The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-08-28
.Readjustment OF Po=
Iitical Parties.


rs parties go,which of the two now con
tending for control In the United
States Shall be victorious. The resul
will be that there will be radica
change in the political complexion o
all parties in this country.
1t will make lust as little differen ace
by what names the readjusted and re
organized parties may be called, there
will be general shifting of ground and
changing around of doctrines and
avowrd objects.
Hereafter there is going to be VIC
ontly radical revolutionary party
preaching sociallst,c doctrines, such as
Government control of all business and
ar-distributi N Of prope t Then there
will b9 strong Government party, in
favor of protective tariffs, Govern
ment bounties of and subsidies and
the building up Of powerful privileged
easses, to De pro 'octed by great stand
ing armies and military power.
There Will be twneXtrcmes Of Ameri-
ran politics, and they will gather into
opposing orga anizations-on one side
a the people W it'll socialistic views Of
every sort, and. on the other, all who
are inclined to centralism aud the
classes against the masses.
\ Outside of these, and between the
two extremes. will be great conservas
4 live party, holding to genuine Demo
cratic doctrines, and as much opposed
to centralism and strong government.
on the other hand, as To mob rule and
socialism on the other. This party
will represent true Americanism and
be composed of all who are devoted : to
Constitutional liberty. and the free
dom of the individual from unneces-
sary repression.
Should the political parties led bv
Mr.. Bryan be victorious in the Novcm
bpr elections. the ereadjustment of par
ties will be FASTENED and soon begin
to be felt Mr.. Bryan is bound by the
principles to which he has uhscribed.
and by Che pledges he has given on
formally accepting the several nomi-
nations of three radical parties, that
he will lose no time in putting their
silver policy into execution.
He will on the very first occasion,
when demand shall be made on his
treasurer for the redemption of legal
tender notes in gold, instruct that Of
fetal to pay silver and refuse gold 1t
Sextremely probable that, soon after
he shall take' his seat as Chief |
Magistrate of the republic, he /
will find his gold reserve extremely |
low, and, instead Of TAX
iHg measures to increase and maintain
II, he will ignore The subject altogether |
and tender silver
This sort of thing will doubtless take
place very early in his administration.
and 1t viii precipitate convulsion in
The finances of the country. But this
Will not Je free coinage of silver. That |
Is 10 be the great remedy for every
evil. That is to enrich the
larmerS: that is to strike heavy blow
at the capitalists, and It is to make all
poor men happy and presumably rich.
since all the blessings to arise from
'his wonderful Tree coinage are to be of
pecuniary Eature.
Mr. Bryan has already publicly an
'ounced that he will, upon taking his
Nlgn official seat. lose no time in call
ag Congress in special session, but
Will do 50 at once and impress upon
mat body that it's first and most i'm
peratlve duty is to enact a coinage law
the coming into dollars. at
NE rate of lG to I, all the silver, from
I'll lqnarterS, that may be brought to the
mint by any and everybody. But, in
rider to accommodate with the least
''sslble delay. the depositors of the
'normous amounts of silver, which IL
would require years of time to coin. a
'roylsion will be mad for the issue to
'epoSiiors of notes of legal tender for
" debts, public and private. and re-
'eemable in coin. These will be issued |
of The silver as fast as it can be as
"Ved and its value ascertained, and
nus there will be no delay in putting
. Tue form OF money all the silver {
'ought to the mint, nc matter how
'teat the amount.
But after the free coinage OF silver
''all have become an accomplished