The Republican., 1900-08-30

do in the event OF Bryan election.
The Democratic candidate is an e1-
perienced promiser and political
prophet and both promises and
prophesies are matters of record. He
speaks also not only for himself alone,
but for his party and his statements
must be weighed by the actions OF
his party in the past.
Four years ago this young prophet
of the West declared that the gold
standard would make it necessary to
advocate the closing of the public
schools. (Monmouth, ILL.,, speech,)
To-day under the gold standard there
are more schools and better ones than
ever before. The prophesy was false.
In his speech of acceptance he said:
"Some argue that American rule in
the Philippine Islands will result in
the better education of the Filipinos.
Be not deceived; if we expect to main
| tain a colonial policy we shall not
find it to our advantage to educate the
people"
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whispered into the speech by the
Southern wing of the party who open
ly declare that they are tired of pay
| ing taxes to educate the negro who
by education simply becomes a great
er rogue. Bryan affirms that the
Republicans would do with the brown
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with the black man. Then by pc
culiar mental process which it is i'm
possible to follow, he pillories the Re-
publicans for what he affirms they
will do and endorses the Democrats
because they have done the same
thing. One course of conduct is a
fact, the other is simply assumed.
Four years ago Bryan said, 1.-THE
gold standard would destroy the hope
of the toiler, it would destroy the OPP
portunity to work, it would increase
the number of idle men, it would dis
courage enterprise, it would paralyze
industry"
Economic conditions to-day prove
the falsity of every one of these
prophesies. The toilers have hope,
there is opportunity to work, there
are fewer idle men, enterprise has
not been discouraged and industry
has not been paralyzed.
Mr.. Bryan however has fallen into
the habit of issuing lamentations ano
while not making so many tinancia
predictions fearful and dark, trimmed
with ruined homes, and starving free
men, he scars to a higher plane
money in 1900 is filthy lucre-and as
sures us, after his political halo ha6
been reburnished by the Kansas Cit!
convention, that if he is not elected
celebrations of the Fourth of Jul!
will pass away"
Is it surprising that the people re
fuse to scare? Indeed past experience
has led them to believe that the re
verse of the predictions of the prophe
is that which will surely come to pass
In his Indianapolis speech Of ac
ceptance he arraigns the Republican
party in the following manner:
sin attempting to press economi
questions upon the country to tn
= exclusion of those which involve tn
; very structure of our Government
the Republican leaders give new evi
dence of their abandonment of tn
} earlier ideals of the party and of thei
= complete subserviency to pecuniar
considerations"
: That expression from the apostl
e and high priest of an economic ques
e ton, who forced it down the throat
( of the delegates who nominated hin
4 who stands for silver, free silver, ur
;. limited silver and nothing but silver
= is delicious bit of sarcasm, whlc
n must have made the knowing one
: smile when they heard it. 1t
!. simply plea to talk about some
4 thing else than silver this year b'
e cause there are no votes to be mad
V by advocating a disproven theor.
i and then because the Republican r.
fuse to allow him to let silver alon'
O he charges them with having abaI
l. doned the earlier ideals of the
a party.
- He also asks in rounded period
y "Who will draw line between tt
l. natural rights of the Cubans and tt
T. Filipinos? Who will say that IL
n former have a right to liberty and tt
e latter have no rights we are bour
r to respect?''
J. Now had he asked those question
rt with reference to the negroes of Nj
is sissippi and North Carolina, the a
m swer would have been easy for Il
If white Democrats of those states, wi
he shoot, terrify and disfranchise Il
I'd negro in open violation of the spil
IN and express words of the constitute
or of the United States. They can a
swer, as they are specialists in def
ul ing rights which they refuse to !
te spect. and Mr.. Bryan is the man wi
is hopes to profit by the methods tn