Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1900-10-13

| breaking, banks were closing their
doors. thousands and thousands Of
workingmen and laborers OF all kinds
| were thrown out of employment, and
went in good many instances as
charges to the charitably inclined,
every city of any consequence opened
soup houses to help the starving; In
fact, to use figure of speech, twas
the wreck of a cyclone in the business
houses Of the United States, and the
party in power not only failed to ap-
ply the necessary relief, but was ut
terly unable to comprehend the cause
of the disaster, and tried to shift the
fish, ofice-grabbing, business wreck
ing policy upon the shoulders of the
previous administration.
The cause of the panic, as viewed
from business STANDPOINT, was the
inability of the Democratic party to
handle the affairs of the government
in a crisis. A prompt and decisive
action on the part of the party in
power in fulfilling it's pledges would
have in a measure saved the country
millions of dollars loss. But instead
of this prompt action, there was moth
ing but needless representation, and
when the Wilson bill was finally
passed it was so unsatisfactory that
the president refused to sign it.
The same kind of danger, in worse
H@----- vii thran+an tho country should
Mr. Bryan be elected. The Democratic
party is pledged to free coinage Of
silver at the ratio of 1e to 1, both in
the Chicago and Kansas City plat
forms, and Mr.. Bryan, in his speech
delivered at Knoxville Sept. 16 1896,
said:
eff there is any one who believes
that the gold standard is good thing,
or that 1T must be maintained, I warn
him not to cast his vote for me, be-
cause I promise him it will not be
maintained in this country longer than
am able to get rid of it,"
Suppose he is elected president, and
should have congress his way OF
thinking, would not the country be
justified in believing that the Demo-
cratic party would attempt to carry
out it's pledges? Would not the bust
ness interests be justified in trying to
protect themselves from loss by an
ticipating the action Of Mr.. Bryan in
Kansas City platform? Would not
the result be the same or worse than
in 1892 when M. Cleveland and the
party, pledged to reform the tariff
were placed in power?
What right has any one to expect
that the interests of the country will
be safe from the consequences of Mr..
Bryan's election and the fulf1llment OF
the pledges of his party, and his own
openly expressed determination con-
corning the gold standard act, in the
face Of his ability to carry them out?
The cry of imperialism" is a cloak
which hides the more deadly intent OF
Mr.. Bryan, and the American citizen
who, knowing the utter absurdity OF
the charge, aids in his election with
q consequent knowledge Of the result
to the country by change to the free
silver basis, must bear the RESPONSE
bility Of the crash in the BUSINESS Of
the United States that will follow. It
VIII be too late when the storm breaks
In all Its devastating fury and the
death kpell to millions Of dollars now
probably invested is sounded and
the cry Of distress from the hungry
Is borne on every BIZ eezes that sweeps
over our land, to try to avoid the con-
sequences The weaker will go down
hrst, and, as usual in panics, the
workingmen and those depending upon
them will bear the brunt of it ALL
The business interests of this coun-
try must and will adjust themselves