The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1896-08-15
BRYAN AND MCKINLEY.

men are studied, the greater does
Bryan appear, for look ut McKin-
Tley us they may, they can find
nothing in his public career to
commend Ehim especially to the
business and thinking men. He
| is purely one idea man--tariff
being his fort, and that's about to
be taken away from him and Civ
on to Reed. Not so with BRYAN.
There is not u public question
which he is not thoroughly fami-
liar with, his speeches upon The
tariff and financial questions
being acknowledged masterpieces
of craftsmanship and logic.
| The platforms even show Bryan
to greater advantage, ,and the man
ner of his nominatio r~,s,s clean
and clear, that eYGn his btterest
Epolitical enemie.Ariticize il. Not
so with Mckinley. Mark Hanna
was his political boss before and
since his nomination. The finan-
cial plank is the work of and die
tation of the money kings of New
York and Europe, and the tariff
plank but the recorded wishes of
every protected trust syndicate in
thh country.
| 0 dispassionate Southern man
! study the two platforms and
without concluding that his
n and his couniry's interests
Aould be jeopardized by the cleo
ton of Mckinley. With the ex-
ception of the financial plank there
is not u Southern democrat but
who can agree fully with the plat
form upon which Mr.. Bryan
stands, and they are bound to adj
NIT that even with that plank it
would be far better for the south
to have Bryan president than Nc
klnley, The election of McKin-
ley would mean the restoration of
every piece of vicious legislation
that the south has been fighting
for years. Himself and those who
are managing his campaign have
nothing IN common with this sec
ton. aa..
1t is not so with Bry ~, lie is
broad and kf6u7Il III his VIEWS Is
aovoc9eS of measures which fhe
s@sln has always favored. BRYAN
represents all that would make
the people, regardless of sections.
great = Mckinley that which
would inclose them behind n Chi
nese wall, thus sitting their ener-
! gies.
Bryan represents broad, liber-
al craftsmanship, Mckinley mar
row, sectional one. Both are hon
est IN their convictions, but that
should not add one southern vote
to Mckinley when it is so clear
that his platform and principles
are so antagonistic to the country's
welfare.
This is a campaign of principles
and not of men, and the Herald
is confident that the more the two
men and the issues they represent
are studied, the larger will be w.
y. Bryan majority in the south
ON November 3, 1896, - Yazoo
City Herald.
Mr.. Hanna's soothing words
regarding the tariff, assuring dem
ocrats that he will not let congress
: do much in that. line il they will
only elect Mckinley, do not avail
TO close the emouths of some frank
republican campaigners. Here
and there one speaks right oul
and declares what is wanted
is high tariff and pIentV
OF it, and that the republican
mean to have it. This is quite
IN line with the usual talk OF re-
publican organs before the CON
vcntions met. McKinleyism ney
er meant anything but special faq.
ors for monopolies out of whicE
fat" could be fried for campaign
purposes 1t means the same
thing today.--Boston Post.
| There is talk Of making ex-Pres-
ident Harrison q United States
senator from Indiana. The fact
that man has been president o4
the United States will make him
no less useful in the United State
senate. In fact, the senate al
present is in need of statesmen OF
texperience. An ex-president, OF
course, never can attain higher
| distinction, but there is no good
reason why his abilities and expe.
rience should be lost TO the M.
| tion. Boston Globe.
| The poorest man on the repub.
lican finance committee ia an i'm.
pecunious fellow who owns moth
ing on earth but ~, ,00o, 600. Why
he has accepted Is not explained.
Perhaps Hanna merely intended
TO catch the panper vote. Mo.
bile News.
/ Cleveland is now engaged III
| fishing in the water.