Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-13
BRYAN'S MANIFESTO.
Nebraskan Gives His Reasons
For Supporting Parker.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET FOR PEACE
St. Louis Platform Opposes Imperial.
ism and the Spirit of War, which
Roosevelt Stands FOr--Is For
Reason and Arbitration.

Reason and Arbitration.
LINCOLN, Neb, July 13.-W. J
Bryan has issued the following state
ment here:
'I shall vote for Parker and Davis
che nominees of the Democratic ma
tional convention, and shall do so fol
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 impor
tant issue so long as an attempt is made
to hold colonies under the American
hag-on this issue the convention was
unanimous, the platform emphatic, and
have no doubt that the candidate
will carry out the platform.
"Second.-Mr. Roosevelt is injecting
the race question into American poll
tics, and this issue, If it becomes ma
tional, will make it impossible to con.
slider economic questions that demand
solution The election Of the Demo
cratic ticket will put q quietus upon
this attempt and permit the race Ques
ton to work itself out without the bit
ternesS which Mr.. Rooseyelts conduct
has engendered.
''Third.--Mr. Roosevelt stands for the
spirit OF war His friends present him
as a man OF blood and iron. He be-
Neves in strenuousness and inculcates
a love for warlilSe things The Demo
cratic ticket stands for peace, for rea-
son and for arbitration rather than for
force, conquest and buster.
Fourth. The Democratic platform
declares in favor Of the reduction of
the standing army, and as this plank
was unanimously adopted there is rea-
son to believe that Democratic sue
cess on this subject would bring some
advantage to the people.
"For these four reasons l feel JUS
tilted in supporting the ticket but
shall not misrepresent the situation or
appeal for votes for the ticket upon
false grounds A Democratic victory
will mean very little, if any, progress
on economic questions so long as the
party is under the control Of the Wall
street element. On the money Ques-
ton Mr.. Parker is as thoroughly COM
mitted to the side of the financiers as
Mr.. Roosevelt. If he does not go as
far as the Republicans would in retir-
ing silver dollaIs, sin establishing
branch banks, in enlarging the powers
of the national banks and in the sub
stitution of an asset currency for the
present currency, it will be because he
DE- &v,of nH Iaxy% fn tc Iva thn
house and senate Nothing good can
be expected Of him on the money ques-
ton
Con the tariff question some little
progress may be hoped for, but the
Parker men on the committee were
necessarily in favor Of 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
Judge Parker stands for enough
things that are good to justify me in
giving him my vote; but, as / 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
q plain and deliberate attempt to de-
ceive the party. The New York plat
form was vague and meaningless and
purposely SO because the advocates Oh
Judge Parker were trying to secure
votes from. among the people who
would have opposed hi3 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 pos
sible chance for the nomination. But
he and his managers adroitly and pur-
posely concealed his position until the
delegates had been corralled and the
nomination assured Then his friends
attempted to secure a gold plank,
which was Overwhelmingly defeated i'll
the committee. After the party had
| rejoiced over the 1armony secured by
the omission Of the question and after
he had secured the nomination. he in
! jected his views upon the subject at a
time when he could not be taken from
! the ticket without great demoraliza-
| ton. The nomination was secured,
therefore, by crooked and indefensible
methods. but the. Democrat who loves
his country has @ make his decisions
| upon conditions as he 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 reasons for so doing, think it due
| to the Democrats of the nation to say
that while the fight on economic ques-
tons is postponed, it is not abandoned.
AS soon as the election~4s over shall,
with the help of those who believe as
do, undertake to organize for the cam
paign of 1908, the object being to mar
shall the friends of popular government
within the Democratic party to the
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