The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-23
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LII DllUUIUnlC
Who by virtue Of leadership IN AIRY walk
"a NE. whether Il ne In business or fheol-
osJ O. kag or literature or science .er1
~ their efforts 10 raise the xssoE- COM
Hs1nssy upward. TIE forcez w5ge. they
nave rallied heEsns them ard x..ira give
give them their OILY real power are the
cark ard mean hostility and envy felt for
AL men cl ao.aasy ny those unworthy uen
WHO care more 80 see their brethren fail
snan themselves 20 win success % ears-
lag AMI deserving u E-. Bryan ard lis
followers rail AZ every form OF enterprise
and thrift and al al the countless mani
effort SssscH go TO make 40 CIVILIZATION.
he attacks business ss.en as s.eh- he al
lacks csergymes as such
Bryan Rails at College Men.
1T ID Only natural Chat be should rail
also at Those rfso have spent part % tssear
youth IN STRIVING 10 tran their minds
he and has c5rapsers VINO asz4il success
In any form. and strive TO rouse the
Jealousy and malice Of the less able
against tsle more able. Of the isss fortu-
nate against the more fortunate. sno~
that they are ignorant OF the frst prta-
cipkes Of our American social life. These
principles demand thar man shall sse
treated for what he ~. be ne rscn or be
he poor. Ii Is as un-AneFIcan 10 dersts
and attack the man Of means because ne
is weil-so-5o or the man 81 letters be-
cause he has a trained mind as Il would
BE- 10 attack his poorer brother who has
had no chan-e TO win the wealth or
learning The bazeness OF the latter at
tack Is such that no American WAC THINKS
as We do would dream OF making IL. bat
Mr.. Bryan and his kind have shown Us
that there are unfortunately SOME
Americans who need to be laugh; The
baseness and folly OF the attack on tIioss
who hays worked. who have studied. WHO
have won suecess Ia letters or science
or business.
THE American whose good fortune II
has been 10 have college training
would never dream fer a moment or
claiming any superiority on shat account:
but he II bound 10 demand that nesihsr
shall IL be heE against him
"Mr. Bryan seemingly thinks 81 snossid
be- He sta n9s on hts own feet as other
Americans Ftand. II In spite OF bis ad-
santases he goes wrong, let him be an
sparingIy judged. faf II. because of his
college training. he can do better In his
profession. or can do more good TO his fell
lows then he has a right 10 tire sredlS
OF sssch = lccess or such achievement. He
has right To demand that exactly as he
Is given no advantage so shall he be put
at no disadvantage. IL the best men
among US are men wholly without train
Ing, We demand that they shall be gwen
the places of highest honor. IL. on the
other hand. they have had thar training.
we again demand that they shall be given
the places for which their ability nis
them.
Two Chief Americans.
1.-The two greatest OF all Americans. the
A nh fsft he lei n
press OF their Individuality upon the his
tory of the world for all time to come,
were Washington. who fountei the rspue-
lie. and Lincoln. who saved and psrpetn-
ated'if. What man. in dealing with THESE.
the uightiest of our conntrymen, Is him
self so small as 10 Judge them by augnt
save those high abilities and virtues
which have made not only our nation but
all mankind forever their debtorss VINO
cares which OF the m IL was that srasnei
himself while splitting rails and handling
a fatboat and which one got his training
while managing hts inherited estatesF In
passing final judgment upon their sers-
Ices what Is either fact to US. who revere
and honor and take pride in them and who
strive however feehIg. 10 follow In the
path where these giants OF our people
first painfully troi the wayg
Instead OF a government of the people.
for the people and by the people. which
a government Of the mob. by the dema-
sogue. for the shiftless and dlsorderly and
the criminal and the seni-crsmlnal. The
fight for free silver. that Is. the fight for
that species OF dishonest money which
ITS advocates eaphonfously cali cheap
money IL after all only one phase or the
nxht against civilization whsch II being
wseod hv the opponents OF decent gov
eminent in this campaign. There are. cf
course many sincere and honest men WHO
follow Mr. Ryyan's standard because they
believe that the coinage or free silver
would help the economic situation ana
consider this the oveTshadowing issue OF
the campaign. But these men by them
selves would not be formidable foes.
They do not make up the bulk even OF
those who follow Mr.. Bryan on the finaH-
clal issue alone. With the majority or
the men who want cheap money the silver
dollar Is desired. not because of any alb
strnze theories about the benefits OF BIZ
metalllsm. but because 1t IS the first step
toward nat money.
backbone Of These Supporters.
AR Bland. Mr.. Weaver. and all the
old time greenbaekcrs. or sofl-money men,
whose motto was TO wipe cat the national
debt az with a sponge form the backbone
OF those supporters or Ar. Bryan who are
drawn 10 him By his financial tneOstHs.
f-rhese men champion a silver dollar Pre-
t.aaase II ~ cheaper than rhe gold dollar.
iust "a they would champion a copper dol
tar rather than one Of silver. * copper
rnnf4 ne made an Issue al the moment.
What they really want Is irreSieenaei
oaner money In other words. these
curious beings who sometimes posse -
GOOD hearts and sometimes not. but who
asways possess foggv brains. think thai
ma money il Of value precisely n the
ratio Of It's icing valgscsesS. Gold and its
,at,lxsients possessing the greatest NAIlt.
and forming therefore the currency 81
All tns. prosperous civilized communities.
seem 30 them undesirable. They want
money fnaE - cheap: tsat is ret 50 val
uahle. They ike a silver dollar as COM
narest 20 n gold dollar. because Il = oa'y
x,rth half as u18ch BAT they ike paper
sollar even mora because IL Is not worth
s,xfe,gnw Tnsv srem 20 have curious
t~v4rtea idea that vae minute We car 81;
.,a,,ax shst Ia rot worth Anytaing 81 WILL
,rvn out 10 be able 20 purchase every
talag
~Ff there WIS anything IN their theery
ana Of ths, most prosperous communities
ff,sf ever existed should have been the
confederate 4safes Just before toe collapse
~ sha sserfs,seracy- There wsS any
amount al money. 5UcA as * was a. tae
,,o,sfeas-acv then and prseeS RsEe GA a
scale w-hira voal5 surely have sAfiSfi =
All ~sho wished % see sheua hseh. par
~ bots cost S.1 ssi a carpenter
,,tfs who went marketing had 10 nj heT
basket entirely fal Of ia, money X saa
eNpes>ssss 60 er3ng tt home halF lisa or anF-
ehs~ss else Nevertheless, Tas ps-sAsis @a4ss
IN a condition ot SreschsNsneSs afst stsrNa-