The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-14
FIGHT WILL
 BE ON BRYAN
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 lenders against the law. and are th' great orr ssors of the people. are th' direct CT. Ing of this tsrifr. The unlawful discrimination of the transportation companies Is in favor of the interests that have grown power. fui under the privilege conferred by this tarin. The reckless financierine that has shaken public confidence is the result of predatory spirit In class that this tariff more than any other factor has created and main tained.
 , There is within the ranks of the Republican party. a belief almost as firmly rooted as the belief within the democratic party. that the tarif should be revised.
 The main question to be decided by | the coming election is whether this re- vision of the tarin shall be by the 1 friends of the tariff and the benef1ci- aries of the system or shall be by the friends of the people and the victims of the system.
 The answer to this question will not be greatly in doubt when we call | the country's attention to the recent l spectacle in congress of the president | in good faith, recommending the re- moval of the duty from the single arr | ticle of wood pulp and the refusal of h:s party to acquiese in that need ed reform. although urged to do so by | the democratic members of the house The answer to the question will be still less in doubt If we can convince l the people that the democratic party | if entrusted with the duty of revision | will approach its task in a spirit oi conservatism and not one of demoli- l tion, that the revision will be tonic and not punitive. that it will be a work | ,f.a& ( t<.v- VaA of reprisal.
 Justice to All Interests. "The party will be intrusted WILT this work If 1t can convince the peo' l ple that the tariff will be revised witr just consideration of all interests | involved and with a temperate pro
 gression that will permit proper re 1 adjustment of business to the condi' tions that shall be created.
 | "Tn our opinion the surest way tt | convince the people of this fact VII
 be by the nomination Of a man 1T whose integrity of purpose and 1T | whose incorruptibility the voters VII 1 have faith. It Is our belief that nc
 man in the party possesses these var
 fous attributes to so eminent a degre'
 as Mr. Bryan. .,. <, l the fact that nearly all of the policies
 recently advocated by Mir. Roosevel
 and which increased his popularit!
 with the common people. were policies first enunciated and clearly writer into the Democratic platform by MT Bryan himself.
 we call your attention to the fac that Mir. Bryan's vote in the state o New York .n 1900 was 25,00O greate thar, the states vote for Grover Clev eland in his last election.
 we call your attention to the fac l that in the popular vote in that year O 1900, Mir. Bryan whom the country hat come to know, reduced McKinleys ma
 jority of the preceding election Tn tn'
 state of New York 123.OO0.
 We call your attention to tn' further fact that when the party a St. Louis in 1904 chose Judge Parker al it's standard bearer, that Judge Par
 ker's opponent, MT. Roosevelt, increas ed McK.nley's popular vote or the eh the country less than 100000 votes
 while Parker's popular vote fell oenln' that of MT. Bryan 1,500,0O0O.
 We respectfully submit that the flu ture of the party lies in it's advance
 and not in marking time or In re
 treat. .,.
 we submit that since the election of 1900, Mir. Bryan has constantly gain
 ed in personal popularity that n
 makes an especial appeal to the en
 thnsiasm of the new and youthful vot
 CTS whose ideals are high and als
 while not disparaging the claim or tn
 favorite son of any locality, that n
 more than any other man whose nam
 is before the people can unite all tn
 clements of the party in courageou
 and militant campaign.