A brief reference was only made bj
Mr. Bryan in bis speech to the cur
roney issue. The Baltimore Sun in
an editorial commending bim for his
eonservatiem in that respect auci
congratulating him for the "signal
service'' he has thereby rendered to
his party, says of it: "lt is devoteii
iilmost entirely to the "paramount
issue"?Imperialism?aud is a strong
and convincing arraignment of the
policy of the McKinley Administra?
tion. More than that, it it- a clear,
straightforward, and comprehensive
statement of tue grounds of Demo?
cratic opposition to imperialism. No
one eau read this speech aud have
any doubt as to what is the attitude
of Ur Bryan and the Democratic
parly on the "paramount issue" ol
this campaign " Mr. Bryan makes
thi- positive statement as to the
policy he will adopt if elected Presi?
dent:
There is an easy, honest, honor?
able solution of the Philippine prob?
lem, lt ls set forth in the Democrat?
ic platform and it ls submitted with
confidence to the American people.
