Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-02
FOR CONTRACTION.
Democratic Newspapers Flout
Bryan's imperialism" Cry.
WE HAVE ALREADY EXPANDED

Hence Bryan Stands For Contraction, and
Reltnquishnent of Part of iii. Ma
tiopat Area-symposiuin of Democratic
Optnioas on This Point.
There Is such flocking from BRYAN
or such sharp criticisms upon him ano
his course by his supporters. rhe
southern Democratic press being par
ticuarly notable in this respect by it,
caustic comments upon its candidate
that it is we'll to group some OF these
things together.
The Democracy of the Galveston
News for instance, is not to be i'm
pugned, yet that principal Texas org n
observes that "oBe thing is altogethn n
certain, and that IS that we have. II
the language of Colonel Culbers.l !
done already expanded, and the fact
Is known to every thinking man &.
the country" The only possible coz.
clusion left is that Bryan's plan means
contraction.
An Iowa Independent. Democratic pa
per, the Des Moines Leader. THINKS
that "the money question is more i'm
portant than the colonial one"
great Massachusetts paper of the
same description, the Boston Herald,
independent Democratic, finds "a dis.
trust of Bryan which overbalances any
distrust of Mckinley. The one is i'm
mediate, the other comparatively ulti-
mate. Bryan as president threatens
No 1f he Of
only in the wild ideas he has as re-
CARDS the currency, but in the incom-
potency or worse of the men he has
about him, and on whom we must rely
for his administration ii he comes into
power. Mckinley disclaims altogether
imperialism in It's more oblecIlJnaDle
form; Bryan does not disclaIm his III
tention to Tx free silver upon the
country, and to put its active support
ers into charge Of the governmeA.. On
striking a balance here we lhlnk tae
conviction OF ali CONSERVATIVE n.en,
whether they be RepuulIcans, Denio-
Gratis or Independents, must Le OF the
certain and summary FISK ol l.. yam ds
president, and that this Will the
deciding factor In lneir minus M.ien
the future Irleu as.ius. vIeL,iu., -4.-
hinley.'
l.. Y. Benedict, a lifelong New OH
Democrat, anu cIvSes. .I.cnu "a e.
fresiuen. Llefelunu, An focusing I.
conlrIuu,e W tne De.Aocra.,H ...---ra.s.
en-,
MuisaLeu piav.OfLI Va u...t...eo al
mvst MhvAiy At Valance n-.A 'un-
quSstloueu DemucIa.i. pIIlt.rI~ Iie
"mouiu as soon ln4.e y. Co...Iout.ae
our CArIs..au Churches auA vaii .ne.iI-
Selves l.S.4.r Cnfisliails.
roiIIer DenIocraL4c United States
Senator Al. =. Du.Ier OIL SCUM caro-
INA uescrlpeu Tue pieSenC pfusperIly
or the south, anu says mat n4auy per
clally very beneficial lning tu eVeIy-
bouy concerned. he unluhs tnaL Int
Democratic party maze Mlstdhe
When IL ralSeu tIe cry ol antl-lmperlal-
lsAI, anu he don uelIeve lha, Inere
is any sucn Il thing. As Tor Lne south
ern people, / uUn t see now any ot
them, especially those IN the cotton
business, eau see anything not Dene-
hclal u tnem III the puncy OF eApan-
sion. l think MIR. McIA.niey has made
d most Excellent pfesluent. he is
thoroughly CONSCIENTIOUS, intensely |
patriotc and has the best interests or
the country, nurtn and SCUM, at
heart" --r.,>->. S-r=s--55--s-.,F, I
In letter to the New York Post |
independently, William B. Horn |
blower, the New York Democratic
lawyer nominated for the United
States supreme court by Cleveland,
pronounces for Mckinley. He says
that The most important issue Is
thrown into confusion and exposed %
disaster" He holds that the eu,ouIsl
question can wait and is by no means
certain that Mr. Bryan would De IA
safe person to whom to entrust the
imperialistic question AT any rate
it must wait until we have settled
the question of the present, and that
question is whether honesty, integrity
and common sense shall be applied to
the financial affairs of the United
States, or whether popular approval
shall be given to the vagaries, whims
and fallacies OF the Populists and Bry-
antics, with all the resulting disaster
and dishonor."