The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-10-28
BRYANITE CHANGES
COL. O. g. SABlN COMES OUT
sQUARELY FOR ROOSEVELT.
Yormer Silver knight Says the Men
Now in Control Of the Democratic
Party Were Its Enemies In the Can
paixns Of 1896 and 1900.

Col. Oliver c.. Sabin, formerly Of Colo
RADIO, but now of Washington, who was
one Of w. J. Bryan's most enthusiastic
supporters in the campaigns of 1896 and
1900, has abjured Democracy, and will
vote for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. Dur
ing the campaigns NAMED Col. Sabin was
associated with Senator Stewart, of Ne
vada, in conducting the "Silver Knight
q free silver paper, and in organizing
1.-THE Silver knights of America" a
free silver organization. He also assist
ed in the writing of the book, "The Hand
Of Money" circulated so extensively
throughout the country in the first cam
paign Of Bryan. In a letter. recently
published, Col. Sabin says:
How it is possible for a man who is
honestly in favor of the remonetization
of silver to support Judge Parker, who
IL the very pet, the idol, you might say.
Of those men who defeated Bryan, l
cannot conceive. Look over the whole
list, from ex-President Cleveland, ex-
Senator Hill, Richard Olney, and, with
out naming them, the whole manage
ment Of the Parker movement now, and
We find that they were either the active
Or passive enemies Of free silver and Of
Mr.. Bryan, and, in fact, of everything
that we, as silver men, held to be i'm
portant in our campaign. They not
only were against us in sentiment, but
they organized a third party. went in
and tried to destroy Mr.. Bryan and the
Democratic party, and they succeeded.
Now this same old gang bought up by
the trusts, heeled by the trusts, sup
ported by m~onopolistic money, the
grinders of the face of the poor, is 60
Ing out asking for the votes of silver
men 10 support a mar and a party that
has abused us and our people more than
they ever have the Republican party.
More Money in Circulation.
"The Republican party, with what
faults it may have, cannot be accused
Of being insincere, and, furthermore, the
Republican party has come to where we
wanted them. What we wanted in re-
gard to money was more Of it, and the
Republicans came to it in a different
way. OF course none Of US cared for the
simple question Of silver, only as 1T af-
fected the volume of currency. There
was too small an amount of money in
circulation to do the business OF the
country. Now W. have plenty OF
money. =
Look at the financial condition Of our
country now. Whoever saw such a coun-
try? Where in all history is there rec
ord Of a country as prosperous as we are
to-day? Look at our immense exporta-
ton of goods, billions OF dollars being
brought into our country from abroad
more than we send out. The like was
never seen before. Our farmers only
q few years ago in the Western States
were borrowing money at anywhere from
s to 10 and in some States II per
cent. Look at them now. You cannot
loan them money, and most OF them
have money to loan, and they are glad
to get 5 or 6 per cent for it. God is on
our side, and the very earth responds to
good times. Look at our corn crop, bll-
Lions OF bushels; wheat by the hundreds
of millions, and at prices seldom before
equaled.
Good Time to "Stand Pat
''Taking it altogether, we find every
body and everything prosperous, and
as it stands now | am of the opinion,
very much, of these Iowa fellows who
believe in the doctrine of standing
pat l believe it is we'll to let good
enough alone. l, or any other person
except politicians, do not care who is
In power, for there is no political IA
vors we ask. only this, we want pros
perity for our country-good times; we
want our laboring men to be furnished
with plenty Of work at good times
wages, who are thereby enabled to
educate their children, dress them
selves respectfully, give themselves good
homes, and it makes them valuable and
useful citizens.
president Roosevelt has never left
us in doubt where he was on any ques-
ton, always straight, honest, true and
square. He is an American from the
crown of his head to the soles Of his
feet, and nobody can have any doubt as
to his standing by the flag of our coun-
try and commanding honest respect. The
Democrats would do well not to carry
on their campaign expecting to obtain
votes from the American people by abus-
ing the personality of Mr.. Roosevelt. II
they do, he will be elected by the largest
majority any President has ever been
since the days Of Horace Greeley. Ev-
erybody knows Mr.. Roosevelt is straight,
and whether you are his political friend
or enemy, you know he is a gentleman,
honest, upright and sincere.
'sThe attempt to show that he is wild
and erratic has no force whatever, be-
cause he has already had charge of the
government for nearly four years, and
he has lone nothing but what was right,
surrounding himself with the very best
class Of advisers, and il he has succeeded
for the first four years OF his admin
istration, couldn't he do it our more?
Can't we trust him better than Mr.. Par
ker, led by Mr.. Hill?
Men Should BE Honest.
81 think, furthermore, that in politics,
a. we'll as in the affairs Of life, a man
should be honest and sincere. Now,
the gentlemen who are managing this
Parker boom are neither honest nor
sincere. Mr.. Hill, l suppose to be the
manager of the whole concern, as he
nominated Mr.. Parker in the convention;
Mr.. Parker is his creation. Mr.. Hill
ct a Democratic convention in the State
of New York openly advocated and