New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-25
THE GYISCTTTSES.

THE GYASCCTTSES.
There's another g,ascutus loose. The Hon.
W. J. Bran. member of Congress from Ne
bra>ka. attended BimetaIlic Convention at
Topeka. Kan. one day last week, and being
called upon for some of the burning cloquencc
which that portion OF our country Delights
in. and with which he was loaded to the m'nzle,
lust threw the brdc IF his mouth and played
the limit. Itrd W. J. Bryan. when he Is feel
inc well and can get any body TO stay, Is Il
slocco He has gifts of speech that when
turned loose under favorable conditions can
sway large audiences. palalyzc industry, arrest
growing crops and break up families When
reused nv the contemplation of man : lnhu-
manitv l., man or an, >iclcnng outrage upon
human richtS-Such for instance. aS the IN
>>tcnce of IA hard-heartcd. greedy and into-
Grant creditor upln one hundred cents on the
dollar-hc can rilc up the emotional natures
of a community oppressed with dobt an"
Smothcrcd with nor; cages ~ such an eN'"h'
rs 10 drive men 10 h, mIcldc and dcpop'la'e
whole counties. Bryan has been Tor long
time in a state of mind over The conspiracy OF
the civilized world 10 get silver at less than
II - an ounce. Nothing cXclte> him 80 much
rs the thought that the civilized world refuses
f. take 40 cents worth Of silver in payment
of dollars worth of debt. lie has no doubt
whatever that there is such Il conspiracy and
he agrees with the bloodthii.ty Governor OF
Colorado that The people of the West viii NOT
stand it.
At the Topcka convention he expressed the
conviction that TIE present financial disturbance
is caused by Ncw-York men in furtherance
of the gigantic crime against silver. When
the men of New York" he SAYS. lean loan
money at 80 per cent do they not want a panic
by which they can profit? Ii will be OBJ
served at once at least by New York men.
that this i rather original and striking view
of the situation. Very few persons who nave
observed the course of the financial disturbance
which has diminished values to the amount
of hundreds of millions have looked deep
enough int, causes 10 discover that the holders
Of securities in which thi, Shrinkaec has taken
place brought il about themselves III order 10
get - per cent for money. The reason VIII!
Eastern people have not thought OF this Is
probably because they are 50 near the centre
of disturbance that they are unable 10 get the
situation in perspective. consequently cannot
discern causes 80 accurately the clear sighted
statesmen whose lives have been spent III the
midst of people who produce silver. which they
know is worth 81 - an ounce and arc obliged
to sell il for 20 cents. The truth is we sup
pose. that the bIacing air of the new States
clarifies the vision so that the statesmen at
that region see things that are not dreamed of
in the fogs thai cnyeOp the Atlantic Coast.
Some eight years ago there was "A massacre OF
Chinese miners in Wyoming which Eastern
people, knowing that the inhabitants of Wyo-
ming were civilized Christians. could not under
stand until the latter explained the matter
nv saving that the Chinese killed themselves
inst To throw suspicion on white Christians
and make it uncomfortable for them. That
explanation had not been thought of.
BRYAN says the people of the East " should
visit the great Mississippi Valley and learn
that here is people who are prepared to legs
late for America and propose to do So" lie
saws they will not surrender the sherman act
cycept for something better, and if the terms
offered do not suit we will have our arms to
fight with" From which it will be seen that
BRYAN is not only at the present moment very
dangerous to the peace OF Kansas ana Ne
braska. but that he is liable to cndangcr the
peace of the Nation and cmbroil us in another
civil war When he and Governor Waite, OF
Colorado, and the Rev. Mr.. Reed and "thc
Red Headed Rooster of the Rockies" join forces
and begin their march eastward there threat
ems to be trouble. People who have kept up
their courage in the face Of Lieutenant Tot
tens mathematical demonstrations from tho
prophecies of Daniel that we are just passing
baIf-past II and the edge Of Low
Twelyer will then throw up the sponge And
vct-vill it be believed ?-thcre are light mind
cd and frivolously disposed persons who in the
face of all that impends will toss their heads
and say: This is the old gyascutus game"
The pyascutrs il will be remembered. was the
farce fcrocious, untamcd bloodthirsty animal
which two impecunous persons Of inventive
minds advertised for exhibition great many
years ago in a Western town. AT the hour of
opening the show when the house was full and
the receipts had been gathered at the box
Office there was "A great clanking OF chains
and tumbling Of furniture and shlleking and
bowling behind the curtain. III the midst of
which one of the pioplietors OF the show rushed
TO the front in dshcvellcd condition. cry
ing: "For Gods sake, save yourselves, The
gyascutIs is loose :" The audience tumbled
over itself To get away-and did. 30 did the
proprietors of the show. And no one in that
town ever afterward saw any signs of the
gyascutus or the shOwmen or the good money
they had passed into the box Office
We hate t. say 80. but it is true that many
persons in the East believe that Governor
Waite and the Rev. Reed and the /" Rooster"
and the eloquent Bryan are doing the gyas.