Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-07-20
Entered at the ElKo postorice for transmission
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I D JULY 20, l0uG
IL Radical.

A London dispatch Of the 18th says:
wm. j.. Bryan having had the opportu-
nifty Of reading American newspapers
consented today to discuss some Of the
questions which have been raised since
he has again become prominent as a
president ial possibility.
He said: II notice that I am now
regarded by some as conservative and
III order that there may DO 40 misunder.
standing ON the subject, permit me to
say that in one sen 70 | always have been
a conservative. The democratic policies
are conservative in that they embody old
precepts applied to new conditions.
There was nothing new in either Of the
latforms on which l stood. We are
accused OF attacking property because
it endeavors to draw the line between
honest accumulation by honest methods
on the one eide and predatory wealth
and immoral methods on the other. Ii
is to the interest OF every honest man
that dishonesty should be exposed and
punished. Otherwise the deserving are
apt TO suffer with the undeserving.
@If, however, by the word conserv-
ntiye they mean TINT l have changed my
position on any public question or
moderated my position to corporate
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, they have II surprise
waiting for them. l am more radical
than l was 1896 and have nothing to
withdraw on economical questions which
I'm va haan t,nHar Iico,,co;oo ..
@The only question we discussed in
1896 UPON which there has been ap.
parent change is the silver question and
there has not yet been u change in the
advocates of bimetallism but in condi.
tons. We commended for more money
and urged tho free coinage of silver as
the only means then in sight OF secur-
ing it. The increased production OF
gold has brought, in part, the benefit
We expected to secure from the rest ora
.%..tionsot silver. The per capita volume OF
money in tbs United States is almost
fifty per cent greater now than it was in
1906 and benefits brought by this in.
!creGse have rot ouly in Heated the
cumulative theory OF money. but have
proven the benefits OF larger amounts
OF money. No advocate Of the gold
standard can claim the triumph OF his
logic.
Il believe III hi-metallism and I be.
live that the restoration OF silver would
bring still further prosperity. besides
restoring par in exchange between gold
and silver using countries, but /
recognize, as do all other bi.metallists
whom l have met abroad. that the I'M
expected and unprecedented increase in
gold production has for the present re-
moved the silver questions as IN issue.
aWhile the money questions has
waned in importance, other questions
have been forging to the front and to
those questions We must apply the same
principles we applied to tho money
question and seek to secure the greatest
good to the greatest number by legisla-
ton which contor ms to the doctrine Of
equal rights for all and special privi-
leges for none.
41f present indications count for any
thing that platform IL likely to be 60
plain TINT no one can mistake and 60
strong that no enemy OF democratic
principles be drawn to the purity"
Bryan added that he would discuss
the trust, tariff railroad md labor ques.
tions, imperialism and other is,ues at
longth when he reached Ame ;ica.