. Review of reviews and world's work. ked extent, upon phases of thetrust question and kindred matters in a way de-signed to stir up the prejudices of labor againstcapital. They sought to identify the Republicanparty with all that is objectionable in the rapidtendency toward the amalgamation of industries,and claimed for Mr. Bryan the position of thehighest special authority on the whole subjectof trusts—their causes, their development, andespecially the means by which they are to bedestroyed or rendered harmless. This was thefavorite theme of Mr. Bryans many speeches mthe State of New York in
. Review of reviews and world's work. ked extent, upon phases of thetrust question and kindred matters in a way de-signed to stir up the prejudices of labor againstcapital. They sought to identify the Republicanparty with all that is objectionable in the rapidtendency toward the amalgamation of industries,and claimed for Mr. Bryan the position of thehighest special authority on the whole subjectof trusts—their causes, their development, andespecially the means by which they are to bedestroyed or rendered harmless. This was thefavorite theme of Mr. Bryans many speeches mthe State of New York in the middle of lastmonth. THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD, 523 Mr. Bryan It bas hurt rather than helped the Bryan to have so much claimed for Paragon of J Statesmanship, him in the way of preeminent states-manship. Up to four years and four monthsago, he was a promising and estimable youngNebraskan lawyer, politician, and public man,little known to the country at large, and not at al)known as a foremost authority. But in this brief. THE ONLY CUKE.—From the Verdict (New York). period he lias been brought forward, successively,as the highest authority in this country on threesubjects of vast importance. First, he has beendeclared supremely wise with respect to mattersof monetary science and policy, including bank-ing systems and the various departments of pub-lic finance. Second, the country has been askedto accept his leadership as the man best qualifiedto deal with the results of the Spanish War, tosave us from the dangers of militarism and im-perialism, and to apply rightfully the Constitutionand the principles of the Declaration of Inde-pendence to our new territorial problems. Inthe third place, Mr. Bryan has been confidentlyplaced before the American people as the manbest qualified to deal with a question far moredifficult than either of those other two greatproblems—namely, the true economic and politi-cal treatment of the present colossal movementin the direction of
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