The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-20

lings Today DO they not tell rs that
Bryan is blasP hemer. an anarchist
a communists, an enemy of law and
order-in a word lla, he is a base
man, unworthy CT the nigh office?
There has been no NIT TO clerical
abuse misrepresentation and impCus
falsehocd2. These hrelings then rs
now accompl shed only one thing:
they brought reproach on the church
The mass Of the preachers and people
then. as they will do now, rebuked
their croal,iugs and lying by elscting
the man who stood for liberty, en-
largement and equality.
What did Jefferson propose that
brought all this abuse and detracticn
upon his head2 Simply end solely
that this should be made" "a wise ard
frugal government which shall res
train men from injuring one another,
shall leave them otherwise to regu-
late their own pursuits of industry
/ and Improvement, and shall not take
from the mouth Of labor the bread it
/ has earned.p What was there in this
4 mild statement to arouse the hostility
! of the moneyed and privileged classes?
| Three things, maddened them and
! put them in a rage: /. The government
/ shall RESTRAIN men from injuring one
/ auotte, meaning that the policy that
/ would give to the financiars the con-
! troll < the volume Of money, by which
| they could depress the price of prop
! erty and the rate Of wages, should
| be stopped This meant a severe blow
! 10 the Hamitonian clique. 2. The gov
/ eminent shall leave men "to regulate
]. \
! improvement" meaning that govern
/ ment shodld be the servant and not
| the master Of the people, and that the
| tendency to enact laws to make one
/ mans bu"iness profitable at the ex-
pensa of his neighbors should not be
| tolerated. 3. The government shall
not take from the mouth of labor the
bread it has earned" meaning that
the humble individual shall be pro-
tected from the rapacity of those who
use speci,l privileges granted by law.
The mar who had been monopoliz-
ing all the blessings of government saw
| in Jefferson's creed an end to their
| power. Their indignation knew no
| bounds, and they sought to enlist the
help of the honest poor, the pensioners
| and the preachers to save them from
the wrath to come. but as all these
| people saw in JeffeTson's scheme help
and bcpe for them, they chose him
| to be President and never repented
their choice.
What has Mr. Bryan done to call
| down on his head the anathemas of the
| money power? The answer is simple
In the { place Mr.. Bryan is a disci-
| pie of Thomas jefferson, and seeks to
apply to government the principles of
the sage of Monticello. This is the
gravamen of his offending. They hate
the very r1m2 of jefferson because he
was the fret man to prove that those
/ people only PIE well governed who
4 govern themselves. Mr.. Bryan has
argered the money power particular ly
in five 81, cifc ways: l. He fayors The
| free co egs Of silver. They know
this will make cornering money II ore
| difficult, end take away their DONNA
tion of the fir7ncial policy of the gov
| ernm~ At 2. He favors paying coin"
| obligati in coin " Under Shern an
and Carlisle coin" is interpreted to
| mean gold. This means that the peo-
pie aIe taxed to pay twice as much
as they CIV This would deprive the
bondholders of the privilege of doGb-
ling their debt which they now ille-
gally enjoy. 3. He is opposed To issuing
bonds at the behest of gold specula-
tors and tax dodgers, who have forced
an issue of $685. 600, within the pest
two years. The emily ones benefited
| by these bond issues have been the
| gold SPECTATORS and stock iobbers. 4.
| He is in favor of an in come tax so
| that those who demand most Erot &C.
| ton from the governm ert shall pay
| a just share of the burdens of govern
ment. 5. He is opposed to trusts and
| promises to enforce the laws against
| them. There are other things about
| Mr.. Bryan they do not like, hut these
are the five specific things that have
| caused ell the classe row profting by
| governmental favoTitism to consp'Ie
| to defeat him, as Hanna put it, Shy
| one means or another"
Mr. bryan is as happy in his oppo-
| nents rs was Mr.. jefferson. I'm Jeffer-
sons day, the enormous use Of money
| in politics was comparatively known,
| but the power of caste was wonder full
He won, fighting the arrogance of
caste ari the domination of money.
| Bryan FCs The same enemies. The
| people today have the some love of
liberty end the same resolve to have a
| government of their own. They will
| in 1896 as they did in 1900 refuse to
submit to a government imposed by
those who have their own axes to
/ grind, and now as then will put an
unmortgaged man in the White House
who will seek to carry out the will of
the people, and not one who must
| obey the behests of the trusts and
syndicates who have bought the place
| for him.
Wake up your liver but be sure you