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i. II R S T A B A ',f f DI 1 8 6 5 S C l P ID A .Y , S EU T T M I I~ 2 q~ ~ J( E K ~ . O A Y ~ 1 Accepts Nomination Of Democratic Party. MRC. i1HYAN'S 01,MAl, LIgrr.:tt TO NO FIOU. T ION LefMti,rlAT-, A Ut-view of the i'lat f(i n - h itell V C I)IR v o'ed iith A ppri,tI -- I i(-ir flpctii' AtniillikA niid Mardo Clear. Lincoln, Nob., Sipt. 17.-Tho let - ter of tho Ion. Wmil. J. Bryan a1 cepting the Democrntic nomination for president was given out today and is as follows: Hon. Jim ). Richar-Ison, Chairman, and others of the Notific,at.ion Coin. iitteo of the D. mnocratic National Convention: Gentlomon: In arvceptiug the nom ination tondered by Yiu on behliif of the Democratic pnro y, I beg to assuro you of my appreciatioi of tho great honor conferred upn me )) the dol ogatos in convontio.. asseibled, aid by the voters who gavO instructions to the dolegates. I am sensible of t he resjponsibili ties which rest upon li chief magis trate of so great a nation, ind realize the far-reaching ceffoct of the ques tions involved in the present contest. In my letter of acceptaneo of .1890. I made tho following pledg "So dooply am 1 impressed with the magnitudo of the power vestod by the constitution in the chiof ex ecutivo of the nation and with tho enormous influrnce whichI he can wield for the benofit or injury of the people, that I wi%h to onter (he oflice, if elected, free frein any per.sonal do sire, except the #iesiro to provo wor thy of the confideneo of my country men. Htinan juIdgment is fallible onough whon unbiaed by solfish con siderations, and, in order that I mav not be tempted to use the patronag) of the offico to advvanco any personal ambition, I hereby announce, with all tho emphasin which words c:iu ex press, my fixed determination not, under any circumstances, to be a can didato for ro election, in caso the campaign results in my election." Further reflection and observatiou constrains mo to renew this pledge. Thi, platform adopted at Kansas City coinniands my cordial and un qualified approval. It courageously meets the issues now before the coun try, and states clearly and without ambiguity the party's position on every question considered. Adopted by a convention which assembled on - the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it breathes the spirit. t.f candor, indo pendeneo and patriotism which char. aeterizes thoso wvho, it Philadelphia in 1870, promulgated the creed of the Republic. Having in-my not ificat ion speech, discussed somewhat at length the paramount issuo, imperialism, and added some observat ions on milita rism and the Boer war, it is sutlicient at this time to review the remaining planks of the platform. TRU,STJS. The platform very properly gives prminence to the trust question. The appalling growth of combina tions in restraint of trado during the present administration, proves con'. clusively that the Ropublican party lacks either the desire or the ability to deal with the question offectively. If as may be fairly assumed from th speeches and conduct of the Re kin'gleaders, that party does not ~Vintend to e the people's side against these orcg ' ations, then the weak and qualified code~mnation of trusts to be found in theo'1$fblican platform is designed to disty at *tention while imdustrial despotib 's completing its workc. A private mos. nopoly has always been an outlaw. No defense can be made of an indus trial system in which one, or a few men, can control for their own p)rofit, the output or price of any article of merchandise. Under such a system the c'nsumer suffers extortion, the producer of raw material has buI one Spurchaser, and must sell, at the ar bitrary price fixed; the laborer has but one employer, and is powerless to protest against injnstice, either in wages or in conditions of labor; the small stockholder is at the mercy of the specnlator, while the traveling. salesman contributes his salary to the overgrown profits of Ithe t rust. Sinco but at saill proportion of tho pooplo can share In tho advanlf agcs secured by privato monopoly, it, follows that tho romai,ador of tho peoplo, aro not only excluded from the benelits, but aro tho helples. victims of overy mo. nopoly organized. It i4 ditlieilt to overestimato the immediato ii)just,co that may bo done, or to calculato the ultimiato otoct of this injustico upon the social and political welfaro of he p 1oplo. Our platform, aftor stig gesting cortain specific remedies, pledges the parly to an unceasing warfare against private monopoly in nation, Stato and city. I heartily approve ol this promise; if Olected, it shall bo mv Parnest and constant endoavor to fulfill the promiso in letter and spirit. I shall select an atorney general who will, wi'iont. fear or favor, enforCeO existing aws; I shall reconmend such additional legi-lation as 1manfy be Iecesisary to dissolvo every private monopoly which does businless outsido of the "tato of its origin; iad, if contrary to my b) bif and hope, it (boist itutionil aiond mr-nt is found to ho necessary. I shaIl. rocoilwnud suwi ll l n 11iamd metit as' wil,-. withouXt nUpa16i ilay of tho existig rights of the States, empower Conlgroms to protcct. tho peoplo of all tho States from it)jury at the hands of individuals or corpo rations engaged il initeidatO com1 mn0rco. The platform acctirately describes the Dingley tariff 111w, when it con. demns it ats a "trust. breeding m1eas ure, skillfully devised to give to the fow favors which they do not desirvo, and to placo upon the many burdens whbich they should not bear." Under its operation trusts can plunder the people of the United States, whilo they successfully compoto in foreign markets with manufacturers of other countries. Even thoso who justify the general policy of protection will find it diflicult to defond a tariff which unablos a trust to exact an ex orbitant toll from the citizens. . CO11 110RATIONS IN POLITIcs. The Democratic 1)arty makes no war upon honestly acquired wealth; noither does it seek to embarras- cor porations engaged in legitirnato busi ness, but it does protest against cor porations entoring politics, and at tempting to assumo control of the instrumentalities of government. A corporation is not organized for po litical purposes, and should be com polled to confino itself to the business described in its charter. Honest cor porations, engaged in an honest bu. siness, will find it to their adv'antage to aid in the enactment of such leg islation as will protect them from the undeserved odium which wvill be brought upon them by those corpora tions which enter the p)olitical1 arena. INTERsTATrE coMMERcE. The Republican party has persist. eutly refused to comply with the ur gent request of the inter- State comn moerce commission, for such an en largemeont of the scope of the inter. State commerce law as will enable the commission to realize thme hopes aroused by its creation. The Demo cratic party is pledged to logislation which will empower tihe commission to protect individuals and comfmuni ties from dliscrimnination, and the public at large from unjust and uin fair transportation rates. THlE F1NANCVPL PL.ANI(. The p)latformn reiterates the (10 mand contained in the Chicago plat form for san American financial sy-s. tern made by the American people for themselves. The purpose of such a system is to restore arid maintain a jnimetatllic level of prices, aind in or de' that there may be no uncertainty as to'go method of restoring himet. alhism,A%ho specific declaration in fa vor of freanid unlimited coinage at the existingg\atio of .10 to It ind(l pendont of the action of othber na tions, is repent'od. Ini 1890 the Re. publican party recognized the neces. sity for bimetallism by pledging the party to an earnest effort to secure an international agreement for the free coinage of silver, and the presi rient, immediately after his inaugu ration, by authority of congress, ap pointed a commission composed of (list illgliseld citizvns to visit Eu Iro and robeI1t, foreirfn aid. tHi'rotarl 1la., in i letter Vrittol to [Ird Al dvinhvim inl Novvember, 18, ;.11d at1 terwNva;rds UInHi hei iiin Eniglanmd, de clari'ed t hat a( tie h t i-)Io lo preid(el aid i majorit, or iis ci,im t st l'evd i i h lie great, desirl mili'y o all initerna1ttiomil agre mniilt, f;r 0h( resloration -f thm dolnblo I'tandard nit thait' iL did ilot Sovl opPotu%1 i a tk reopenk tho leigotintiolls jist, them). h lie fi n il lakw na11tctt Od Jvl l th:i .1 year0ag contmnls at conleudi!;",e tion declaring tha t Ith t mnoa.,n >: wai nlot inteindod to stand inl tho wvy el tho restoration of bitetalblism vlhoi evor it could be done by (o Opi eraio with otlier nations. Tho platforI blitt od to tho la1t Ropublican coll vention wiith1 thO enidorseIent of the, ai,imisrationi again suggvted the oS-Sibility of sOclling foreign aid il retoring silver. Now tho Iepublical party, for te first tiiv, opo'nly adin is It dvo cacy of th dolblo Standard, 1a1l ill dorSes the m1lonezrily systemil which it so often and so emphatically con delnlled. The Delocraitic pary, onl the contra- , rt,111iins the stealdfast advocato of the gold aid silver coin ago of tho constIition, and is lo willing that other naltions shIAll termnino for us tho t i and nmmiu r of restoring silver to its incient piwo as a standall-d monoy. Tho rati . ol' 10 to 1 is not only tho ratio now (x. itilg bet,weei all tih gold and sii!vor dollars in circulation in this eount ry, ia ratio whieh oven tho Iepnblifan1:1 admninistration hang not, attiemptil to change, but. it. is th only rItio advo. cated by thoso who aro lieckilg to reopen the illints. Whother tOhe Sen ate, now hostile to bimuet-alisim, clin be changed dur: r this campaign or the campaign ot 1902 can only I: dleermined rifter the votes ire count ed, but neithor tho presoet nor tho future political complexion of Con gross has prevented or should pro vent an announcement of the party's position upon this subjoct in unequiv ocal tormis. Tho curreney bill, which -.eceived tho sanction of the executivo and the Republican members of the House and Senlrate, justifies the warning giv on by the Domocratic party ill 1890. It was then prodicted that the Re publican party would attempt to ro tiro the greenbacks although the party and its loaders studiously con coalod their intentions. That pur pose is now plain and the people must choose between the rotmition of the grenbacks, issuld and controlle inl volume by the gover-Lnmlent, and a national bank noto enrrency issued by banks and controlled in their owni interests. If the national b)ank notes are to be secured by bonds, the cu rency systemn now supp)orted by the Republican party involves a pormna. nent and increaising debt, and so long as this system stands, the fiancial classes wvilJ be tempted to throw their powerful intluence upon the side of any measure wich will contribute to the size and permaniency of a na tional debt. It is haily conceiva ble that the American people will del iberat ely turn from the d ebt- pay ing policy of the past, to the danger ous doctrinoe of porpotnual bonds. ELEcTIoN 0O' SENATORs BY THlE P'EoPLE. The demand for a constitutional amendment providing for the elec tion of senators by direct vote of the people, appears for the first imne in a Demnocratic national p)lat form, but a resolut.ion proposing such an amend mont, has thrco times passed the H-ouse of Representatives, and that, too, practically without opposition. Whatever may have been the reasons which secured the adoption of the p)resent plan, a century ago, new conditions have imade it imperative that the peoll be permnittedi to speak (directly in the selection of their rep rosentaitives in the Senate. A suna tor is noe loss the representative of the State because lie receives his commission from the pieople thorm selves, rat-her than fromi the members of the State Legislature. If a votei is compoitont to vote for a member of Congress, for State oflicers and( foi President, lie is comnpetent to cihoos( his representative in the Senate. A system which makes t,he Snnane re L) Spolsiblo fo:- i L v cti:I i t t tho poo ploI as t whol.,$ ald mEnabl t -1 1ill if I II 1 (1 ,csitt5 ti 1 1iist - Commen1lid i'-; If toI.'lwh avo - conitidenlco inl 1h1 it liene,an patr-iotisml of th.":ees 1) e- u1 '1'1 :4 : ; Io N. Thell platform11 ctldcvscs tHil prme,i. pla of direct >ginlation. & his il ready appilieid to th ion imp)rtant l' is i ai ti , itato lad city. I It. r'-sts u1p;:n thl- ",mul' Oh 'ry thatt t ho pvoplo (e . I I II I ru vd, all dI ihat tho m 1 .l tI ivo 1., O-r W1 it 111niso.4 free. Ai l ll' It foNi V .l a 11 0Ver1ln .-. I of 1ho ILhor- plat. formn tiro <.vv;A d it) t q tioi in Wthe ll . liNg ubmissiOs avn 'i lwdialto :1terevt, but, which mWr remo11tvN < (k.c.t. ilur clntiro popl,.1- - t ion. W h1 i l 1 Ia i-, ce r111lY.. m 1 -'rvgcvat divir; q d,, Yj, agpdust I il lvernmen I y j:mM in, I1l employt-s o? vtwri s,weni I aWdIsAIrIfow hIIIINOOtwllen the their ipla< qf i4 involvvs i pri i tle WhitIb oe rNI hv 1ry oe. TY'i 0irk) 1o1, h il.: to ill w-ch Cse is to th:t i(tl ial 1-y jug, !fcr trl 1 jIlry il, a i i, Au on of bO\ at the JnrIy l c rs . Th abo. liti governlmfilent by- ilJc.t lition is as! nRICOSSarlV for' tHIO p.c.Of 0h0 reputatin of l 1tho cult it is for the secuiity of tlo ovit;z't n. Blamhk ,itowin in dofetding teial by j, "Tho imiparlial awmnitrdtion of jiustice, which isoies both our p i sons ank, our propertii.; is gret hnd of civ;1 socicty, iut if tt th entrshd 1)ir0vt ite maitracy, " tO he 1 boty If 11:, anda tho. v so l eted byN imo princo liuch asq e1joy tho hei'st. olie1 s of ti So athivir decisions in Spito of their fIrl) inl tvritey, wil havo flrpicertly anlb ill voltuntary Ustowardn thmo of their own rank, ad dignity. It is t to bo expected !nfro a tur0oiat 1,.h0 few sholuld bo alwaiys atflentivo to thointerest inid good of in if the criniinal lam. iro not ii1 cient for tho protction of prop-irty, thiy can boierido more tee. buta citizen ciotged witd cirlimo mu11st hvo ei hs tre i ofuo a jury of his peers. Tho blacklist ias no)v-mpiipIloyvd in soame , plc enables the eimployer to prco e hiploye a privac tica dr,for itrh bkileed caoreora lss hinnddeiren).nO 0tho whpo nuer a ot onllyds cargouhm,bti proen his esecuriing an simlaro. plrofyment. es Tho b lacklitlenable emplrtoy ers tto ue bypotdal waeoarn yle bic which at monop lockuts,AndnytRATo. loer theslet foin by o the demlocA nd1 fore ariridylation between poaior hasiaptl obsrved th(fosoee trciohihase growoin greati coforating an the numyetous etl ore canoubth wid cnot sto:b)ishionglan OIipial/. tieoprt ioues ofThe plamand ro acitriona t o te Csuptedl mnt. oheatl bypth pubilic,1 11r whichfer inoeieo thecabiso of stikeand loUhckt, soiland byltia fmporicst surton brienlyrd li relaios ten labon gOwing praVctie Aoficaltuing m h ramy tol settle taor l 1 t )rbes.1hrL ofiiUosPARTohk'N o I.Aoar,ynn I anhvet toi r 'ontay epIherio tof atedop tent o, with an nmir sorvca and pltil traburyc (10. with fi.-wal vt.irs, ko p the 4'xecitive in tollit Nh Il flith lth h'Imen s and C m IorWial a Iinvterest. A 0:0binct oflicer tilfly ro' ir~i'-wntat iV N-1 of I Ili, wa!ro0 M inIg cl-.; wolulil ho of invid1:0uab I.dd, 1-t o1ly tio tho toilers, I but to tho pre;ident, il' iNEsI: 1*'x4'LesioN. Phev. Chinoso elusionl C'it 1111 I. otli i t ii lanc altii s.t(ric t en W.( 01 I - Ft o i ri , w;s i its cNxt n(' ion to o i Im r ev I*t k( I 11 impe ra I -.-I ii (I l iIr ! from111 th110 Am I VIricnII that. hodeu nut i aIsiiioilat!o with 01 p, uti n, a:oepi-- ithearfr nort vII d .r iA pernnil i'ntlf. citiz . iu pone Iatmpry Lhbonrlr preserv Ing is 110ilioIll 11id0tity a Jmaniltainling a foreignl Fclo of, waigvs ind living, mus1ot verprovo an in. . 1i t4o Aw rivall prodtucrs, aits itas ia poplerp al sourco of irrita PENSIlONS. Tho party (.ipresses its prilo iln thi soldiers iml sailors of aill bf ouir wvarY.1,7 IaIld deoclares its puirpuo1et da onl geousk with thlIml ai thvir. fact. of tiilit tit-ut 11111 ht 1111t.lP COlei ent l;lV ' i beraI l ptt ocy i m i nr*il ;!i m-i vssary il it govin no n w.ic i "t e l o i ci (iz) Fl. dier, instond of at olarg, -'c% standing rt IIn:y. &Svlf-interest, Ias W(ill ats grat itudv, Coml)ws th goverCnmAt to n1t1ko boluntirl provision for Ihoso wo, i ind t(' n hou of e vana Igrat, sacrifite tof lmi invs:, hIalth finliirc( f0 ilv tnd r their ervicv to the,Otr il ror ry. Tho pens;ionl laws shk. Jl 1-11 con. stI'lled accordin ol to (ho gnerous spirit hlieh promlptild iir tir H age. TIlh0e platform very proprly roiterates tho position takenl In 180, th o h fact of 'nl igtmn it shltl Ib dcelmod concuivo evidene" that tho soldier WAS tOund whr1en tho govelnrment he noptod him. A certificato givno now to tho ealithl of it peSoln .1( yclars ngo, evon iH vasily obtiainable, should nOtmuch oiasith woight a itt (ho vor tiicalos of tho modicli olicer who Oexmine thin Vouldt, with rit vlmw of ascrtali08l1lin i iinvSs for I-armv smrVico. Th" Don-em idoti party is in favor of 10e immediato conIr Iction, owner. ship and control if the Nicaraiga canal b y tho Upited Statem. The0 failuro of the Ropublican o ty to maklo any progress inl carrying onit it pledgro contained inl ifis platform four tution in isal late apletfo oa p liankIll aorinaisthin a ana foer Niaronan a, weiould1( india Llitha the repubslia lteiadr either to notaproc.into platfmortanc0le o thiscgreag wterwytmh.mrtm AItrength and comeriali' inteest o muher conideration to I)1thel itiert realtlyi tlen theiri vafor ote ranl, i it(woald nriotia indee ongvern it nt. tir ('lit] ie o moao fimovr ofiwar. Thd e parmu itresejtiinIlcnrs o. h UtheoSatin ath d wotr hemI1liC-i phlorm toetherwit o the blians to i deenthec' rpblics t tte gruth 1)f)cs, iakolvit neero that dour (o;III i isbilo nt (' f tICii s pl irp'so citl he :ilfcilV Intlusted to th) I party after it 1its yield'd to tiho idt 1111t ilits of 11b" ceoitial' id.;I, and] li liti ontt ils vilier faitl in he niatl al 1'0 ili nablo rig It. of REc:LA.MA.TION 0'.' .AND L\ND-4. and oxteid otl iort to reclaim lithe arid Imids and fit. th il fr actual Ittle I Ir, Z. '.Th I t agrienl H11 ral ro e I14:.i t e i tli ( bat lailne; e:ll tilis ho prov b'd I..r man11 y mnillions of I'vold. Tht, imipolunding aind ulis of f ho w Itvri v.hiti'h irou wated ill t spring onll d ioploe tho western Martes withii(h'I,Vint l e t, anld inldulst riouls citi"-nIs, anm thwso wouldl filrIi:h ai vuith 'Ilo nbrket for ill tho prodtic t of 1h, factorio:. A imall pereenta fgo of h it, moloi y spi It, ji i War of coiet'st wotil' provitl oce.n pationl fuld habitation for m1oro POO plo than wouid-1 over 'sv k it residice in cll ie t ith in the Wo it; .ilt rl'0IntII-N ALNI...\'lS. Tho roasons give y Wwahin igto n1, 'Juyvionl a n . tho otl(hI staltilon ln of thg vayN, days i1 11upport of itn doc'. trinlv) thlat we Hilould mai tain frivilti ly relationm with i i nationil but un. t111 itio vinta ll'Jing 1ifllean s With none,0 ar0 VVInI Stronigmr lodliy th:m1 thwy wvero a1 hun1drod yolarm at Mgo. (hfir commerco i-i r:ipidly%nresn liltd :t11. w v e brought i ocon ant cOi i lt ] m aieationl with all parts of t he worli to aliato mly nilations by clt fiv' ing iivecm-ary it nimacy wvith t fv%w. Oir strongth andl taiiid ingam" uh ht it, is ls eesr than over hoforo (o Ioan for aiJ uponf tI friondlinle.w; of ia foreign pow r. Wo canotlit, ctimoct outrtl iivt with 1roeal nations, ald flaro in thir Jkallolusivs ii11nbition wNithout los ilon th peculiar advanitago, ich tlfvo C-s.:t Ltiiit I)~ W icth our loeation, ouir. chiar a n" uld our ntitutions frivo s ote l in worhs afl'airs. Tlle doe.rinlo niiailited by Mol frth afnd approvod by succoodinig preSidntH, is Pesntial to 0lh welare (If tho United states . Th1fro Conti neitts of North and l')outh AiAcat arl' dodtientod 14) tho dovolopiniont of frei governmmt. ol(, ropblic ar Cor anothevr h-in bm-n established, until today 1monreochil idta hils barely at foothohl inl tho now world. W hilo it is n io th k lilit of thiH Cotuntry to int-'fIt whwro amnicablo rltironstti.t be9of(ht en d E u tho cutr111is l theirl to pealrihe in Ameic, wi ou peiopl wted lok with par toee iuopn ov enmben to mah it io onrun ingofI fribe sereigntyC ov8e t.OniepltV livoitno '.' oiti iunhvor taeniy txe itoub thir learde, :d mori irieicently sct forathe bylhe opubl iicano ctdidte Icannt proc a1 naotiofrm outsio 0.reignty ove i2tsyI polith pn assaul upon the nu ) Monroe otin forahil this arnmentti iat this )tio d reted11 foans tle pulrtlopoit on t giv protectiuo, iut isl( ep'tc llly ppiablo to0 thea reilpb()rhlis of CotalCand Sot notled is trengtih tranoth, pro. dmnoi nation mutb exertan anthoity InorV xpensive. No Enropean nation woluld bo willing for lay other Europoanl nation to Ilvo the i"i lands, ueithor would any Euro. P11n1 Ittion b) williing to provoko a war with 11 inl order to obtain pos nts;ionl of the islands. If wo lssert SOvYWigity over tho Filipinos we will dfold. that sovoroignty by force, lind tho Filipinos will bo oltr Oenillios; if wo protoct them)) from out sido interforence, they will defmid thinslveIs and will bo our friendh. If tly show us much deteirmination in opposing tho sovoroignty of othor nations a11 tie%y lavo Shown in oppo sin,g our soveroignty they do not ro iro much assisditaco from us. F \T I IAVAtIA Ne'. Tho Ropuiblicaln, party drawingc as it. o0s en1orm1ous cam31pa-ign funds fromt thoso who enjoy special privi logvs iat lit) hands of the governtiont, i pvlwerlers to protect the taxplyerm frotm tho attlack of thoso who profit by lirgo uppropriations. A suirplius in tho treiury offers constant temp Ilion to extrailvagance, alnd extrav 1agIicf, in turn, collipls i reort to now men of tuxation, which it bo ing hopt, in tho back ground unfti tho camipalign is over, is a firiii Mus traition of th impsoition which will bm attempted whon thoro iH a eonsid 0rablo amount, of mllonvy idlo in the trvis i Iy. Tho robabilitattion of tho merehanlt. 11arinillo, laualitlo in itsolf, is nu4lt ttho protoxt for expondituro or puliio monoy for the bonoiit of lalgo sHIp owilers, Ilid in the in tervts of it trunsportatiuln monopoly. The gov'inm-11enti being only the agent of th00 o1)10, 1111 no right to volloeet froml the poplo taxos byond it legitimato neds of a govern mnit hoiestly and offectivoly ad ilini.-tred, and public servauts H110u1(l eX0rcis( the HI1me degroo of ctro in the 11s of tho pooplo'm m1on1oy that, privato individuals do in tho 110 of ! tir Own m1on1y. With It rIi'S. toraion of it foreign policy consist vnt with American idonH thoro can bo Lin immodiato and largo reoduction in tho burdons now borno by tho poo IOMu~E TAX. I a iuldvortoie) tho icm)eolo tax phlkn agreed uiponl by by the resoli - lions commllitihit., wts omlittm from io platform ts road aid adoptod. 'h'lo Sibjoet, however, is covered by the reaflirmation of t ho Chicago plal form, id I tac, this occasion to ro assert my b(tiof in tho principlu which inderlios tho inlcoimlo tax. ( 'nigress sho0u1h1lihavo iaut,hority to le.vy and1( collect ani incomo tax wvhen i'ver neOcssary, anid ani ameiflndent o I ho fedoral const ituatitn specifi cal ly con frn g such atuthoirity ou:ght to) b)e supportvd by evenl thoso) who maily fiink Ih It a x unneIcsssary this limo. Ini the hour of danger the govenmtent can dIraft the citizen; it ought, to ho ablo1 to diraft the p)ocket - boo0k ats well. Unloss money is more precious than blood, we cannot afford to give greator proteotion to te incomes of the rich thatn to the livos of the l)oor. IMPF.alIALISM. 'rThe subjects, however, treated inl this letter, imiportanit as each may seemI in itself, (10 not press so im..~ p)oratively for solutioni as to the quiestioni which tihe platform declarca to be the pauram1~ount issuef in this campaign. Whether we shall ad.. horo to, or abandon thoso ideas ce governmeiint which ha1vo3 distinguishe d ths ination fronm other nations anid given to its history its peculiar charm and1( value, is a question the settle mlontC of whioh Cannot 1b0 delayed. No other qjuestion canf approach it in ime p)ortalnco; no other question demands such immiediaito consideration. It is eaisior to lose a rep)utatlon than to or tabl)isIh one, and this nation wonod find( it a long and laborious task to regam its proud p)Osition among tie naltionsi, if, under the stress of temp.. Cationi, it should repudiate the self evident truths proclaimed by or bloroic atncestors [and sacredly tress ured during a career unparalleled mn the annals of time. W hen the doc trine that the people are the only source of power is made secure frca further attack we can safely proceed to the sor.tlemnent of the Lumorous questions which involve the domesti, and economlic ii welfare of our citi zens. Very truly yours, WV. J. Bryan.