The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-08-02

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Our Next President
Editor Herald: Our next president
will be W. ]. Bryan, beyond the snaoow
of q doubt, for the union OF all REFORM
forces in nominating him for that ONCE
has revealed the intention OF destiny In
advance. For the first time in thirty
fiye wears the opportunity to break the
backbone of the money power Is before
the peopIe. and all signs indicate their
intention to make use of 1t. Never be-
fore since a moneyed oligarchy obtained
control of this government, and began
the systematic robbing Of the producers
of wealth, has such an opportunity pre-
scented itself as we see today, and hope
scars high in the realm of possibilities,
and we behold united and determined
effort on the part of the people to de-
stroy their bonds before they are fur
Their Increased.
The finger of prophecy points to the
doom Of the golden calf. which Of late
has been worHhfpped with as much rev.
erenoe by a certain class as was ever
the case in the days of Aaron. Idle men,
paralyzed Industries and mortgaged
homes everywhere exist as the legiti-
mate work of the gold standard. and
protraoted suffering has at last gener-
ated thoughts that insure relief; and the
American people are about to take
political step that will be the beginning
Of q march forward to industrial free
dom and the prosperity Of the masses:
Said Thomas Jefferson: mo such evil
Ia ever overthrow until 1t becomes UNI
endurable," and the reign of Shylock
having become so, It must now meet the
fate which necessity imposes on every
great evil-it's overthrow and extinc-
ton. The most important event in our
own history since the birth Of the ma
ton will be found in the restoration of
silver to its former monetary power,
for It has been held and argued for
years that other nations must aid us to
accomplish that end. So, IL we show to
the world by Independent action that
we are not dependent upon Europeans
for aid or advice in the management of
our monetary system, any more than
we are in the creation and control OF our
other statute laws, we will have broken
through a barrier to freedom of i'm
mense proportions and of long standing
I believe we are about to do it, and that
the dark clouds which have lowered
with deepening gloom over this repub-
lie for more than a quarter of a century
are about to be lifted and to vanish be-
yond the horizon. The crisis is now
upon us and the next three months must
decide the welfare of our country and
settle the question of further descent
into hell or the upward march for the
highlands Of liberty. We are about to
sink or swim, and the chances for SWIM
ming have wonderfully improved since
the birth of that new party with an old
name in Chicago, the delegates to which
were, many of them, producers OF oats
at cents per bushel and corn at 10,
while most of them were in other
ways oppressed by Wall street policies
and the twenty-three years rule and
ruin of the gold standard. Such men
like Ben Buffers widow, knew what
they wanted and were not afraid tc
ask for 1t, and we beheld political de-
parture as novel and encouraging as /,
was unexpected. Hope was born again
in the hearts of thousands from whom
1t had almost fled, and joy went pulsat'
ing throughout the length and breadth
of the land. On that Chicago platform
every producer and every workingmar
SHOULD stand, for the question that cor.
dicates, or the great masses? There Is
but one important issue in this cam
paign, and it is equaled by no other; Il
is the money power versus the people
and the advice of Napoleon Is now in
order: Take advantage of conditions. -
And If we do not do so when they are so
the fate which awaits u.s. and will be
realized under a continued reign of the
golden calf-the establishment of a sys-
tenn of industrial slavery so perfect and
complete that nothing but brute force
will ever overthrow 1t.
Let us then unite in the great effort to
Throttle the money power, and by so
doing establish the fact that self gov
eminent on the part of the people is not
failure, which 1t will be if we do not
succeed. If the American people should
elect with their votes the syndicate can
didate from Ohio, who may rightly be
termed Hanna's puppet, no worse event
could befall them, for once seated in the
presidential chair he would from neces-
sity be the plant tool of those monied
men whose coin made possible his NOM
inati0n. The people can have but one
choice if influenced by self-intere$ and
the good of the country for w. j. Bryan
Is the only man whose past actions and
present position guarantee any change
or any relief; for the conditions that
produced the evils of which we com
plain will never remove them, and no
others are advocated by the platform
of plutocracy, or the one-idea statesman
from Canton, Ohio, who is holding it
down. A generation may never see such
political opportunities as the people
have today, and let us hope, as many of
us believe, that the next president will
represent men and not money. and
Bryan will be his name
c. SEVERANCE.