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Tha friends of
THK SECOND
Col. Bryan will be
BATTLE.
glad to learn that
work upon "The Second Battle" will
commence as soon as the returns are all
in. But this will be really and truly an
account of a fight where Bryanarchy
was as one to sixteen. The Colonel will
commence his campaigning for the nom
ination of 1904 on Thanksgiving day ,
this year. The cross of gold must be
mashed if it takes all his lifetime.
THE CONSERVATIVE
SLOCUBI AND
TIVE is credibly
STARCH.
informed that
Smyth , attorney general , declined , a
few months ago , to attempt to enforce
the Slocum law in Nebraska City except
upon petition of citizens. He could at
tempt to shut up a starch factory with
out a request but a saloon was more
sacred. It is said that Smyth wrote a
letter to a citizen of Nebraska City on
this subject. If so , why not publish
that letter ?
The silver dollar
SILVER DOLLAR.
circulates at par ,
notwithstanding the fact that there is
less than fifty cents worth of silver in
it , for identically the same reasons that
nickel five-cent pieces circulate at par ,
though they contain but a fraction of
that value of metal. Silver dollars are
essentially token coins , and their circu
lation at par depends on two things :
continued confidence in the govern
ment and limitation in the amount in
circulation. While there is no specific
law providing for the redemption of sil
ver dollars in gold , congress has repeat
edly declared it to be the settled policy
of the government to maintain silver
money and gold money at par with each
other and the people have faith in this
declaration as long as there is a limited
number of silver dollars in circulation.
If , for any reason , the United States
government should suspend specie pay
ments and paper money should fall to a
discount under gold , the silver dollar
would keep company with the paper
dollar and would not stay at par with
gold , showing that its value , in excess
of the value of the metal in it , is a
credit value , and depends on the sound
ness of the government finances.
Bryan's friend
IMPERIALISM.
cashier and dis
bursing officer is the king of political
pirates for the state of New York and
purveyor of supplies for all the Tam
many heelers who howl for Bryanarchy.
Dick Oroker is a real , genuine imperial
ist. But he wears sixteen silver crowns
instead of one gold one and this pacifies
"the peerless one. " Croker , Clark ( of
Montana ) , Altgeld , Bryan & Co. are a
purely patriotic combine "to save the
republic. "
BRVANAROIIV
DECLINING.
sentiment is away
from Bryanarchy. Mr. Bryan has
ceased almost entirely to discuss politi
cal principles and appeals solely to class
prejudices. He seeks to array the poor
against the rich ; those who take sum
mer vacations against those who do
not ; those who loan money in Europe
against those who have not any money
to loan. In this respect his campaign
is not unlike the closing months of the
campaign of 1896. The following are a
few of his exhibitions of demagogy four
years ago :
"My friends , I would rather risk the
laboring man to decide what is good for
him than to leave his interests in the
hands of his ancient enemies. " Hor-
nellsville.
"The restoration of bimetallism is de
manded on behalf of those who are the
strength of every nation , and the gold
standard is desired by those who profit
mostas businesses are paralyzed and the
masses impoverished. " Ashville.
"I have heard since I came into the
state that a prominent member of a cor
poration has boasted that the republi
cans -have $800,000 to spend in this state
to prevent the electorial vote being cast
for the Chicago ticket. " Wheeling
West Virginia.
"Show me any where a man oppressed ,
show me a man who has suffered from
injustice , show me the man who has
been made the victim of vicious legisla
tion , and I will show yon a man from
whose heart goes up a silent prayer that
we may win. Show me anywhere an
aristocrat who despises the common people
ple and considers them inferior beings ,
show me a king who is jealous of the
rights of his subjects , show me a man
who knows nothing but the thirst for
gold , show me a monopolist who lives
by the oppression of his f ellowmen , any
where , and I will show you a man who
is hoping that success may come to
those who oppose us. " St. Louis.
History is repeating itself. Mr.
Bryan is now making precisely the same
, . _ kind of a campaign
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he made during the
latter part of the campaign in. 1896. As
in 1896 so now with every speech Mr.
Bryan's cause is growing weaker. His
demagogic outbursts are doing more to
keep intelligent thinking men away
from him than all the campaigning of
his opponents. The following is a fair
sample of the kind of argument Mr.
Bryan is now advancing to convince
people they should vote for him :
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"They want to build a fort near every
large city and have the army there to
suppress by force that discontent that
ought to be cured by legislation. "
Only twice in twenty years have fed
eral troops been used in connection with
labor troubles , once' by Mr. MoKinley ,
at the request of the democratic gover
nor of Idaho , and at another time by
President Cleveland , upon the recom
mendation of Mr. Olney , his attorney-
general , to prevent interference with
the .mails by striking railway employees
in Chicago iu 1894. In both instances
the president was upheld as a result of
congressional inquiry , while the action
of President Cleveland and the judg
ment of "his"attorney-general were vindi
cated by the supreme court of the Uni
ted States. This is enough to show how
utterly without foundation is the base
and slanderous charge of Mr. Bryan.
Hewho would thus , without reason , at
tribute such infamy to his fellow citi
zens who oppose his election to office , is
either hopelessly ignorant or desperately
demagogic , in either case unfit to be
president.
While the peerless declaimer of disas
ter was haranguing an Illinois audience ,
Cure-Worn Women. almost . . . . , overcome , . ,
with the d ( pth of
his emotions , he declared :
"As I pass along the street , and as I
look into the faces of some of the care
worn women who never get a chance to
take a summer vacation at some pleas
ant watering place , I wonder how the
husbands and sons of these women can
find it in their hearts to support the pol
icies which are today amassing great
wealth in the hands of a few people
with a rapidity never known before in
the history of the world. I wonder how
it is that men who are not interested in
getting their hands into other people's
pockets , but merely in keeping other
people's hands out of their own pockets ,
can support the republican ticket , while
today the republican party denies the
principles of equal rights to all anl spec
ial privileges to none , and makes this a
government of the syndicates , by the
syndicates and for the syndicates. "
Of all the inducements held out by
ambitious candidates to get votes this
takes the prize. Mr. Bryan is not only
going to fill the dinner pail , but he prom
ises to "care-worn women" the luxury
of a summer vacation , a delightful trip
to the sea shore , a few weeks sojourn
amid the healthful and 'bracing breezes
of Pike's Peak or rest at" some "pleasant
watering place. " If this is not what
Mr. Bryan means what does he mean ?
If the "care-worn women"
- are not to
enjoy the luxury of a trip to Newport
or some other "pleasant watering place , "
then Mr. Bryan is'trying to get the votes
of i their hujbands and .sons under
false pretenses.
Anticipating defeat he thus apologizes
in Advance :
"
' 'If the election were held today there
is no-doubt that we would have a majority -
_ . , ity in the electoral
Corruption. , ,
college and on the
popular vote. But the republican man
agers are now collecting from the mon
opolies a large campaign fund. They
will buy every vote that can be bought.
They will coerce every voter that can
be coerced. They will intimidate every
laboring man that can be intimidated.
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