The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-04
BRYANs HOUSE OF CARDS.

| Mr.. BRYAN has delivered In this CAM
paIgn embodies the following arraign-.
| n-ent Of the Republican party: i,
| Against us are arrayed comparatively
small hut politically and financially pow
erful number who rea ~ profit by RepuD-
! lie an DO icies; but with them are assoolat-
ed a large number who, because of their
at. achment. to their party name, are CIV
/ :rg Their Support TO doctrines antagonfs-
I tic to the former teachings of their own
party Republicans who used to advo--
cate bimetallism now try to convince
themselves that the gold standard Is good;
Republicans who were formerly attached
to the greenback are now seeking an ex-
cuse for giving national banks control of
/ the nations paper money; Republicans
who used to boast that the Republican
party was paying off the national debt
are now looking for reasons to support
la perpetual ard increasing debt; Repub-
lliCans who formerly abhorred trust now
lteguile themselves with the de usion that
there are coed trusts and Tad trusts,
while in their minds, the line between the
two is becoming more ard more obscure:
Republicans who in tines past, congrat-
ulated the country upon the small ex-
fperse of our star ding army, ave low max
ing light of the object ous which are urg-
ed against a large increase in the perma-
ntnt military establishment; Republicans
who gior.ed In our independence when
the nation was less powerful now look
with favcr upon fore gn all anCe; RepuD-
lie ans who three years ago condemned
| '-fCrcibIe annexation" rs immoral and
even criminal are now sure that 1t Is both
immoral and criminal to oppose forc.ble
| annexation. That part sanship has a.
ready tlinded many to present dangers
is certain: how large portion OF the
Republican party can be drawn over to
the new policies remains to be seen.
Republicans who used to advocate
bimetallism now try to convince them
selves that the gold standard is good.
Admitting that 10 be true what of it?
While money was scarce and growing
scarcer the Republican party was will
ing, under certain safe conditions, to
fill the gap with silver; but now that
new gold fields and the expansion of
American industry have given the Unit
ed States more than the per capita al
iowanoe of money that Bryan in iS9j
held up as the sure prop and stay OF
American prosperity, the Republican
party sustains the gold standard to
keep the plethora of money steady and
to secure confidence among investors.
Republicans who were formerly at
tached to the greenback are now seek
ing an excuse or giving national banks
control of the nations paper money"
There was never any Republican at
tachment to the greenback, meaning by
that fiat money. When the greenback
! craze was on every Republican plat
|, form denounced IT: and when individual
. Republicans like Benjamin +. Butter
adopted the heresy they had to become
, Democrats to practice 1t or IL not Demo
Gratis members of the distinctive Green
back party. AS for national banks con-
trolling the currency what would Mr.
Bryan have? A return to the central
lied system which that great Democrat
Andrew Jackson, denounced?
i Republicans who used to boast tha
the Republican party was paying of
the National debt are now looking fol
r reasons to support a perpetual and in
n creasing debt" On the contrary thu
y Republicans are holding to the protec
Is tive tariff which paid two-thirds of thu
% obligation and will pay the rest of 1
" as soon as the war, which came of tn
- passage, with Mr.. Bryan's assistance
~ of the treaty annexing the Philippine
: to the United States, is brought to
y close. The only stoppage, in time o
3 peace, of the payment of the nationa
e debt, came from the operations of tn
lie Gorman-Wilson bill, measure whicl
n Mr.. Bryan voted for and which not on
= ly estopped payments of the debt bu
= added a quarter of a million dollars I
l. it's sum total.
Republicans who formerly abhorre
a trust now beguile themselves wit
the delusion that there are good trust
and bad trusts" Is 1t delusion? An
lie trust that increases production an
= lowers prices is a good trust as com
,f pared with one that operates in re
.e straint of trade. But in any case tn
10 Republican party has made a bette
l. record than the Democratic upon thi
8 issue. The only antitrust law on tn
lie Federal statute books is Republica
= and If that has failed it is for the lac
l. of the antitrust amendment to tn
= organic law, a resolution to submit
10 which to the Legislatures was beate
If by Democratic votes in the last Con
> gress.
Republicans who, in times past, con
,e graduated the country upon the small
, expense of our standing army, are nov
l. making light of the objections which
lie are urged against a large increase Il
y the permanent military establishment.
70 The Republican administration has jus
II announced the reduction of the arm,
5. during the period ending July L, 1901
s. to the number of $4,000 men; and as re
If spects a permanent establishment ha
g. only asked that enough men be provid
.e ed to care for the Endicott Dem) sys
l. TEN of Coast defences and to police tn
new territories
II Republicans who gloried in our In
n dependence when the nation was hes
3. powerful now look with favor on a for
20 eign alliance" What foreign alliance
a Has any been made or attempted? 1
/ Mr., Bryan speaking of one with Eng
l. land? How long is 1t since Repub
3 lican Senate refused to even enter int
r treaty Of arbitration with England
10 and what treaty of alliance is there be
of tween the United States and the moth
l. er country save the humiliating on
is drawn by a Democratic Administrative
N by means of which this country Is force
" to accept England as g. partner in tn
m control of an isthmian canal?
8, Republicans who three years ag
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