Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-01
LAWYER STANTON FOR BRYAN.
Lifelong Republican. lie Yields TO
Inexornblc Facts.
(New York Journal.)

One OF the stanchest supporters of Cam
didate Bryan In this city Is Gerrit Smith
stanton, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, the well-known advocate OF
women suffrage.
Mr.. stanton was one OF the first to send
a congratulatory telegram to 4Tr Bryan
after his nomination; in his SAFE he has
the nominees letter OF thanks, and as the
door of his Office in the Mills building
opens to the caller he discovers u hand
somely framed portrait or the Demo-
Gratis standard bearer.
A lifelong Republican. the trustee and
agent of several large estates, the agent
through which many capitalists, hene
and i'm Europe. invest their money In
This country, a lawyer whose habit II 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-tnat
with his election the finances OF the coun-
try will go TO smash.
IL Is because of Mr. Bryan's stand as an
anti-monopoist and bmetallist that MT.
Stanton decided to give him his warm
support. When his mother heard of his
change of views she commended him
warmly and urged him TO take the stump
i'm behalf of the candidate.
This Mr.. Stanton may do, though IL
will be a radical departure for him. he
has no political affiliations, although ne
was once Mayor OF Woodbne, Iowa.
That was years ago, when he owned
one of the largest stock farms In tnat
State.
There are two reasons why / supper,
Mr.. Bryan" said Mr.. Stanton. First,
he is an anti-monopolist, and second
bimetallst.
"Back I'm the sixties and seventies
was the owner and manager OF one OF
largest stock and grain farms In western
Iowa.
",rhe Chicago and Northwestern railroad
was the only road traversing that coun-
try at the time Whenever we had good
crops and it came time to ship them
schedule OF freight rates invariably went
M: when we had poor crops, the
schedules would be lowered
They knew exactly what II cost 70
raise our grain. and through the mani
pulation of freight rates our net income
from year to year was practicahy the
same.
"When grain became unpdofltable, We
turned our attention TO the raising OF
stock. There was a time when competi-
ton of buyers from Pittsburg, Bunalo'
Albany. Philadelphia, and New YORK.
gave us a good profit on our stock.
zone morning, after run from the
Missouri river arrived at the chicago
Yards with a train OF stock, and was In
formed by my commissioner that the days
of the cattemen were numbered. lie
told me a great meat combination was
about to be formed and that competi-
ton would take its departure. III 1 snip
ned East / ran against the same comoi-
nation with the same bid, freight added.
THE millions acquired by these railway
manipulators to-day are massed to de-
feat Bryan. They well know the force
behind him. They call it anarchistic. III IL
Is anarchy in this country to try ana
elect men to legislate for the indiViauai
as against the combination, then nrh-
ly believe that when the votes are
counted the result will show that ma
jority Of the voters in America are
Anarchists"