Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-10-03
Farmer BRONNATSCHOOL
ABOUT TRAVELLING MEN.
Iowa Commercial Mems Organization
Flourishing and Their Membership
Increasing as Never Before--Pros-
pering In Mr. Bryan's State.
Seventh Lesson.

| merclal Travellers, SAID john as III.
father took his accustomed position II
the easy chair after supper, and thu
son seated himself at the table with {
pile of papers and books before him.
Before we begin the lesson" sale
his father with smile. II want to ash
you few questions"
Certainly, father, 1 shall be glad t.
answer them if l can"
Farmer Brown Asks a Question.
'"Then tell Ae," continued his father
"what is meant by the Democrats by
claiming that Imperialism is the par
amount issue this fall?"
II have no doubt, father, but that II
Is an attempt on the part of the man
ayers of the Bryan Democracy to de.
| ceive the people. And l believe it fol-
this reason: You know, father, that
prior to the adoption of the platform
by the convention at Kansas City Mr.,
Bryan, from his home in Lincoln, sent
telegram to Captain LeSeur, editor
of the Kansas City Times, stating that
he would under no conditions accept
a nomination for the presidency if the
platform failed to explicitly declare for
the free coinage Of silver at the ratio of
16 to 1. Now you know that Bryan
owned that convention and it did his
bidding, but iA order to try to wheedle
some of the gold Democrats who had
left the party four years ago into vot-
ing for the ticket and for the addi-
tional purpose of trying to capture the
German vote, the managers of the
convention induced Bryan to permit
the statement in the platform that i'm
perialism was the paramount issue.
Bryan had got what he wanted in a
specific declaration for 16 to 1, and so
he could afford to laugh in his sleeve
smooth the rough edges of this decla-
ration with file labelled paramount
issue
silver Not q suspended ISSUE"
"That Mr.. Bryan stands by Is to
and doesn't consider it suspended
issue as Editor Murphy of the Du-
buque Telegraph calls it, is plain from
his letter to the editor of the Clinton,
Ia, Age, written on July 20th," contin-
ued John. I'm this letter he said: Il
am sure that before the campaign is
over all of our Democrats will realize
that the platform is much stronger as
it Is than it would have been if we
had attempted to dodge the silver
question:
mo, no, father, if by any misfortune
Bryan should happen to be elected
there can be no question, as Mr.. eros
venor says. but that he would call an
extra session of congress, as he prom
Used, and if there is free silver ma
jority in both houses, as is almost GER
tain in case of his election, he will in
sist upon the passage of law repeal
ing the gold standard and enacting
free silver legislation. There can be
no doubt of this, for If Bryan is elected
he will have to carry enough of the
states that elect senators this winter
to give the senate a free silver ma
favor of such legislation. 1 know it is
claimed by some that the senate will
still remain in favor of sound money,
even in case of Bryan's election, but IL
had the time to go over the member
ship of the senate and point out to you
the senators whose terms expire in
1901, and show you the states they
come from you would not hesitate to
say that my statement is correct. So
you may put it down as certain that
with Bryan elected president and
backed by Democratic house and
senate. free silver would at once be-
come the paramount issue with him,
and commercial depression and hard
times, harder than they were in 1896,
would become paramount with the
people.
Mounty- Shoes"
81 heard a couple of young laboring
men discussing this question the other
day." continued John as his father re-
manned silent. ''They We're working
on a sewer. and though they got the
terms used by the Democratic orators
somewhat mixed, yet the conclusions
they reached were correct. One of
them was a Swede and the other was
an Irishman. They had heard Demo-
cratic speaker talk about paramount
issues and the Swede said to the Irish
man:
SAY tank Ay not know what politics
men mean when he talk about "pair-a-
What is it?
"'Oi wor not sure Oh rightly know
replied the Irishman, but OF behave ut
is the sort av shoes ye' wear when yes
on tn thramp lukin fer job
"'Ay tank SO, an Ay ban not mooch
wantin' shoes lake such. Ay not ban
tramp. Ay got yob an Ay ban goin'
stay by it,
''The Swede was right, father; en-
tireiy right. The boys who have got
jobs are going to let the Democratic
paramount issues severely alone"
Farmer Brown locked at his son ad-
miringly and said: "John, l always be-
lieved you were cut out for a lawyer.
If you keep on you will send me home
u shouting Republican"
THAT'S just what l am trying to ac-
complish, father" replied John with a
smile.
About Travelling Men.
Dat