The San Francisco call., 1904-07-13
Bryan Accuses His
COnQuerOrS Of
CrOOkedneSS.
Says the Democracy Is Now
Only a Chattel Of Wall
Street.
Nebraskan Will Support the Ticket
and Later Attempt to Reor-
gsnize the Party.

LINCOLN, Nebr., July 12-william
j. Bryan to-day gave out the follow
ing statement:
II shall vote for Parker and Davis.
the nominees of the Democratic Ma
tional Convention and shall do so for
the following reasons:
FIRST, because the Democratic tick
ct stands for opposition to imperial-
ism, while the Republican ticket
stands for an imperialistic policy. On
this question, which was the para
mount issue in 1900 and which must re-
main an important issue so long as an
attempt is made to hold colonies under
the American fag-on this issue the
convention was unanimous, the plat
form emphatic, and l have no doubt
that the candidates will carry out the
platform.
Second, Mr.. Roosevelt is injecting
the race issue into American politics.
and this issue, if it becomes national,
will make it impossible to consider
questions that demand solution. The
election of the Democratic ticket will
put a quietus on this subject.
Third, Mr.. Roosevelt stands for the
spirit of war. His friends present him
as a man Of blood and iron. He be-
lieves in strenuousness and inculcates
a love for warlike things. The Demo-
cratic ticket stands for peace, for rea-
son and for arbitration rather than
for force, conquest and buster.
Fourth, the Democratic platform
declares in favor of the reduction of
the standing army, and. as this plank
was unanimously adopted. xhere is
reason to believe that Democratic
statement on this subject would bring
some advantage to the people.
WALL STREET IN CONTROL.
For these reasons l feel justified in
supporting the. ticket. A Democratic
victory will mean very little, if any,
progress on economic questions so long
as the party is under the control of the
Wall street element. On the money
question Mr.. Parker is as thoroughly
committed to the side of the financier
| as Mr.. Roosevelt. II he does not go
as far as the Republicans would in re-
! tirfng silver dollars, in establishing
branch banks, in enlarging the powers
| OF the national banks and In the sub
stitution of an asset currency for the
present currency, it will be because he
is restrained by the Democrats in the
House and Senate. Nothing greater
can be expected from him on the
money question. On the trust question
| the\ Democratic platform is very much
better than the Republican platform,
but the nomination of Judge Parker
virtually nullifies the antitrust plank
Unless, in his letter of acceptance, he
commits himself to antitrust legisla-
ton, we need not expect him to pur-
sue a different course from that pur-
sued by President Roosevelt.
| $50 far as the labor questions are
concerned, we must await Judge Par
ker's letter before we shall know
| whether the laboring man has any,
thing 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 and
the eight-hour day and against Gov
ernment by injunction; also a plank
on the Colorado situation. If Judge
Parker is silent or ambiguous on these
subjects it will mean that the men
| back of him will not permit him to
take the labor side on these disputed
| questions.
PARKER'S STAND ON TARIFF.
"On the tariff question some little
progress may be hoped for. But the
Parker men on the committee were
nearly all in favor of very conserva-
tive plank and it remains to be seen
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