Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-05-11
THURSDAY, MAY Ii, 1899.
No HOPE FOR BRYANISM.

NO HOPE FOR BRYANlSM.
1t seems almost certain that if Mr..
BRYAN lives until 1900 he will be the
Presidential candidate of all the odds and
ends of the parties that are opposed to the
policy of the Republican party. 1t is
equally as evident that his candidacy will
be followed with complete defeat, if ne
makes the race on the same issues that he
did in 1896. Time and results have de-
monstrated that the experiments Mr..
Bryan suggested and the theories OF gov
eminent he advocated were unwise and
impractical. His free trade theories on
the tariff question nave been proven at
fault by tie splendid trade results that
have followed return to 6 protective
tariff. All the distress that existed With
the industrial interests of the country
plior to the election of Mr.. Mckinley has
not only been removed but our domestic
and foreign trade has assumed proper
tons that in figures are record breakers.
Not only is more business being done at
home but all the markets of the civilized
world are now being reached with our
products. These conditions are the very
reverse of what was predicted by MIR.
BRYAN and his followers. They claimed
that the restoration of a high protective
tariff would destroy our foreign trade.
See what false prophets they have been.
1t was claimed by the Bryanites that
the adoption of the gold standard would
not only prevent the return ofprosperity to
the country but would increase the hnan-
cial distress that already prevailed. They
said that there was but one positive cure
for our financial ills, and that was opening
the Government minis to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio Of
16 to l. They also asserted that the
triumph of sound money in 1896 would
furthc.,coritrao. lad eongest the currency
of the country. In these predictions MIR.
BRYAN and his followers were as wide of
the mark as they were on the taiitf
Since McKinley's election there has been
q steady and continuous improvement in
our financial condition. The volume Of
circulating medium has been swelled in
stead of diminished, rates of interest have
been lowered instead of advanced, and
there has been no trouble in getting
money, by those persons who have any
thing to offer in exchange or as security.
Instead of depression in the agricultural
interests of The land, as was prophecied
by the Bryanites, the farming industry
has never been more active and hopeful.
In the Western States, where the farmers
were in black despair during Cleveland's
term of office, there has never been such
prosperous conditions as now exist.
Here again Mr.. Bryan has proven a false
prophet.
1t will also be remembered that in 1896
hundreds of thousands of workingmen
were idle, and those who were employed
were receiving reduced wages and were
holding their employment by uncertain
tenure. Mr.. Bryan frantically declared
that the horrible condition in which the
workingmen were found had come from
the discontinuance of the free coinage of
silver and the adoption of the gold stand
aid. The falsity of that contention has
been shown by the condition in which the
workingmen of the country are now found.
Throughout the length and breadth of the
United States there is not an industrious
capable man who cannot now find work,
if he looks for it, In fact laborers are now
hunted for much more eagerly than work
was sought by them prior to Mckinley's
election. Not only is the labor OF the
country now steadily employed, but every
day we see announcements Of increase in
the wages of employees of factories, work
shops, mines and all kinds of industrial
enterprises.
Without there is great change in ex-
isting conditions Mr.. Bryan in 1900 VIII
have to appeal to the masses for support
on some other grounds than he did IN
1896. There is not likely to be any marked
change in the conditions, therefore we con-
clude there is no hope for Organism.