The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-10-18
AND sTiLL ANOTHER.

AND STILL ANOTHER.
Hon. j. b. Rlchman. son of Judge Rich
man, of Muscatine. Comes Over to 1
The Republican Side.
Hon. j. B. Richman, a life long deq-
ocrat residing at Muscatine, and a law
yer of marked ability, denounces the
doctrine of Bryan, Altgeld and Stuart
in the following strong language in
letter to the Davenport Democrat. Mr..
Richman was member of the twenty
second and twenty fourth general as
semblies in which he took very promi-
nent parts. During Cleveland's second
term he was appointed consul general
at Gall, Switzerland, where he was
stationed for four years. After his re-
turn he wrote all interesting book on
that country. As a democrat he has
never been questioned. His letter plain
| ly sets forth his views:
ITO the editor of the Davenport
Democrat: The action Of the recent
democratic state convention at Mar
shalltown, in declaring for the free
coinage of silver at the ratio
of Is to 1, and in openly indorsing
William j. Bryan for the presidency in
1900 will, it is safe to say, cost the
democracy of Iowa not merely all
chance of electing a single state officer
this fall, but all chance of electing
single congressman.
"There is we'll defined and growing
feeling among. Iowa democrats in favor
of union and harmony in this falls
elections, and with such union they
could easily have carried the Second
congressional district. AS the matter
now stands there will be detection of
the most serious kind right in the dis
trict.
"In the first place the democratic
congressional nominee is himselfa sill
yer man, having, it is said, openly
championed Bryan and his platform in
1896; while, in the second place, the
state democracy las represented at
Marshalltown) has gone over to popu-
lism pure and simple. No democrat can
be charged with recreancy who refuses
to stand by the nominees of the party
this fall. The recreant ones are they
who have recklessly and ruthlessly
threwn to the winds the teachings of
Jefferson, of jackson, and of Cleve-
land; and " no now. in democracy's
name, are fairly outdoing Mrs. Lease,
Sockless Simpson and the politically
defunct PETER.
Notwithstanding all this, there are
some reasons why sound money demo-
Gratis should rejoice rather than lament
at the course which events have taken.
There will be this fall-in Iowa at least
la chance to meet populism Gree sill
verism) in the open and crush it in fair
fight.
I'm 1896 the conditions were not near
| ly SO favorable for an intelligent dis
cussion of the money question. Then
times were hard, money was scarce,
and farm products in general were low
in price. The silver advocate could and
did claim that the hard times, and the
scarcity OF available money, and the
low prices, were due to monetary
system which involved a costly and
limited circulating medium. But how
is it now? We have the same costly
and limited circulating medium that
we had then, but where are the hard
times, the scarcity of money and the
low prices? Now business is active,
exports are phenomenal and money is
almost drug Oh the market at 5 per
cent. This is the state of affairs be-
cause, for one thing, people now have
confidence. MIR. Bryan is no longer a
public menace in his role of disturber
of commerce. Gold has been drawn
from its places of hiding in banks, In
cellars, and even in old boots, and is
being put into business and offered in
loans, until gold clauses and and
per cent rates of interest, have well
nigh totally disappeared, and investors
are glad to lend at the borrowers
terms. IRVING B. RICHMAN."
SCHOOL EXHIBIT.
Il The Crawford County Educational
Exhibit will occur at Denison, Friday
and Saturday, Nov. 18th and 18th. The
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