The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-15
SHOULD BANKERS HANG?
eRyAN SMILES HIS APPROVAL
OF THE IDEA.
Tn. 10y Orators Plan of Bullying the
u,nkers in an Entleavor to Scare the
I,hor ~yote-The silver Party's Notifi-
cation.

If note iii this campaign.
If was a meeting of the Silver party.
II was not a Democratic meeting, not
ponocratic meeting, not Il Populist meet
Inc hIIt a silver meeting of the Silver
Marty to notify the silver candidate of his
nomination. III Il platform that is nothing
Int silver.
Mr.. Bryan says silver is the issue and
fine only issue. He calls it the para
mount issue. If silver is the paramount
Issue then the silver party is the para
mount party and this silver meeting may
be Judged as the paramount meeting and
9t this meeting the silver cause should
have touched its highest point.
MIR. Bryan was met at the r. & NJ.
d,rot by a struggling crowd of about 800
r.,ilr. some of whom followed him in
dn-glcl procession through the streets
10 his home. Not the business men OF
Lincoln. not the business men of Oma-
In. moi the business men of any city in
TIE United States. No part of the bust
ness mind which the nation looks to for
The guidance and the maintenance of its
Industrial and business energies was rep
resented in that parade or at the notifi-
cation ceremonies which afterwards
took place.
Where are the business forces of this
connlry in this contest! Are they for
silver: If it is the paramount thing.
then tho business men ought to have
been SO notified, they should have becn
represented here, and the idle people
vino gathered at the depot and followed
the candidate through the streets would
know that this silver movement has the
confidence of someone who can and will
Use il, when it is put into law, as a
means Of restoring INDUSTRY and giving
employment. If Il new yardstick had
been proposed by Mr.. Bryan. and if Il
new party had been organized on the
Sole issue of this new yardStick. and if
this was the only issue of importance.
If a revival of business depended solely
upon the adoption of this new yardstick,
then would il not be reasonable to sup
pose that the merchants and business
men who are expected to use this new
system would manifest their approval
Of il in some way, and give the waiting
people some reason to hope that this new
system would be put into use after il
was put INTO law? If n new business
plan is proposed and put into law. which
the business forces of the country re
ieetS as unsafe and impractical. then of
what use is this new plan: If the mer-
chant cannot and will not use the new
yardsticli. then why have a new ward
stick: Mr.. Bryan says We will compel
them to use it. Very well, if you PASS il
law declaring that eighteen inches is "A
yard when it is not Il yard, but only
half a yard, and if you compel the mcr-
chant 10 use this new measure. then he
WHl change his price to suit the new
measure and he will narrow his bust
hess into as small Il scope as possiblc
and wait until the new experiment has
spent its force and is abolished. You
VIII SIMPLY confuse the merchant in
stead or assisting him.
Mr.. Bryan smiled upon the small
cr"W'i who gathered about him as he
moved along the streets of Lincoln. but
ms smile took on Il pale and painful eX-
preston when he glanced at the viii
u""S ana saw Mckinlcy's picture every
Wh'r" along the business streets. And
hot only along the business street, but
eIt AK over the city Mckinley looked
iiIoai he window of the houses. Not
lNi' l;incoln people felt unfricndly to-
M@fd Mr.. Bryan because it was he, or
ifll9ii\, toward Mr.. Mckinley because
II was lie, but some how Lincoln people
Irei that Mckinley and his plan of GOV
eriiIn"ht are safer. are more maturcd.
anu nave the confidence of the business
miii all over the nation. After all.
WWh3t "iIi this new financial plan avail
u 'he men who are expected to use it in
"islh'SS are afraid of il:
hIcry man in Lincoln. Omaha. Kansas
'FA US NiollltS w ~ dlt 'AIiNiCI
10 engineer the labor industries in those
'HI,S during the next four years is afraid
" Mif. Bryan and his new silver dollar.
u me ratification had been in either of
tthoS' cites the business men would have
"rh absent from the parade just the
ZANE rs IN Lincoln and Mc!\inley's pic
lure would have been in the business
n0u>'S lASt the same. Mr.. Bryan gets
a great deal of sport out Of the cam
ia-i shaking bis fists at the banks and
,~Le BUSINESS of the country. Mr.. Gro0t,
H. was me chief representative OF the
"'gt party and who presented the
1o'HcA'ion TO Mr.. Bryan, shook his
:! IN excited anger at the bankers and
s@' they ought to be hung to the tele-
1'ph poles. When Mr.. Groot said this.
'iiA"rr of men who stood out IN front
- 1t"'nl Shook their fists also and said:
lA"l > right While all this threaten.
10 hang The bankers and shaking Of
was going on. Mr.. Bryan nodded
M. mead and smiled his approval. lie
~, "h,N. nodded and smiled. but when it
' ms turn to speak. be shook his
pr also and the w~orkingmcn shouted
.,F man ever at the prospect OF hang
ne "'naCrs as II means OF restoring
w." ,irr aud bringing back good times.
'n|dl seemed to enjoy himself az
'''N''! out over the crowd and sand
many things as be could think Of to
~ 80 iNoIIc ana ellCOuIiec Ills loi
't!l over the nation.
] SAID before. Mr.. Bryan had exhib-
70 '"" symptoms nf panic III his face
r, b.. saw that the business men had
+. Ar!>nlry's picture instead of his
,",' III The windows. But when he
" now III" crowd chrcrcd the prospect
hanging a few OF these bankers and
i.''>S men. it seemed Ia restore his
'''.ice. And then again. when he
"''i stood up to address them and
r, man shouted. "Giye it TO 'om. BIZ.
ana another shouted "lou bct.
seemed Ia interpret this as a sign
i" a, III" Wprhingmcn were III the ma
'"! ana would elect him just the sam"
i, ,III' Of the business men. And 80
'o'i lhcnt he had no fear of the oppo-
vi III III" business men SO long ~
ID" So many of the brave and honest
sn';H Who were ready To reject T."
l,o"e or their employers and fol-
VI R.,.