The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-10-09
DONE WITH BRY AN
|E. G. Graham, Mayor Of Stu
art, Comes Out Against
the Nebraskan.
Bryan's False Prophesies and
Prosperity Have Caused
Him to Change.
Has Always Been a Democrat, But
Will Support Mckinley and
Roosevelt.
Tired of Being Called Populist and
Says Republican Party Is Good
Enough for Him.


the democratic mayor of this town.
who has been leader among the
democrats in western Iowa for several
years, has announced that he will not
vote .cr Bryan. but will take the
stump for Mckinley and Roosevelt.
Mayor Graham supported lsrJan in
1876 and has always been a strong
partisan. He has always been OPP
posed to fusion and says ne is tired of
being called populist. Being asked
to give his reasons for deserving the
Eryanites and supporting Mckinley,
Mayor Graham said:
Bryan's Prophesies Proved Untrue.
'When Mr.. Bryan in 1896 told us
that if Mr.. Mckinley was elected and
the gold standard was Endorsed, we
would be at the mercy cf the money
powers of Europe, 1 thought his ar
gument seemed reasonable, but we
! find that the protective tariff and the
single gold standard have changed
this nation from borrowing to
loaning nation. Such policy is good
enough for me. 1 find that all the
prophecies that Mr.. Bryan made in
| 1896 have been proven untrue, while
on the other hand every promise made
by the republicans has been fulfilled.
Republican Party Keeps Its Promises
"The republican party has shown
its strength and craftsmanship in set
| Ting the money question, and 1T is
certainly strong enough to control
and settle the trust and monopoly
questions.
The republicans promised to settle
the money question, and they have
done so. They now say they will con
troll the trusts. and 1 believe the
promise will be kept.
81 do not believe the so-called dem
ocratic party is sincere in this talk
about trusts and imperialism. | do
not believe there is in existence in
the United States or any part thereof
such thing as imperialism or mil
i itarism. / believe all this talk is sim.
ply cloak to cover the one idea Of
/
concerned, Bryan. sitting in his home
at Lincoln, and debating the plat
| form of the convention in Kansas
| City, was the biggest boss this coun-
try has ever known.
Organism Means Free Silver.
SIN 1896 1 supported Bryan because
l was strong partisan, although |
was not then in favor of 16 to 1. Now
am certain that the policy of the
Bryanites is simply to get control of
this country by the cry of imperialism
and down with the trusts and then,
when once in control, to throw off the
mask and enact free silver. Bryan is
his own platform. He stands for 16
to 1, without any platform.
United States Leads the World.
4 international affairs have SO
shaped themselves in the past two
4 years that the United States has been
called to the leadership of the world.
President Mckinley has shown him
self to be one of the greatest diplo-
mats the world has known.
Il president Mckinley has said,
speaking for the republican party,
that the United States proposed to
give the Philippine islands stable
government. Mr.. Bryan advocates a
protectorate. In the latter case the
foreign powers would come in and
there would soon be war. not of our
making, but for which we would have
to be responsible.
~ have not made up my mind to
change my party allegiance in q day
or week, but as the result of four
years of study. / believe ] am right
and I propose to stand by it."
Many Democrats Desert bryan.
! Des Moines. Oct. Mot day
passes but Chairman Weaver receives
several letters from men who have
hitherto supported the democratic
! ticket and who supported Bryan in
1896 who will now support Mckinley
and Roosevelt. They say they are
satisfied the republicans were right
and the Bryanitss were wrong II