Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1896-10-09
In 1892 the Democratic plat

things has not changed in the least,
but the free trade hoax has ex
ploded, and the Bryanites must
ool the people some other way if
hey get the offices.
While the Bryanites are
brushing the British faint from
,ur monetary system, they should
20 on with the work and not let
guilty model escape. The Bible
and our common law should lie
revised at once, for King James
and Sir William Blackst were
horrid Englishmen.
Leaders ignored, the adj
ministration snubbed, the party
divided, intelligence repud lated,
revolution outlined, capital and
labor driven to stand against
common enemy-if Bryan can be
elected, human reason is made
quate to account for political
events.
-Bismarck's letter to Culber
son would be strong campaign
document for the Bryanites, if
they could only prove it was pub
lished just as written, and give a
sinsible explanation of the great
Germans deep and candid inter
est in the welfaie of the United
States.
"A Bryanite organ pictures
Louise Michel, and describes her
AS ''the most violent of anarchists
and most tender of philanthrop-
ists." This is a remarkable com
bination, 10 be sure, but after the
Chicago platform we should not
be surprised at anything in the
English language.
The Bryanites resort to ar
rant buncomb when they claim
nation that has conquered Eng
land twice can be independent of
its financial system. 1t isn't ar
gument at all. We are told that
Sampson performed various pro-
digious feats, but finally COM
mitted suicide and hasn's done
anything since.
The fiat principle crops out
in all its phases in the Post-Dis-
patch. The paper itself is fiat
sheet and most of its merits only
amount to the unblushing guaran-
tee of Col. Jones. 1t is proper
enough that readers and adver-
tisers should desert this exponent
of demagogism and prove once
again that the stamp alone does
not measure the value.
1t took the Western De-
mocracy about as long to find out
that Palmer and Buckncr are not
statesme as to discover "c, ime"
had been perpetrated in 1873. Rip
Van Winkle could be cited in il
lustration, but it would be some
thing of an injustice to the eccen-
tric Yankee
While out prospecting, Mr..
Bryan should remember the geo.
graphical experience of the late
lamented Bill Nye. The humor-
ist had acquired from various
maps the idea that North Caro-
lima is blue State, but finally
learned on going there the soil is
red. He was panied 10 learn thus
things are not what they seem,
and the silver auctioneer should
fortify himself against a similar
surprise early in next month.
in 1892 Gov. Boies con-
graduated the people of Iowa up
on the fact that they were on the
sunny side, with prosperity and
contentment on every hand. What
he said of the citizens of the Hawk
eye State mi ight then have been
stated concerning the people of
the whole nation. The iniquitous
gold standard was doing business
at the old stand at That time, but
under Republican measures it was
\ pledge of honor and prosperity.
-Of course we had bimetal-
lism aud Its heavenly times all
the way down from 1884 till the
us ension of specie payments
everything was lovely and the
goose honked considerably more
han high. We were doing TIE
vay the "daddies' did, only II
shade or two more SO in spots
The teakettle sang in content, Il
ashton, the old-style clock struck
when it wanted to, and it harcly