The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-11
SAYS SILVER cAAT IT CHARGED
WITH Lociac LAST ELEC-
TON MONEY CUES
TtoN NOT SETTLED.
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP or
RAILROADS FAVORED
I is ths Only Cure for the Present
Evils Of RebateG Charges THAT
There is stsfi Plan on 10
Entirely Retire the sil.
yer Dollar.


t BY the Associated Press.
/ Lafayette, Ind. Jam 10. William
Jennings Bryan and National CHAIR
man Taggars were the principal speplx
ars a the banquet Of the jackson
club tonight Taggart's speech was
largely q review Of the past four pres.
idential campaign. dwelling especial
/ y upon thai Of last fan. After refer.
ring 70 Judge Parkef's nomination.
and his goid-atanslard Telegram, Tag
CART said:
In the campaign that followed the
results prove that very large PRO
p0afinn a the Democratic voters we're
l,nnf satisfied with the " on aise III.
tVionai convention and on eserfi0n dav
They made thelr protest. SIN. I do
not believe that any other Candidate
on any platform could have been elect.
ed There was no objection to Judge
Parker's personality, but those who
were in the battle of 1896 fclt thar
ihey had been called upon ID re-
treat rather than to advance, and ie-
clinlng to retreat. revoIted.
Me-. 5ryan'5 Speech.
In the opening paragraph OF his
speech Mr. Bryan declared:
What the Democratic party most
needs today Is to be animated BY the
spirit Of Andrew Jackson as II ap.
proaches pending problems. II suf.
fered overwhelming defeat last No.
vember and the prime cause of that
defeat is to- be found in the fact that
II lacked his spirit. Il can't hone
either TO win or deserve success un.
III II becomes In reality Jackson
party, and like Old Hickory. is ready
to take the peoples side OF every
question without stopping 70 count
the cost or TO measure the prospects OF
immediate success"
Silver Not the Cause.
Referring to the financial question
and the last campaign Mr.. Bryan
said.
Gold Democrats blame the rilver
plank for the defeats Of 1896 and 1900.
] hope no one viii try to make silver
tho scaDe goat for 1904, for the plat
form adopted last July was wholly ST.
len, upon the money question. Judge
Parker declared himself unqualifedly
for gold and nearly every silver Dem
)crat prominently Identified with re-
cent campaigns supported the ticket
"a order TO secure other reforms for
which Parker stood. and yet the party
}olled a million and a quarter less
'otes than it did in either Of The two
preceding campaigns"
Charges Effort to Retire Silver.
He declared that despite the relief
rought by the increased production
+ sold, some phase Of the money
uo-tion Is always before the country.
Every now and then. he said. there
5 a measure before congress. the OBJ
sct Of which is TO convert about six
undred million silver dollars into
romises 70 pay gold and tlis Is but a
'ep in The plan to retire the silver
ollars and leave geld the only stand
RI money. when the plan is com.
'ete the legi1lltion win have destroy
ell benefits 'Shich We have derived
ON the increased production of
lld."
He discussed labor. Imperialism.
usi1. and the tariff from the Demo
attic standpoint Discu sing the
lilroaj ouV On be aes- ed that
emocrats ought 10 heartily support
resident Roosevelt in the position
3 has taken. Mr Brysn expressed
.e belief that the only permanent
ire for the present eVris is public
gnership Of railroads. In conclusion
expressed confidence in the final
.umph # Democratic principles