Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-19

it, it must remain an issue. There is
only one way to protect the existing
monetary system and that is to keep its
enemies from power. It has been we'll
said that Mr.. Bryan himself is the par
amount issue. Mr.. Bryan as the rec
ognized leader and actual director of a
great political party is standing men,
ace the prosperity Of this country. AS
long as the democratic party maintains
Mr.. Bryan as its leader, and stands
committed to such revolutionary de-
signs as the overthrow Of our monetary
system, it is an unsafe party to let even
half way control Of the government.
They might get all the way in next
time, and they might get all the way
in this time
Free silver was born Of hard times.
1t was nourished by state OF discon-
tent, when the people We're @illing to,
try any change on the theory that it
could not make their condition worse.
-Four years ago this country was
passing thru terrible experience
Thousands of men dependent upon
their wages for a living We're out of em-
p1oynent because. ct1eif products could
not be sold. For nearly four years all
kinds of property had been constantly
sinking in value, until thousands who
had considered themselves well-to-do
found themselves bankrupt. The prod
ucts of the farm fell to ruinous prices.
Every market seemed to be overloaded.
We had the strange phenomena of an
apparent over production of all the me-
cessities of life and yet everywhere peo-
pie suffering for the want OF these
same necessities Our Industrial system
was in a state of deadlock, with the
workmen in every industry unable to
buy the products of others because they
could not sell their own.
with nature never more bountiful,
with the country never so rich in accu-
mulated wealth, distress was wide
spread and it's victims seemed helpless.
No wonder men said something was
wrong, that the situation was unnatu-
|ral and looked eagerly and excitedly
and impatiently for the cause.
There was great emergency in the
Ilaffairs of our people. There was a
| time when wise and safe leadership
could be of service to the people They
could not afford in their critical state
Ito experiment. They had no strength
to waste or surplus to gamble on. The
country wanted no mistakes, but
speedy and sure relief.
"In that great crisis, an occa sion for
statesmen, the democratic party fell
/ into the hands of it's present leaders.
They threw prudence to the winds, they
/ turned their backs on the common les
sons of experience. they urged the most
desperate policies. They told the peo-
\ pie that their distress was all the re-
snlt of conspiracy on the part Of the
rich to Cypress the poor. They said
! the gold standard was an instrument
1 Of oppression designed to bring about
precisely the condition that existed,
and that no other condition was possi-
BILE under it. The low prices were the
Legitimate, natural, inevitable results of
1.-THE gold standard. Every idle factory
every business failure. every unem-
ployed man. was charged to the gold
standard. It was all the work of a
fiendish design and conspiracy.
"All OF that was very improbable, be-
cause no considerable number Of people
can make money out of hard times
ICapitalists can make no money out OF
an idle man. The only way to make
money off him is to put him to work
and make a profit on his labor. The
capitalists-the people who own rail-
roads and factories and stocks of goods
land have stores and houses to rent
make more money In one year of the
present good times than in the whole
four years from 1899 to 1897. And We,
the whole free silver campaign was
conducted on the theory that the rich
were conspfring against the poor.
THE first reason why the democratic
lparty, under its present management
fought to be beaten is that its constant
effort is to array class against class
i We can not afford in this country tc
j have our political divisions take thai
\ form. 1t is the most serious danger
that threatens the peace and progress
Of society. The man who fornents tha
kind of strife, if he knows it. is lacking
! lin patriotism. and If he does ii in igno
rance. he is unfit for leadership or au
/ thority. We have grave questions 10 b'
tsettled in this country, but the pnlitiea
Headers whp urge a poor man To vot,
one way because a rich man votes an
lother contribute nothing to this solu
a tion.'
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