The Republican., 1900-09-06
Bryanrs Constructive Treason


Mr.. Joseph Culbertson Clayton con-
tributes to the New York Times very
strong indictment of the Democratic
candidate for president, closing with
these paragraphs:
'"Those have the worst opinion of the
law who most dread its halter The
law Obeying citizen is not much given
TO hysterical cries about consent Of
the governed Little is said about it
except by those who contemplate law
breaking or those who seek to capture
votes.
"The sole object and effect of such
harangueS as the 5000 word speech of
Mr.. Bryan is to stir up the people to be-
lieve in the literal meaning of the
phrase about which his unparalleled
verbosity circulates so that they may
vote for him. Ignoring the fact that
the only states which will give him
electoral votes have unconstitutionally
DISTINGUISHED 100000, he assails his
own national government which is sup
pressing an inSurrection for the hypO-
critical reason that they are governed
against their consent. Ignoring the
fact that he aided the ratification of
the treaty with Spain, lie and his sym
pathiZers are IN practical effect the
chief aders and abettors of the rebel
lion in the Philippines. Whether he re-
sists the United States government as
soldier under Aguinaldo in LuZon or
rs a cyclonic stump speaker against
the executive the principle is the same.
In either event aid and comfort are
given to public enemy.
IF this be not constructive treason,
" is so near to it that it should inspire
with deep disgust every citizen who
loves the honor and glory of our army
and navy and who would hide his head
in shame il insurrection should tri-
umph through the help of a candidate
for the presidency
Rise In Price of Silver Only Tempo
rsry.
The Mundo of Mexico discusses the
recent advance in the price of silver.
and deplorcs it as calamity, as the
value of all other commodities must
suffer proportionately. However, II
silver cannot be long maintained. "It
Is certain" it says, that gold will out
value silver. ut least during the next
hundred years. and it adduces the fol
lowing facts and figures in support of
its opinion:
The production of gold in the world.
instead of being restricted or dimin-
ighnn " nOticina oil NV,
tinueS TO increase necessarily and in
an alarming way for the silver pro-
ducers. We have had:
GoLp PRODUCTION.
1877 49,472, 200
1898 59,273, 300
Estimate for 1899 9.................. "a, ,309, ,450
1t was believed that the Transvaal
war would considerably diminish the
total gold production, but it has not
been so. The Republic of the Trans
vaal produced in
ls9I 12,l45,S00
lsss 16,004, ,506
Estimate Tor 1899. Observation-Disclosures. ID 997 273
On the other hand, the output of gold
in Australia has increased, as that
country produced in
1877 II, ,599 900
1898 1910, 900
Estimate for 1899. 9................... 16 600 600
AS it will be seen the war with
South Africa has not caused any reduc-
tion in the total worlds production of
gold. We must expect much larger
production in future on account of the
recent discoveries in Africa, in Cape
Nome and the renewed activity in the
Transyaal mines. Therefore. only Il
slight upward movement is possible
under present conditions in the price
" silver.