Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-02

more bonds; let it be remembered that
the Cleveland democrats want the
greenbacks called in and burnt: do not
forget that the endless chain prece-
dent set by Cleveland stands as a prece-
dent to be followed; recall how easy 1t
Is for the money power to hide their
plans until the victim is in their trap,
and you will begin to realize what terri
Die dangers still Turk in this money uues-
ton.
In Mr.. Bryan's book called "The
Ftrst Battle" he compared the posi-
Die effects of the British gold standard
to the ruin wrought by an invading
army, sweeping the land with fire and
sword. MIR. Bryan was right. The vast
increase In the worlds stock of metallic
money, and the enormous use of credit
money, which universal confidence keeps
anoat, postponed the evil day, but it is
oouno TO come. Let the supply of gold
iall' let confidence take wings, let the
lnsolvent banks be suddenly called
upon to make good their inflated liabil-
tues, and such a storm will break over
cne republic as has not been known in
us history. Our financial system is rot
ten 10 the very core. What has been apt
~ called Hocus-Pocus money" is doing
the biggest business it was ever known
70 do What is entitled "Frenzied
FINANCE" is holding such carnival as
1t never held before. This cannot last.
Inc crash will surely come; and those
who live to see it will feel as though
the world were coming to an end. Would
to God that Mr.. Bryan were with me in
this The Second Battle. Together we
could have whipped the fight in 1896
put. the southern democratic bosses
would not have it so. Chairman Jones
had to drive the allies apart by brutal
insults at the very opening of the cam
palgn. In 1904, had all the Bryan dem
ocrats refused to be bound by the infa-
nous sellout to Wall street at st. Louis
and had Mr.. Bryan joined forces with
me, we could have won this contest
Ire temper of the people is ripe for re-
volt; and is getting Potter every day
Ihey only need leaders whom they car
trust. The democratic masses who fol-
lowed Bryan are sick at heart They
listen without conviction when Bryan
speaks FOR Parker They want fghters
at the head of the army, and Parker is
no fighter.
A Meek Warrior Is This.
Roosevelt stands in the open, anc
dares Parker, det1antly, almost mock
ingly; and Parker meekly stays out o.
the fight. In his formal letter of accept
ance he says that he takes I'D the glove
thrown at his feet, declaring that he will
revoke that pension order, No. Is. Blu
in the same breath, he hastens to admit
that Roosevelt did precisely what he
Parker, thinks ought to be done. Il
elected, he, Parker, will at once have
ready done. Heavens! What a meel
warrior is this! Roosevelt did the RICH
thing, but not in the right way, and i
you will elect me president will do tn,
same thing in the proper way!" Did an,
nominee ever seek the presidency OF
that kind of platform before?
When Is he going to free those Phil
ippines? He does not say What is b.
going to do to the trusts? Will he dea
drastically with the Standard Oil trust
which has coddled his political ambition
for the last two years? What will he d,
t. the Sugar Trust, which his campaig,
manager, German, represents in tn.
United States senate? On the negr,
quest1on-why has he been silent? Doe
he condemn Roosevelt for that Booke
Washington lunch? Does he condem.
the appointment of negroes to office
Why did he fail to make any reference
whatever to that plank in the republican
platform which his running-mat Davis
says created a Race 1ssue?" The sole
south is being kicked and cuffed into tn,
support of Parker upon the ground tina
he differs from Roosevelt on the negr,
question. Before the south is dragoone,
into voting for the New Yorker an,
against her own son, hers in blood an,
sympathy and deathless devotion
ought not the New Yorker to be com
PEELED to speak out on this question?
i Parker Does Not Turn to Jackson.
In his formal letter of acceptance
just made public, it is curious to not
that Mr.. Parker does not once mention
the name of Jefferson, Jackson or an
other great democrat. He makes n
reference to the titular deities of tn
democratic party. The man to whom h
alludeS with the greatest reverence
William Mckinley: and the next i
James G. Blaine He eulogizes tn
policy of both these statesmen, an
finds fault with Mr.. Roosevelt becaus
| he has not followed their illustrious ex
ample. Really Mr.. Parkers peculia
, kind of democracy amounts to riddle.
The most undemocratic portion O
Judge Parker's letter is that wherein
he eulogizes the policy of James G
Blaine and William Mckinley upon tn
subject of reciprocity.
A Sharp Turn on the Tariff Issue.
What is reciprocity but free trade Il
! fh0co 10 w for 1c x1yh; ol
manufacturers want? If free trade b.
such good thing. why not let all of u
have some?
If protection be such excellent medi
cine for the masses, why not compel tn
manufacturers to take it, too?
In other words, why not have
system, and stick to it? If protection i
right. it should operate on all alike.
free trade is right, then the manufacture
ers should not be the only ones to get ii
Judge Parker pleads for greater favor
to the manufacturers. Great God! Ar
they never going to get enough?
If republican policies are to be over
thrown, it must be done by men VIII
boldly declare against them, and VIII
60 up against them with determination
to defeat them. The way to whip tn
enemy is to fight it. The Democrat
party has known what it was to be le
by captains who put the battle cry int
, plain language so that all could under
stand where the difference was on vita
! issues Such leader was Jefferson
Such a leader was Andrew jackson
Such leader was Stephen A. Douglas
Such a leader was William J. Bryan. l.
this campaign it has no such leader. T
their secret shame and disgust, the ran
and file of the great democratic part
see that their captain will not figh
In spite of party loyalty and a wish t
believe otherwise, they see that Parke
remains what Bryan says he was las