The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10
BRYAN LOOKS TO THE FUTURE NebraSkan Gives Out a
 Statement. PROGRAM FOR THE PARTY Defeat of Parker Not a Per-
 S0nal One. Democrats Must Adopt the slogan Death to Every Private Monopo- iy" and Begin work of Edu- cation at once.
PROGRAM FOR THE PARTY

Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. s.-wiliiam ]. Bryan tonight gave out an extended statement concerning yesterdays cleo ton. which is intended to serve as his comment on the result and his answer to reports connecting him with a movement looking to the formation of new party. Mir. Bryan said he would not attempt to deny all the reports circulated as to his future political &C., ton. but would let his statement serve to explain his position. He says:
 ''rhe Democratic party has met with an overwhelming defeat in the national election. As yet the returns are not sufficiently complete to permit analy- bis, as 1t Is impossible to say whether the results is due to an actual in- crease in the number of Republican voters or to falling off In the Demo- cratic vote. This phase of the sub- iect will be dealt with when the re- turns are all in. The question for con- sideration at this time are. what les sons does the election teach? And what of the futura7
 The defeat of Judge Parker should not be considered a personal one. He did as well as he could under the cir cumstances. as he was the victim of uufavorabla conditions and of a mis- taken party policy.
 Could Not Overcome odds.
 He grew in popularity as the cam. paign progressed and expressed him self more and more strongly upon tho trust question. but could not overcome the heavy odds against him. The so- called conservative Democrats charg- ed the defeat of 1ss6 and 1900 to the party's position on the money question and insisted that a victory could be won by dropping the coinage question entirely.
 The convention accepted this theory and the platform made no reference to the money question. but Judge Parker felt that 1t was his duty to announce his personnel adherence to the gold standsrd. His gold telegram. as 1t was called. whiia embarrassing tn the Demo- erats of the West and South was Ap- plauded by the Eastern press. He. had the cordial endorsement of Mir. Cieve- land. who certified that the party had returned to safety and sanity he had the support of the Democratic papers who bolted in 1896, and in the cam paigns of 1sss and 1900. and yet his defeat is apparently greater than the party suffered in either of those years
 ParIkersa Defeat General.
 'It Is unuuestionable also that Judge Parkers defeat was not local. but general, the returns from the Western states being as disappointing as the re- turns from the east. The reor- ganizers are in complete con- campaign and carried 1t on according to their own views. and the verdict against their plan is a unanimous one.
 "Sursly silver cannot be blamed for this defeat, for the campaign was run on a gold basis. Neither can this de- feat be charged to emphatic condemna- ton of the trusts, for the trusts were not assailed as vigorously this year as they were four years ago. It Is evil dent that the campaign did not turn upon the question of imperialism. for it is not fair to consider the result as A personal victory for the President, although his administration was the subject of criticism.
 The result was due to the fact that the Democratic Party attempted to be conservative in the presence of condi- tions which demand radical remedies. :. It sounded partial retreat when 1t should have ordered a charge along the line.
 AlIeniatlOns of 1S0o.
 'Tn 1ss6 the line was drawn for the first time during the present generation between plutocracy and Democracy and the party's stand on the side of de- mocracy alienated a large number of plutocratic Democrats who in the na- ture of things cannot be expected 10 return to 1t and did draw to itself a large number of earnest advocates of reform whose attachment to these re- forms is much stronger than attach ment to any party name. The Repub- IIcan Party occupies the conservative position. That is. 1t defends those who, having secured unfair advantage through class legislation, insist that they shall not be disturbed, no matter how oppressive their exactions may DO- come.
 'The Democratic Party cannot hope to compete successfully with the Re- publican Party for this support To win the support of the plutocratic ele- ment of the country, the party would have to become more plutocratic than the Republican Party and it could not do this without losing several times as many votes as that course would win. The Democratic Party has nothing to gain by catering to organized and pre- datory wealth. It must not only do without such support, but it can strengthen itself by inviting the open and emphatic opposition of these ele- ments.
 'The campaign just closed shows that fl is inexpedient from the standpoint of policy as 1t Is wrong from the stand point of principle to attempt any con ciliation of the industrial and financial control of all avenues of wealth. The Democracy. if it hopes 10 win success, must take the side of the plain. com mon people.
 FutiIity of Compromise.
 MT. Bryan says for two years he has pointed out the futility of any at- tempt to compromise with wrong or to patch up a peace with the great corporations which are now exploiting the public, but the Southern Demo- crats were so alarmed by the race fs- sue that they listened. rather reluc- tantly. be 1t said. to their credit. to the promises of success held out by those who had contributed to the defeat of the party in two preceding campaigns. He continues:
 The experiment has been a costly one and 1t not likely to be repeated during the present generation. The Eastern Democrats also were deceived. They were led to believe that the mag nafaa ana g,aon onoIfafa vnyho eoareaH fha