Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-16
Bryan's Dream
 to be Realized
BY ENACTMENT OF THE CUR
 RENCY BILL.
DENOUNCED BY ALDRICF1
Former Declares Measure to Be Un-
 sound, sociaIistic and Revolutionary
 Doctrines Condemned at Polls.

Nelson w. AlGrlch of Rhode Island to- night attacked the Wilson administra- tion's currency bill now before con gress. which he declared embodied the theories of William J. Bryan. He de- nounced the bill as uasound, socialis tic and revolutionary, characteTizing it as ''an endeavOr to secure, by partisan, legislation. the triumph of the doc trines and pricipIes which had received the repeated condemnation of the American people at the polls" He quoted from Woodrow Wilson's writ ingS to indicate that the president. in his earlier days. had entertained beliefs contrary to provisions of the bill.
 Bryan's Long Cherished Purpose.
 If the house bill should be enacted into law" MT. Aldrich asserted, MT. Bryan will have achieved the purpose for which he has been contending for a decade
 MT AIdrich's speech was delivered at the closing session of the national con- ference on currency reform. He made no reference to the SO-called Aldrich plan for currency reform. He opposed many features of the CflasS-Owen cur rency bill, but directed his strongest criticism at the provision dealing with the issue of government notes and pro- viding for a. central government board with supervision over the system as a whole
 Extreme Pressure Brought to Bear.
 MT. AIdrich. said that "'extreme pres sure" was being brought to bear upon congress to enact the administration bIlI and that the reason given was that adoption of the bill was necessary to fulfil promises made by the democratic party He traced the history of the democratic partvs attitude on the sub ject ir earlier years and quoted Presi- dent Cleveland as saying that the people of the United States are entitled to 8 sound and stable currency
 A Populistic Doctrine.
 "Tbe theory that the United States should issue currency in the form of its promise to pay" declared MT. Aldrich, "is populistic doctrine. It had no standing as democratic party prin- cipie until the advent of Mir. Bryan as it's nominee for the presidency in 1896 It was injected by MT Bryan into the party platform in spite of the protests and against the votes of the men who had been prominent n the party cOun- cils, men who advocated loyalty to the policies and principles to which the party had adhered throughout it's ex- istence.
 Wilson Silent in Campaign.
 There has been no suggestion that an attempt was to be made to revive the greenback heresy or to adopt in legislation the theories of the pOpultst party The democratic candidate for the presidency was silent upon the subject during the last campaign and heh as not, so far as am aware, up to this time publicly expressed his ap- proval of MT Bryan's ideas with refer enCe to note issue. The large majority of the American people who favor sound money believed that the question of further greenback issues was set tied permanently by the elections of 1896 and the following years. If the house bill should be enacted into a law, MT. Bryan will have achieved the pur- pose for which he has been contending for decade