Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-10-31
TOday's Telegraphic News
Mr.. Bryan's Appeal.


Winchester, Ind, Oct. 91.-Willism
]. Bryan, the democratic candidate, In
winding up bis tour of the east today,
ale public the following:
AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC.
As The campaign draws TO & close,
certain issues sand out clearly.
The democratic party st:emtts 10 To-
augurate an era Of honesty in politics
by completing the publication OF CAM
paign contributions before the election.
II seeks to bring the government nesrsr
to the people BY securing the election Of
United 5 ates senators by direct vote.
1t seeks 10 restore competition through
legislation which will make private
monopoly impossible. Itsseks to recon-
cile labor and cspital by legislation
which will bring toe employer and
employee together 10 friendly co-opsri'
ton, and to this end, 1t proposes the
CT, alton OF department of labor with a
secretary In the Cabinet; an amend
ment to the antitrust Law which will
exclude the labor orl a17a ion from the
peIation Of that a.; tfat limi a
ton OF the wit Of injunction 90 that IT
will LOT be issued in a labor dispute un-
less conditions a 70 such a, would Justify
an Injunction, even II there were no
labor dispute, aud trial by jury 10 cases
OF indirect contempt 1t seeks TO secure
legislation which will or a a guar ltee
fund sufficient to insure all depositors
ainst loss. 1t seeks to secure re-
duclion Of the tariff By gradual steps
until the Ia'iff laws will no longer be
made 10 the interest of the few and at
the expense of the rest OF the people.
The dsmOcl attic Iarty In other words,
seeks to secure honesty in government
through honest politics and popular
government through direct elect ons 1t
desires to secure p ace in industry,
competition in Is, security to depos :
tlrs aad justice to lax a1es.
The democratic party, APPEALS to the
awakened conscience of the I a ion I'd
the sense OF justice in The human heart
aud 10 the growing desire for brother
hood.
With a democratic victory for the IA
t;oDal ticket, with a democratic Congress
and with the moral force of popular
verdict, l believe we taa compel the
senate to yield TO the expressed will Of
the people and permit the passage Of
more general reforms.
The democratic platform offers the
only prospects Of remedial legislation
and while 1t does not 90 as far as some
reformers would like to GO, a democratic
victory will secure as much of refotms So
is now altainsble-iu fact, 4h6 only re
form that Is within ieas6. We faye q
right to expect, therefore, the co-opeIa.
ton Of lhoss Who favor the reforms set
forth in ouJ6ur platform.
The attempt to terrorize The Ameri-
,a1 voteEby the thrCa OF a panic will
not succeed. We have had three panics
ia 4S y ais, the | a1ic OF 1873, the panic
of 1898 and the Eanic of 1907. Each
one Of these "a 1ics came under a high
a'iff SID two of them came under repub-
litan presidents. Mr. Taft rays that
panic will come If an elected. Let him
give bony that this panic will go If he is
ele ,ted. When he says that demo-
cratic victory will bring alic, he en-
prts,es an opinion.
When Iisay that disastrous panic
came last fall without waiting for de-
mocratic victory, | state fact that can"
not be disputed. Our platform presents
plan for the rest9rstion Of prosperity
upon permanent basis, prosperity in
which all will 81 a ,e. The republican party
ha, no plan ttat comtsmplates either
present relief or weifsre of TIE people.
The republican Ga ldidsle has the
prestige tia comes from the fact that
his party is in power. He has the aid OF
an army Of officeholdsrs; he has the
support of all the monopoIies and law
defying trusts; be has large campaign
fund, the source Of which his commit
tee refuses to disclose, and most OF the
leading newspapers are allied with him
and the interest which be represents. |
insist that it is not fair for the president
to use his Office, al office that belongs to
all The people as 1t were party asset or a
personal asset and enter actively into
the campaign. 1t ofends the sense OF
justice and ought to arouse protest
from those who believe that in the Sc
lection Of the chief executive, the
people should be absolutely free to choose
whom they please.
VIM ]. BRYAN.