The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-10

voters in isse and supplied an enor' nous fund in both 1sss and 1900 wouii help the Democratic party if our par ty would only be less radical. Tht corporation press aided in this decep. tion. and even the Republican papers professed an unselfish desire to hell build up the Democratic Party.
 The election has opened the. eyes oI the hundreds of thousands of honest and we'll meaning Democrats who ( few months ago favored the TO. organization of the party. These men now see that they must or join with the Democrats Of the West and South into making the Dem- ocratfc Party . positive. aggressive and progressive reform organization. There Is no middle groupd."
 Opposed Reorganisation.
 Mir. Bryan says he did what he could to prevent the reorganization of the Democratic Party: when he failed in this, he did what he could to aid Parker and Davis in order to secure such reforms, and there were some vi- tai ones. promised by their election. Now that the campaign is over. he says he will assist those who desire to put the Democratic Party once AhChc 1PCh = 'tShthA8 b0Htnp 6n0 nc will assist in organizing for the cam paign of 1908.
 MT. Bryan continues:
 Tt does not matter so much who the nominee may be. During the next three years circumstances may bring into the arena some man specially fit- ted to carry the standard. But we ought to begin now to lay our plans for the next national campaign and to form the lines of battle.
 The party must continue to protest against a large army. against large navy and to stand for the independ- ence of the Filipino. for imperialism adds the menace of militarism to the corrupting influence of commercialism and yet experience has shown that however righteous the party's position on this subject, the issue does not arouse the people as they can be when warmed by question which touches them immediately and individually.
 ImperiaIism Net Parasnsuns.
 'sThe injustice done to the Filipinos is not resented as it should be---as we resent a wrong to ourselves--and the costiiness of imperialism is hidden by the statistics and by our indirect sys- tenn of taxation. While the party must maintain it's position on this subject. it cannot present this as the only is. sue.
 ''The party must also maintain it's position on the tariff question. No an- swer has been made to the indictment against the high tariff.
 .'The party must renew it's demand for an income tax. to be secured through constitutional amendment. in order that wealth may be made to pay its share of the expense of the government.
 'The party must maintain It's posi- tion in favor of bimetallism. It can not surrender its demand for the use of both gold and silver as the stand ard money of the country, but the question must remain in abeyance un- til conditions so change as to bring the public again face to face with falling prices and a rising dollar. This. therefore, cannot be made the con- trolling issue of the contest upon which we are now entering.
 The trust question presents the most acute phase of tha contest between Democracy and plutocracy 50 far as economic issues are concerned. The President virtually admits that the trusts contributed to his campaign fund, but he denies that they received any promises of aid or immunity. No we'll lnlOTHlC0 pGTbOH uuuObb tHat tAo large corporations have furnished the Republican campaign fund during the campaigns of 1896 and 1900 and 1904. and no one can answer the logic of Judge Parker's arraignment of the trusts contributions.
 Trust Money in Campaign.
 '~The trusts are run on a business principle. They do not subscribe mil- lions of dollars to a campaign unless they are paying for favors already granted or purchasing favors for future delivery. The weakness of Judge Par ker's position was that the charge was made at the close of the campaign, when it was neutralized by a counter charge. The trusts cannot be fought successfully by any party that depends upon trust funds to win the election
 "The Democratic Party must make its attack upon the trusts so vehement that no one will suspect 1t of secret aid from them. It will be to its advantage if it will begin the next campaign with an announcement that no trust contri- buttons will be accepted. and then prove its sincerity by giving the public access to its contribution list. s-e
 President Roosevelt has four years in which to make good his declaration that no obligations were incurred by the acceptance of trust funds. He will disappoint either the contributors or the voters. If he disappoints the con tributors, the trust question may be put in the process of settlement If he disappoints the people. they will have a chance to settle with his party tour years hence.
 Death to every private monopoly must be the slogan of the party on this question: for any other position is a surrender.
 Defense of Wage Farmers.
 The party must continue its defense of the interests of the wage earners. It must protect them from the encroach- ments of capital The fact that the Iaborlng men have not always shown their appreciation of the party's posi- tion ought not to deter the party from doing its duty in regard to them.
 The labor question is not one that concerns employers and employees alone; 1t concerns the entire communi- ty and the people at large have an in- terest in the just settlement of labor controversies: for that reason they must insist on remedial legislation in regard to hours and arbitrations, and they must so limit the authority of the courts in contempt cases as to over throw what is known as government by injunction.
 The party must continue it's oppo- sition to national banks of issue and must insist upon divorclng the treas. ury department from Wall Street.
 'The party must continue It's fight for the popular election of Senators and for direct legislation wherever the principle can be applied"
 Reforms He Thinks Needed. It takes time to direct attention to o,tII and nkilI rnnra Alnnn An .nn..