Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1900 — REPLY BY BRYAN. [ARTICLE]

REPLY BY BRYAN.

His Letter Accepting Democratic Nomination Given Out. William J. Bryan in his letter accepting the nomination for President by the Democratic party, while declaring that imperialism is the most important question before the American people, opens with a discussion of trusts. In the letter he declares that no defense of trusts can be offered, and that if elected he will favor the dissolution of every private monopoly which does business outside of the State of its origin. He declares the Dingley tariff law is a trust-breeding measure. He favors enlarged powers for the interstate commer.ee commission. He reiterates the position of the Democratic party on the money question and says its position has not changed since four years ago. He favors the election of Senators by direct vote of the people. He deals at some length with labor questions, denouncing government by injunction and the blacklist and favoring arbitration and a department of labor in the cabinet. The exclusion of Chinese and similar Asiatic peoples is favored. He favors generous pension laws, a Nicaragua canal, statehood for Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mexico, home rule nnd representation in Congress for Porto Rico and Alaska, and a system for the reclamation of arid lands, and an income tax. He questions the ability of the Republican party to work out the welfare of the Cubans. Foreign alliances are opposed.