Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-08-18

Iowa, during the week, Bryan lis re-
ported IN have asserted that the pros
pcrity which the people are now enjoy.
trQ Is In no measure due To the appII-
cation Of republican principles In
governmental AFFAIRS, hut he failed to
state clearly how these changed cOndi-
tions came about. The change can
not be the result III the Cleveland ad-
mlnlstration's policy Of issing bonds In
times of peace, and hardly to the an
tkipatl0n Of Bryans election In 1900
and consequent application Of Chicago
platform principles ~ In governmental
afYxin; neither can u by statistics be
proven that the change In due 10 crop
failures abroad and abundant harvests
nj home, because such incidents have
occurred under democratic adversely
N well as republican prosperity.
Bryan and his followers had persist
entity denied the existence ~ improved
conditions until prosperity became 50
evident on every hand that 10 longer
continue thus would have shaken the
confidence In them held even by the
.professlonal calamity bowling element,
Hi,d were forced to adopt new tactics
la their arguments. This course prov
al conclnsiyely that they well knew
the improved conditions were due To
republican success In lsss8 and coIsc-
quent Inauguration III the republican
policy In governmental AFFAIRS or
course, they could not expect 10 cry
down the Irresistible wave of prosperity,
hut hoped to win few congressman
and SECURE centred Of u few state ad-
Manifestations by their deception.
Having carried this deception Just ny
far m they dared for their own safety,
they now proceed to argue that pros
perlty would have come under any cir.
cuwstaMeh and the republican party
IL entitled to no credit ON account of
u. Hut very few working people viii
be deceived by such policy Of dccep-
tion, which In clear I'm crystal.
in very recent campaigns, and even
yet prominent western republicans
and newspapers. are twittcd by demo-
Gratis for allowing themselves "a bc
stultihcd by accepting the principles
on the money question embodied In
the ~. Louis platform. II such re-
publicans can be accused of having al
lowed themselves To he stulti He'd, " hat
may not l,ryan and his followers bc
accused or During the campaign OF
istsl did not the l,ryanitcs presume Ia
prove by facts and figures that pres
perity could not liz restored without
The adoption VI III To l, and when con.
ditions began "a prove their untena BILE
position, did they not again by facts
and figures even attempt to belle cx.
listing condttioLss and when they can
no longer deny that prosperity has
come under the gold standard, they
attempt Ia attribute the cause 10 al.
stbe tnflacpcc. Could u downright
demaxs~n,s and c.otistical oIficc-sccket
better prove his insincerity than they
havc dours Is II any wonder they are
trying Ia cngnge the people y attention
With the Imperialism bugabooy A
party reduced 10 such dire straits
might well IN expected To take up
with ANY did thing to direct the leu.
ples attention from the rial issue.
The prosperity enjoyed by the pco.
pie III these United States today Is In
u great measure directly due Ia the cs,
tablishncnt II Salnd republican
poiicy In governmental affairs BuSi.
ness men may now give their undiyid.
cd attention 10 business without fea,
that their labor and capital viii IN
wasted on account III the non-enfurcc.
mcnt VI existing laws. car b, the enact
men, of theoretical and impractlcablc
pt,eN Ia short. they know that the
rcins Vt government ARE In safe hands,
confidence II restored, money has come
tut II its hiding placcs and times arr
god.
Nryan h forced Ia give the rcpubli,
can rarsy credit for restoring pros
rcrsiy ar attribute the cause tn divine
influences lie will choose the latter
In which case he win have to admit
that tisc party which Ia god enough
tnenlis, divine influence Ia It's favor ID
pretss nearly god enough for the nv.
rraxc citizen. hcsauSe II Is an insiis
pnsable fact that prosperity always
rntaes under republican administra
tIoi~, while adversely Is reserved ia,
tbe unfortunate democrats.
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