The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-25
The NEBRAskHN SAYS THE NEW
,ssS York PLATFORM is EvAslvE
:34$ AND DISHONEST.
THE LEADING AND MOST I'M
.s}335>ss. PoRTANT ISSUES sAREsLEFT
OUT ENTIRELY.

twice the standard bearer of the Dem
ocratic party in national campaigns,
spoke here Saturday night. He spoke
of D. B. I1ill Judge Alton B. Parker
and the New York platform. Friends
he had in great number in the vast
audience VINO received his perorations
enthusiastically, but there were also
there a large number who, while Civ
Ing the br.nIant speaker respectful at
'ttenLton,. did not show much enthusi-
listers, representing numerous denom-
nations, all there on the personal in
#vitation of the speaker, who said:
EN- 81 desire to have the ministers at
tend. They can exert their influence
in behalf of honesty and frmness in
politics
Mr. Bryan had said he would not
take sides with any particular candi-
date for the honor Of carrying the ban
ner of Democracy in the coming bat
tie OF national ballots, but he did not
say he would not take sides against
any particular candidate, and he did
not define his purpose; he did not
take sides with any one, but he most
Z decidedly took sides against Judge
Parker ct al. He devoted his speech
entirely to the New York State plat
form.
Bryan's Speech.
5l,Ar Bryan said in part: What are
the issues before the country? In the
trust question there is certainly an is
sue, and yet there is nothing in that
platform that gives any encourage
ment to the opponents Of the trusts.
There is no word or syllable that binds
person selected on such platform
to do anything that the trusts are I'M
willing to have done.
The labor question is an issue. The
laboring men have been before the
campaign committee endeavo~inS tc
! Secure three important measures.
One is the arDitzat ton OF differences
between corporations engaged i'll inter
State commerce ard their employees
Both the Chicago and Kansas City
platforms declared for arbitration but
& the New York platform fails to refer
to it. The 1aboring men are also try
ing to secure an eight hour day, but
tie New York platform is silent on the
subject. LaborinS men are trying to
secure the abolition of government by
injun ctions. Both the Chicago and
Kansas City platforms contained
Sp;anlls on this subject bu, the New
York platform lodges this as It does
al other vital questions.
"On the tariff question no issue is
joined. 1t was reasonable to suppose
{ that on this question, at least some
thing would be said, but M. Eli and
Judge Parker seem TO be IS much
afraid OF the tariff question s. OF other
issues.
The Silver Issue.
.The money question is Ignored en-
tirely- No rerererre is made TO blmet-
allsn at any ratio, not even 10 inter
NATIONAL bimetallisn, to which Mr.. Hill
seemed to be SO attached in The Chi
cago convention. NO reference is
made to the measure now b.:ore Con-
gress to melt up nearly six hundred
million legal tender silver dollars into
subsidiary coin that is only Il limited
legal tender. Nothing is cid about
the asset currency which is q part of
the scheme of the financiers. Moth
ing is said about the AidrcE bill
WHICH proposes 10 .5uDSlulLe lnl
into opposition to tax refiGC:iOn by
loaning them the surplus money in
the treasury. There is no condemn
nation OF the corruption tht.L such
system would lead 10. The. platform
does not antagonze the proposition
now before Congress- to give the Ma
tional banks unlimited coItro! over
the volume of paper money. IN 9th
er words, there is not a lii:e in the
platform that is written i'll behalf of
the people; not line that will eX
cite criticism in Wall street.
Dishonest Platform.
THE platform ignores the income
tax: it fails to endorse the election of
Senators by direct vote, and a'@o onits
the plank of the Kansas City plat
form, denouncing corporate DONNA
ton in particular.
y The New York platform is dis
I honest platform, fit only for a dis
honest party. No one hut an artful
dodger would stand upon it. The sub
mission of such platform 10 the vot-