Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-09-13
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Bryan Speaks to the Voters of
Three States in One.
Declares the Almighty Dollar Rules
Republican Imperial Policy
The Farmers and the
Trusts.

TENDER 5, the first at Morgan's
and the other al Keyser, the gist of both
being here given. At Morgan's Grove
he said:
What does the republican party do to
help the farmer? Has it any means OF rals-
ing the price of wheat he has to SELF You
are told now that you have more money
now than you had in 1896. L want you 70
read the speeches made in 1895 and see
whether the republican party any
more money. You cannot hnd IN a repuo-
lican speech of 1896 a promise OF more
money. The republicans said then that II
did Mot matter whether we had much
money or little, just so 1t was good IheS
disputed, the quantitative theory OF money
and you cannot find where any republican
said in 1896 that we had an insufficient
amount of currency and promised hat the
republican party would bring more money.
and yet to-day the republican party ooass
of an increase in the volume of money
Republican farmers, do you beiieVe tndl
times are better than they were, and that
we have more money than we had, and DO
you believe that there ais any connection
between better times and more money
you do 1 want you to remember that IN 1850
we told you that more money MADE petter
times, and We tried to secure more money,
not temporarily, but permanently, for the
American people. The republicans said
we did not need any more, and yet When
gold was discovered in Alaska the repuo-
Iicans were glad there was going to be
more money. They rejoiced so loudly that
YOU would imagine that 1t was In the re-
publican platform that they would ais
cover gold if they were intrusted Win
power. The increased production Oh soLo
has been a help.
we wanted more gold and more silver.
The cumulative theory of money mas peen
established, and the republican party TO-
day does not dare to brag of an increased
quantity of money and at the same time
say that the quantitative theory OF money
is incorrect. We got money because OF a
large crop in this country and a famine IN
Europe. Did the republican party make
a large crop in this country? Did the re-
publican party produce the famine IN E<u-
rope? If not how can it claim credit tor
the increased volume of money?
1--WE have had a war on HIND We nave
been mortgaging the future and spending
the money of the present. We have been
putting some money into circulation which
was stored in the vaults and 1t mas peeh
helpful. Did the republican party bring on
the war in order to increase the volume OF
money? The war in the Philippines has fur
nished some demand for money and 1t has
taken 5000 men out of the labor market:
The South African war has also helped
some in the matter of creating prices by
creating a demand for goods. Did the re-
publican party bring about that war?
'-The republicans cannot point to one
thing that has been done by the republican
party to raise the price of the farm prod
uSlS, AK II "tliIOOA 10 MS S~AN R~-NS -
raise the prices of what the farm
er sells the republican party does pro-
mote the trusts and raise the prices of what
the farmer buys. And il the republican
party can raise the price of what the farm
er buys then the farmer suffers rather than
gains by the republican administration
The republican party to-day has arrayea
itself against every proposition OF i'm
portance except on the tariff question tor
which it stood ten years ago.
Eflin5noS Made Subjects.
Discussing the Philippine question.
Mr.. Bryan said in part:
Republicans tell US that the Philippine
war is the same as the war between the
states. A man does rot need to have mucn
intelligence to see the difference between
the principles involved. In the civil war the
north was holding the people of the south
in the union, but the people were not to be
subjects; they were to be citizens. They
were not held in the union to be denied the
privileges of citizenship They are to-day
sharing with the citizens OF the north in the
citizenship of this union and they are V1elng
with the citizens of the north to see which
section can add most to the grandeur and
glory of this. our common country.
"That is not the same as ii is in the Phil
ippine islands. We are not bringing the
Filipinos in as citizens. We are bringing
them in as subjects and if you want to know
the difference between the south sharing as
she does in the guarantees of the conSt1tu-
I1On ana the FlllplnOS WSiSil0u uOWl OS q
colonial system such as is practiced in 9TH
er countries, just compare the south to-
day. self-governing. with the south during
the carpet-bag period"
bryan at KeySer.
A large crowd greeted Mr.. Bryan at
Keyser at which place he said:
81 want this government to remain such a
government that the son of every citizen
can aspire to the highest rewards in bust
Mass or in nOlifioS T want If so that Won will
not ask who d mans father was, whether he
be great or humble. rich or poor. 1 want all
the avenues kept open so that every child
born into the world will have something to
hope for. And when 1 ask that, 1 am not
selfish. l am not a selfish man. 1 am inter-
ested in this question, not as a candidate,
but as a citizen. My father was a lawyer,
and l practiced law until l became so busy
prosecuting the republican party for grand
larceny that l did not have time to defend
people charged with petty larceny. But l
do not Know what my boy will be, and |
have two daughters, and | do not know
what my sons-in-law will be.
81 do not want a government that is good
only for lawyers; I do rot want a govern
ment that is good only for bankers; L do not
want a government that is good only for
those who may be fortunate enough to
stand at the head of great corporations.
81 want a government that will protect
every citizen in the enjoyment of life and
liberty, and in the pursuit of happiness, and
| guarantee TO every ciJ1Zen a fa1r snare OF
the proceeds of his own toll. If l can help
to. secure such a government then | will
have no fear for my children, nor my chill
dren's children. 1 could be willing then to
let them take their chances with their fell
lows.
Arraigns Republican Party.
1T amazes me that men can be so blind
and so short-sighted as to favor policies
that simply bring benefit to a few. / charge
that the republican party of to-day is the
party of the few, and that its legislation
gives a benefit to the comparatively few at
the expense of the many. / believe that
through the republican policies there lies
one vicious principle-namely, that the dol
lar is worth more than the man. The prop
man is the master and money the servant.
The republican party has reversed it. and
is making money the master and man the
servant
Take the vicious acts of legislation that
the republican party has been guilty of. Do
the masses of the people petition for such
| legislation? Not at all. The republican
party does not ask the great majority d the
people anything about legislation. 1t sim
ply seeks the opinions of those who are con-
spicuous in business and in finance. 1t
does not fight open battles. 1t seeks secret
advantages.
To-day the republican party has not a
policy on any question that it dares to out
line before the American people. They say
they want to talk about the money. In 1896
they won a victory behind the mask of in
ternational bimetallism. They did not adj
vocate the gold standard in 1896. They ad-
vocated international bimetaIlism, and
when the election was over the president
sent a commission of three
men to ask European nations to help us let
go OF the gold standard, and the republican
congress aDnrODriated 500 600 10 nav rha