The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-23
THE truth ABOUT MIR. BRYAN.
Noisy and Half Educated lie Cam 1T
Be Trusted with Responsibilities.

Harper's Weekly.
Mr.. Bryan belongs TO an order of men
that is at least as old as the art of writing.
From St. Basil to Henry George, from
Louis BLANC. Lasselle and Karl Marx to
Jules Guesde. William Jennings Bryan and
Governor Altgeld. men of this kind have
been imagining human sorrows where no
sorrows existed, human suffering where
there have been prosperity and happiness.
They have been trying 10 relieve the woes
conjured by their imagirations by war on
the systems of civilized government. under
the protection and encouragement of which
the human race has developed into its pres
ent high estate; under which. too. wealth
and the comfort of all Classes have in
creased so rapidly that men of the last
century. if all this progress in material
Well-being had then been foretold. would
have scoffed at the prophet for. predicting
achievements far beyond the power of man
TO accomplish. On the part of the Social
lists it has been Low a war against facto-
ries. now a battle with the results of in
Yentive genius; again it has been Il scheme
TO divide all wealth. to give the occupier
all the benefits of the land. and to deny
the owner any benefits whatever: now the
theory has been that men would be hap
pier if the State should own the land or
confiscate the rents: again 1t is declared
that the institution Of marriage is an evil,
MES if they called one another brother
now the farmer is to be able to borrow
money of the government on his growing
crops to the amount of so per cent. of their
market value. and then again the govern
ment is TO lend every citizen $40 or more
whenever his necessities may require.
Some of the schemes are mad enough to
excite laughter. like a ! few of the
ex-travaganees Of the Ocala platform:
but Others Ike miny of the dec
larations of the programmes adopted
at the Congress of isle in 1863. or
at the Congress of Gctha in 1879. are more
menacing. Out of the Socialist movement.
which has grown stronger or more noisy
since it's half-edueated orators ana writer's
enjoy the freedom of the press and of
speech, have come crude avs in some parts
of the country, which have resulted in the
exclusion of capital from the States that
have adopted them, and in consequent loss
of population. In Europe there have come
societies of Anarchists. bomb hrowing as
sassinaticns, and finally the ln%ternation-
al, which is enfeavoring to teach the
S-orkingmen that their class everywhere
ought TO be 1earer to them than their
country. AT the basis OF il all is the jeai-
ousy felt by those who DO rot prosper of
those who do. All these movements. which
began 10 gather strength in Europe with
the French revolution. but whose doctrines
were taught by some o. the eatly fathers
OF the church. are. In their essence, war on
and fosters both capital and labor.
MIR. Bryan is OF this movement. He may
not know II, but socialism. whose finest
fruitage is anarehy and murder, Is ,the phi.
losorhy OF his candidacy and campaign.
Beyond his feeble and ignorant pfesenta-
ton Of his money heresy lies the deep