The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-07-15
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
OF NEBRASKA.
FOR E-PREsIDENT,
ARTHUR SEWELL,
OF MAINE.
rnoronrs ON TuE ISSUES.

In response to telegraphic inquiries
regarding his position on various issues
OF the campaign william J Bryan
sent the following autographie state
merits 20 the New York World:
There was time when President
Cleveland had =, face the question Of
turning either to the p.utocracy or to
the Democracy. Had he been a Jack
son or jefferson he would have
turned to the common people, and
there would have been no need OF the
convention here repudiaung his
policy"
"rhose who have been heretofore
recognized as Democrats aud who do
not wish to stand with ms ia carrying
outtlp provisions of the Chicago plat
form must find location 'or them
selves"
al have but little doubt that Mr.
Cleveland and all those Democrats who
choose to follow him will have ticket
OF their own in 1896 and win insist
that they are The Democratic party.
They think the silver sentiment a
craze and that it is going to blow
over
THAT makes me think Of a story.
Out in the northwest, where the wind
is high, the fences are sometimes
blown down and sometimes the houses
are blown over. man was going
along one day and found another
building a fence. He was putting 1t
up solidly. with mortar and stone.
The man said; You are putting a
good deal Of time on that fence. Don't
you think Il will blow oyer9' And the
man who was building the fence re-
piled That is just the way ] am
building L. II is Eve feet wide and
four feet high, and when it blows over
II will be one foot higher than Il is
now That Is the way they are build
ing this silver ecaze. 1t is wider than
II is high, and when it does blow over
il will be higher than 1t is now"
81 am not believer in either free
silver or gold, but am an out-and-out
bimetallist II is clearly apparent to
me that financial stringency does not
hinge on the amount Of money in cir
culation, but rather on the influences
that control circulation. The very
best times we ever had occurred when
there was a very low rate Of money
per capita In circulation"
"We have already suffered grevous-
ly because Of the fall IN prices The
last census shows a decrease iu the
proportion Of farm owners and an in
crease in the proportion Of farm ten
ants II also shows farm mortgage
debt which is truly alarming The
continued appreciation OF gold, that
Is, the continued fall ia prices, i'm
ereases the number Of tenents and
makes harder every yea, the life Of
the farmer"
"He who aids in Increasing land
lordism in this country hastens the
overthrow Of the republic, for free
government viii not long survive when
a few own the land and means Of sup
port while the many are tenants at
will No one would dare to propose
law increasing the number Of dollars
70 be paid by a debtor To increase
the size Of the dollar by legislation
has exactly the same effect
That dollar viii soon cease 10 be
called honest which grows fatter every
day. Tariff reform grew strong in
the west aud south, while II was re-
jected as q heresy in the east. IL took
years Of struggle 10 carry the cause Of
tariff reform across the Alleghanies
bnt the principle conquered IN time