Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-22

Mr. Bryan has found it SO easy TO say
often and apparently quite thoughtless-
", that IN accepting-he had better say
achieving and conquering- gold
standard. We are subordnating our
selves to England.
ON the contrary it is the very declar-
alton and establishment OF our equality
with England that we hold with her in
common use the best money in the
world We pay no tribute to her our
money is as good as hers, our credit is
better and the demonstration is that
we are leading England gold now. In
stead of our going there to borrow it
she comes to us to borrow it.
As to this ascent and advance in our
position which Mr.. Bryan opposed and
propbesied downfall for, and all his as
serted calamitics and ruination, he has
40 faculty that is not too clouded to tell
him what has happened. He was mis-
taken in his representation of the is
sues on which he made the presentation
raised four years ago. The country is
immensely better off because he was
defeated. He probably knows that that
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his fellow citizens, though he claims
that he is certain OF the election, think
ing lie has a new toy to rattle that will
please the population.
He seems also. in his declaration of
the silver question, and we welcome
his evasions on this thing-he was not
worn out. but his countrymen, friends
and foes were tired Out-when there
fell upon him an inertia that could not
be overcome and he escaped from the
silver question at the beginning of the
second battle" He lodged it, and it is
well to turn that which has been aban-
dOned over to the crankS and tie fanat-
les who had the insanity of insomnia
rs adherents and crusaders for the i'm
practicable. Mr.. Bryan fails to see and
reason over the fact that the silver
standard Of money is and has long been
Il signal of the poverty Of the people
who have ii. secondary place belongs
10 them among nations measured by
every standard that gives an account
of p0tentiality and international re-
Sponsiblities. More than all, the pay
ment of labor in silver coins or their
paper representatives means the impov-
erishment of the laborer Where labor
is paid in gold, it is a sign that labor is
elevated and honorable in the broadcast
sense of honor, and that the wages are
SO considerable they can conveniently
be counted in gold
Mr.. Bryan has been an anxious stu
dent of current events. and through his
protracted canvassing candidacy has
acquired the habit of watching the turn
OF events. He has been keen to see ev-
cry sign of the times, as in sweltering
city one watches the weather reports,
ana the necessity of a new thing to
give him even shadoWy chance of sue
cess in the second Presidential cam
paign with Mckinley has been n live
coal on his brain. His first thought no
doubt was that the trust question
was the very thing, and he has sounded
the trumpet over that for years but his
music was rather sensational than con
yincing.
Whatever may be the strength or
weakness of the Democrats in their
political organizations or as individuals
they have not caught the confidence of
me people as refOrmers. They are not
executive in removing abuses. They
displayed, during the Cleveland admin
lstration, that they had been outgrown
by the country. They were small and
The country great.
They did not appreciate the relation
of the figures that tell the population
ana the wealth and power of the Amer
'can people, and followed their leaders.
dwelling upon extravaganza without y
Consciousness of the magnitude of the
resources or the necessities of under
standing the demands Of the growth of
me country. The United States has be-
come TOO big, too prosperous. too glori-
GUS for the happiness of the Democracy
VINO haven't been regenerated. They
nave no statesman tall enough to look
over the scenery of our spIendor. They
are not business men Of the calibpr 10
attend to our national business. The
'l"Hior that trusts are progeny of pro
'ecfion is overcome by European Stats.
ucs The Democracy are as mucb
trust organization as others. and moth.
ing mas ever been found in Republican.
ISM RS obviously improper as the Dem.
oeratic silver and ice trusts.
here was nothing left for Mr. BRYAN
10 do but to find or create another Is.
sue. Wars are always influential in
politics. In our country they have
made many Presidents. Mr. Rrrap
needed 70 get something out of the
Spanish-Filipino war on which he conId
raise an issue. The demand was sun
pled from his overwrought imagina.
ION. with Imperialism, ana on This Mr.
bryan in his ratification speech, placed
me success or failure Of the campaign
Tor himself and party lie located
iormulated, and emphasized it. so that
mere could be no mistake He played
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