The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-06
MR BRYAWs EWPLATFoRM AND NEW POWER

New York World.
 Tn politics you may serve the cause of wisdom and justice better by re- maining with those to whom you nave disapprovsy sppso yGnrsa much Of sSeir condact and prefer that of their adversaries. than by leaving them.-Lord Melbourne"
 The Worlds opinion of William Jennings Bryan is matter of record: Its opinion as to the unwtsdom of his nomination is a matter of record. ord o of opinion Which The world would
 We opposed MT. Bryan.s nomination the srGpnd of prnsipls ss and oiea sa ton of Gov. Johnson or Judge Gray The Worlds aim was the rehabilita tion of the Democratic party.
 eracy has an important duty to per form. There are grave wrongs to redress. There are shocking abuses Snd powst sxtravassncs s0 ooprse the national government so scandalous that 1t finds no parallel in modern government. No adequate punishment has yet been dealt out to the eminent pirates of American finance who have reduced lawbreaking to fine art, There ls jingoism, miiitarism. imperialism. a5sston saeesstiys ccntemDy esr Congress and the courts-Roosevelt- ism In all its worst manifestations, unchecked and unrestrained.
 The Need of Opposition.
 Much as the Democratic party has suffered during the last twelve years by reason of Its own impotence,. the sSgIfEy s 1t republican government. Political par es sss @s anegs lens tsS are menaced with the loss of place and power through virile, organized op- position. forever watchful and forever mistakes. A weak and divided oppo- sition is a standing invitation, to ex, travagance. corruption, usurpation and all the ills that Democratic govern
 This Is the situation that cenfronts MT. Bryan, and 1t is here that his duty lies. His nomination at Denver sonal popularity. Senator Johnston. of Alabama, publicly said that fully 75 per cent. of the Democratic nemt CTS of Congress wsre 0PpSsseSS, PTpossS,I to ba AT; sSS tSSe delegates who voted for his nomina- tion doubted if he could be elected. A large percentage of them, if the ques- ment would have voted for the nomi- nation of somebody else. Yet Mir. Bryan held the convention Tn the hol- low of his hand, onyiousiy this wonid ns represent the thought, the feeling. and the conscience of very large body of voters--tbe masses rather than the thinkers of the Democratic party.
 Publicity and Corrupt Practices. Mir. Bryan is fortunate In the strength of the issues which the Re- publicans have voluntarily presented
 The foremost of these in political effectiveness, perhaps, Is the refusal of the Chicago Convention to adopt a practices act and publicity of cam paign contributions. Republican House of Representatives has already passed q publicity bill Mr. Taft mad publicity. While the political timidity of Southern Democratic Senators in respect to the negro issue prevented can National Convention showed how little Republican sincerity there was back Of the measure when II defeateo 1 by a vote of 8s0 to 94 the plank which provided for the publication of campaign contributions.
 With Cortelyou and Corruption sue ceeding Hanna and Corruption, with suranee sur money and the sssO. 900 raised | by Hartman to help elect Roosevelt, a Republican convention, exuitlng !n Its opportunities on the eve or s Iarnh tries white. took its stand naked and unashamed in favor of continutng, DO iiticai corruption and selling iegisla. | tive privileges to the highest bidder | for cash.
 to make all campaign contrtbutions and expenditurss pu56lic, aeeSordins ro9 61 | change the official record of his party,
 ~ UnpaTeII,eIsS ,Esr6r..nss EztTssscsntsss; tssr The issue of political integrity Is the is- sue of administratlys economy; Snns,oS heveI eI extrayaEance in modern government as that which the Roosevelt adminioii n5ans oi inc sensational Billion Dollar Con grsss which Speaker bsS. Reed Has gps epm1 Twc 1 SIiiion Dollar Congress spending 2 thousand millions of public money al each annual session. E
 As Senator Allison. of Iowa. Repub- lican Chairman of the senate n,sf,sS Commit, inn statement prepared for the anniver' sary number of The World. the appro' priations for the army alone are SSl.- 00o, GOO more than they were twenty |