Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-30

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Judge from results the Republican
party through the grace of the Ameri.
can people have settled Mr.. BRYAN
so far as him ever presiding over the
| people. That much has surely been
settled.
| Mr.. Bryan said It was his desire to
enlist every one for the war that had
backsiid since 1896, and then he tried
to make an intelligent people believe
that the Hill and Fowler bills were
going to ruin the people. that silver
| dollars will be recoined into half dol
lars and that in the near future the
money power will ask for a bond is
sue to redeem outstanding silver. And
this in the face of what other coun-
tries are doing. 1t is well known that
the gold standard nations have a
large amount of silver as subsidiary
coin and we hear nothing about 1t be
ing redeemed by issuing bonds. 1t is
only a bugaboo for spellbinders OF the
Bryan persuasion to fool voters Four
years hence nothing will be heard of
the above bills. Every statement of
Mr. Bryan has proven untrue and why
should the people believe him at this
time.
Again, Mr.. Bryan accused the Re
publican party of voting without so
much as giving the question thought.
that all the thinking was on the Dem
ocratic side. Ye gods. but our Ne
braska friend is growing sarcastic.
Long disappointment and reverses in
prophecy have caused him to become
at outs with the world and there is
nothing good unless it emanates from
him. His story about the Nebraska
banker who skipped with the funds
of the institution had no more
bearing on the subject under discus
sion than that day resembles night
And then after talking silver Mr.
Bryan urged the election of the Demo
cratic ticket on the grounds that the
result would have big bearing on the
future And here we have il again
Colorado must continue In the slough
of financial dependency and misman-
agement in order to appease the thirst
of Mr.. Bryan for leadership. He
wants Colorado to back him up In his
work regardless of the effects on state
and county treasures. And here is
what The Herald has been contending
for-that Bryan knows nothing of To-
cal conditions, and he came here to
tell the people what to do when as
past prophet he has been failure. 1t
does not seem possible that any well
read person can be misled by high
sounding phrases that contain no
meat.
Referring to the laboring people
Mr.. Bryan claimed Democracy was the
only organization that benefited the
man who tolls. Now the records show
Mr.. Bryan to be free trader. He
served a term in congress from Ne
braska and he labored In and out of
season for free trade. or reduction of
the tariff amounting to the same
thing. Well. we had as near free
trade as possible under Grover Cleve-
land and with it we had an army of
three million idle men. His assertions
concerning the eight hour law will
not bear him out, for the reason that
twice the number of Republican states
ho'c al eight law tnan
Democratic states, and the Republi-
cans of Colorado asked for an eight
hour law in their platform of 1900,
and for Democrats to claim the honor
in this state is another case of boast
ing. The Republicans of this state
are supporting the eight hour law and
will vote for its adoption. The asser-
ton, therefore. that Republicans are
unfriendly to the measure is only in
line with other statements.
Mr.. Bryans reference to President
Roosevelt and the Pennsylvania strike
was an example Of the narrowness of
the man. Not even one good word for
the man about seven millions of peo-
pie favored with their suffrage. Every
act sneered at. And this from the
great Commoner who pretends to be
Iust and fair to mankind. The fact is.
Mr.. Bryan has scolded SO much that it
has become second nature to him.
We have no doubt of his honest in
tentions but he sees things through
glass clouded with disappointment