The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, September 21, 1900, Image 1
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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.