
few instructed delegates from the
South and no possible chance for the
r nomination. But he and his managers
, adoritly and purposely concealed his
position until the delegates had beer
: corralled and the nomination assured
5 Then his friends attempted TO secure a
t gold plank, which was overwhelmingly
defeated In the committee
NOmInntiOn Was Crooked.
After the party had rejoiced over the
= harmony secured by the omission Of
!. the question, and after he secured the
/ nomination he injected his views upoi
1 the subject at a time when he coulC
not be taken off the ticket without
great Generalization. The nomination
l was secured therefore. by crooked ant
indefensible methods but the Demo
crat who loves his country has to make
his decisions upon conditions as ~
finds them, not upon conditions as he
would like to have them
After having stated that shall sup
port the ticket and after having given
+, my reason for so doing, / think II due
to the Democrats of the nation to say
} that while the fight on economic Gues-
tons is postponed it is not abandoned