Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-22
BRYAN AS A DEMOCRAT.

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81 want to prove tonight" said Mr..
Rayner, that Mr.. Bryan has no party
claims upon the Democracy of the coun-
try. He was Populist in the House of
Representatives, all his political afiilia-
tons were with the Popuists of the
House; he was their representative and
spokesman; he offered to stump the State
of Virginia against Governor OFerrall;
he proclaimed that he would bolt the Chi
cngo Convention il sound-money man
was nominated, and he voted against Gro
yer Cleveland for President of the United
States.
Where did this young apprentice
gather his lessons of Democracyp From
the fathers of the party? 1 deny it. He |
was bred in the hnunts of Populism, and |
the scribes and priests who surround him |
are men who have long since been npOsA |
tates from the affairs Of our faith. What |
sort of an idol is this that he is dragging |
up the aisles of the temple? Sixteen to
one, a sham and a shibboleth that excites |
the derision and ridicule of civilized man
kind! He is inspired with the fancy that
he is n political messiah, come to reyolu-
tionize the finances of the world, and he
is mad with millions of his countrymen
because they will not worship this strange
device that he holds in his hands. As he
is steeplechasing through the land in fever
heat he imagines that a sober people have
| caught the eontagion that is raging in his
| brain and that deirium will usurp the
place of reason. And this he calls Demo-
cr,icy.
Il tell you he does not stand for a Demo-
cratic principle. He repudiates the doc
| trines of Jefferson; he tramples upon the
memory of jackson; he is evidently ignor-
ant of the teachings of l.enton; he strikes
from the list the name of the lamented
| Tilden. and he eXcommuncates from the
roll of his party's illustrious champions
the honored name of Grover Cleveland"
The following are other striking points
that Mr. Rayner made:
What right has Mr.. Bryan to excom-
municate Democrats from the ranks Of
the party when he himself has over and
over again proclaimed that he would not
support the candidates of the convention
unless they were in accord with his own
erratic financial views?
How can Il silver dollar be hundred
cent dollar and iifty-cent dollar at the
same time?
Upon the day when the ballots are cast
reason will take the place of delirium, the
fever will have tabated and the country
will resume its normal temperature.
mo sensible wage-earner can support a
financial policy that inevitably means the
lowering of his wages and the raising of
the price of consumption.
"Mr Bryan admits that he voted for
Weaver, self-confessed repudiationist,
against Grover Cleveland. What right
. has he to speak for Democracy?
I'VE are asked not to use hard names.
will comply with this request and simply
say it is insane to talk about coming the
, silver of the world ut the repudiated ratio
of sixteen to one.
| "If silver was demonetized by the com
bined action of the civilized world. then il
{. can only be remonetized by the concur
: renee of the civilized world.
I 1.-THE government has not been able tt
: keep up the price of silver. 1t has triet
to do so twice since 1873. First. by til,
S Bland-Allison act and second, by the Shcr
{ man act, but the experiment has failet
e and silver has collapsed to the lowest poin
!, in its history.
v 81 ask you whether it is a rational pro
$ posal to ask the United States to recon
/ all the dollars of Mexico. now worth fifty
d three cents apiece, and compel the peopl
II of this country to take them in paymen
u | 81
y Il challenge you to point me to an,
e clause in the constitution that provide
If for the ratio or even the coinage of silver
1t "All honest men must combine to defea
II this raid upon the treasury. When one
- defeated it will never rise again.
~ Il believe in adopting the most her0i
n measures to defeat Bryan and the trib
III of agitators and false prophets who sui
" round him. They are the enemies of Oh
al country, and | would fight them as
ir would Il pestilence or a foreign foe mena,
ing the welfare and safety of the II
he public
20 Mr.. Rayner concluded as follows:
he MIR. Bryan says il he is elected we al
or all to be communicated. That is RICH
he Count us all out The die is cast, and "
at will take the chance.
as 1--WE want no political communion wit
M Tillman and Mary Ellen Lease and We
vol yer and Cyclone Davis and Coxey III
he Carl Brown and all the rest of the mote
M gang that are following upon the hee
er of this apostle of Reputation. l thir
OIL lie ought to exclam, with Fastaif. i II
ne a soused gurnct ii march through Co
Of entry with such soldiers as these
use seems like a horrible nightmare when
rs, wake up at night and think of this gr
u'S'Iut HSStlllIlltSt Ill IUISStsSl'Hl OI u
so- Executive Mansion and the portfolios
be the nation.
Lry "A few months ago, before the Dem
he cratic managers started them on the
bic present tour, this whole theatrical trou
of was stranded, and they could not ha
rm borrowed five hundred dollars on tho
ich joint Endorsement over the counter of al
yn. bank in the United States. This is
of sweet combination to run the Trpasu
M and regulate the finances of the COUNT
me My friends, they will never do it. pu
lie honesty rcyolts aud sickens nj t
the thought. They will 20 down dishonor
to" and unsung. Alleged will go down wi
as the flag of anarchy trailing in the du
her Tilman will be II wandering exile fro
adj the pale of civilized society, and Bry
tly will seek the rcp0Se that Mr.. Dem
,ng kearney and Mr.. Drhs and Mr. Cox
,rs and every other sand-lot orator and agit
scs tor has sought who has endeavored
be intlame the passions and preiudices of |
fin cOuntrymcn against each other, and nlo
.ity them I'LL will float in triumph the stninl,
he and indciilcl banner Of Democracy, he,
the ing no inscription Of Reputation, but bill
:. ~ ing with the motto
far NO compromise with dishonor.''
= Death of Mrs. Annie snitcher.
the Mrs. Annie Snitcher wife of DR.. u.
,ro- Snitcher, died Wednesday in DENY,
the | {tnI ho IL +ny e