Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-10-25

him. They were actuated In great
part as they would he tn see the
two-hcaded calf or the b~ewhiskered
woman.
For n man who lays some claim to
being "A Statesman Mr.. Bryan uttered
more renl slush aud hOgwash than
he has on any previous occasion, aud
he has been on the presidential hunt
for n good while. 1t Is only neces-
sary to refer to some f his utterancCs
| to show the caiihre OF the mHn and
| the absence ~ any lofty purposes or
id as. He il only working his old
th~e-rard monte and chain trick on
hip ignorant hearers. lie il preach
ing the gospel Of despair tn n pros
porous people and trying to make
them believe thut Republican policies
have brought ruin TO the country
And this. too, after al example OF
Democratic management ri national
affairs that brought iteration tn the
verge of bankruptcy and caused snr-
row and distress to more than IA mil
lion homes.
Mr.. Bryan, in his demagogic efforts
tn create a prejudice against those
who have means, saws he believes in
protecting the struggling poor. This,
from u man who says he is out for
Office for the money there is in it,"
will not have much influence with in
telligcnt people.
On the money question he said: 81
wonder II any II publican here he
lievcs the gold standard Is good and
ought To be continued. II SO, ! want
% remind him that among the first
things the president did after his in
auguration was to send commits
sion TO Europe to get rid Of this good.
thing. II any Republican is in doubt,
it ought to be removed by this action
of n Republican president
Now. what subtcrfugc, what sham
for logic! Here il n play of words TO
fool men whose hair grows straight
out from their ~fureheads. Yes, he
will find, as he found be.Ore, that the
intelligent voters Of Ohio believe in
maintaining the gold standard, and
in all likelihood the next congress
will pass a law 10 that effect. Presi-
dent Mckinley kept the pledge OF the
st. Louis convention in his effort 10
bring about bimetallism i'm the only
way that 1t could be done, and that
was by the cooperation of the lead
ing nations Of Europe. OF course the
effort failed, but there are very fewin
this country at this time who are
sorry it did. But Mr.. Bryan forgot
to tell his audience that every civil
lied nation on the earth, and some
that are semi-civilized, have adopted
the gold standard since then. He
forgot To tell them that every aaser-
ton he made In 'N6 about the baleful
effects resulting from the gold stand
ard has been proven false by expert
} encc. The people of this country have
decided that they do not want fifty
cent dollars, but a dollar that is the
equal OF that OF any other nation in
~existeI &c, aud il Mr.. Bryan is shrewd
he will keep on lodging the question
AZ much as possible.
He INDUCED i'm the following rot
about trusts:
do you know the difference be-
tween n good trust and a bad trust?
A good trust gives literally to a Re
publican campaign fund and a bad
one does not. The Republican party
cannot destroy the trusts. When the
attorney general OF the United States
il asked to intervene, there comes the
biblical Injunction:
Remember thy creator
"The Republican party wascreated
by the trusts
Now, this Christian gentleman and
) would-be statesman IL Juggling with
the truth and resorts To tricks Of the
lowest kind Of a demagugue when he
I makes the above statements. No
: party in this country il responsible
, for the existence of trusts. Ii the
Democratic party Is such an oppon-
cnt of trusts, why did it wholesome
thing to suppress or check them when
in power. The Republicans did pass
Il law designed to control them, but
there is IA limit To federal authority,
and Attorney General Griggs has
done all that lies within his power
until his hands are further strength
ened by legislation OF IA constitI-
tional amendment. 1t is Il fact, also,
that a great majority Of the trustsin
this country We're organized in the
state of New Jersey, which for a
/ number of years and until very re.
Gently was under absolute Demo.
cratic control in both branches of the
? legislature.
Az coincr OF sentences and expires.
1 sions to arouse the prcjudices of the
: ignorant, shiitless and improvideE
= Mr.. Bryan has few superiors. But
h fortunately there are not enough