The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-25

Bryan Revealed
as an Rgitator
From the Times Herald.
Mr.. Bryan apparently started out with
the intention OF discussing the coinuSc
question as a question of pure finance AMI
craftsmanship. In his Madison Square
garden speech he said nothing which could
be construed as an appeal 10 prejudice I'M
less perhaps 1t was his declaration that
there can be no sympathy or co-opera-
ton between the advocates of universal
gold standard and the advocates of H.
metallism. Between bimetallism-w neither
indt pendent or intcrnational-and gold
standard there is an impassable gulf. The
question at issue in the present campaign
sis not, as Mr.. Bryan would have the pm
lie believe. between bimetalllsm and the
geld standard: 1t Is between bimetallism
and the silver standard. But when Air.
Bryan commenced speaking without notes
the under,one of hatred and dissension
which characterizcs his public utterances
began to be distinctly audible.
BY the time that he reached Syracuse
| he was in frame of mind which led MIN
to assert that men who do not favor silver
monomctallism are "Cne mics of this coun-
try, who think they are greater than the
government and con make the Eovern-
ment their instrument for privai" gain,
The greatest enemies that this country
has" He called them ''plunderers of the
industrial masses, in behalf Of the money
corporations of this couHtry and Europe"
At Erie, Pa, he acknowledged that he de-
pended mere upon an appeal To the emo
tons than to the intellcCtS of his hearers.
when he said THE heart u: the place
where conduct is determined. and II you
! want 10 find out where man is in his
| fight do not look at his BRAIN that would
| lind Il reason for whatever his heart wants
10 do. Look at his heart and find nut
where his sympathieS are. Show
me the sympathios of a man ana ! viii
mark out his conduct show me L
| man whose sympathies are with the idle
holders of idle capital, and l will show you
Il man who wants as little money as possi-
bic and put it on the ground that he loves
| his neighbor better than himself. Show
| me a man whose sympathies are with the
! struggling masses, and | will show you
Il man who will never stand up for syndi-
Gates and consent to let them control the
| financial policy of the United States"
BY the time that he reached Buffalo he
| began to sneer at his opponents, as, for
! instance. in the declaration that when the
| Creator made man. he did not use any su-
! perior kind of mud when he made Imam
ciers" 1t was here that he said "Advo-
/ Gates of bimetallsm Che should have sald
of silver monometallism) are called dema-
| gogues. There has never been a states
| man whose heart beat in sympathy with
| the struggling masses who has not been
| called 4 demagogue by those who opposed
| him. Young man, do you want to know
! how to keep from being called demd-
| gogue? ! will give you certain method.
Get in the employ of some great corporation.
and then call all the people anarchists, and
| YOU will be statesman among your en-
| ployers.' At Lockport, n. Y, he became
denunciatory, and said: They have driv-
| en- down the price of your products, they
| have increased the burden of your debts.
they have foreclosed your mortgages, they
are degrading and lowering the standlrd
| of civilization by driving people who want
| to work out upon the streets, and their
| idleness breeds crime, and crime menaccS
| the safety of every citizen of the land"
| He expressed his belief that the gold
| standard has made more misery for The
| human race than wars and pcstilence and
| famincs; more misery than human mind
can conceive or human tongue can tell"
He began his appeal to the passions of his
| hearers in the words: The promulga-
tion of the gold standard is an attack
| upon your homes and upon your iireSidcs,
ana you have as much right to resist ii as
! YOU have to resist an army marching to
take your children captive and burn the
roof over your head Since a man has
u right to resist an army by force. the
| only possible inference is that the friends
of silver monometallism would be justified
| in u resort to violence TO prevent the con-
| tnuancc of the present monetary system
| of the United States.
| At Torawanda he said that "the Chca-
| go platform means that every man shall
| be defended in the enjoyments of that
| which he earns, but that no man shall be
| permitted to en- Joy that which somebody
else has earned and which is taken from
him by vicious legislation" This is a
palpable threat of spoliation of the rich.
The PLATFORM he continued, 'is a men,
ace to the wrong-doer-not the small
wrong-doer only, but also the larger trans
| gressor, who attempts to use the govern
| ment as his instrument to wrong others y
| This Is an attack upon government ana
| upon the principle of sclf-government. II
the platform is menace what would the
| election of Mr.. Bryan be? At Toledo he
| gave the workingman some very bad ana
| immoral advice in the words: Il will not
ask him to do anything which may en-
danger his position. Let him wear the op.
position button IL he WILL Let him contrib
ute to their fund if he will. But let him
remember there is one day in the year
| when he is his own master and can use Il
pencil as he pleases. l am willing for You
| N hn \
if you will just be Democrats on election
day. | am willing for you to wear gold
| bug buttons all the rest of the time If.
| when You enter the booth, you will remem-
| Der that the gold standard never conferred
Il benefit upon those who toll, and that
it was never indorSed or approved or sane
toned By any body of the people except
| those who hold fixed Investments and
| trade in money or profit by the cXtrcmities
of the government" This was equivalent
to advising workingmen, whose friend he
| claims to be- to make of themselves liars
| traitors, hypoCrtes and towards. if only
they " ould vote for him on the Sd of Novem-
Der. In the same speech he took defiant
! attitude and said: ''If | am elected the
| gold standard will not remain the stand ard
| of this country one moment longer than
| can help 10 get rid of it,"
At Toledo he said: "A Republican sue
cess would simply mean that while tho
people are nomnally free they will be
| hewcrs of wood and drawers of water FOR
those who control the money supply of the
world And again: The people who In.
tend to strike down one-half of all The
| standard money of the world simply mean
to do with you and your property what
the fleets of the world ana the armies OF
the world would do If they came to dc.
stroy one-half of all your possessions" ~
| Milwaukee he described the present poll H.
cal campaign as struggle over the uurs-
| tion whether the people will ALLOW The
| host of the gold standard to enslave 700JO,-
coo of people, white and black. in this
| country He said further: They say
that we are arraying one class OF society
against another / deny it. Eut, ms