The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-10-05
Would Follow the Election Of
Bryan Says Mr.. rockingham.
He Gives Convincing Interview to
The Chronicle From the Stand
point of a Financier-Di Discusses
the Great Success of McKinIey's
Administration.


county, who is member of the Stock
Exchange and director in several of
the large corporations of the metro
polls. His opinions regarding the
financial condition of the country are
of the greatest value and are accepted
as authentic by his coadjutors on
the floor of the Exchange. The fol-
lowing interview will therefore be
read with interest:
"The leading issue of this campaign
is undoubtedly the money question, y
began Mr.. rockingham, 'and in my
op' nion the leaders of the Democratic
party are not meeting this issue fairly,
but are trying to relegate it to a
secondary place. Adoption of the
principles enunciated in the Kansas
/ City platform would seriously threaten
the financial stability and prosperous
condition of business throughout our
country. The mills are running.
Money is plenty, at low rates. Our
foreign trade is gaining every day.
i Our internal development is even
am convinced that the patriotic ad-
ministration of the Republican party
has done very much toward the pre-
sent prosperous condition of business
/ The election of Mr.. Bryan would be
national disaster, in my opinion.
! His party is pledged to repeal-or
ignore until it can repeal-the currency
, act establishing and guaranteeing the
I'll ,ko Of To al
every one of the four conventions that
have named Bryan for president
declared for the silver heresy. The
the immediate restoration of the free
coinage of silver at 16 to 1. President
Mckinley in his letter of acceptance
puts aside all the political trickery
and subterfuge on this point when
he says: If another issue be para
mount, this is immediate. 1t will ad-
NIT of no delay and will suffer no
postponement. The President makes
the nice distinction that all the Demo
cratic leaders dodge between para
mount and immediate. With such
pledges the Democratic leaders could
not side track the silver doctrines, it
they secured control OF Congress
The thought of such a remote possi-
bility is enough to arouse fear and
CONSERVATION.
"We are paying off United States
bonds from the surplus revenues, and
the Treasury balance with the gold
reserve exceeds $?85, 400, 900. Never
have our industrial conditions been SO
satisfactory. Interest rates are lower,
making the borrowing of money-al-
ways necessary when trade is active
easier. Our exports show an increase
of half a mlllion a day over the very
prosperous year of 1899, and our agri-
cultural products have grown fifty
millions in the same brief period.
Since 1898, the total trade balance in
our favor has been five times greater
than for the long period of lGS years
from 1880 to June 30, inclusive, 81, $50,
779, 100. J" That means a great deal.
"The acquisition of the territories
that have lately came to us will in
time result in large increase of our
commerce, banking and business in
general. The feigned issue of i'm
perialism' does not deceive anybody.
1t was a boast of Bryan's that his
help had to be invoked to obtain the
necessary thirds majority in the
Senate for the ratification of the trea-
ty. If so, he helped to involve the
country in the meshes of imperialism.
The man who helps to start fire is
guilty of arson.
"The united people of the United
States made us a world power.
Con2ress stood as O unit when war
against Spain became inevitable.
There was not Democratic or Re-
publican party. The American people
poke. Why, then, should one party
now attempt to shirk the responsi-
bilities that came upon us as the un-
foreseen results of that glorious vic.
tory at Manila? 1t is humiliating
that such citizens of this republic
exist.
"But, seriously, all this talk of
imperialism and 'militarism' is
nonsense. Where are the armed men
in this country who are to put Caesar
on throne? They don't exist. What
army we have is in the Philippines
with small portion in China under
the redoubtable Chaffee, who is true
lover of republican form of govern
ment. Those go, 600 heroes are batt-
ling to restore order in the islands
that came to us By victory. treaty and
purchase. Every civilized person in this
world, capable of thinking serious
thought knows that the Filipinos will
be safe under the rule of the United
States. Traitors in this country and
false advisors in the Philippines are
to blame for that rebellion against
benehcent condition of things. But
these troubles will all end when
Mckinley is reelected For Bryan to
attempt to return those islands to
Spain or allow them to relapse into
anarchy would be condemned by
Democrats as well as Republicans.
He must never have that chance to
do harm.
81 am in favor of very liberal laws
for the protection and encouragement
of American shipping, and feel sure
that the election of Mr.. Bryan would
be more likely to aggravate the ills
of mankind, than to rem edy them.
''It is not necessary to say much
about prosperity. We all know what
it means to be doing a successful busi-
ness. Notes are met contracts are full
filled. Confidence exists-and conf
dence is the bulwark of trade. Panic
follows when it is destroyed / say
again that confidence in the stability
of our finances is the paramount issue