The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-28
WHO is THE
ANARCHIST?

| The desperate and frenzied Worship
| pers of gold have been dcnouncing BRYAN
and all his supporters us anarchists and
| charging them with Il desire to array class
/ against class and to draw down upon the
| country sectional strife and dangerous
| agitation.
Never was charge more mendacious,
nor less likely to find credence among
the people. Mr.. Bryan's campaign has
been one of frank, unreserved confidence
with the public. He has laid open his
heart for the inspection of the whole
world. With strength and endurance
that seem inspired, he has gone about
the country, meeting prejudice and de
traction with argument and appealing to
reason against passion Calm in the
midst of eXcitment. brave in the face of
threats he has been an object lesson to
the citizens of all the States of the power
of truth over falsehood.
Hanna is the real anarchist. Finding
misrepresentation failure and fearful
that his gold will not he available among
the sturdy farmers of the West, he has
arranged for hired ''counter.demonstra
tions to be made against Mr.. Bryan
wherever he appears until election day
In Indiana this week ''thc Republican
managers distributed yellow badges, and
urged the Mckinley men to mass them
selves ut all points" where Bryan held
meetings, i'll conformity with "Mr.
Ianna's PLAN
On the way to Fort Wayne 'thcre were
times when the rival crowds were on the
verge of riot, notably at Muncie, where
ten or fifteen thousand Mckinley men
stood in the streets, ''jeering and hooting
at the free silver leader us he passed -
At times Mr.. Bryan was for ten minutes
II oil Il, I,
bons and Republicans shricking NIcKin.
ley's name i'll his face. These hired
ruilians were everywhere loud lunged
and despcrativcly provocative And how
does Bryan meet these attempts to incite
riot and perhaps bloodshedg 'Thc more
hostile the crowd, the calmer and holder
he grows
What do Americans think of this pic
turc? 1t is not drawn by Il free silver
pen. 1t does not come from Il Democrat
1t is the work of Mckinley organ and
is no doubt a faithful sketch of the
scenes enacted in Indiana.
Is ii unjust to brand as an anarchist
| the man whose brains concocts and
whose money pays for this runianly and
| degrading interference with. free speech,
these brutal efforts TO provoke riot and
| bloodshcd among the peope, these vile at
I tcmpts to strike down the best safeguard
for Tree INSTITUTIONAL peaceful, faithful
verdict of the citizens in an election?
Does the passion for gold make men
mad? Does Mr.. Hanna know what he is
| risking?
| If the ruflianly hired demonstrations he
| is contriving in the West do not end in Il
| riot it vii be remarkable and most fortu
| nate. Does Mr.. Hanna reflect on the con-
| sequences Of the disaster he is inviting
1 If tn thnt IL, -
might happen more damaging to the
cause of the republic than any of the un-
| fortunate trials to which it had been sub
| jcctedy The murder of the martyred and
| beloved Lincoln was terrible blow, but
it occurred when the mad fury of war
still RACED through the land, and when
the iiercest passions of human nature
were aroused. The assassination of Gar
field was shocking national calamity,
| but he fell victim to the hysterical sen.
sitiveness of Republican politics and the
emotional vanity of Il crack Drained md
disappointed Republican place hunter.
blow might be received that falls with
| greater severity and more damaging
effect on free government than either of
those terrible Affections
The Democrats would ask no greater
| favor, would seek no more promising adj
| vantage than would he gained bv the at
tendance of every Republican. of intelll-
gence and honesty of the country at Mr..
Bryan's meetings. His arguments and
his appeals to the patriotism of the pco-
| pie would win converts to his views and
| supporters to his cause from any fair
minded audience But when Hanna's
crowds interrupt free speech, disturb the
good order of the meeting and provoke
riot they disgrace the name of Americans
and invite q catastrophe that would
throw back for years the cause of rcpub.
lican government all over the world