The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-07
THE GLOBE AND BRYAN.

To the Editor of the Globe
How easy it is for the st. Paul c. l o b e
to be Democratic and indorSe the action
of Democrats who are strong and able
to rise above their personal feelings, and
advise their Democratic friends in Ohio
to support the ticket nominated by their
party because the Democrats in adopt
ing their platform did not deem it pru-
dent to make national questions the lead
ing issue in the forthcoming canvass!
What a contrast between Bryan, that
great leader of the people, who says the
Democratic party as represented in state
and national conventions is bigger than
any individual member of the party, and
the G o b in boiling the ticket in 1900,
when Bryan was the unanimous nominee
of his party for president!
If the G b e is right and Democratic
today in complimenting Bryan for the
stand he takes touching the Ohio con-
ventlon and the ticket nominated, it was
wrong and not Democratic in the position
it took in 1900 In 1896, when the money
question was the paramount issue mon
ey was scarce, and farm products, that
are not and cannot be controlled and
regulated by trusts, were selling below
the actual cost of production. Bryan,
representing the Democratic party said
that dear money and cheap products was
detrimental to the interests of the great
mass Of our people, and insisted that
silver should be restored to it's former
place on equal terms with gold, and
thereby increase the amount of our cir
culating medium and put a stop to the
fall in prices. Our Republican friends,
at that very time, said we had money
enough; yet, today We have from So Co.,
600 to 900 more gold in circulation
than we had from 1893 to 1897, and on
efccount of the increase of money times
have improved, prices advanced and Bry-
an been indicated And just so long as
the increase of gold keeps up with the
increase and growth of the country the
money question may not, and probably
will not, be an issue.
But suppose the yield of our gold-pro-
ducing mines had been cut off, a retail
iatory tariff in the Old World had been
adopted which would have thrown the
balance of trade against US and the vol
ume of money per capita in the United
States had been reduced since 1896, we
should all be bankrupt now. The silver
question and 16 to 1 would be very live
issue today, and 1 warn the Gold Dem
ocrats who are exulting over a supposed
victory IN Ohio not to go too far, and
undertake to reorganize the party by
pulling down and belittling the efforts Of
w. j. Bryan, who has done more than
any other man to enlighten the people
IL ASSoto ~ LIE dangerous pOllcleS
adopted and being carried out by this
trust-breeding, imperialistic party man,
aged by Mark Hanna
The G o b would make a better i'm
preston by indorsing the action of the
recent Democratic conventions in Ohio
and Maryland for adhering to state issues
and saying less about ignoring the Sage
of Lincoln and 16 to / if it is really in ear
nest, and I believe it is, and wants to
see united party and the defeat of the
Republicans in 1902 and 1904.
When officers appointed by the presi-
dent to rule over the Philippines are not
required under oath to support the con-
stitution of the United States, it ought
not to be difficult thing to unite the
people against such autocratic power as
this. jay Lu Due.
Luverne, Mimi, Aug. 6.