, 1896-09-01
WHY BRYAN IS T
A Dozen Good Reasons From the Mar
Who Was Ready to Bet 1000.
New York Sun,

WHO as lttduy 10 Bet SlU,UUU.
New York Sum-
Allow me to state u among the
many practical reasons why Mr.. Bryan
VIII be defeated:
|. Honest property in its multitudin-
Gus dlanness, wages, savings, real es,
SAFE, commerce, etc. is arrayed against
a repudiator, whose nomination alone
has already caused the shutting down
Of factories, the failure of commercial
enterprises and a frightful s~hrinkage
of all American values.
2. The press, the pulpit, the school
and virtually the laW-abiding and in
t~eiligent citizens are on the side OF
l00c dollar.
3. No experienced party leaders
manage the cause Of reputation. Or
the other hand, all the brainy and es-
Unable democrats and republicans and
the well-bulit political machinery of
lLeir parties are tremendously working
20 defeat Mr.. Bryan. Discussions
among populists, socialists, anarchists
and popocrats are increasing. A thor
ough organization for Mckinley; a
thorough disorganization fer his oppo-
nens.
4. Had Mr.. Bryan the intellect of a
Mirabeau, a Gambetta, a Bismark, a Ii
Hung Chang, or of a Blaine, he might
u-ip ,,t ,rpl, l ~ fov tho ODo p~I
prosperity of the United States. he is
only a man of average intelligence,
who came into public notice by enter
ing congress through the usual petty
political tricks.
Lack of historical data and common
sense theories to prove his leading as.
sumption that silver will be kept at
the ratio of 16 to ! without interna-
tional agreement"
6. The vast army of the employed
will not risk their positions on unsub-
stantial assertions of better times
through his election. They will no,
let go the meat for its shadow. The
certainty that the dollar will be cut in
two, and the uncertainty that wages
will be raised, initiate against Mr.. Bry.
an. Managers of railways and other
enterprises have informed their en-
ployes that reduced earnings will ne
cessitate a reduced force. Almost ev-
cry man who has a job will vote for
Mr.. Mckinley.
I. Before November 8 the farmer will
have been reached with truthful litera-
ture, which will prove to him that the
low price of wheat is not due to the
low price of silver, but exclusively to
the overproduction Of wheat.
s. The m~alodorous Tillman-Bryan-
Atlgeld atmosphere will grow more Of
fensive daily, even to the nostrils OF
Bryan's misinformed admirers.
3. Silver mine owners, those appar-
emily most interested and best able to
contribute to his campaign. have not
responded perceptibly thus far, because
there is a new rubD they are MOI GER
tain that his election will enhance the
price of silver. Many wise ones feel
that the overproduction and overim-
portation might reduce the price OF
bullion below today's market value
were Bryan elected. Therefore, unless
they expect political plums or increas-
ed circulation of their journals. silver
mine owners hesitate to invest on Mr..
Bryan.
10. AS no stone will be left unturned
from now to November 3 to show sill
verites the %falseness of their views, it
is certain that from day to day large
numbers of honest, though misguided,
voters, will turn in Mr.. McKinley's IA
vor.
II. The incidental w~eathercocks, the
political skirt dancers, those who arr
''on the fence and the many who do
not want to be on the losing side
whatever be it's cause-will fall more
and more into Mr.. McKinley's line as
they note Mr.. Bryan's decreasing
chances. Observe the change already
since his advent into the "enemy's
country"
IL. Things ORR quickly die quick
ly. This elocutionist's accidental and
sudden fame will not be an exception
t that natural law.
The greenback dementia. the silver
monomania. and similar forms Of pop
ular mental diseases may recur period
ically. but great and sturdy Uncle Sam
will never become %incurably insane.
LOUIS LOMBARD.