New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-09
1T WOULD BE WORSE THAN 1898.
NOW long IT WOULD TAKE TO IEGALl~E ffNH
COINAGE. EVEN SHOULD THE sh~
VERITES WIN.

vERITEs WIN.
A nrominent sound money Democrat WHO ,"ae
aa,.ga.e 70 the Chicago Convention ana mas po''e"
the BRYAN and Sewall nominations. Is iieque" 49,,
visited by workngmen VINO WISH W o' 10
,au,s IN the political situation since his return
from Chicago TO one vi 'h''' ""O
Yesterday. he said: $500, .,
..rh ro,nt for the workingmen Of this country
70 consider is what is TO take place IN the le,'
hetween the election of Bryan Win i'ee
Congress and the enactment or the Id" -!
enc coinage OF silver at the ratio of 10 to- Is is
tzea How long do You think 1t VIII TAKE sup
ro.ry the free-silver idea prevails IN NOVEMBER
before q free-coinage bill can be passed!
rha caller allowed that 1t would take aoou'
eighteen months
The sound-money Democrat went on;
nd was elected an anti-tarin pla'ior"
,-N.,o 1900 with House Of Representatives
o,.orwheIminglv Democratic, yet was not uh'I
.uoust 1891 that the Mckinley bill was repeated
and the Wilson bill took It's place. III '"o i"e"
tina the business OF the country was pros" So
and tens Of thousands OF men ana "o"iSi io9
their means of living because business men stopped
A.. .,ro,t tho new conditions which the expected
changes in the policy of the Government woud
hiring We have not yet recovered from INC "e
preston and misery which followed
81 OF nc suppose for the sake of argument that
BRYAN and his party will be successfu Vwh'cn pS
no means believe possible while the American peo-
,Io re,at, their sanityl and that the free-siver
.cberoe is not in itself such wicked. abomihapie
and dishonest experiment as many good Democrats
bel,eve II free coinage could take effect to-mor-
row or next week or next month or even me DAY
aS,sr tho November election. people would ~ once
O. 20 york 10 adjust themselves ana thelr aHalE
10 the change. But this IL Impossible. .Not IT,
,ban a year or il may be eighteen months or TWO
vars will intervene before IT can have the force
Of law . 49, ,ohor;re nor,ion ~
Tho community in the mean time. Every descrip-
lion Of enterprise Will cease, 10 await events iouu
, Ing railroad construction. manufacturing, every
hing that employs labor. VIII come 10 a siahdsiH
Orders will be withdrawn and mills now operating
~, mart time will shut down entirely The distress
~ 1sas and 1894 will repeated only 1t will be far
worse because the calamity Of lack or employment
nil enread 10 every business ana vocation.
..rhese are realities which men and women VINO
,,ort FOR wages should consider carefully before
tbey ioin In the cry for free silver Inc question
.nr' them is What will be the condition OF the
aonntrv between the election and the passage or
tho law directing the change In the countrys imam
ciaI system? II they have money saved up 10 I'VE
ON for a year two without Work they VIII not
"Rnt what Of the thousands OF laborng men and
,beir families who depend for their living expenses
Gew-York thronged with starving people within
The last few years the result OF an attempt 10
change the industrial system OF the country. an
o,temnt 10 change the financial system from sond
ananciol and honest money 10 debased ana de,
,,reciated currency will be attended by famine ana
distress more appalling. II IL Is POSSIBLE IMAM i"'
ever been witnessed In America
To a walking delegate OF a labor associatlon' WIZ
came 10 talk SILVER TO him. this Democrat sain:
You can take a long vacation II you succeed IN
electipg Bryan. You will have no men at Work In
your trade to order on strike