The Forrest City times., 1896-10-16

gate. iutrusted solely with the public duty. narrowed the gateway to one-half its former width. and then when the people brought their product to have it measured there was a mighty collection Of things gathered at the gateway, and the guardi- ans of the gate took unto themselves all that could not pass through readily and then sometimes when the producers thought to have high prices for their prod uct the guardians of the gate. from the ac- eumulations which had gathered outside the pillars Of the gate. threw upon the mar Ret vast quantities. and depressed the prices.
 And then there was murmuring in the land. and a commission waited upon the guardians of the gate and said: Why Is it. we pray ye. that the gate should be mar rcwer. that our commodities cannot pass through for free exchange any morey Lo, am a shoemaker I make shoes My neighbor Is farmer and raises bread. My child goes hungry and his child goes bare loot because we cannot freely exchange.
 Was Life-Long Republican.
 Although a lifelong republican, am unable in good conscience to support Mai Mckinley and feel that my vote and my voice should be given to William J Bryan Mir. Mckinley voted for free coinage in 1877 and boasted of 1t for dozen years there after. No longer ago than 1890 he declared in my presence that he would vote for free coinage again If his party would agree upon such a measure
 An say these gentlemen when things are cheap just see how much the poor man can buy with his dollar It is beautiful to witness the oyerfiowing love which at times the great bankers. the gold syndicates, the trusts, combines and monopolies of all kinds have for the poor man. If 1t were not confined to the short period of two or three months just preceding each presiden- tiai election, it would be still more beauti- full Unfortunately, though, for the phil anthropy of this argument. the poor men are not the ones who have the dollars At all events. they have not many oi them, and they are getting fewer of them every year. The rich men are the ones who are advancing the gold standard and those. more particularly those whose wealth Is in the form of money are the ones who are benefited by dollars of high purchasing power. If a man have s1OO, GOO in money. and dollars double in value, it makes him twice rich. If man have no money. and dollars double in value, 1t makes 1t twice as hard for him to get a dol lar, and sometimes great deal more than twice as hard
 Silver Will Rise.
 ''rhey tell us that under free coinage the dollars will at once sink to 50 cents. We answer that with the American mint opened, the man who would sell silver for % cents on the dollar ought to have guard
 
 silver as well.
 MT Bryan has naively remarked, there is nobody on his side but the people, Mir. Bryan Is prominently the candidate of the common people. His nomination was a magnificent triumph in the commonalty against the combined powers of wealth. The truly democratic elements of the democratic pNrty now control the organiza- ton, and they have a candidate who Is in perfect sympathy and accord MT Bryan IS man of the most splendid personal character. of grand ability and dauntless courage They say he Is young, but he is old enough to know what he thinks, and he is brave enough to speak bis honest senti- ments anywhere, everywhere, and under any circumstances. He took up the great battle for silver restoration when 1t was apparently a lost cause, and by the sheer force of his own personality he has made himself the grand central ngure in Amer ican politics. In this campaign he stands for q distinctive Americans policy: for the complete restoration of silver to It's former position in our monetary system. without the aid or consent of any person on earth a mea sure. which, while not panacea for everything that is wrong in our industrial condition. will give us, as we believe, more relief and more prosperity than any other single act that could be placed upon the statute books of the country.
 Therefore. in this campaign am for the democratic party and its candidates. and I believe that every American citizen who wishes to see his country again on the high way of prosperity should cast his vote for William. Jennings Bryan. of Nebraska. and Arthur Sewall. of Maine."