The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-25
The Bryan Handicap.

:" In ms speech eXCOfldIlnS Bryan at
the recent national convention Of the
democracy at st. Louis, John Sharp |
Williams of Mississippi declared in
one of his flaming periods that the
Nebraska statesman, coming as fer
vent champion of harmony" had
shown himself the leading disturber
of convention harmony. 1t was true,
and as soon as the twice defeated
candidate of the democracy was
rested from his ,exertions to destroy
democratic harmony, and could pull
himself together, he entered upon the
construction of a new program to
rend the party and bring to naught
the labOrs of the "reOrganizerS'' and
conservatives" declaring his pur-
pose to be the organization of the
party on what he calls a radical and
progressive" basis. He promises to.
support Parker and Davis with all his
oratorical resources, meantime pre-
pairing his program for exploitation
after the November election. He has
declared that the nomination of Par
ker was secured by crooked and in
defensible Methods and that the
Judge is under the control of 1.-The
Wall street element" and If elected
president will advocate only that
which Wall street may be pleased to
permit. The only thing that recon-
Giles Bryan to Parker is his belief
that Parker will at least deliver us
from imperialism" He promises that
his plan embodies the taking up Of
economic questions" so as to bring
about the imposition of an income tax
federal control Of railways and tele-
graphs, election Of federal judges by
the people, restoration of greenback
issues, and other radical f1ounces
which the venerable T. Jefferson
would shrink from advocating.
AS to the silver fad finance. Bryan
promises to take it UP again, assuring
the country that it is only adjourned
for a season, and that the new "radi-
cal and progressive' democracy which
he will organize, will take UP that
question again with the vigor Of the
democratic campaigns of 1896 and
1900. The paramount issue" in the
coming campaign, Bryan declares, Is
''imperalism." The imperialism
which the democracy, with Bryan,
raves about, exists not in this country.
In 1900 the democracy assumed that
territorial expansion was imperial
ism.'' In 1904 the democracy would
retain all the new territory except the
Philippines, concerning which they
want our government to make an inn
mediate declaration of their indie
pendence, on the ground that the Fill
pinos cannot be American citizens
without overthrowing our civilization
and institutions. They, therefore, dc
not love the Filipinos as dearly as
they professed to love them during
the struggle of Aguinaldo to set him.
self up as an insular Cesar. Under
the administrations of Mckinley an6
Roosevelt there has been no imperial.
ism in the conduct of the government
Every administrative act has been per-
formed under the direct sanction OF
congress. Not a regiment has beer
a dollar of taxation has been levied
without the competent authority O.
the national legislature. Not one O.
the anti-imperialist orators has eve
pointed out a single administrator
act that can be legitlmately placed un
der the name imperialism" The so
called "usurpation in the Panam;
case, was no usurpation whatever
The independence of the state Of Pan