Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-10-13
MASON BASTES BRYAN.
itnois Senator Speaks TO Iowa
Republicans.
ni-Srets the Cheap Money Cham
Ei"n's Argument ard Humorous
~ Pounds the Popocrar.
Platform.


liam L. Mason. of Chicago. who won the
interest Of the assemblage with pun
gent arraignment of Popocrat Bryan
and his platform. in which he said.
IAN progress in civilization depends upon
our willingness 10 profit by the experience
OF others. and the greatest hindrance 70
clNHlznbon comes from the stupid DE-
fmauu for personal lesson in experience
My good friend M Bryan, who spoke
here yesterday. ard whom ! am TO follow
to-day turd promise you TO do so. with due
respect for his opinion and for yours). was IN
congress orcc. lie had theory as To IRE"
trade. tariff for revenue. tariff reform. etc.
\ on rave rca5 his speeches He assured us
the wsy 40 he'll q bor hese 'vas TO buy the
product u lator tr other countries. that
the way TO make money plenty here was 10
~pfii.i e. a. utl..n court ric-. that the way TO
help tiur fArtuC- here Wa 10 nix his Amer
.cau customer - thcy would leave tho
<1oDs anu hccome tie farmers competitors
instead of his CUstaUCfs. DE end his party
ere IN power We Ilgaied with him ard
his party 20 read la tUtN. We called attcn-
1ion o. tlte fact thai % WAS not a new anT
Hntried theory. hut that its trial had been
often had. and that panic and disaster fol-
lowed IT. every trial Bat. Ike the boy IN
1ho I la, SSftitu shop. who wouldn't believe
tho rcd-hot iron would burn. so Mr.. Bryan
and his party cried: Give us a lesson In
experience. Let US try the hot iron: We don't
believe your statement Of history. We
want none OF your experience OF others
Tho American people have insisted on a
lesson in experience about every genera
1ioit. and theV gave TO Mr.. Bryan and his
party chance TO experiment
4 Costly Lesson
'"rhey toC% the iesson-I mean we took
tho lesson. for II Mr. Bryan could have
taken the lesson in experience in his home
ia Nebraska II would have been different
but we took the lesson with him and may
The father or nations keep us from ms
Fncdlcine In the future. Labor idle and
starving while your grauaries were fuIl.
small and great merchants failing for the
want of little ready money. while capital
hid It's shining light under the bushel OF
safety deposit vaults and bureau drawers
tanks tottcring and falling for want of
confidence OF the people i'm them. For the
1irst time I'm the history OF our country free
soup houses after tho manner OF free trade
England. were established In our fair land OF
plenty. That lesson OF experience cost
rs more than the civil war, and you nd your
children are TO pay more than $500. 600 90 for
that additional lesson in experience which
was piled upon you in times of peace.
Last fall our friend Bryan dropped the
Tree trade talk. and said: Free silver is the
thing. Please. oh. good people, give me
ono moro lesson I'm experience From one
end OF the country to the other he cried.
IN substance: i have new idea the way TO
make money plenty Is to make IL out OF
cheaper stun: we don't care for quality
but II Is quantity we want. II wheat Is
low. II IL because silver Is low. They al
WAYS go up and down together. Make the
dollar cheaper and have twice as many
81 them; cut the yard stick in two and
have twice many yards; make the
bushel measure one-half as big. and have
twice as many bushels He promised to
make us all rich. 70 pay all debts. and wipe
away our every tear, IL we would only
give him one more lesson in experience.
The people heard him I'm his thousand
speeches-or rather his one speech thou
sand times. and they said: we are Just
now having one lesson in experience at the
special request of Brother Bryan You
must remember what Lincoln said: You
can't fool the people all the time and they
gave him his lesson: a lesson I'm politics
a; his expense. and not a lesson In ex-
pcrience at our expense
Republican Party Promises.
He is now enjoying his lesson in pol
tics as Is Mckinley, and, indeed so are the
whole people. The republican party does
not promise to prevent drought or flood
ii does not promise to prevent sickness.
nor does 1t warrant to cure warts, corns and
hunions. Ii does warrant a few things
which are proper functions Of government
First-It warrants To lay "A tariff that
VIII produce revenue enough to prevent
laying mortgage on your children in time
OF peace
''Second-It warrants that II will so lay
that tariff az to encourage American cap
ital to employ American labor. and en-
able them to buy the products OF your
farm.
''Third-It absolutely guarantees that un-
der It's legislation no American citizen shall
compete in his labor. on equal terms. with
the cheap foreign labor OF any nation in
the world.
The republican party also guarantees
that every dollar shall be OF equal value
whether paper. silver or gold that there
'shai! be no poor mans money: no rich
man money. but. as we believe in one
zoo. one flag and one country, we demand
one dollar as good as any other dollar
wherever ~ Is found.
The republican party stands for an
nfIcr thing which Mr.. Bryan and his Mat
form did not stand for: we believe in the
enforcement OF law and the protection OF
lives and property of all citizens We
hoh propose that the government shall
Hubd your home. but we do propose when
Won nave built II the mob shall not burn fl.
and II the local government does not pro-
tect the poorest ana richest man in his
nome. We say the government Of the United
states must do 10. II It takes the standing
army.
Same Ola Bryan Cry.
let us look at Mr. organs speech Of
Yesterday; It's the same old cry for les
son in experience He has oueued bis ~, ~,
rajgn for 1900. lie announces his platform
as continued cry for personal experience
Never mind the past. never mind history.
never mind the Gresham law. Down with
common honesty. give US the privilege of
picking up the rcd-hot iron. and II / am
right, II won't burn. and n / am wrong
VIII burn the fingers Of 10000. 900 people.
re has begun his campaign four years
On advance, his only argument being OF the
broken and shattered theories Of the past
and his only hope based on calamity ana
disaster for our country. Every crop fail
arc brings JOY and hope to his heart. every
burned cornfeld is an ensign OF his sue
cess; every strike makes his party heart
glad, and every time the sheriff shoots and
Kills his ambition fires anew and he cries.
SEQ what the tariff has done. free silver
viii cure it.
III IRE should take the forest and crops.
~ famine should fall among the ppople.
~ yellow fever and smallpox and liver
upl1int become universal. there fs don
ser that the banner OF Organism will DO
rluZ on the outer wall Of the white houso
Thank God. there is no such great danger
TIE man be- the harvest moon looks won
Icrfuily like McKinlcy. The marker re-
Dcrts begin TO look much as they did un
der Harrison before we had Mr. Bryan's
trce trade lesson ia experience. Every
chimney blowing smoke writes protection
i- he sky-every Jack plane and hammer
sings the song - returning prosperity. and
every newspaper that correctly reports
tho price Of wheat and silver stamps 3 alb
colutcly false the claims OF Mr. Bryan I'm
his last campaign and now. Since we
vii thrash over old straw. we must stand
rhe dust. AMI II my answer be dry and
dusty. blame the gentleman who asked
fhe question FIRST. his theory that 20 de-
-fsse the intrinsic value OF tho coin and
thereby increase It's volume viii increase
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