The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-09
AS OTHERS SEE IT.
Brief, Bright Editorial Comment on the
Chicago Platform.
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Brief, Bright Editorial Comment on the
Chicago Platform.
In speaking OF his Washington intsr-
view I'm which ne said that Bryan wocid
uot accept tho Populist nomination. ard
that the Southern Porulists should 10
with the negroes. where they belonged,
chairman Jones. OF the ropocr4uc COM.
mittee, now gays that 1t Was o.. Nero sl-
cial conversation with a newspaper m1a
IN Mr.. Jones pdrlor. That Is a very
ancient excuse Did Mr.. Jones suppose
that the newspaper man, with the thc--
mometcr in tho 9Os. went 10 Jones house
FOR his heaitng-iniiane,pn.a rrcss.
Tom Watson SAYS that Populisn IS a
rebellion against Clevclands Democracy.
The remark also applies 10 everything
else that is stable and substantial In gov
ernment.-BaltimOre Herald.
Mr.. Bryan will have an opportunity in
Madison Square Garden. New York. to
meet the charges nl4ae by the Chicago
Chronicle July H. 1896. and repeated at
Madison, Wis, by Senator Thurston. OF
Nebraska:
1.-THE proprietors Of the big bonanzas
have found II profitable 10 keep a large
number Of lecturers aud other Spokesman
Among the many who have thus been
employed and carried on the pay-rolls Of
the big bananas for a number or years
is Wuuam j. bryan. OF Nebraska. a paid
agent and spokesman for the free-silver
combine"
In the position Of Mr.. Bryan II is I'M
portant to meet these things. There is
no doubt, whether he has been a paid
agent Of the bonanza men or not, that he'
IS their presidential candidate.-Brooklyn
Standard Union.
The silver-mine owners propose to make
this campaign one OF Doodle. Former
contributions are to be as nothing COM
pared to the way this one will bc run.
Two or three OF the Montana men In
terested In having a law declaring that
fifty cents worth 81 their silver is equal
TO one hundred cents worth OF every
body else's gold will give not less than
500. 900 10 the Bryan fund. while Colorado
sllyer-mine owning milionaires promise
even larger sums. II is 10 their interest
TO have fifty cents declared the equal
OF a dollar because they have the sill
yer TO sell, but the rest of the country
will have TO make up the difference
Montgomery Advertiser.
Chairman Faulkner OF the Democratic
Congressional Committee, is reported in
a Washington dispatch 20 the New ork
Journal as saying that IF the Alabama
election demonstrated one thing more
than another to him, IL was that it Is not
absolutely necessary for the democrats 10
fuse with any one IN order 10 carry the
Southern States" why, then, did the
Chicago Convention get down on IT'S
knees 10 the Populites and adopt many
Of their strongest planks and nominate for
President a man who less than year
ago said he was neither a Democrat
nor Republican? Montgomery Adver-
tiser
"A significant sign Of Mr. Bryan's
growing caution IS the issue OF an Off
cial copy of his Chicago speech, revised
By his own hand. IN which his famous
crown of thorns and cross of gold ap-
pear in quotation marks. This IS per-
haps only a graceful way Of acknowl-
edging that tho metaphor was taken at
any rate from other speeches OF his own.
and probaeiy from the speeches OF other
men. New York Evening Pest.
The silver orator OF the vacant lot tells
his audience that free coinage would make
money plenty. that IL we had more money
prices would rise and that II prices should
rise there would be great demand for
labor at higher wages
As 70 that. fla the first place. free coin
age would not make money more plenty
for n considerable time. Tho first effect
would be 10 drive every dollar Of gold we
have out OF use. and that would leave us
with about one-third less Of what passes
for money than we now have. All ex-
perlenco. as well as reason, proves that
this would be tho first effect. even IT si-
yer and other currency should fall no
more than per cent. below gold.
But suppose free coinage should give rs
more money. how would the man who
works for wages get any more or IT. He
mas no silver bullion costing MIN % cents
per ounce 20 take 20 tho mint ana go
made into dollars for his own use al tho
rate Of $3.50 10 the ounce.
The mine owner can rake or that me
profit OF 81 cents an ource Dut no man
who works for wages can do II, no, not
even the man who digs out the ore IN the
mine or labors I'm the smelling works.
Prices would 20 up unquesuonaDiy, n
We had more ana cheaper money. II
money gets cheaper people Will not give
so much sugar or cloth or lumber for n
dollar OF the money. In other words. it
Will take more money 10 buy the same
quantity of sugar. cloth. etc.
How IS the working man going 70 get the
increased sums Of money that he will
have 70 pay for his groceries and cloth
ing? He has nothing to sell but his labor
lie cannot SIT down in the evening and
mark up HIS labor and go out and sell
it for 10. o. 80. or 100 per cent. more the
next day.-Chicago Chronicle
II Is 10 be Mr.. Bryan's chief care 10
show I'm his acceptance speech that he
and his two running partners are not
Anarchists. This he expects TO prove by
explanation Of the suspicious planks I'm
the two platforms on which he IS running.
One plank I'm both platforms proposes
destruction OF more than half the exist
irg value OF American property. all ac-
CURED on the gold standard basis. II
destruction Of private property without
compensation 30 the owners be not an
archy the world has failed 20 find a def
milton for Anarcl V.
Mr.. Bryan may have ready n suggestion
OF compensation. lie may say II IS true
we propose 10 destroy half the value Of
existing property. but We will give you
half n dollar 10 buy a dollars worth Of
property under free-silyer government.
Mr.. Bryan can defend this explanation
by recalling Charles Lambs apology for
arriving so late al his desk. "But / 20