Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-30
Birds of EVIL Omen.

Baltimore Amer. can-Antl-Brya Fapsrl
There is q painful and paipabs tens
dency on the part Of many leading paFer
OF the country 10 create The .l.
preston that the government ia be-l
confronted by a great crisis. and tha.
most disastrous and ruilous panic would
De inevitable should the November ssS
ton not 90 10 their liking.
some OF these prophets OF calamity
have already In their fertile an few.
Imagination discovered the c0uv.n-.lI
portents OF the coming storm IN 80
shape OF failures. suspensions. bankrupt.
cies. and strikes.
II is pointed out that all these msl.'
festarions OF a depressed business al
the direct outgrowth OF the silva asita-
ton. and the inexorabls hsrbingers 4
the universal Industrial collapse tfAI
would follow upon the heels o. Brysna
election.
All this IS wrong. ill-advised. ant mn.
patriotic. inasmuch as II il calculates
10 bring about the very results whi-l
these lnfammatory writers affect %
fear. There is, indeed. much depression
IN business. but there was much deprr''
sion before the silver issue was broufh
squarely before the people. and calm o.
servers are unable 10 perceive any PARE
ticularly direful presage OF danger arising
over the horizon.
II IS true that a number Of indusff
are tagging. yet business IN being prose.
cuted everywhere with that degree y
energy which Is usual during the heai-l
term. Steel-milis are IN operation. ,
are cotton-mills. as well as shoe an
ng-manufactCries. All the Wfoe
sale and retail stores are open ~
transacting business at the old STAN
after the midsummer fashion. lha
many OF our most important ousi. -
establishments would consider the ai'p-
ton Of free coinage as blow 20 -
general prosperity, there Is. perhaps, f.'
one that proposes 10 take down Is y
and retire is capital simply because "a
election has gone the wrong way.
This is a great country. and equal -
almost any emergency. No doubt y "..
be al least partially prepared 20 n..
the PARALYSIS which might follow in
wake OF Bryan's election. and slee
20 adjust itself 70 whatever new oi-'
o, things may be imposed upon D.
To talk panic IS 20 invite
while admitting the triumph Of trf'
Yer 10 be g catastrophe. :; - NOT
ssrv 10 assume that a cormerci'l
,acivsrn IS 20 be an Inevitable sell'
thereof. a., r-f.
aence and patriotism % maintaih
the conntry's business interests.
sises ana colossal as they are. are
enough 20 withstand even oal ~
81 finance or tariff. and 20 survive
the evil consequences that might eHs
The same public journals. or the
~ them saw in the scheme OF iar'H
form a Pandora's BOX % untold olsns
THE nrlnciple OF high protection was
c,ared 10 be the stations oulNafN
any departure therefrom the foreru-,.,
~ Industrial. and trade collapse
vet iarir reform. az least In a nole,-,,
degree has come 20 pass without a -
zafion az the widespread ruin tha' "
40 confidently predicted.
Perhaps We may always have ne
lami,y-howler with US. but his Pm ~
"a never healthy nor helpful Espe -
al this juncture Is his activity peFn''''-'
and balefui. A.. -
The great issue OF the campaign :
fore the people. and they may be II.
81 10 decide II IN a way that VII
make OF this country "a csso..s
among the nations" as was bAo'''"
( OF old.