The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-07-28
A REPUBLICAN THREAT.

The trusts and combined wealth
of the country are again showing
their teeth and are threatening to
bring on a panic in the event OF
the election Of Bryan. When it is
considered that nine-tenths of the
wealth of the country is owned by
republicans, nine tenths of the
trusts are republican, nine tenths
of the banks are republican, and
that they own now and will own
the republican administration body |
and soul, this threat is nothing
more or less than a threat of the |
republican party. This is the
threat of the Standard Oil Com
pany and its breed to the American
voter, which means in words: If you
do not vote for Mckinley, if you
dare to have choice of your own,
if you dare to cast your vote for
that choice, as free American
citizen has the right and ought to
do, we will bring on panic which
will ruin your business, which will
shut down your mines and mills
and throw you out Of employment;
which will paralyze the markets so
that the products Of the farm can
not be sold, your debts can not be
paid, and you will be turned home
less and hungry out into the world.
If the combined wealth and the
trusts can do this in the event OF
Bryan's election, they can do it
now at any time under Mckinley.
If they can do it, and would do it
because the people insisted upon
electing to the presidency man
of their choice, they could and
would do it if the people or con-
gress refused to give them any
legislation they desired. If they
can do this the people are abso-
lutely at their mercy and the fran
chise, the ballot, is a hollow
mockery and a sham. II they can
do this, what is our boosted
republic7
That they can do this now is
shown by the fact that thirty men,
men who boast they are republic
cans, men who boast they are
bankers, have a combined income
of 5000, 900, 900 yearly, and who
can expand and contract the cur
tency at will. Mr.. Voter, if you
elect their candidate you may go
back upon your ranch, into the
timber, into your stores, into what
ever occupation you may follow,
and you may work the life out of
yourself. and nod from these
thirty men will rob you of all your
toll. You nay die in your poverty
and these men are yet left TO rob
your children.
No doubt this threat could be
carried out under Mckinley. But
It can not be carried out under
Bryan and all that Bryan stands
for. 1t is because that Bryan
stands between the money power
and the peoples; it is because the
election of Bryan means the loss OF
the power to execute this threat
that it is made by the banks and
the Standard oil breed. If it were
mot SO the threat would not be
needed or made.
"PARTY success is worth a great
deal more than prominence in
parity" says the Omaha World
Herald The remark is quite true.
PERSONAL ambitions should be set
aside, for the good OF the cause.
He will deserve the most honor
who, according to his opportunities
and ability. dnac the nnoct and hecf
work. There are millions of men
IN the democratic. party to. whom
party success, as such, is ordi-
nauily secondary consideration.
They eare nothing for party victory
arSess it means a victory for parity
principles. This time these men
want party victory. They know