Saint Mary's beacon., 1897-04-01


and against them the people, the
toiling masses without means, and,
although the friends of Bryan made
a gallant fight, yet the demoralized
and impoverished condition OF sew
eral Of the Western and and North
western states made it possible for
those who handled millions for po-
litical purposes to get in effective
work. Bot that is now Of the past,
and. although the six millions of
freemen who cast their votes for
Bryan have not changed their
minds upon the silver question,
yet, If the new President and Con-
gress can devise any means which
will restore prosperity, expand the
commerce and give employment TO
millions who are now idle, things
may quiet down; but, il not, then
you will see that the battle has on
ly begun.
"There was one cause that con-
tributed greatly to the defeat of
Bryan, and that was the course pur-
sued by ex-President Cleveland.
| When he was nominated four years
ago there were mutterings of dis
content all along the lines he be-
came alarmed, and made touching
appeals to Democrats, urging upon
them the duty of every member of
the party, whether everything suit
ed them or not, to stand by the
nominee Of the convention. The
Populists and silverites rallied TO
his support and he was triumphant
ly elected. How different with him
when Bryan was nominated by one
Of the ablest conventions that ever
assembled ; he declared that no
Democrat was bound to support
the ticket, and did all in his power
to defeat it. But Cleveland has
been a very lucky man, and wheth-
or his star shall continue in the as
cendant or go down, as did Van
Buren's, remains to be seen. But
il the latter, then the fall Of the
big fisherman and duckshOoter of
Gray Gables will be much greater
than the little magician of Kinder
hook"
GORMAN AND THE SENATE.
"Do you think the candidates
nominated by the Democratic par
ty would pledge themselves to vote
against German for senator ~ ask
ed the reporter.
81 should hardlY.think so said
the veteran, "and yet there are
| many HiCu WhO biIlih III SuldTG W
do foolish thing, and certainly no
candidate could do more foolish
thing than this. 1t would not only
degrade his manhood and lessen
his self respect, but be almost GER
tain to cause his defeat. There is
not county in the State where we
have large Democratic vote where
Mr. German has not a large follow
ing, many who are under special
obligations to him for favors re-
ceiyed, and, although they should
not do anything to endanger the
success Of the general ticket, would
resent such an insult by turning
down such candidate at the general
election.
1.-The presidential campaign of
last year, though exciting and
somewhat bitter had its humorous
turns, and 1 give you a little OF my
own experience: 4 friend of mine,
who had always been with me until
carried away by the gold standard
fever, said to me with great earn
estness that if Bryan was elected a
dollar would only be worth fifty
three cents, and a hundred dollars
would only realize fifty-three. Well,
| replied, if | take the hundred
dollars on what you say is only fif-
ty-three, and pay off two claims
against me of fifty dollars each, l
am no loser, and want to know
where the forty-seven dollass are.
Tell me, and / will be after them
very quick. All. said my friend,
it is not done that way. No, re-
piled, and you don't know how it
is done. You remind me of an
old preacher in my church--the