Middletown transcript., 1900-10-13

workand full and plenty, yet the.
decided to try what they wer'
pleased to cali a "change, ant
thus dawned the second adven
[of Grover Cleveland, with a con
gress son his hands.
The pale and effete student
Professor Wilson, was called
from his cloister in a little Vir
ginia town and assigned to the
task of "tariff return.
The hard seHsed, and pratica
men of the country, engaged il
trade and manufacturing one
commodity or another (any one
of whom knew more about the
practical working of tariffs thar
the whole of Mr.. Cleveland Cab
inet) were hidden stand aside,
while the pedagogue framed a tar
iff schedule. Theresult has gone
into history. Never was this
country, by one single act OF
legislation, plunged into panic
like that of 1898, followed by a
period covering three years, in
which alarge portion of the rail
roads in the country went into
the hands of receivers, fires were
pulled from furnaces, mills stop.
ped, banks failed, values OF every
kind declined, dividends stopped,
labor was idle, the consumption of
wheat fell off more than Thirty
per cent. and the soup house
held sway. The government
at Washington at no time in this
period took in enough money to
pay the running expenses of the
government ; and the issuing of
bonds to the extent Of many mil
lions of dollars became a necess-
ity, in order that the every day
expenses of government might
be met; There is not a living
man who does not know that the
people throughout the nation,
were stunned and amazed at the
APPALLING change that had taken
place. Wheat was quoted. and
bought as low as forty-fiye cents
per bushel in Middletown. 1896
found the heart of the nation in
an ache of anxiety for what
might come next. Manufacturer
and laborer, merchant and far
mer, banker and student, all alike,
stood peeringoutiato thefuture,
praying 80 God, how long ?"
Mr.. Bryan discovers himself:
He comes on the scene and pro-
claims that he has the remedy of
all remedies, (sixteen-to-one) the
of which would bring
upon the country evils and sor-
rows, in comparison to which,
those that existed would be only
Rs a mans shadow at MONDAY is
to the blackless of midnight. |
He seriously contended to the
effect that he had discovered a
new law in nature; That by some
mysterious way, when God piled
up the hills and made the valleys, |
wheat aad silver were married,
Ind as is the price Of one SO is
;hatof the other They were for
,ver to be as "Siamese Twins.
The people refused to believe
lin: Mckinley was chosen,
With a congress insympathy with
lis views. The clouds began TO
freak, the sun came out, the birds
'egan to sing, the fires were re-
1indled, the wheels began to
move, the looms were set in mo-
ion, capital came from it's hid
ng, the laborer found remunera-
i've toll, and the wanderer found
est. Balances of trade were
urned in our favor, aggregating
many millions of dollars the
nancial centre of the world has
'een transfred to New York:
he treasury at Washington is
ursting with gold, notwith-
tanding a foreign war in the
leantime. The campaign of 1900
J here, and SO is Mr.. Bryan,
nth a ghost, and another batch
prophesies. He stands on a !,
latform framed at his own die {
stion. For the knave who is in
ebt. and wants to pay his credi-
or at forty-five cents on the dol
sr, he has sixteen-to-one: For !
ne fomenter Of STRIFE between J
apital and labor, the rich and
ae poor, he cries trust! For
1e traitor, who would stab his s
ountry in the back while in j
eadly combat with foes with '
Ut, he has the cry of Militarism, !
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