The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-07-25
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The Breaking OF Dawn.

The work of the Democratic Con.
vention in Chicago is the grandest
triumph of true Americaniem to BE-
found in the modern political his.
tory of the country. It was purely
and essentially the peoples victory
No matter what any man thinks oil
the merits of the great monetary
question before as for solution, it
is impossible for him to blink the
fact that the voice of the people
was heard in that great convention
hall, and that it was the cohorts oil
the money power that trailed their
banners in the dust of overwhelm.
ing defeat.
The venal press of our great cities,
owned and controlled as it is by
monied syndicates, and in many
cases foreign syndicates at that, is
literally boiling over with frantic
rage.
Representing enormous aggre-
gates of amassed wealth, it is cut
to the very quick at the failure of
its efforts to hoodwink and delude
the people.
The action of the greatest repre-
sentative body of men assembled in
the United States during the last
quarter of a century is character
lied as "vile dishonor," and the
principal candidate is denounced
as an anarchist"
Anarchist, indeed
A man whose private life is with.
out blemish, whose public career
is without = stain. A man who has
cume right from the ranks of hon
est toll, and who by his own labor,
coupled with his splendid abilities,
has risen step by step until to-day
be stands as the candidate of
great political party for presiden-
tial honors.
The assertion that Mr.. Bryan is
an anarchist is equivalent to declar-
ing that the farmers of the Missis-
sippi Valley, the planters Of the
South, and the sturdy pioneers Of
the inter-mountain region and the
Pacific Slope are all anarchists, for
they are the men who have named
Bryan as their standard-bearer.
The rage thus manifested is sim
ply the inspiration OF fear. The
utter indifference with which the
delegates of the East
we're treated, the steady determine
ion of two-thirds of that conven-
ion to have candidates and g plat
;orm in accord with the sentiments
If the great multitude of men land
who constitute the voting
strength of the party, has filled
hem with blank dismay.
And hence it is that the silver agi-
alton which few months ago was
merely a craze" has now devel-
ped into full-aedged anarchy"
There is no danger of the people
'eing either deceived or frightened |
y such rant. For twenty years
he battle Of the standards has been
n progress. With thsif opponents
ntrenched behind the rampants oil
wealth, the bimetallists have strug-
led on in the face of every imag-
nable disadvantage.
frequently defeated, often be.
rayed by false friends, and always
|ivided by the wiles of the enemy,
hey have gained steadily in
trength until they now completely
ontrol the organization of a polit-
cal party representing nearly one
'alf the voting population of
America.
While containing very little that
Objectionable, upon the one great
nd paramount issue of the day its
entences ring out like the tones of
bell, carrying hope and joy to the
umble abode of labor in every part
t this broad land. The clouds are
fling, the light is breaking, and
. behold the coming of the day.
National Rimetallist.