The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-07-01
BRYAN TO CLEVELAND.

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Tilden club speech. He says he
will print in his paper Mr.. Cleve-
lands speech "to show that the
re-organizers don't want har-
mony, but control, and that their
control means the abandonment
of the party's position and re-
turn to the policies and practices
of Cleveland's second admins
tration.
He continues
"Mr. Cleveland secured his
nomination in 1892 by a secret
bargain with the financiers; this
committee collected from the
corporations and spent the larg-
est campaign fund the party ever
had; he filled his cabinet with
corporation agents and placed
railroad attorneys on the United
States bench to look after the in
terests of their former clients.
He turned the treasury over to a
Wall street syndicate, and the
financial member of his official
family went from Washington to
become the private attorney of
the man who forced (?) the treas
ury department to sell him bonds
at 1O5 and then resold them at
III. He tried to prevent the ad-
option of the income tax propo-
sition; he refused to sign the only
tariff reform measure passed
since the war, and while thunder
ing against the trusts in his mes
sage, did even less than Knox
has done to interfere with their
high handed methods.
His administration instead of
being a fountain of democracy,
sending forth pure and refresh
ing streams, became a stagnant
pool from whose waters foul
vapors arose, poisonous to those
who fingered near.
Having debauched his party,
he was offended by its efforts to
reform, and gave comfort to the
enemy. Virginus killed his
daughter to save her chastity;
Cleveland stabbed his party to
prevent its return to the party
of virtue.
"And now still gloating over
his political crimes, he invites
the party to return to him and
apologize for the contempt which
it has expressed for him. Will
it ? Not until the principles of
Jefferson are forgotten and the
works of Jackson cease to in
spire.
If we are to have reorganiza-
ton, Cleveland himself should
accept the presidential nomina-
ton. 1t would be due him; his
retirement would be poetic JUS
tice to him and retribution to
those whose democratic consci-
ence revolted against his undem.
ocratic conduct.
'Mr. Cleveland's speech should
be read in full. 1t answers a
useful purpose; it outlines the
plans of campaign decided upon
by the plutocratic elements for
which the reorganizers stand.
Tariff reform is to be made the
chief issue and the men who vot-
ed for Mr.. Mckinley, the high
priest Of protection, are to carry
on sham battle with their com
panions of 1896, while the finan-
ciers make the dollar redeemable
in gold and fasten upon the
country an asset currency and
branch system. Trusts are to be
denounced in sonorous terms,
while the campaign managers
mortgage the party to the trust
magnates in return for campaign
funds. Sometimes imperialism
will be denounced, as in Mr..
Hopkins Illinois campaign, some
times ignored. The secret and
silent power that can compel
submission to the demands of
the financiers and to the demands
of exploiters and the representa-
tives of militarism.
The fight is on between
democracy that means democracy
and a Clevelandism, which means
plutocracy. Every speech made
by Mr.. Cleveland shows more
clearly the idiousness of the poll
cies for which he stands. We
have more fear from those who,
like Mr.. Hill. indorse Mr.. Cleve-
lands views, but conceal their
real purpose in ambiguous lang
uage."