Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-09-11
LAWYER STANTON FOR RRY
AN.
A Lifelong Republican Yields
to the fnexora6ie Facts of His
tory.

S'''"hN"oot oupiIoiiCiS vi candidate
Bryan, in this city is Gerrit Smith
Stanton, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Cad,
Stanton, the well known advocate Of
woman suffrage
Mr.. Stanton was one of the first tc
send a congratulatory telegram tc
MIR. Bryan after his nomination; in
his safe he has the nominees letter
of thanks, and us the door of his of
flee in the Mills building opens tc
the caller he discovers Il handsomely
framed portrait of the Democratic
standard bearer.
A life-l long Republican, the irus.
tee and agent of several largo estates
and m agent through which many
capitalist, here and in Europe, in,
vest their money in this country q
lawye whose habit it is to consider
matters of national Importance in a
calm, dispassionate manner. Mr..
Stanton laughs to scorn the bugaboo
held forth by Mr.. Bryan's opponents
that with his selection tho fnan
ces of tho country will go to smash.
1t is because OF Mr.. Bryan's stand
MS an anti-monopolist and bimetal
list that MIR. Stanton decided to give
him hi warm support. When his
mother heard OF his change of views
che commended him warmly and ur-
ged him to take the stump in behalf
of the candidate.
This Mr.. Stanton may do, though
it be radical departure for him.
lie has no political affiliations, al.
though he was once mayor of Wood.
bine, Iowa that was years ago, when
he owned one of the largest stock
farms in that State.
There are two reasons why sup
port Mr.. Bryan" said Mr. Stanton
yesterday. 'First, he is anti mo
nopolist, aud second bimetallist.
LACK in the sixties aud seventies
| was the owner and manager of one
OF the large st stock and grain farms
III Western Iowa.
- The Chicago and Northwestern
railroad was the only road traversine
that county at that time. Whenev
er we had good crops and it came
time to ship them tho schedule of
freights invariably went up: when we
had poor crops the schedules would
be lowered
They knew exactly wlIat it cost
to raise our grain, and through the
manipulation of freight rates our net
income from year to year was practi
cal!y tho same.
when the grain became unproli-
tnble, we turned our attention to the
raising of stock. There was n time
when competition of buyers from
Pittsburg, Buffalo, Albany, Philadel,
phia and New York gave us good
profit Gu our stock.
One morning after run from the
Missouri river, arrived at Chicago
yards with n train of stock, and was
informed by my commissioner that
the days Of cattlemen were numbered.
He told me great meat combina
ton was about to be formed and
that competition would take its de
parture. If | shipped East L ran
against the same combination with
The same bid, freight added.
"The millions acquired by the rail
WY manipulators today are massed
to defeat Bryan. They will know
the force behind him. They call it
aharchistic. If it is an anarchy in
this country to try and elect men to
legislnte for the individual as against
the combination, then 1 firmly be
lieve that when the votes are count
ed the results will show that ma.
jority Ct the voters in America are
anarchists.
Farmers and citizens of South
west Virginia can remember when
the same things enumerated by Mr..
Stanton occurred right here in vir
ginia when the Norfolk and Yves
tern railroad advanced the freight
rates on hay and grain to such an ex.
tent that the farmers could hardly
realize anything on it after paying
cost of transportation Farmers
zs asy 70 Take