El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-18
gu I'd us four years ago.

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lican party" Well. let business mer
answer whether that warning has OF
has not be ep justified. What do yoI
| think OF business conditions now a.
compared with four years ago?
Again, on September %, Mr.. Bryar
said: Tine republican party produce:
Q policy that makes hard times. AL
those who love hard times ought e
vote for the republican ticket, and al
those who are tired of hard times have
got to voselthe democrat ticket II they
would expect any relief" Now, az
said before, what MIR. Byrau promises
should be judged by the way the past
events have go Jared with bis prophecy
The events showed that voting for the
republican ticket put an end TO hard
Simes.
In his speeches Mr.. Bryan kept insis-
ting upon the alleged fact that money
vas growing dearer: that under . gold
standard 1t was bound TO continue to
grow scarcer. Well, as . matter OF
fact, and thanks to our prosperity, ther 9
IL more money IN circulation per capita
In the Uofted States today than ever
before In the history of the country.
ASTo THE GOLD STANDARD.
Every single prediction he has made
has been isisified by the event. Or
times. They will be harder times IL
the gold standard continues" On
September % he said: "If you ask
how the gold standard affects the
farmer, We tell you that the gold
standard lowers the price OF products
OF him who sells without lowering his
taxes or debts. IL you ask US how the
gold standard affects the lsborinR man,
We reply that IL destroys the opportun-
ity for labor, multiplies the number OF
Idle men, and fills our streets with those
anxious for work who cannot hnd the
opportunity. The gold standard by in
o-essing idleness brings poverty 10
those VINO ought TO have enough and
- spare" On October he saio: The
gold standard means b dearer dollar
and falling prices, aud falling prices
mean hard times" On October 8 he
said: III We have a gold standard,
prices are as certain TO fall as stone
which Is thrown In tbs air." do not
Their ludicrous fslsity is patent 10
every farmer. every business man,
every wage-worker.
Now, when uttersnces such Ne have
quoted represent the hoe Hover OF h
sgatesmsn's thought as to what is best
for Q country from an economical and
financial stsndpoint, the country IL it
self 70 blame IL is invites disaster by
giving him a chance TO put bic theories
into effect Remember, that all these
statements 1 nave quoted we're made
absolutely without qualification. Our
opponents we're IS cock-sure about the
gold dollar being ''robber" dollar
four years sRo As they are about what
they are pleased to term "militarism
and Imperialism" at the present day.
and their uitersDces mean no more
now than they meant then.
BRYAN CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
Mr. Bryan seems at the moment I'M
easily consciou. that there is something
very wrong with his proposed financial
policy, and talks very little aoouG
II ne has definitely committed him
self TO 10. ana the various conventions
that nominated him have reiterated
their belief Ia all the absurd and ex-
ploded theories which he championed
four years ago Unless our Opponents
are guilty of the greatest hypocrisy 60
great ss to deprive them OF the right
70 appeal to any straightforward and
sincere man, they must, IL they carry
the election, Immediately star Ia to
revolutioniZe our whole hnaucial
system, and begin a series of expert
ments with our ind ustrisl we'll being
which could only result in the most
disaster.
No body of men who have made such
prophecies as our opponents made In
1896, and who have seen them falsided
30 sfsnslly by the result, have right
TO appeal to the public 20 oe put In any
position of responsibility. Even IL they
recant their foolish heresies, they
ought to serve sn apprenticeship
before they expect people to trust
them, aud, until they 90 recsrt-out-
tight. and not merely by attempts at
single promise they make,
40 single plan they propose for the
'olution OF any problem which confronts
10, is entitled TO the consideration Of
patriotic and fsrsighted men.
FIGHTING BRYANISM IN THE PHILIP
PINES.
Il IL a terrible and most lsmentable
ruth that our soldiers who are nov
scinR death In the Philippines are
orced 20 recognize 10 the Brysbistio |
democracy their most dangerous foe |
need NOS repeat the oft-2uoted words \
II Gel. Lawson. The bullets that |
lay our men In Luzon are Inspired by |
he denourcers OF America here. No |
ragsl general, not Aguinsl0o himself, |
AN do rs much TO increase the blood /
he'd of American and Fllioino alike,
q has bean done by the Kansas City |
CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED.
Mr.. Bryan and his associates cannot
az enough about the "copeent of the
,overned" doctrine as applying to the
They dwell upon the
act shat "no man is good enough to
,overn another" In North Carolina
nd southern states we see before our
yes the process Of the disfranchise-
nens of the negro. We see before our