Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-22
Time to Be : Republican.


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That tireless wandercr. william
Jennings Bryan, while recently rn-
route to the enemy's country" st"p-
ped on At Cincinnati aud made =
few Of those passing observations
which four years reiteration have
not rendered unserviceable tn him,
even II they are somewhat hackn.yed
and cut OF place. Among other
things. he remarked that the time
had come when no farmer or laborer
could afford to be Republican, and
he proceeded to talk 1895 calamity,
unmindful OF the fact hat he was In
the midst of 1900 prosperity.
. What is there In this year Of grace
which would induce the reasonable
farmer or laborer to abandon the Re-
publican party for anything In the
nature of reform or Improvement rep
resented by Mr.. Bryan? What dread
full conditions exist now which war.
rant the thoughtful farmer or labor
er In attaching himself TO Mr.. Bry.
ans cause, when he could not see
his way clear to do it In 1896? II,
In the midst of the hard times OF
four years ago, which Mr.. Bryan pic.
tured so graphically and demagogIcal
ly, the falr-minded farmer and labor
er could afford to remain a Republi.
can, what direful calamity has fallen
upon us which renders 1t impossible
for that farmer and laborer to con
tinue loyal to that party?
In spite Of distressing conditions
in some parts of the country, and
notwithstanding Mr.. Bryan's miser
able appeals to forsake order, good
government and national honesty
the American people In 1895 were
true to themselves, and Organism
was repudiated for all time. The
people spoke and the effect was no
ticeable almost Immediately. Public
feeling was at once raised from the
state into which it had been plunged
by the dcmorallzing utterances of TIT
cheap fellow set up as leader, and
with the approval of honest policies
by the American electorate, the peo
pie emerged from the darkness into
which the vicious element of Democ
racy was leading them.
From that time the country hal
advanced morally, intellectually ant
materially. Our good name before
the world was preserved; our appre
citation of the sanctity of obligations
national and private, was applauded
our determination to maintain tn,
dignity of the law and its tribunal
raised us in the estimation of meI
everywhere, and with the mischiev
Gus Bryan doctrines rejected and th'
era of unrest placed behind US, tn,
people we're free to take up confident
ly the work which promising futur,
offered.
The results are history. Bette
times set IN, and there was a reviva
In industry on every hand. The idl'
found work. Mills and factories wer,
rcopened. Wages were raised. Tn
demand for manufactured product
increased. New enterprises wer
projected and established, an,
throughout all the country there ha
been an era of peace and plenty sucl
as has not been recorded since tn
time when Grover Cleveland wa
elected President in 1892. The far
mers were among the flrst to be ben
Gifted by the changed conditions, an,
since that blessed day in Novembe
which witnessed the downfall of tn
new Democracy and it's Chicago plat
form the farmers have had substan
tial prosperity, paid Of their mort
cages and lived in greater content
ment than ever before.
Mr.. Bryan would disregard all thes
facts, and, as in 1896, would no,
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preach want, when on every sid
there is abundance. II the supren
acy of the Republican party bring
all these blessings, then that part
is good enough for anybody. An
instead of this being a time when n
farmer or laborer can afford to be
Republican, it is a time when b
cannot afford to be anything else. :
Seattle (Wash.) Post Intelligence
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