The Washington times., 1908-08-07
Dehes Head of Manufacture
ers and Defends Demo-
cratic Platform.
BRING ON PROOF,
CRIES CANDIDATE
Policy Seeks Equal Justice and
Is Broad Enough for
All.

LINCOLN, Aug I'm the Common
er and over his signature, William
Jennings Bryan retorts hotly to the ar
gUment in a pamphlet issued recently
by The National Association Of Manu-
facturcrs and signed by the associa-
tion's president. James w. Van Cleave.
The pamphlet ended with the words:
1T is the duty Of American business
men, regardless Of their party. 20 bury
Bryan and Organism under such an
avalanche OF votes IN 1905 that the
work will not have 10 be done over
again in 1872 or ever"
Says Mr.. Bryan: Mr.. Van Cleaves
pamphlet raises two questions: First,
IS there anything in the labor plank Of
the Democratic platform to which busi-
ness men can justly take exception,
and. second. is the gaDOr question 50
important to business men as to justify
them in Ignoring ali other issues?"
The Democratic nominee declares
that Mr. Van Cleaye should FURNISH
plans and specifications 50 that the
public viii know exactly who are IN
Cluded in the phrase business men, ~
and seems TO think Mr.. Van Cleavc
limits his definition 20 big n,anutaC-
turers big merchants. and big rail aay
corporations Mr.. Bryan goes on in
brief;
Bryan Asks a Question.
But what is this labor plank which
IS of such vital concern TO those for
whom Mr. Van Cleave would speak
It asks that a labor department be ere
ated with a Cabinet officer at its head.
Ioes this OFFEND the business men2 Are
the wage-earners prSsumptuous or Ho-
pudent in asking for recognition in the
Presidents council chamber? The
Democratic platform draws a distinc-
tion between associations Of wage-earn-
eTs and producers, organized Tor me
protection OF wages ana the improve
IuenU OF labor conditions, and industrial
corporations which ac' IN restraint OF
trade. The difference between labor
organization and a trust IS so apparent
that no disinterested person VIII deny
that they should be treated separately.
The Democratic platform also IaNOrS
the pa asSage OF a measure which passed
the United States Senate in 1885, but
which a Republican Congress has ever
since refused u enact, providing for
trial by jury in cases Of indirect con-
tempt. Can this raise q question or
vital concern 10 business men2 The
business man has the right of trial by
Jury; every man charged with crime
has the right Of trial by jury.
AN attempt has been made TO raise
q false issue in regard 10 the courts
and to make IL appear that the de-
mand for trial by jury Is an assault
upon the integrity of the courts, Those
who make this argument might as
we'll insist on the abolition Of the jury
IN all cases, for the jury system itself
is Just as much reflection upon the
bench as IS this demand for trial by
jury IN these particular cases
Arouses No Class Spirit.
But there is another labor plask that
Mr.. Van CIeave probably had In mind.
namely, the plank that declares that
parties 10 all judicial proceedings should
be treated with rigid impartiality, and
that an injunction should not issue in
any case Ia which an Injunction would
not lie II no industrial dispute were i'll
VOlVed Do the business men insist
upOn partisiity in judicial proceedings?
DO they insist that the mere taCI that
there is an industrial dispute should
Justify IN Injunction?
Mr.. Van Cleave asserts that this
plenk arOuses 4 class spirit and con-
stiutes q demand for class favors.' .
But this is not true. 1t Is a declaration
that the writ OF injunction should not
be used for the purpose Of creating a
class or favoring a class. The labOring
men resent an attempt TO discriminate
against them in favor Of any other
class"
As to the second question whiol.. he
saws Mr.. Van CleaVes pamphlet
raises. Mr.. Bryan asks some questions;
s'HaVe the business men OF the country
no interest in the other planks of our
platform; in honesty in elections; the
election of United States Senators by
the people; the trust plank, the rail-
road rebate plank, and all the others? 2?