Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-06-25
A REPUTATION
OF ROOSEVELT
DECLARES BRYAN OF THE Re
PUBLICAN NATIONAL
PLATFORM.
BAD ON FINAN-
GAL TRUST AND RAILROAD
QUESTIONS.

Lincoln, Neb., June 24.-Denouncing
the republican platform as silent
reputation of almost every Roosevelt
principle, William j. Bryan yesterday
completed his summary of the work
of the Chicago convention.
Have you read the republican plat
form?" he asks, IF not, you ought to
read it. The contest in the repub-
Hcan party between the reformer ana
the stand patter is for the present ar
an end, with the stand patter in the
saddle. The platform is silent re
pudiation OF nearly every promise OF
reform that the president and his fol
lowers have given to the country"
Mr.. Bryan cites the platforms
eulogy of the president and then
points out what he considers the fail
ure to endorse reforms urged by the
president He claims that the dem
OCrats in congress did all in their
power, even resorting to a fHbuster,
to assist the president in his effort 10
get reform measures through con
gress, and complains that the platform
gives the democrats no credit for this.
He continues:
THE writer's Of the platform 'espe-
cially commend the passage of an
emergency currency bill'-a bill
which combined two features, one OF
VIII Oh had been rejected by the sen
ate, and the other by the house. -
long as there was a chance for discus
sion there was sufficient republican
opposition to condemn both features
of the bill, bur under the influence OF
few financiers. the bill was rushed
through during the closing hours With
all the bad features restored and all
| the good ones eliminated
The plank demanding a permanent
change in the currency system is gen
eral enough to permit republican ora
Jors TO advocate in each section of
the country the system popular
there, and sufficiently indefinite to
enable congress to do whatever if
pleases, or nothing, without volat-
ing any pledge.
The trust plank mus. prove a DIS
appointment to every republican who
has come to understand the niquity
of the trusts. There is no demand
for rigid enforcement Of the law;
there is no suggestion that the Grim
inaI claUse-which has not yea
brought a trust maIefactor within the
walls Of a penitentiary-sho be
called into use. The platform says
that the law can be strengthened ny
amendments which will enlarge the
supervision of the general govern
ment, but these amendments are nor
mentioned and there is nothing in
! this plank Of the platform that can
! be appealed 10 to secure any real i'm
| prOvement in the law. If the presi-
dent, with all Of his strenuosity has
! not been able to enforce the criminal
! law against a single trust what prog
ress may be expected with such an
| antitrust plank as that inserted I'm
! the republican platform?
There is a plank in the platform
i in favor of such legislation and super
vision as viii prevent future over
! issue Of stocks and bonds by inter
state carriers. This is good, but it
is coupled with advocacy Of pooling
arrangement which makes large
! concession to the railroads without
eXacting any security TO the. public
for the convention voted down an
amendment proposed by Senator Ia
Follette's followers, authorizing an
! enlargement of the power Of the in
terstate commerce commission.
THE negro comes in for his quad
renniaI Of taffy," says Mr.. BlAln, who
then proceeds to point out the alleged
| failure Of the republicans to do any
| thing tangible to benefit the negro,
While, he said, the democrats Of the
south have done we'll by the colOred
men, to The extent Of furnishing
/ large part of the money for the ne
| orO'S education -