The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-07

| United States in order to establish
the free coinage of silver. Mr.
Bryan has said this explicitly and
we do not believe that his advo-
Gates will accuse him of speaking
falsely. 1t means, if it means any
thing, that our troops are to be
withdrawn from, the Philippines,
and that the majority of the in
habitants of those islands, who
have testified to the willingness to
accept the sovereignty of the
United States, are to be placed at
the mercy of the brigands of Agui-
naldo. 1t means that the stipula.
lions of the treaty with Spain,
which was ratified largely through
the influence Of Mr.. Bryan, are TO
be annulled. 1t means that the
protective tariff, under which our
industries have been so prosper
Gus, is to be assaulted and weak
ened. 1t means that the element
which has deliberately set about
DISTINGUISHING millions Of Ameri-
can voters, is to be recognized ano
placed in power. 1t means thai
the great men of the nation, the
men of greatest influence, are to
be such men as Richard Croker OF
Tammany fame, John P. Altgeld.
the partner of the Chicago anarch-
lists, Pitchfork Tilman, who dareq
in the senate to detlle the memory
of Abraham Lincoln and to call
the national soldiers Lincoln's
help hounds. 1t means the SUI
premacy of these men and the pre-
valence of their ideas Of govern
ment.
The REVIEW does not wish to
see these men and these principles
prevail, it believes that the
thoughtful people Of the north do
not wish to see them prevail.
Naturally those people who are re-
publicans because they are repub.
lican, or democratic because they
are democrats, can not be reached
by argument; it is only the
thoughtful man who regards the
welfare of himself and his country,
to whom one can address himself.
We leave it to these thoughtful
people if the differences we have
drawn relative to what the election
OF Bryan would mean, are not JUS
tilted by the facts in the case and
by the statements of democratic
leaders. We believe that the ma
jority of those voting the demo-
cratic ticket are just as anxious for
good government as are those
voting the republican ticket; we
believe that under different circum-
stances, the country might be en-
trusted to the old line dem ocrats
without serious consequences, in
other words it is not so much
democracy, but populism which
we fear.
1t is not to be denied that the
republican party has in its history
made mistakes. 1t is not to be
denied but that evils exist today,
and that some of those evils are
serious ones. Because there is a
hole in your pasture fence and
your cows get out, is no reason
why you sell the farm, fire the
hired man, and get divorce from
your wife. A sensible man would
drive the COWS back, mend the
fence, and go on his way much as
he had done before, except that he
would keep his eye on that fence.
The republican party recognizes
that there are evils existing and
promises in its platform to mend
the fence. 1t has attempted in
good faith to do this relative to
the trusts; it proposed constitu-
tional amendment, giving congress
sufficient power to control, regu-
late, and if need be, abolish any
combination which was proven to
be injurious to the people. The
democrats in congress opposed
this measure, and what is still
worse, opposed it on the old
ground of state rights which the
Union soldier supposed was shot
to pieces in the Civil war.