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NOMINATION CROOKED:
BRYAN MILL SUPPORT IT
NEBRASKAN OPENLY DECLARES
THIS IN PUBLI0 STATEMENT

Gives Reasons why He win Stick By
Parker and Davis-His Chief One Is
That the Ticket stands Against I'M
p sriallsm-Does Not Abandon Fight
on Economic Questions-win Begin
to- Organize for aeOs as Soon as he
Election i. over.
Lincoln. Neb.. July 12.-w. ]. Bryan
to-day 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 ticket
stands for opposition to Imperialism.
while the republican ticket stands for
an imperialistic policy. On this ques-
tion, 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 Amer
lean fiag--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, il it becomes ma
tional, will make it impossible to con-
slider economic questions that demand
solution. The election Of the demo-
cratic ticket win put quietus upon
this attempt and permit the race ques-
tion to work itself out without the Bit
terness which Mr. Roosevelt's conduct
has engendered.
Third Roosevelt stands for the
spirit of war. His friends present him
as a man of blood and iron. He be-
lieves in strenuousness, and incuIcates
a love for warlike things. The demo-
cratic ticket stands for peace, for rea-
son and for arbitration, rather than for
force, conquest and bluster.
tFourth-The democratic platform
standing army and as this plank was
unanimously adopted there is reason to
believe that a democratic success on
this subject would bring some advan-
tage to the people.
For these four reasons 1 feel Justified
| in supporting the ticket, but shall not
lmisrepresent the situation or appeal for
votes for the ticket upon false grounds.
"A democratic victory will mean very
little for any progress on economic
Iquestions SO long as the party is Under
| the control of the Wall street element.
| On the money question Mr.. Parker ISL
as thoroughly committed to the side OF
the financiers as Mr. Roosevelt. If he
does not go as far as the republicans
would in retiring silver dollars, in es-
tablishing branch banks, in enlarging
4 the powers of the national banks and
| in the substitution of an asset currency
| for the present currency, it will be be-
cause he is restrained by the demo-
Gratis in the house and senate. Nothing
good can be expected Of him on the
kmoney question.
ION the trust question the democratic
platform is very much better than the
republican platform, but the nolnina-
tion of Parker virtually nullifles the
antitrust plank Unless in his letter
of acceptance he commits himself to
attempt anti-trust legislation We need
not expect him to pursue a different
course from that pursued by President
Roosevelt.
so far as the labor questions are
concerned, we must await Judge Park
er's letter before we shall know wheth-
er the laboring man has anything to
expect from his election. The labor
plank as prepared by Judge Parker,s
friends on the subcommittee was a
straddling, meaningless plank. In the
full committee planks were adopted in
favor Of arbitration, the eight hour day
and against government by injunction;
| also plank on the Colorado situation.
If Judge Parker is silent or ambiguous
on these subjects II will mean that the
financial influence back of him will not
permit him to take the labor side on
these disputed questions.
ION the tariff question some little
progress may be hoped for, but the
Parker men on the committee were nee
essarily in favor of a very conservative
\ tariff plank, and 1t remains to be seen
whether Judge Parker will carry out
| the positive and definite plank which
/ WdS submitted py the LuIi cOLHHlLIees
This is the situation:
4 Judge Parker stands for enough
things that are good to Justify me ia
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
1 have nothing to take back. ] have
4 nothing to withdraw Of the things that
have said against the methods pur-
sued to advance his candidacy. It was
"a plain and deliberate attempt to de-
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