The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1900-10-04
Bryan's Soliloquy.


Bryan's Soliloquy.
Dedicated to soft citizens.)
favor Free Silver and paper,
Ihonor Free Trade and Free Gold.
| In fact. shall play anv caper
That brings me vote, young or old.
preach ''the consent of the governed.'
And practice "Imperial sway
I'll promise all things to the voter
Who stands on my platform to-day.
know I'm q talker from Way Back,
And gifted with ''gall' and with mouth"
It matters not how maneuver,
I'm sure Of the Red Solid South
favor ''Expanslon' and taxes,
But don't wish to Justify wrong,
And believe in the riot of ''Red Shirts''
If they vote for me- often and strong.
I'n promise all things if elected,
And do what please when Pm in;
favor all virtue in Office,
But wink at tough Tammany sin.
| know Pm a Blower and Actor,
BY hiding my ''Sixteen to One''
BEHIND Anti-Imperial humbug,
That soon, like Free Silver, is gone.
| i know I'm q Howler and Hoodoo,
But the fafmCx anu Nllnef QOn't see
That my Anti-Imperial clap-trap
Ia Paramount Fraud, Just per Sc.
Dictator, I'm bold to my party;
| force them to do what think,
| And still to the trough 1 can lead them,
But can induce them to drink?
| And when the election is over.
i'll should the White House attain,
I'n turn and twist with the Rabble-
Bamboozle and fool them again.
John A. Joyce, Washington, D. q.
What Bryan's election will Mean to Ameri-
can Labor.
(By Hon. Charles H. Grosvenor, NJ c, Of Ohio.l
In the eddying fight, amid din and
roar Of the fallen guns of imperialism
and militarYism, there is danger the
people of this country may lose sight
of the fact that the election Of Mr..
Bryan Means the overthrow of the
protective tariff system and the intro
duction of frce-tra6e program into
the policy of the government. Our
people have short memories and they
sometimes forget aud need to be re-
minded.
Mr.. Bryan was q member of the
52nd and 53rd congresses aud took a
very active part at once upon taking
his seat. In the 5Srd congress, of
which I was member, the Wilson
bill was under consideration. 1t was
the passage of that bill which plunged
this country into ruin. 1t does not
make any difference what people say
about the origin of hard times, the
Intelligent laboring man of this
country knows very we'll that he
ceased to earn q living for himself
and family because of the demoraliza-
ton of business caused by the repeal
of the Mckinley law and the passage
of the Wilson act. 1t was that which
precipitated wages to the lowest ebb
that they had been for many year.
It was that which sent marching col.
umns of hungry men over the country
demanding food. 1t was the passage
of that bill that made 1t possible for
any intelligent man to listen for a
moment to the speeches of such men
as Bryan in 1896.
On the floor of the House in the
debates ON the Wilson bill Bryan
took the extreme free-trade ground
His speeches are on record aud the
laboring men of the country can find
! them aud read them. He especially
announced himself as in favor of ab.
solute tree-trade upon many of the
leading products of the farm, notably
wool, which be insisted should DO put
upon the free list Of the Wilson bill
When that bill was passed by the con
currence of the House in the six hun
dred amendments of the Senate il
: was Bryan and Hon. Jos. Baily, {
representative from the State Of Texas
b who in their ecstacy seized the cham
pion, who was the putative father
> of the law, the Hon. w. L
Wilson, of West Virginia, and carried
him on their shoulders in q. triumph
al procession through the House o
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