The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-24
BRYAN's vAPoRINGs.
Falls 10 Convert a Student to the Popo-
cratic Platform.
AstorIa. 90. q. M.


Astoria. oct q. 1896.
To the Editor
have followed I'm the papers Mr..
Bryan'B talking exhibitions during the
campaign. for wished 10 educate my
self on the money question from the
democratic standpoint. but have
failed TO find that education I sought.
There is one thing have learned from
his speeches-that Is. he IL trying %
set class against class; trying 10 make
the workingman think he is being i'm
posed upon by the capitalist, and try
ing to breed bad feeling between
employer and employed. and break up
that good feeling that ought TO exist
between them. II Is well known
fact that prosperity 10 the worklngman
means prosperity 20 the capitalist. their
interests being so linked together that
the one depends upon the other. so
why should the capitalist and the en-
ployer OF labor try to oppress the work
ingman7 Al ST. Paul. October 10th.
Mr. Bryan in a speech stated in part:
THE gold standard party are not sat
isfied TO meet this money question
openly. and never made an open fight
In their lives. and never will" That
Is a strange expression for a man TO
make who is aspiring TO the highest
office in this great nation. for his words
seem TO read that the republican party
have no right 10 have platform. but
simply oppose the free coinage Of sill
yer, Now. sir. II seems TO me the re-
publican party have Just as much right
20 have platform and put their issue
before the electors as the democrats.
during this campaign, and II Mr. Bry-
ans supporters will refer 20 the
speeches OF the republican party. and
also the reading matter they have sent
out. they win find they are not only
willing 10 meet the money question, but
go more fully into II than the Bryan
party. for the more they probe 1t. the
more IL shows the imposslbility OF this
nation alone introducing the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver, without
jeopardizing the credit OF the country. |
and placing us side by side with such |
as Mexico. China. Japan, etc,
Mr.. Bryan goes on TO say: You ask |
me why they don't make an open fight
I y,stII oil har
quotes Shakespeare. who says: Con-
science makes towards of men," Now,
sir. II is very Inconsistent to accuse
the republican party OF being towards, |
From my reading and from what l
have seen, never from their birth have
they shown any cowardice; they have
always had the courage OF their con-
victions and were always ready and
willing to defend their actions. But let
us so back to the campaign Of 1892,
when the democrats came before the
electors with free trade platform.
They told the people that free trade
was best for the country. and that
high tarlff had ruined the working
man, and II they wanted prosperity
again they must elect Mr.. Cleveland
and the democratic party. Well. they
were elected, but did that bring the
good trade and prosper
ity? No. sir but on the contrary they
have been sinking lower and lower
ever since. This country cannot keep
her wheels running If she opens her
doors for other nations to bring in
their goods free that are manufactured
by cheap labor, unless the American
is prepared to have his
wages cut down, and for one, l am not
prepared for that. But do the demo-
Gratis come in 80 with free trade plat
form? Again say. no, for they dare
not; on the other hand they tell you
the tariff is not the question at issue.
Mr., Bryan says 1t Is only side issue.
But they come before You with plat
form which they have either borrowed
or stolen from the populists, an issue
which they thought they could fool the
with, for they knew that
a large number of workingmen could
not get sufficiently educated on the
question in the time that was at their
to give an intelligent vote,
and that the sound of the words free
silver" would be likely to catch them.
1t was bold game, but l think they
will fail. Mr., Bryan would insinuate
that the republican party were cow
ards. l viii now ask Mr.. Bryan and his
party why they did not, in &c. come
before their supporters of '92 and give
an account of their stewardship dur
ing their term of office, and show them
what the change had had done for
them, The electors were entitled to 1t;
but they had brains enough to know
that 1t would not be to their interest.
Did the republican party in SO go back
on their battle cry of '92, which was
protection for American workingmen?
No but they come before us like men,
not towards, and tell us that free trade
and low tariff were bringing poverty
pains IN the back, side, chest, OF