Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1897-09-30
BRYAN in the Lead.

If Bryan and the cause of silver
were as dead as they try to make
the people believe, why is every
republican speaker and editor
wearing himself out on the subject.
Ex-President Cleveland has served
notice on President Mckinley that
the next president will be demo-
erat. The New York World and
other organs of the gold ring con-
cede the same. And the natural
deduction is that Mr.. Bryan will
be the man.
Commenting on the great battle
for humanity and justice the Silver
Knight Watchman, of Washington,
Senator Stewards paper, says:
"The cause of humanity against
the money type looks brighter than
in any previous struggle. The fact
that the extortionist, the usurer
and the money dealer have succeed
ed in destroying all successive civil
lizations, has created the gloomicst
forebodings as to the possible strug-
gle between the money powers un-
der the Rothchild combination and
the masses of mankind. In free
America we thought we were armed
against the money manipulator,
and that we could use the ballot
to thwart his purpose to rob and
enslave the people; but the willy
enemy for more than twenty years
prevented the presentation of the
issue between honest money of
sufficient volume to maintain sta
bility of prices, and manipulated
money, shrunk to such diminished
proportions as would enable the
money powers to pool and corner
it. The result was that the people
contcnded with each other over un-
important issues, while the conspi-
rators robbed them of their proper.
ty, and sent them down toward
slavery.
"ln 1896 o stand was made in
the democratic party, with the CO.
operation of populists and silver
republicans, the like Of which was
never before seen among men. The
Chicago convention, if the princl-
Piles therein enunciated are finally
successful, will be far more import
ant to the human race than the con-
vention of 1876 which promulgated
the declaration Of independence.
When the Chicago declaration was
put forth young man from the
west, full of ability, eloquence, zeal,
enthusiasm, will, determination,
and unyielding honesty, was, by
one accord, selected as the stand.
ard bearer of the grand movement
to liberate the human race. The
canvass which Mr.. Bryan made in
point of ability, eloquence, endur-
ance and high craftsmanship, stands
unrivaled in the history of this
country.
"We write this article to call at
tention to the fact that Bryan's
courage, incorruptibility, steadfast-
ness Of purpose and devotion to the
great cause of which he was made
the leader, are still firm and unaba-
ted. In the last few weeks, by his
burning words, glowing with pa
triotism and wise craftsmanship,
he has brushed aside the chattering
of little men about side issues, and
has raised aloft the banner which
he carried through the campaign,
as the banner Of victory of 1898 and
1900. His speech at the Jefferson
dinner in Washington sounded the
liberty bell Of the next campaign.
His recent letter, which reviews
the gross egotism, selfish greed and
brutal purposes of the gold combi-
nation, emanating from Grover
Cleveland, now universally acknowl-
edged as the calamity of the nine
teenth century, contrasts in words
ofliving light the difference between
the sordid place hunter and the pa
triot statesman.
"How idle tits for the Clevelands,
the Hills. the Palmers, the Bate
mans, the Van Dervoorts, the By
NUNS, Watsons, or any Of that sor-
i'd tribe, to prattle about other par
ties and other issues, when the
forces already in operation have
made the Issue between plutocracy
and democracy, and when the peo-
pie Of the United States have al
ready selected the leader whom
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