The San Francisco call., 1896-08-24
Protection and Sound Money the
Pattie-Cry in Democratic
Precincts.
BRYANIsM AN IDLE DREAM.
Former Democrats Renounce Free
Trade and Say They Favor
Sound Money.

Major C. w. Kyle has Just returned
from a campaign trip in Lake County
and he reports great Republican gains at
every point visited, the reaction against
the temporary silver craze having already
set in with marked force.
81 was at Lakeport," said he yesterday,
''also at Upper Lake, Ke!seyville, Lower
Lake and Middletown. where / spoke last
night. At every point there was the
greatest imaginable enthusiasm. It is
well known that the places 1 have men
toned constitute the greatest Democratic
hotbeds in the State, yet after l finished
speaking was greeted by staid old DEM
ocrats who told me they had resolved to
support Mckinley because sound money
and protection are all that will save the
country. They see absolutely nothing in
the dreamy philosophy OF Bryan and are
sufficiently weary of the Cleveland Will
son free trade scheme to want to see it
have long rest. Anyhow, many of them
frankly told me that they could not rec
ognize their ideas of pure Democracy in
the Chicago platform. To preserve the
interests and industries of the country
they have calmy decided that Mckinley
is their only refuge
Major Kyle has made habit of para
phrasing Bryan's idea OF Grown of
Thorns," and he has assumed the position
in every speech that that crown is free
trade. Speaking of that phase of the ques-
tion yesterday he said:
american labor has upon its brow q
crown of thorns. The thorns are as sharp
as needles, and they are being pressed
down into the very heart and soul of each
and every laborer of America. Think of
it! A crown of thorns where should rest
power. Think of it! American labor de-
graded, deprived of every opportunity for
honest employment and placed below
even the peonage of Mexico and the To-
cent-per-day labor OF Japan, China, India
and Of all the underpaid labor of the world.
"Who, let me ask, wove that crown of
thorns but the Democrats? Their free
trade heresies are responsible for 1t all,
and the people are beginning to under
stand it. So sure do l feel of this that
almost believe that we can redeem the
very sections I have been visiting.
'While lay special stress on the tariff
find there is just as much enthusiasm
for sound money and that the masses
recognize the fact that reputation is dis
honor; that dollar must be dollar the
world over, and that it would do irrepar-
able harm to give way to the ideas ad-
yanced by such extremists as Bryan. Men
say they want dollar worth 100 cents the
world over and they refuse to accept one
worth so cents. 1t is as hard to make the
level-headed masses believe that fiat will
add to the value of silver as it is to make
them believe carpenter can say to tree,
Thou art house. and cause 1t to be one
by the mere command.
s'But what appeals 10 the masses with
the greatest force is the fact that 90 per
cent of the American factories are idle
and that free trade has checked the wheels
of industry in every part of the land,
while laborers stand idly here by the
Golden Gate and watch the cheap prod
ucts of the Orient and the world come in
without challenge under wisconsin and
Organism.
.sThis is a great gold State. We will
probably produce s2U, 600, 900 this year and
we have poured $1,000, 900 into the lap