The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-02

l spects MT. Bryan puts the financial plat l form to the front and this has been | ignored by practically all other platforms l He does not refer to the free coinage or | silver at Is to 1, but does reaffirm the 1 Chicago and Kansas City platforms. He would administer the treasury for the l benefit of the people and not for the ben | eft of Wall street" The recoinage of
 legal-tender silver dollars into subsidiary
 coins he would prevent. He opposes the | loaning of the public money to the na- 1 tional banks. MT. Bryan also declares | in favor of collecting part of the revenues I for the government from an income tax l secured by a constitutional amendment 1 He would institute an eight-hour day 1 and arbitration for strikes and lockouts and would restore trial by jury, now l suspended by the government by injunc- 1 tion" The Nebraska leader will also I fight for the destruction of trusts by the
 methods proposed by the Kansas City 1 platform. He would compel the govern
 ment to exclude from the mails all mat
 ter for trusts which violate the Sherman
 law.
 Intimately Connected.
 Most of the platforms regard the farms
 and trust questions as being intimately
 connected. It must be admitted that af- ter an examination of state platforms that l the New York platform did not set the pace. It merely declared opposition to | trusts and combinations that oppress the people and stife healthy competition. No | other state has been so guarded fin it's | declaration on the trust question, and 1t 1 has remained for Senator German to put 1 forth declaration which seems to have met favor with the conservatives. The .1off nat 1 combinations which under the republican {, tariff have grown so great and which by
 unlawful restraint of trade have crushed | honest competition must be stripped Of | the power which they have so merciless- | ly used. Pennsylvania would try to l solve the problem by rigid regulation and I if that failed would try ruthless destruc- l ton. The Georgia platform denounces
 the republicans for being responsible for
 the trusts, but proposes no remedy be- yond drying the republicans out of power.
 Iowa Against Trusts.
 Iowa democrats called the trust ques-
 tion the paramount issue and favored | the abolition of the tariff on all articles l produced by the trusts. Wisconsin went l on record as in favor of the abolition of {, the tariff on all trust-made articles. Washington demanded the destruction of l thd trusts without prescribing means. 1 There are many democrats who favor
 taking up the republican gauntlet of the negro question and having a sharp, clear 1 plank in the platform on the race issue. 1 As an Indiana democrat expressed it to-
 day: 'sro my mind Senator German has
 made a great point on the race issue. I | tell you the people of the United States I want this to be white mans country. l There are many republicans in Indiana
 who are tired of negro domination in sew eral parts of the state, and who will shake the dust of the republican party from their feet If this issue is properly presented. The will of providence never
 ordained that the white man should be dragged down to equality with the negro. This is the coming issue and 1t will have to be met throughout the country. The democratic party will, l firmly believe. have the courage to meet it. and have
 no doubt about the result"