The San Francisco call., 1904-06-03
BRYAN'S PLATFORM.


platform and took his place upon it, the leader of the
delegation to the National Convention. This means
that there will be complaint of dull time IN st
Louis when he gets there He is better seasoned than
in 1906 when he caused such stampede as was never
before seen in deliberatve body He retains all of the
gushing and mpusve quality that his first candi-
dacy made persuasive by his experience in hand
ling men, With him and HILL and perhaps Boutke Cock
ran and the Southern contingent of spel-binders at
work the National Convention will be as lively as a
swarm of grasshoppers.
In the Nebraska platform he rewrtes his long dgested
views He demands the continued issue OF paper cur
rency by the Government and the silver dollars
shall remain a full legal tender lien upon the gold
held by the treasury This monetary programme is lit
tie less offensive than his free silver issue, and in many
respects has equal capacity disorder our national
finances. He demands revenue tariff, and proposes
constitutional amendment for income tax The social
istic features of the platform of 1900 are reatrmed
These include the New Zealand and Australian plan OF
government ownership of public utilities and that sys-
tenn arbitration of hours and wages which has
helped the Austraasan colonies the highest taxed
countries in the world.
The most radical plank is that which demands direct
legislation by the initiative and referendum of course
The party has been going rapidly in that direction
means complete revolution of constitutional form
of by eliminating its representative feature
and practically abolishing its legislative branch In its
Also and leave the executive standing as the sole rem
nant of the scheme of constitutional government so
wisely and carefully devised by the fathers.
This radical scheme urged by the cry that the peo-
pie are to be trusted and by frequent reference JEFF
fersons views that subject. There is no evidence
that Jefferson contemplated such system as di-
legislation. He gave many signs of being aware
that the direct rule of the majority, by the plan
proposed, would terminate the rights of the minority
and of COURSE thereby end republican form of govern
ment.
1t has been wisely said that Mr. Bryan's plan of di
government consisting of executive only charged
with the administration of laws made in the ballot box
would be failure if every citizen wise Sir
Isaac Newton The plan pieces in harmoniously with
the denuncation in this platform of the use of the in
junction protect property 1t is the final dependence
of property rights the habeas corpus is the final pro-
lection for the rights of person Mr. Bryan demands
that such issues as taken into the on
application for injunction protect property shall
be decided by a jury. The motive for such demand
lies in the desire prevent courts from protecting
property in labor disputes If, in such dispute, the
parsans of side desire upon private prop
erty and conhscate by forcbly denying its by its
owner, Mr. Bryan would submit the issue jury, OF
composed of the parsans of side of the
troversy or of their sympathzers.
Property rights equitable rights and jury cannot
pass upon question of equity. To make such propo-
of the great parties of the country and
now evidence of the rapid growth of the antpropery
sentiment among the people caused by the loose teach
ings of the Democratic party since it laid aside its
brains. The process has been distinct advance into
socialism. The motto of that cult is Property is rob-
berry, If that premise is granted, property is
titled judicial protection and all property rights fall
including the right OF contract which the hold
be not only property right but the foundation of all
property
party that has this virus in its blood as proved by
Mr.. Hills appropriation platform in New York and re-
affirmed by this last utterance in Nebraska, is not
party to be trusted with power in this country. Of
all good citizens regret that this is Parties
necessity in republics and their general purpose
should be so in line with the constitution to make
personal and property rights safe matter which wins
1t is among the political vagaries of the day that Mr.
Bryans platform, which makes necessary the destruc-
ton of the constitution attacks President Roosevelt for
dsregardng constitutional limitations" We have often
called for bill of particulars back up that charge
It is that the Democracy habtuay makes. So fixed
is that habit that it denounced Mr. Cleveland its own
President, for conspng against the constitution and
striving to destroy that fundamental law The charge
little true then it is But evidently that
is be the campaign slogan of party which proposes
destroy every constitutional of the rights
property
Governments instituted among men to secure the
inalenable rights of life liberty and the pursuit of appi
ness For that the constitution was devised and for
that it is administered All have under the liberty
acquire and hold property and have it protected
When that right fails and falls the constitution is dead
letter.
The aged rascal who used the mails of the United
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