Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-06-29
THURSDAY, JUNE %, 1899.
He WANTS MORE MONEY.


Dangerous demagogue and agitator that
he is, Mr.. Bryan occasionally opensa loop
hole through which his selfish and insin-
cere nature shines. In recent speech ne
gave utterance to the following remarks:
s'Have YOU not some other interest IN
this world than money? Is there moth
ing that touches your heart except money?
Is there no sound that is sweet to your ear
save the jingling of coin? Is there no
color that makes your eye brighten but the
glittering yellow? If there is anything
else in this world besides money that you
love. in the name of that something else
would appeal to you not to sacrlhce the
whole world to the greed of gain. lfyou
want to pile up money, letme tell you that
am not an enemy of money. want to see
people independent; want to have more
money than have myself; want to
live in a good house; l want better
house than have ever been able to live
in, but 1 want you to understand this,
that no man in this world can afford to
build his house out of his neighbours
money.
Leave merely money to your children,
and they may quarrel about it when you
are gone. 1t may be the means OF es-
tranging them and making them enemies
of each other; and even if it does not, 1t
may take wings in the morning and lily
away, and ten years from the day OF your
death your children may be in need.
Yes-and your children's children may be
more in need; and you can't tell but that
the children of those you rob to-day will
rob your children when you are here no
longer
Coming from the lips of some men these
sentiments might be considered sincere,
though on their face they bear the stamp
of insincerity and inconsistency. Coming
from Mr.. Bryan they are the perfection OF
political cant and cap-trsp. The past
fur years of MIR. Bryan's life have shown
ina, lie seemed to have no other interest
in the world but money. lie talks about
nothing else and nothing seems to touch
lis heart but money. There is mo sound
that is so sweet to his ear as the jingling of
coin" From the abundance Of the heart
The mosth speaketh, and as Mr.. Bryan
makes free silver the bun den Of his song,
we are justified in concluding that nothing
touches his heart except silver money, and
that there is no color that makes his eye
brighten but the glittering white metal.
A few years ago we heard Haskins Hob
son, then the leader of the Populist party
in Virginia, make speech. After he had
denounced rich men and the money power
for about one hour he wound up by saying
that he wished he had million of dollars.
So, Mr.. BRYAN, after preaching the dangers
that follow the love of money, confesses
that he wants to have more money him
self, though he has in the last few years
accumulated what would be considered in
this section quite respectable fortune, if
we are permitted to judge of its size by
the amount of taxes he pays. He wants
a better house than he has ever been able
to live in, but he does not want to build
that house with his neighbor's money.
Who are his neighbors? From the ex-
IRENE solicitude he seems to exercise for
all the people, the American public must
be his neighbors. The fortune he has
already acquired in these three years,
without any occupation but that of
political lecturer, must, therefore, have
been taken from bis neghbors. Mr..
Bryan is insincere.