Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-09-14

The Democratic workers think
that it is very pretty to receive pict-
ures Of Mr. Bryan oiling the farm
wagon, but they would rather know
just how Mr.. Jones looks greasing
the wagon
The Democracts are staggering as
usual under a multiplicity of issues
that do not fit all parts of the coun-
try They cannot talk free silver
in the East, they dare not p-ess anti
expansion in the West, they fear to
dwell on free trade in the manufac.
turing districts, and the consent of
the governed" is nm expression non
grata in the South.
The pessimistic predictions of the
prophet of calamity, so freely pro
claimed in 1896, have been disproven
by the experiences of the past two
years. His foresight was bad. This
year bis prophesies appeal to history
for confirmation, hut the facts of
history show that his hindsight is
no better than his foresight.
If there we're really any danger of
empire there would be no Democrat
ic, Republican, Populist or Prohibi-
tion party. Tariff, silver, whisky
and everything else would be for
gotten aud the entire nation would
rise as one man and put it down.
The charge of militarism made by
the Democratic candidate for Presi-
dency is an insult to every Ameri-
can soldier serving under the flag.
All soldiers. whether regulars,
volunteers or in the militia, are vol
unteers. They have entered the
service of their own free will and
accord. None were drafted
If free silver is dead Mr.. Bryan
should not dislike the Republican
party for killing it, as he has been
making lots of money exhibiting its
corpse.
Tie ghost of imperialism is SC
transparent that even anear-sighted
man can see 16 to through its
shadowy form.
If elected would Bryan call an ex-
ira session of Congress and urge the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
at the ratio of 16 to l, without which
he has repeatedly declared the coun.
try would go to ruinp
After all, crop conditions all over
the country afford very little mater
ial for the calamity howlers.
Mr.. Bryan should cede the sov.
ereignty of his farm at Lincoln
Neb., to Spain or France. The lane
was acquired by the United States
without the ''consent of the govern
ed by another Democrat, Thomas
jefferson How Mr.. Bryan can con
sent to live in Nebraska, when thi:
circumstance is considered, is unex
plainable.
Ahnnt the time Chairman Jones
gets Mr.. Hill pacified, Mr.. Croke
breaks out in new place.
Mr.. Towne will have to confin,
his remarks to the committee oi
Declination.
The North Carolina Democrat
would make a vigorous protes
against a proposition to proportion
ately disfranchise the members o
Congress from that state.
The fact that the Republicans in
sist on choosing their own line o
battle during the present campaign
is considered very unfair by tin
enemy.
Indiana continues to contribute
, prominent Democrats to the Repub
ican cause.
Those timid people who imagin
the constitution is violated and tn
republic destroyed because there ar
American soldiers in China withou
declaration of war by Congress
may be confronted by knowing tina
the war with Mexico was fourteen
months old before there was forIna
declaration thereof
Silence must not be taken as evi
dence of a change of heart, and Mr.
Bryan has never confessed that ht
was mistaken either about free sill.
yer or free trade.
Mr.. Bryan's speeches illustrate th'
fact that there is a vast differenc,
between reasons and reasoning.
With wheat, corn and cottol
prices at the top notch, it is hard tc
convince the far ners that prosperi
ty is myth.
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