The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-11-12

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| we'll meaning Democrats who few
months ago favored the reorganization
Of the party. These men see now that
they must go into the Republican party
or join with the Democrats and the
South in making the Democratic party
a perfect aggressive and progressive
reform organization. There is no mid
| Gle ground"
Mr.. 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 Par
| ker and Davis in order to secure such
reforms--and there were some vital
ones-Dror1ised by their election. Now
that the campaign is over. he will, he
old Democratic. army once more upon
fighting basis, he will assist*in Or
ganizing for the campaign Of 1908.
Nominee Not Vital.
! Mr.. Bryan continues: 1T does not
matter so much who this nominee may
be-. During the next three years cir
| cumstancss may bring into the arena.
standard: It: will: be- time enough; to-
nomiria te I'VE y cand dat when: We are.
Enear enough to the campaign to meas
ure; the relative: availability Of those
| worthy to be considered, but we ought
to begin now to lay our plans for the
next campaign and to form the line
Of battle. The party must continue to
protest against a large army against a
large navy. and to stand for the indie
Dendence Of the Philippines, for i'm
perialism adds the menace Of milftar-
ism to the corrupting influence OF COM
| mercfalism. vet experience has shown
that however righteous the party's po-
sitfon on this question, the issue does
not arouse the people as an issue that
touches int
| to the Filininos is not resented as we
would resent a harm to ourselves, and
| the costliness Of the Philippines is hid
den by the statistics and our indirect
| means Of taxation. While the party
must maintain its position on this sub
1ect. IT. cannot present this as the only
issue.
Tariff Issue the Same.
THE party must also maintain it's
position on the tariff question. No an
swer had been made to indictment
against the high tariff and yet here,
too, the burden of the tariff system Is
concealed by method by which the
| taxes are collected. 1t cannot be made
the sole Issue in a campaign.
| The party must renew its demand
for an income tax. to be secured
through a constitutional amendment in
order that wealth may be made to pay
its share Of the expense of the govern
ment. Today We are collecting prac-
tically all of our federal revenue from
taxes upon consumption and these bear
! heaviest upon the poor and light upon
the rich.
| THE party must maintain It's post
ton in favor Of bi-metallism. It can
not surrender its demand for the use
OF both gold and silver as the standard
money Of the country, but the ques
ton must remain In allegiance until
conditions are so changed as to bring
the public again face to face with fall
ing prices and a rising dollar This,
too, cannot be made the controlling
issue Of the contest upon which we are
entering.
! ,.Tru@t Issue Acute.
! The trust question. presents. the
! most acute point of contest between
plutocracy and Democracy so far as
! enocornics are concerned. The .presi-
dent virtually says that the trusts con-
tributed to his campaign fund, but he
denies that they received any prom
1ses of aid or immunity. No well IN
formed person doubts that the large
corporations have furnished the Re
publican campaign fund during the
one can answer the logic Of Judge Par
ker's arraign1nent Of the trusts con-
! tr1bution.\ The trusts ara run on
business principle. They do not sub
scribe millions Of dollars to "a cam
palgn unless they are paying for favors
already. granted or purchasing .favors
Tor future delivery. The weakness of
Judge ;Parker's position was that the
charge was made at the close. of the
campaign when 1t was neutralized by
q 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
Of secrat aid from them. It will be to
It's advantage: II it. will begin. the next
campaign with an announcement that
no trust contributions will be; accepted
and then prove its sincerity by giving
the public access to It's contribution
list! In public enterprises the: names
] Of contributions are generally made
public iEssorder to denote the character
and purpose. OF the work. 81 ~ .*S:5st
l., IL llaass chance ~ lss Good. 81
:s.'.I' resid lent Roosevelt has four years
q IN which to max good htsHdeel
j thu oblt rs as &c .incurred.zb