Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-28
'BRYANALTERs ISSUES
CHANGES. ~"PAaAMouNTn ONE
WITH EVERY CAMPAIGN.
Country Better of because of His De-
feat Eour Years A.o-H;s Aid to
A%.uinaldo's Insur=cnt Eabbie-porto
Rico's Trade Is Growing.

Ricu's Trade Is Growing.
Mr.. Bryan has found it so easy to say
often and apparently quite t%houghtlcss-
ly, that in accepting-lc had better say
achieving aud conqucring-thc gold
standard, We are subordinating our
selves 10 England.
On the contrary II is the very Ileclnr-
alton and establishment OF IL equality
with England that we hold with her in
common use the best money in the
world. We pay no tribute to llel-our.
money is as good as hers, OH rredit is
better and the demonstration is tllat
we are lending England gold now. III
stead of our going there to borrow 1t
she comes 10 us TO borrow it.
AS TO this ascent and advance in or
position which Mr.. Bryan opposed ana
%prophesied downfall for, and all his as
serted calamities and ruination, he has
no faculty that is not too cloudcd to tell
him what has happened. He WAS mis-
taken i'll his representation Of the is
sues on which he made the presentation
raised four years ago. The country is
immensely better off because he was
defeated. He probably knows that that
is the opinion of the vast majority of
his fellow citizens, though he claims
that he is certain of the election, think
ing he has II new toy TO rattle that will
please the population.
He seems also. in his declaration of
the silver question, and we welcome
ais evasions ON this thing-lle was not
''orn ont, but his countlymen, friends
and foes. Were tired out-when there
:ell upon him an inertia that could not
be overcome and he escaped from the
silver question ut the beginning of ''tle
second BATTLE lie lodged it, and it is
well to urn that which has been aban-
doned over to tile clanks and the fanat-
les who had the insanity of insomnia
rs adlierents and crusaders for the im-
practicable. Mr.. Bryan fails to see and
reason over the fact that the silver
standard of money is and has long been
n signal of the poverty of the people
who have it. y secondary place belongs
to them among nations, measured by
every standard that gives an account
of potentiality and international re-
sponsibilitics.' More than all. the Day-
mcnt of labor in silver coins or their
paper representatives means the ilnpov-
erishmcnt of the laborcr. Where labor
is paid in gold, it is Il sign that labor is
elevated and honorable in the broadcst
sense OF honor, and that the wages are
be counted in gold.
Mi. Bryan has been an anxious stu
dent of current events, and through his
protracted canvassing candidacy has
acquired the habit of watching the turn
of events. He has been keen to see ev-
cry sign Of the times, as in Il sweltcring
city Il watches the weather reports,
and the necessity of Il new thing to
give him even n sliadowy chance of sue
cess i'll the second Presidential cam
paign with Mckinley has been Il: live
coal Oh his brain. His first thought no
doubt was that the "trust question"
was the very thing. ana he has sounded
the trumpet over that for years. but his
music was rather sensational than con-
vincing.
Whatever may he the strength or
weakness of the Democrats in their
political organizations or as individuals
they have not caught the confidence of
the people as reformers. They are not
executive i'll removing abuses. They
displayed, during the Cleveland admin
%istration. that they had been outgrown
by the country. They We're small and
the country great.
They did not appreciate the relation
of the figures that tel, the population
and the wealth and power of the Amer
lean people. and followed their leaders.
dwelling upon extravaganza without n
consciousness of the magnitude of the
resources or the necessities of UNDER
standing the demands of the growth of
the country. The United States has be-
come too big, too prosperous. too clori-
Gus for the happiness of the Democracy
who haven't been rcgenerated. They
nave no statesman tall enough to look
owe the scenery of our splendor. They
are not business men of the caliber tn
attend to our national business. The
clamor that trusts are progeny of pro-
lection is overcome by European statis.
tics. The Democracy are as much n
trust organization as others. and moth
ing has ever been found in Republican
ism as obviously improper as tie Dem
ocratic silver and ice trusts.
There vas nothing left for M.. BRYAN
to do but to find or create another is
sue. Wars are always influential in
politics. In u country they have
made many Presidents. Mr.. BRYAN
needed to get something out of the
Spanish-Filipino war on which he could
raise an issue. The demand wa sun.
piled from his overweight imagina.
ton, with imperialism, and on this Mr..
Bryan, in his ratification speech, placed
the success or failure Of the campaign
for himself and party. He located,
formulated, and emphasized it, so that
there could be no mistake. He played
it like a gambler and played 1t on the