Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-25
CONFIDENCE OR MEASURES.

At Canton, on October I'd, Mckinley, in an
address to West Virginians, said: Business
activity will return confidence will come back,
courage will take the place of fear, work will
be resumed and prosperity will come to bless
and benefit us all" Five days latcs, Mckinley
in ad address to an Ohio delegation, said: "Our
policy seeks to give situation to every man in
in this country who wants to work. Again,
en- Oct 23d: "What we want TO do is to start
the idle mills, start the factories, and open the
markets which have been closed. This we can
do bv restoring the confidence which has been
lost" In view of what has followed, either
the President was ignorant, or he deliberately
falsihed Place him on either horn of the d
aemma, and he is not fit to be president. There
are farmers in Anderson county that knew abb
soutey that no one of McKinley's predictions
could be fulfilled. Mr.. Mckinley did not claim
that there would have to be tariff revision be-
fore prosperity could come. No measure, no
extra session of congress, but just confidence,
was to "start the idle mills, start the factories,
open the closed markets. Confidence was to
'employ all the idle men who wanted work.
The last campaign will pass into history as the
campaign of confidence, and depression and
despair as it's legitimate fruit
Now, take Bryan's speeches. Follow him
all the way through. Take his utterances on
finance. Take his uterances on monopo-
lies on taxation, and in no single word
did he attempt to delude the people into belev
ing that the mere fact of his election or the
supremacy of his party would bring prosperity
without measures; neither did no claim that
prosperity under any president, or any party,
could come Immediately. On the contrary, he
taught that it would take years under right
measures to recover our lost prosperity. With
the breath OF statesman he showed, that as
adve rsity had gradually grown upon us, so must
it take time to remove adversely. He also
showed that the causes of advertity was not in
lack of confidence but in legislative evils, far
reaching in their effects, and permanently fixed
until uprooted by the strong arm of govern
ment Bryan was fit to be president, not only
because of his principles, but because of his
wisdom, and because of his honesty. Every
day demonstrates the unwisdom of the peoples
choice.
ures in view. Then Mckinley should have
stuck to the theory of measures, and the fact
that Mckinley did not is evidence that he had
no faith in any measure proposed by his party.
We lad had high tariff, and while we had, mo-
nopoly fourished apace. We virtually had
cold standard before the ST. Louis platform,
nd under the gold standard the creditor went
up and the debtor went down. Mckinley
Knew that we had been trying the beauties of
,hc 'ncas ures for which he stood, and he was
irnor INT If he did not know that under his par
" policy our people had reached point of adj
v,rily hitherto unknown to the American peo-
pie. Bryan proposed cure, and Mckinley
proposed confidence. Mckinley belongs to the
new school Of faith cures" Bryan adheres
Ia the old regulars No effect without cause.
Nol only must healing agencies be applied, but
causes must be removed, Who is the wiser
physician, Mckinley, or Bryan?