The Greenville times., 1901-05-18
THE LEOPARD lAND His SPOTS.

4 THE LEOPARD land His SPOTS.
Mr. Bryan has been having heart to heart tak>~ith
Democracy. In reply to question to whether hecon
sdered it necessary to advocate always and under all
conditions given policy merely because he at time
believed this policy desirable he conveyed the gratifying
intelligence that heaMnot. squoted as follows
Certainly not. principle involved in the free and
unlimited coinage of gold and silver at ratio of ID to L.
1t is the principle that thrlves only when
hampered by insufficient circulating medium. The
issue changed with changed conditions in 1900. We did
not make free silver the paramount issue then. Imperial
ism was paramount. There may be change of tissue
without change of principle The change of issue is
change of the head. Change from principle is hear
change, and heart changes great changes. Heart
changes the changes which decide for veal for
for and for nations 1t does not much mat
ter whether have more gold than silver, silver
than gold But it does matter that have enough of
of the other, of both to meet the wants OF
restricted cORmerce Democracy stand for CONNER
cia freedom- while standing for the freedom of the
individual. =
This talk shout 'heart changes and "head changes is
all pretty enough, bnt what OF change has Mr..
Bryan undergone! Has he changed at all! He locates
himself on tbe money question by quoting from hmset
as editor
Nfy position was outlined in the Commoner of April
10Th, editorial headed The Money Question: The
editorial is to inquiry to why prices have
not fallen silver advocates said they would do the
this is what the editor of the Commoner said
STAGE 1896 there has been unexpected i'm
crease In the production of gold and this increase
which the Republicans neither promised nor de-
Sired has brought, in part, the advantage which
the restoration OF bmetallism would have brought
more completely.
'''There is a theoretical advantage In the double
standard, but the practical necessity for it has
been based upon the scarcity of gold. If the
production of gold increases to such extent to
furnish volume of money which will keep pace
Of
metalism will not be necessary. But such con-
dition comes will be gratifying to bimetal-
lists than to the advocates of the gold standard,
for blmealEists will have secured that which they i
desire-na1nely stable doar-while the advo-
Gates OF the gol: standard will be disappointed
because of the disappearance of the dear dollar
In Short Mr. Bryan tells nothing, with all his talk
He explains the failure of all his silly prophecies of woe
made in his first campaign, by saying conditions have
changed hene has been unexpected increase in the
production of god7' etc. When did this unexpected
increase take placer Was it after the last election or
before Mr. Bryan has convicted himself of either fool
shness nsncerity, for the conditions which he urges
his explanation" existed long prior to the assembling
OF the last convention. He says now that free slyer
has been rendered by of toe conditions
he mentlons-the increased gold supply. Ii this is true
today was just true July 4, 1900 Ret, with
bigoed sense of his infallibity in deciding party
questions he exhibited his mailed fist to the assembled
representatives of the panty and demanded of them the
insertion in the platform of specific declaration for free
silver at 16to l. He could mot even be pacated by an
endorsement of the Chicago platform nothing short of
an0ther suicidal commitment ito 16 to would satisfy him.
The convention rucked to him, had his way and led
the party to defeat which the platform had rendered as
certain any future human event could have been made
AT this late day he forward with all these oily
words about changes of head and changes of heart and
talks about IAN unexpected increase of gold as thought
it of yesterday If she issue changed
with changed conditions 1900" why in the name of all
that reasonable, did he want to stick his financial
hobby again into the platform9 Ii ut does not matter
whether have gold than silver or more silver
than god, whg in view of the unexpected increase of
rold did he not have enough honesty enough
both sense and honesty enough to let the platform say
and go before the country freed Of the ant of an issue
which, upon his own testimony today, was even then
lead to rottenness?
In view of Mr. BrYans too apparent determination to
etan. it human possibility his hold upon the party u
hese questions cannot be set down as an idle threshno
'Ver OF old straw Another thing makes such discussions
pertinent When Mr.. Bryan gave ntterance to the ex
'ressons quoted he was booked for speech at Nevada
Missouri He delivered his speech and it was reDore Fl
IS "a bitter attack reorganization Here ia part oft:
"The proposed change" he said sis not SO much for
he purpose Of changing the personnel of the
8 Its principles. For Democratic PRINCIPLES we had
ard hight IN 1885, harder one in 1900 and believe the
ardes fight is to come in 1904 to keep these principles to
ne 'front.' beng unable TO WIN IN an open fight the tt
are platform and submit it to primary vote of the
Democracy they would scarcely carry precinct IN tha
United States but they work in the dark and are backed
the great Democratic daes and ali the corporate in
he trusts have power the party TODAY than thew
ave had at any time since 1896 The men who went ont