Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-13

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overstate the infinite distress that the
Igold standard means to the human
race
II believe We shall win now. But
whether we win now or not. we have
begun a warfare against the gold stand
lard which shall continue until the gold
standard is driven from our shores back
Ito England
This puzzled gold democrat of Iowa:
lalso quotes Bryan reply to Senator
Hits plea for a compromise in the
same convention:
Now my friends, let us come to the
great paramount issue. If they ask us
4 here why it is we say more on the
money question than we say on the tar
! If question i reply that If protection
has slain it's thousands the gold stand =
lard has slain Its tens of thousands. If
they ask us Why we did not. embody all
lthese things in our platform. which we
,believe, We reply to them that when we
have restored the money of the consti-
Itution8ail other necessary reforms will
ibe possible, and that. until that is done.
There is no reform that can be accom-
4 plished.
He then asks if Mr.. Bryan was sim
Icere in 1896 in SAYING that all other is
jsues must await the abolition Of the
gold standard. which has Slams it's
items of thousands. how can he be sim
Icere in subordinating the currency issue
/ TO anything else in 1900?
When this Iowa democrat is referred
Ito Bryan's forcing the specific reitera-
sltion of the Chicago free silver plank
4 upon the Kansas City convention as
proof of his devotion to the paramount
Issue of 1896, he is confronted with the
slfact that Bryan could not help himself
Hat Kansas City. He had already been
j Nominated by the populists at SIOUX
lefty. With TONNE as his running mate
1.-THE reaffirmation of 16 to- 4 specifically
3Iwas the price of Townes withdrawal
I5lf Bryan had not insisted on the free
Isilver plank the populists would have
Thrown him overheard, and the whole
democratic campaign would have been
q "in the soup
4 Since the nomination Mr.. Bryan has
lheen as extreme and ultra in his devo-
sition to the phantom issue of 1900 as he
Twas to- his false protestations and
q prophecies in 1896. If he was sincere
lin 1896 he is the one who should be
lcfawling Sin sackcloth and ashes at
the feet OF the gold democrats begging
them to forget and forgive his wild ut
4 terances about the gold conspiracy
,asainst the human race "
:. IL Mr.. Bryan was sincere about the
natire of the paramount issue in 1896
Il he5ean not be sincere in what he says of
Il the paramount issue In 1900.
}. Gold democrats whether In Iowa or
Il lilinois are justified in mistrusting the
sincerity of n trained political alarlnist
lSvho can inprnvise paramount issues
lfevery four years, each one fraught wlss
4 disasters TO the human race or the ruin
8l.af the republic.
4 The Times Herald regrets that Mr..
8EIsisyaii's course renders further faith IN
tthe sincerity OF his mistakes impossible
FEATURES OF GALVESTON.
4 The fact that Galveston is now at
tracing wide public attention makes a
Isreview of some of Its leading features
3Isoffinterest, Its importance is shown by
1.-THE statement that the city ranks fifth
iaamong the 127 foreign exporting points
of the United States. II is the outlet
II In 1899 Galveston had become the first
"A cotton exporting point in the country,
). handling 67.91 per cent of the crop. In
stliat year8also he city exported s6.39 per
cent Of the merchandise that left this
#l5country. Its exports Increased sl0,50O,-
II 900, or 10 per cent in that year. The inn
!, 81,
the last few years owing TO thc fact
4 tina, the demand for import goods thru
NJ Galveston is from a greatly W;dened
g. territory. Galveston has recently be-
u come a great lumber port. The export
a of lumber and wood manufactures for
1889 amounted to sl.247914, this busi-
ness having been built up almost en-
3i8tirely since deep water Was secured.
81 The exporta ton of hog and dairy prod
ucts eggs anf, poultry is also i new
q business which has developed rapidly.
#It is since The Improvement Of Its har-
Dor by the United States government
4 that it has become one of the chief
ports Of the United States. an immense
8 amount of export trade which formerly
came east having been detected ,oihat
i point The harbor Improvement made
Il by the United States government con-
sisted Of the construction Of a system of
.ajettles at a cost of $500, 900. by means
iof these 1etties a depth of twenty mine
4 feet Of water was obtained, thus per-
hitting the largest size ocean going
vessels 10 load and unload there. The
q city is connected with the entireraiiway
systems of the United States and Mex
leo and has a dozen direct lines OF
steamship communication with New
York. Morgan City, the coast ports Of
1.-The state and with Liverpool, Bremen
land other ports The trade OF Calves
= ton. irnport and export. is in the neigh
borhood Of s1oo,oooooo a year.
As is now well known. the city is bull,
Lon the northeast extremity of Calves
ton island, at the mouth of Galveston
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