Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-19
Danger OF BRYAN|Sk.
George 3. Roberts Points Ont the
Peril Of Electing Bryan to
Presidency.
Easy Matter For Democratic Presi'
dent and Congress to Pass
Silver Law.
Bryan's Policies Too Revolutionary
to be Experimental With by
the People.

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Special to Times Republican.
Sumner Oct. 19.-In his speech here
today George 2. Roberts, director Of the
mint, laid emphasis upon the Importance
of the silver issue in this campaign. AT
the outset Of his remarks he discussed
the question OF what is the paramount
issue In this campaign. In part he said:
"a good deal has been said in this
campaign about the paramount issue.
1t is difficult to find anything in which
the average man Is more concerned than
his Job and the amount and character OF
the money in which he is paid. There is
no question of policy so important to
business interests or that SO vitality
touches the earnings of the people, as
the money question. Good money is the
first requisite to prosperity. No nation
can become great In industry or COM
merce without good money. No nation
can have cheap money in the right
sense, that is. have the use Of capital at
q low rate Of interest, unless it has
good money. And Of all classes those
who suffer most when there is any un-
certainty about the money are the peo-
pie OF small means, those who work for
la stipulated wage per week and per
month. You can have no solid basis for
business plans or agreements, no cer-
tainty in any business calculations, un-
+ til you have settled what your measure
OF value shall be. We hear good deal
in some quarters about the cost of the
Philippine war, but this country could
better afford to pay every year the cost
of the whole war with Spain than to-
have perpetual uncertainty about its
money. Before we take up any new
question we need to settle, once for all.
what we mean by the, word dollar. We
need to settle what q man is entitled to.
when he earns dollar. And IL he
chooses to save his dollar and loan It for
a year we want to settle whether he will
| get back what he loaned or something
else. It is high time we settled whether
we are going to change the value of our.
money at every election or every time
the price Of corn goes up or down.
. 1t is unfortunate that any great po-
ilitical party in this country should be
Ecommitted to policies SO revolutionary
and threatening as those adopted by the
EChtcago convention in 1896 and re-
Iafiirmed by the kansas City convention.
This is government by political par
ties. There must always be at least two
political parties in this country, and in
the natural order OF things 1t is to be
Iexpected that power will occasionally
pass from one to the other. 1t ought to
be possible for the change to be made
without widespread alarm and without
disturbance to business. There are GER
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policy, Of finance. Of political economy
that are generally accepted the world
lover They are demonstrated PROPOSE
itions The experience of all countries
and the Judgment of students and
Statesmen everywhere approve them.
Thess principles ought to be accepted by
tall parties and made the common settled
basis of our national policy. 1t would
Hbe greatly to the advantage of this
country if this were done. This country
has become too great, its interests too
vast, modern society is too complex and
.Iindependent to have the foundations on
which it all rests shaken every few
years in political campaign.
a "A good many people seem to have
\ the impression that because the repub-
5Ilican party has passed new act to
5Istrengthen our monetary system there
liz no longer anything to fear from the
Eielection of Mr.. Bryan. They ought to
remember that whatever congress and
4 the president can do, congress and the
lpresident can undo. If the sentiment of
1.-THE country isI such as to eject Mr.. Bry-
an it will probably elect a congress in
Harmony With him. The new monetar
Ilaw on which the sound money demo-
4 crate rely received eleven democratic
votes in the house. The democrats may
elect majority of the house withou,
lelecting the president, and If they elect
i the president they will certainly carry
1.-THE house by a ma jority much larger than
a eleven. The free silver forces will elect
a the speaker. make the committees, make
q the rules, control the party caucuses and
ldirect legislation. The few sound mon
ley democrats who may be in the house
4 will In no probability be numerous
4 enough or stubborn enough to defeat
their party associates It will be a much
lsimpler and easier task for Mr.. Bryan as
Ipresident, with the prestige and patron
1 age of that Office. backed by the party
platform and party sentiment, to put a
! free coinage bill thru the house than i,
was for President Cleveland to secure
e the repeal Of the Sherman act against
the sentiment of the party So much fol
4 the house. and there remains only the
senate Let US see how that stands
There are fifty-four votes for the new
law in the senate now. Butatwo of those
Caffery and Lindsay. go out on March
and free silver men have already beer
} elected in their places. There are saver
republicans who voted for the new Law
whose terms expire March 4tll and wht
J. will probably be succeeded by free sill.
!. yer men if Bryan is elected. They arr
Baker Of Kansas. Thurston of Nebras
lka, Wolcott of Colorado, shoup OF Idaho
Warren Of Wyoming, and Elkins O
West Virginia. If public sentiment Il
such as to elect Mr.. Bryan he will al
J most surely carry all these states, ant
t lie he carries, them they will doubles
elect free silver senators. No one cal
give effective support in those states t,
Mr. Bryan without aiding In the election
! of democratic senators II those sever
Republicans are replaced by democrat
: the senate will be a tie, with a free sl
liver vice president in the chair to Civ
the deciding vote. Il
.It is a mistake, therefore, to "a
/ that the free coinage Of silveris not a
) issue In this campaign Az long as
Ereat political party stands pledged I