Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-29
A Peculiar Estimate
THE
Office Of President.

Mr.. Bryan intimates that he would
be willing to meet President Mckinley
in public debate. Mr.. Bryan must
have a lofty sense of the dignity of the
presidential office.-Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Bryan has deep designs upon the
presidency. He proposes to bring it
down in dignity, character. reputation
and the reservations that have been
held to be associated fnseparably with
great responsibility, so that it will be
within the reach Of the meanest citi-
zen. The presidency, a., ling to
what Mr. Bryan does, rather than what
he says. has been held to be too re-
mote from the people, and he has not
consulted the people enough and has
given too much time to congress and
too little to congressman. The great
office Of the chief magistracy has been
turned over too often to elderly men
who never were athletes or physical
freaks.
There is one sure thing about the
candidacy Of William Jennings Bryan
this year and his standing before the
people If what he said four years
ago about free silver and free trade
was true then, it is true now, and that
which was paramount then is para
mount still. Mr.. Bryan's speeches in
1896 were modulated shrieks about the
impending horrors if he and a con-
gress suitable to his purposes should
not be chosen. Now his elocuticnary
cry is about a figment of his innamed
Imagination that he calls imperialism,
and he squirms about between the
phantors he has confused i, with.
There are alleged Cold Democrats who
are going beck TO the Democratic party
because as thev say and some of them
think he has been hvpocrite enough to
put aside his silver trust mission.
September t6 1896, Mr.. Bryan said:
"If there is anvona who believes the
gold standard is good thing, or that
it must be maintained. warn him not
to cast his vote for ne, because l
promise him that it will not be main
tained i'm this country longer than I
am able to get rid of it,"
AT Znnesville, Ohio, September 4th.
1900 Mr.. Bryan said: "The party
stands Where it did in 1896 on the
money question"
According to this Mr.. Bryan is run
ming for President on false pretenses.
and is hiding himself behind two big
words, imperialism" and para
mount" He has also associated him
self with two celebrated fiends, Gro
ker and AguiEaldo.
"Of what use will the Philippines he
TO us?' This question continues to
flow in, and 1t ought to be answered.
First, the further growth in territory
of the United States must he on the
Pacific ocean, shores and Islands. We
are shut in on the Atlantic at least by
Canada and perhaps we may haya a
hard time gaining any land from th-
British or MaXic3ns on the Pdtiiic,
but we should certainly hold what we
have and the PHILIPPINE archipelago
with the $4,000 square miles belongs
TO US, no matter how many long-har-
ed unhelieyers in great America say
"No, no" As for the FiliDinos. they
will have ten times the value out of
the lands within ten years if we stay,
that they would get in a state of inde-
pendence. But they are not to be in
dependent. If we give them up to
their own devices to work out their
destiny, the islands win be seized and
parceled out by the European powers
and the japanese. 1t will be good for
the F'ilipinos for us to stay, the ISL
ands are wonderfully stored with val
liable raw material. Arthur ]. Bal
four, first lord of the treasury of Eng
land, says in an essay: "Our prodiglous
progress has increased the drain on
natures resources" and makes these
remarkable observations:
Every new invention seems to
throw a strain upon the vast, but not
illimitable resources Of nature Lord
Kelvin is disquieted about our supply
OF oxygen Sir William Crookes about
our supply of nitrates. The problem
of our ccal supply is always with us.