The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-10
MIR. BRYAN DRAWS
 HIS CONcLULlONS
Ccontlnue4 from First Paes)


 favored the reorganization of the party. These men noy see that they must either go into the republican party or join with the democrats of the west and south Into making the democratic party a positive. aggressive reform organization. There is no middle ground"
 Mir. Bryan says he did what he could to prevent the reorganization of the demo- cratic party; when he failed in this, he did what he could to aid Parker and Davis in order to secure such reforms and there were some vital ones promised by their election. Now that the cam psign Is ov'r. he says. to those who desire to put the democratic army once more upon a fighting basis, he will assist in organizing for the campaign of 1908.
 MT Bryan continues:
 Ut does not matter so much who the nominee may be. During the next three years circumstances may bring Into the arena some man especially fitted to carry the standard But we ought to begin now to lay our plans for the next national campaign and to form the lines of bat tie.
 
 against large army, against a large navy and to stand for the independence of the Filipino for imperialism adds the menace of militarism to the corroupting influences of commercialsm, and yet ex- perience has shown that however right eous the party's position on this sub ject, the issue does not arouse the peo pie as they can be when warmed by a question which touched them immediate Ix md inf1fx f1 the Filipinos is not resented as it should be-as we resent wrong to ourselves and the costliness of imperialism Is hidden by the statistics and by our indirect sys- tenn of taxation. While the party must maintain it's position on this subject, 1t cannot present this as the only issue.
 'rhe party must also maintain it's po- sition on the tariff question. No an- swer has been made to the indictment against the high tariff
 "The party must renew its demand for | an income tax to be secured through a constitutional amendment in order that wealth may be made to pay it's share of the expense of the government.
 "The party must maintain it's position in favor of bimetallism. It cannot sur- render it's demand for the use of both gold and silver as the standard money Of the country, but the question must re-
 
 change as to bring the public again face to face with falling prices and a rising dollar This, therefore, cannot be made the controlling issue of the contest upon which we are now entering.
 "The trust question presents the most acute phase of the contest between dem- ocracy and plutocracy so far as economic Issues are concerned. The President vir- tually admits that the trusts contributed fN nrar, fcrta md httf la fnc hot they received any promise of aid or i'm munity. No well-informed person doubts that the large corporations have fur nished the republican campaign fund dur ing the campaigns of 1896 and 1900 and 1904, and no one can answer the logic oi Judge Parkers arraignment of the trusts contribution. The trusts are run on abso- lute principle. They do not subscribe mil. lions of dollars to a campaign unless they are passing for favors already granted or purchasing favors for future delivery The weakness of Judge Parker position was that the charge was made at tht close of the campaign, when 1t was neu- tralized by a counter-speech. The trusts cannot be fought successfully by any party that depends upon trust funds tC win the election. The democratic party must make It's attack upon trusts sc vehement that no one will suspect it oi secret aid from them. It will be to its advantage # it will begin the next cam paign with an announcement that nc trust contributions will be accepted and then prove it's sincerity by giving the public access to its contribution list
 President Roosevelt has four years in which to make good his declaration that no obligations were incurred by the ac- ceptance of the trust funds. He will dis appoint either the contributors or the voters If he disappoints the contribu- tors the trust question may be put in the process of settlement. If he disappoints the people they will have a chance tc settle with his party four years hence | Death to every private monopoly must be the slogan of the party in this ques ton; for any other position is a surren der.
 ''The party must continue it's defens, of the interests of the wage-earners. I must protect them from the encroach ments of capital. The fact that the labor ing men have not always shown their ap preciation of the party's position ough not to deter the party from doing It's dut! in regard to them. The labor question Is not one that concerns employers ant employees alone, it concerns the entir community and the people at large hav an interest in the just settlement of la bor controversies; for that reason the, must insist on remedial legislation II regard to hours. and arbitrations. ant they must so limit the authority of tin courts in contempt cases as to over throw what Is known as government b. injunction.
 "The party must continue its opposition to national banks of issue and must in sist upon divorclng the treasury depart ment from Wall Street.
 "The party must continue It's fight fo the popular election of senators and 10 direct legislation wherever the principi can be applied.
 It takes time to direct attention to al evil and still more to consolidate senti ment in favor of a remedy, and MI Bryan is not sanguine enough to be lieve that all the reforms that he favor will at once be endorsed by any part. platform, but he will proceed to poin out the reforms which he elieves t be needed.
 Among those which might be men tioned are the postal telegraph system state ownership of railroads, the cleo tion of federal judges for fixed terms and the election of postmasters by tn people for their respective communities Instead of having the government con trolled by corporations through officer chosen by the corporations, we mus have a government of the people by tn people and for the people, a governmen administered according to the Jefferso nan maxim of equal rights to all an' special privileges to none Hope am duty point the way. To doubt the sue cess of our cause Is to doubt the tri umph of the right, for ours is and mus be the cause of the masses. With nal ice towards none, and charity for all | lo+ ,,, haoin tba camnaien of 1908. le