Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-10-27
WHO ARE THE ANARCHISTS
Republican Threats to Dissupt the Go
erment II MIR. Bryan Should Win.

Republican Threats to Dissupt the Gov
erment If Mr. Bryan should Win.
Edward Lauterbach, chairman Of the
republican county committee of New.
York, said in public speech, delivered
| few days ago, that If Bryan and the
Chicago platform should obtain a ma
jority of the votes in the approaching
election, 1--WE will not abide by that de-
cjsion." Lauterbach is not an ire
sponsible nobody to indulge in idle
chatter. He is Boss Platt's right-hand
man in New York, and was delegate
from the state at large, along with
! Plat, Depew and Warner Miller, to the
national republican convention which
/ met at St. Louis and nominated AfcKi,-
ley. This is, therefore, q threat to over
election, made by a responsible repre-.
sentative Of the republican party
the chairman of the republican COM
1aittee of the richest and most populous
county in the United States.
Two nights later, Senator Palmer, the
assistant republican candidate for press
ident, made the following declaration
In speech at Detroit: "For myself, I
! would prefer to live under righteous
monarchy rather than submit to such
J principles as those declared by the Chi
cago convention" If Bryan and his
| principles triumph, Of which there is
! every indication, Senator Palmer will
not go elsewhere to seek "a righteous
monarchy" under which to live. He
would find it more convenient to join
Lauterbach in an attempt to establish
one OF that kind IL this country.
On the very day on which Lauterbach
declared the determination, under the
contingency mentioned, to overthrow
the government, Dugald Crawford, q
leading merchant of st. Louis and a
large employer of labor, made a
thorough and systematic search of his
list of employees to find ii any of them
were in favor of free silver and intended
to vote for Bryan. He found such, and
s,rlnmarily dismissed them-in viola
ton Of law and every principle Of mall
hood.
These three occurrences are mere
specimens of what is going on every
day among the plutocratic supporters
of Mckinley and the gold standard
Who are the anarchists? The Chicago
platform contains not even the sugges
ton of the violation of any law. Tho
men who are opposing it so bitterly
are not afraid the laws will not be en-
forced, if it should win, as Mr.. Bryan
has said They are afraid the laws will
be enforced.
Who are the anarchists?
The New York Herald, a ranting Nc
Kinley organ, comedies Bryan 21o cleo
toral votes and elects Mckinley witt
the aid of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana
Iowa, Maryland and Kentucky. AS the
democrats confidently expect to carry
each of these states, the Herald's esti
mate is practically a concession O
Bryan's election.
Wall street has demanded that con
gress withdraw the silver and green
backs from circulation, and substi
tute therefor the single gold stan
dard. To do SO, would oblige tn
government to provide one billion @
dollars in gold, and this can only b
done by borrowing it from the none
lenders. If yon are prepared to pa,
your part of this large amount 0
money, with interest, and probabl
leave q legacy Of a national deb
which your children can never pay
: vote for the man who would saddi
this additional burden on the people
vote for Mckinley. DEBORAH Journa
The amount paid during Cleve
lands first term, to retire the bond
and pay the public debt, was $3.50
:. 4l0 053: Harrison paid for the sam
: purpose $292, 9j3 435 The amour
8 above the gold reserve turned owe
by Cleveland 10 Harrison was S83
!, G27, 100. The amount turned over a
l. the end of Harrison's term to MI
n Cleveland WAS only $24 ,12s,CS
!. Again the Harrison administrator
i feXtendcd bonds that niatured Sept.
1891, amounting to S25, 3G4 500 The
. also defauted il paying 10000, OC
i dne the sinking fund. by such ac,
r they managed to sneak through wit
their little surplus of $24,OOO,OOO