The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-07-03
BRYAN IS CONSISTENT.


the Nebraska man that we do not
like. We do not believe in his
doctrines and we think they
would be harmful to the Ameri-
can people if made into law. His
appeals to the feelings andto hat
red, rather than to reason, do not
impress us as the acts of states
man but we wish to pay our SIN
|cere tribute to Mr.. Bryans con-
sistency. -Four years ago Mr..
Bryan made free silver the issue.
1t was his support of this measure
which first brought him before
the people and it was his moving
speech at Chicago which clinched
his hold upon democratic heart
strings.
Mr.. Bryan now states firmly
and strongly that there is to be
mo backward step on the silver
issue. In doing this Mr.. Bryan
sets himself against the many of
his party who think silver dead
issue and who believe the events
Of the past four years have proved
free silver to be wrong. These
men hope to win by thrusting free
silver in the background, asking
people to forget the blunder Of
1896 and to place their party in
power on new issues. Mr.. Bryan
will have none of this, he says in.
effect that he would rather be
wrong than president and if he is
named as leader Of the democrat
tic party it must be OIL a platform
which commits the party to free
silver.
Mr.. Sulzer of New York, who
wishes to be MIR. Bryan's running
mate, is strong in his support Of
free silver as is also Mr.. Towne
who has already been named on
the ticket of the peoples party
for second place. Mr.. Richard
Croker who leads the Tammany
forces OF New York City, has
been to see Mr.. Bryan and re-
ports that he is much pleased with
the stand taken by him OH the
great issue Of the Gay which in
Mr.. Croker's mind is that Of the
spoils, Mr.. Bryan has said to
Mr. Croker that he is spokesman;
that,in effect,the civil service rub
bish shall be done away with
should he be chosen and that the
Offices shall be given to good
democrats only. Mr.. Croker's
highest thought on public ques-
tions is that of spoils. Now that
he finds that Mr.. Bryan is with
him on that subject he is willing
to swallow free silver or any other
dose which Mr.. Bryan may pre-
pare for him 1t would thus
seem that Mr.. Bryan is to have
the support of the Tanmany ring
as he has found means to cement
them to him on the broad ground
Of that grand creed of democracy
that TO the victor belongs the
spoils.
Chairman Jones, Ex-senator
Hill, Ex-Congressman Cable of
Illinois, and thousands OF other
strong leaders of their party know
that to bring forward the silver
issue means party defeat. They
know that the great and busy
!, American people do not want
their money trifled with. They
know that to assert the doctrine
of free silver as Mr.. Bryan wishes,
) VIII unite every business man,
every farmer who is sound and
, honest, every wage Garner who
wishes to give an honest days
work for an honest days pay,
against the democratic party. Mr..
Bryan must know this. He must
know that while many may not
like all Of the acts OF President
Mckinley, while they may not
agree that we should hold the
Philippines, while they may not
believe in the republican idea of
the tariff, they surely do not agree
with any effort to debase our cur
rency or to impare the credit OF
either the nation or of the people
themselves. We know of MANY
IL