The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-28

80 1a4s1rx es suea marched % the
tFoSi and h21 rnslan ~ then laid
soEa taetT lives 10 stAngp ont SeetAo1allsfa
ea2 rsASs these Un5ies Stafes A united
/ country. Thls sSor. 70 arraw ore Sec-
fa1n aga-Ess another ~ an anpe4l %
I aFsga1les AID ignoraBcs vii be Ssan1pS1
oois nos O. eaa.ets. Nat ~ haalofs. Viii ~
4 Stamped cur. nor ~ a.e.asa OF men 81
sf1Is, o2S ey the fHtss1tEence ard the pa
f4etsna, ~ ihe snoNlelEe shAs each ssS-a
Ton has oE me other. on the feesnz that
Ns are one people. ara thas o2r greatness
= ~ our oneness. weleh NH move 10 The
( Fells 3 majestic army q 1Aaeas voters
/ 4AsFu are no classes thank Gel, Ia tn.s
country. Taere are no pl&ceS % power
Z OF weaaia 20 whlSa the humbssst boy may
not aspire. Every president since Wash
ington AaS come from the ranks. AL our
/ prosperous business men are of Ire peo-
re ard have climbed from the bottom
l The prsteDse that 10 80 bankers and
I. srcn@8-1eniers Viii be al each aBe of tlse
Z 1ssiss voting places Influencing or coa-
i frolling the votes OF 1tossassn voters, Or
/ iast iasy have been Ia prior presidential
or congressional elections. IS an assuFsafs-
| ton more moastrcus ttan the destruction
OF this earth hv having swung arouna Il
: the atmospheric tai of a flying comet.
/ At Albany Mr.. Bryan sp0&e sneefingiy
I OF the man of confidence as the confidence
man evidently meaning. thai tae gold
Z and tAs free coinage Of silver al Is
70 I Industrial and financial prosperity
and hapainess. The geld 'conuaence
man' who hiss governed this COM
/ try since the war has paid OF
most Of tas national debt; has nose
/ taan doubled the mileage of our railways
aud telegrsphs and nearly doubled the
number OF our states; mas furnished
homes and employment Tor 5a.ea.ee os
people % live better than Se,pae9 did be-
fones has created a new Southi has adj
xanCed wages and reduced the cost of hv-
ing. What has the free coinage of silver
confidence man done. simply by the prom
.ise OF what be Will doF let the distressed
farmer and the unemployed mtslions OF
the United States answer at the ballot
box. Lack of confidence has destroyed
the PURCHASING power az the country, de-
siruction OF its purchasing power has
ruined its market. the ruin of It's market
has left the farmers product nnsalaole
on hts hands. What the farmer wants Is
not more coinage. but more customers.
what the wage Garner wants il 10 eN-
change MIS- labor FOR the bess dollar In the
world, aud the opportunity. whenever he
wants. 10 get that dollar with his labor
Every day ] receive marked copies OF
populistic papers attacking nae as one OF
the enemies OF mankind. because OF my
presidency OF the New York Central rail-
candidates for president and vice presi-
dent both started Ia life as did, with no
other capital than education and a pro-
fession- We ali three hustled for clients.
for income and careers. That the business
OF one is reputed 20 yield larger returns
than that OF the other is not regarded BY
law as either a reproach or a misfortune.
There are 5000 OF us on the payroll OF
that company. and We neither want 10
receive money worth half as much as
that which We get. nor be compelled 10
pay for the necessities OF life twice as
much as We pay nos.
In a debate which Mr. Bryan had a
few months before his nomination. upon
the silver question with Mr.. Rosewater.
the able editor of the Omaha lee, Mr.
Bryan cited the prosperity OF Mexico as
proof OF the benefits OF the free coinage
of silver. / asked a railway official OF orc
| of the Mexican roads TO send me the pay
roll of his company l received II this
morning. The pay OF locomotive engl-
| neers. hremen, switchmen. yardmasiers.
| conductors brakefneu and skilled me-
ehanlcs in the shops averages soniew IA I
| less than the same classes OF employees
| receive on the New York Central. but
| those employees are paid inyariaoiy III ne
| Mexican silver dollar. which makes their
wages one-half the wages OF the New
| York Central lie sends me also the
prices OF articles which his employees must
| buy for the support OF themselves and
| families, and | And hat those are higher
| than they are IN The state or New York.
/ So much for the skilled laborer on the
| railroads But me trackmen on the Aexi-
| can railroads receive IS cents day, and
/ section hands 30 cents a day. As they are
| paid in Mexican silver, that means that
| they receive 3Iiz cents.
| Bryan is loudly calling for our inde-
| pendence from Europe. Independence from
| borrowing It's money for developing our
entnrpF4ses and employing our labor,
| which would mean also independence from
| the vast trade which Is carried on between
| Europe and the United States. We can
| not close our ports and build wall around
| as and be Isolated from the world. but we
| can go to a silver basis and then estab-
| Ilsh our relations with China and the ORR
| eat Tenuyson has said;
! "'Betfer fifty years OF Europe than cycle
OF Cathay.'
| BETTER ten years OF vigorous. healthy
| progress and activity than 8 century Of
/ paralysis. Better Chief Justice Russell
1 with his magnificent message Of peace
and international friendship and commerce
4 than Ii Hung Caang and cheap Chinese
/ labor
! pr. pepew said the proposed financial
legislation was contrary % the teaching
/ OF ali the great leaders from Washington
/ 10 the present day. and then added:
] Mr.. Bryan iS IONA OF aAihibE AfNtAt ~ ~
Ing IN the last ditch and standing In the
/ fore front. and making comparisons with
I distinguished characters tn history. Tn
/ taaa reason and patriotism have gone from
the American people. after election ne win
/ stand in our history as the tasabsanca Of
/ American politics
/ we NAV ACCEPT the term whii. We
| rep,sfats the relation that the president
| of the United States is the hire3 man ~
! the people. lie holds his place FOR four
| years as the representative OF the geo
/ I'll. During that time he possesses groro
| r,oaer shau any ruler in the world eX-
! csp. the aufocrat OF all the RuSslas. BE
/ can keep the country disturbed Or At rest.
He may not be able 10 create prosperity.
| hgt he can destroy Il. lie can create in~
1 anlte dlstrust ny the measures whleb he
/ suggests or the q8arreis which be hfo-
! ,,1tns with foreign countries. The
( ssuiva1snt for thfs high Office goes al
4 ,7,ouf a. far as the principles behind the
/ ~sna34ate. While Mr. Bryan was urac-
,fesng law before he entered congress.
MAJ Mckinley was serving the TtGpie N
/ sha. body. WbHe Mr BRYAN. IN The
4 yeeffsryasfa n~osnr ruttGu % his business aS :
/ ,s1.vs- vas foreclestng mortgages on
+ Nnbraeka farms. MAJ Mckinley was
+ yrsnarsng measures and promoting poll
+ - us{es would enable tire farmer 70
{ t,., ofy ktz mort Cages. While AIR Bryan
& AZ a representative in congress waa
( rreachlrg free trade ard fep93 3ation. MAJ
/ ArrgyfrIev Vas Identified hy aan1e. hv rep
sssation and by statesnsrshiD wifa the
( measures which give work wages. auai-
ness aaH good tines 90 sastsin the na-
( rgonaf honor. TIE national creii1 ara
ssars money. While Mr Bryan saFg 'Ay
+ errarfrasut % free trade. or eli of $ 7
e.e+sgs gat has proved disastrous fsleas@
4 t~y rlv experiment % a desase4 currency
/ ar.H rsarhars shat ALL stana Mr Mrkiu-