The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-09-24
FROM BRYAN'S HOME.
political Notes and Observations from the Popocrat Candi-
 dates Own City.
us PLATFORM ANAlYZED.
A Constant Appeal to Class Preju- dce in the Interest of Sil-
 yer Mine Owners.

r,sircss men are studying the money
 .,i,n. Mir Bryan has seen fit to Nm his audiences over and over again %a, t',r business men of the country are
 '.nrsr free silver partly because they 3-n't know anything about the question
 and narty because they are dishonest. In thiS Mir. Bryan misleads his follow
 and misrcprcsents the business men. '. may be true that what is called free ,,,,,r agitation started first among the f,ro,rrS rather than among the business ., hut later the business men have n,ol thr frcc-siver literature, have read L,,b sides of the question, until at the ar,s,nr time the business men of the a,,;on are thoroughly informed from a In.fpr,s standpoint and from nonpar- ,.ln standpoint on the money question. Ii is probably true that the politicians ,bot opposc silver are moved by prejudice arJ Srlf-intcrcSt to a certain degree Just % ,b. politicians who favor free silver
 "rr moved by sclf-interest to certain
 Secrrr; but the business men, the men
 wbn are managing the business concerns of th, country, the bankers, and the fn9nricrS have made 1t part of their ImsiurSS To read up on the money ques- tioi ro become thoroughly informed, and tbrv have passed upon the question from hn>iness and not from q political stand- roi0t Mir. Bryan. recognizing the mor- al force of the business judgment of the country and knowing that this business judgment condemns free coinage as a dangerous thing, seeks to discredit the hnsneSs mind of the country by denounc- ins il as ignorant and dishonest on the money question. Mir. Bryan professes to desire restoration of the industries of this country. At the same time he drnuunCcs the business men of the coun, try and proposes plan which he knows they are afraid of.
 The threat of free trade in the cam paisn of '92 and in the election of '92. frightened the business mind of the coun- Iry first into distrust and doubt and then into a panic. the effect of which is still On The question above all others at this time is how to remove this business depression from the business mind. MT. Bryan says that free coinage will revive the industries. but at the same time he admits that the business mind is against it and is afraid of it. The effect of this threat of free coinage is to make every capitalist hide his money, to make every banker afraid of investments. to make every dollar creep into the darkest corner of the safety vault, and by this process of money hiding and money hoarding which is now going on all over the United States. the circulating money of the country is disappearing from active use faster than all the government hints could coin new money if they were now under free coinage law.
 Laboring men arc crowding around Mr h,nr hic ,l many of them appear to be pleased with what he says. He talks kindly to the laboring man and his words are as sweet as honey. But the thinking labor ins man knows that so long as industry. that is, the mind force which is man. aging industry. is afraid of free coinage, that all plans for the enlargement of in dustry or the employment of labor are suspended, pending the discussion of the money question, and that these plans will be taken up and carried into execu- ton only when the business mind of thc country is assured by the election of Mckinley that there is to be a sound business policy in the government of this nation.
 George Groot. chairman of the Nation sl Silver party, speaking at Lincoln, Ncb.. on September s. from the steps of the state capitol building, with Mir. Bryan sitting near him, denounced the bankers as the enemies of society. and declared that the financiers of Wall street should be hung to the telegraph poles. On the evening of September [, in front of the Hotel Lincoln, in Lin co!n. Neb.. Ignatius Donnclly of Min nesota denounced the bankers and the hnanciers of this country as the enemies of the people. enemies of prosperity, ana declared that their influence upon this country ought to be set aside. Now, what do the followers of Mir. Bryan ex- pect 10 happen to the laboring men and 10 the farmers of this country, when they, by reason of their superior num- Der. have voted out the banker and the business man and have voted in this ht% system of finance? What force VII take the place of this business mind force when it has been displaced? when the country has struck down it's present bankers. it's present fnanciers, NS present business men, its present managers of industries and commerce, when the common people by majority vote have paralyzed this business power, what other force will take its place ana form plans for the employment of hnor. for the carrying on of commerce ana for the management of all the indus
 '"' i'ittS WHICH SlVc N1ttllty to tue material body of the nation?
 On the afternoon of September 8 in iIront of the state capitol building at Lincoln. Mir. Bryan, after denouncng 'he business element of the country be- cause it is against him in this contest, congratulated himself that the laborng men Of the country believed in him and ,,nat enough of the farmers believed in nm that these two clements united in ,his election would enable him to sweep 1he country in November This he char a,Ncterizes a victory of the people, because II Will bring them better times. It may ,be very pleasing to Mir. Bryan when he poks out into the faces of labOring men and farmers who applaud such speeches as this, but what reason have these la- boring men and farmers to expect bet Ter times through the election of Mir. bryan. when he himself admits that the puSiness men of this nation regard his eecton as menace to business and prosperity! Can you revive business by uolng that which paralyzes the hope and S;soHrage of business men? When the industries of the nation revive, there must be some mind force in the country o bring it about. There must also be capitalists who believe in the future and Who are ready to invest money. There must be banks and these banks must not 11hiy have funds, but they must be will "A AL 4. T Al