The river press., 1904-10-19
They Nominated Candidates 4
Who Voted for rec SILVER, u
PEOPLE CAN FORGIVE l! ERR / +
Which Is Now Prac tically Admitted,
but Will Not Trust the Party with
Power Because Of the 81
Blunder.

hen all mdlvluual makes and reit-
crates startling statements which later
on are proved to be absolutely false,
MS further utterances on any subject
l,whatsoever are liable not to be- taken
seriously, and this is putting the case
mildly. Even though the statements
We're uttered in honest belief as to their
accuracy the fact that they were later
Oh proven 10 pc wrong, furnished evi-
| ueiice OF mental capacity to make fur-
ther gross plumbers from time to time.
| IN ms respect the record OF the Dem
oeratlc party on the silver issue. has for
that party the same sinister signihcance'
sh't talslncatlons from an Individual.
| VINO - 1ound out, "ouio nave Tor TIME
| individual.
We may all be willing to charitabiy
admit that in it's advocacy Of the great
| tree silver error in 1896 and 1900 the
Democratic party, was honestly wrong
There is no patriotic American u who
| would like to think, hint, or suggest.
that Bryan was not actuated BY hon
est and sincere belief in his cause when
he uttered his famous Gross Of GoldH
and Grown Of Thorns'' speech in 1896.
nor is there any American with opti-
mistic faith in the honesty and patriot
ism of, the leading public men Of the
United States who would want to think
for a moment that Alton B. Parker, the
candidate Of great political party for
Iresldent OF the United States, voted
..sainst MS honest convictions as to what
W. vas IL, tne good Of his country when
~ ~ 'oeeu lof 1ree silver in lSo6, and
'ne' "sa'n 'oted Tor Tree silver in 1900.
Cannot Be Trusted. !.
But while the American people will
neSef linpute dishonorable motives to
the leaders OF the silver cause in 1896
ahd l9o, vet nevertheless it will hesi-
tate IN the future to place implicit trust
IN those who sought to lead them into
= =, uisaserous error ~ those years. Had
.ne .n"yoalty n OF tne voters OF the coun-
~ ~ 1870 ana l9OO not been Of bet-
,et Juus"eht than Judge Parker was
uuflns those Two years the United States
', mo"'u nave had uhe SILVER standard; all
,he currency OF the country would have
peeii aepased TO the bullion value Of sill /,
VIZ :. JUST ueots would nave been scaled
~ over nt..s per cent; the laborer,
Whom the Bible says is worthy Of his
\ hre, would I'D hay have been paid bis wages \
IN cheap dollars OF not half the value OF
'ne noncst dollars Dasea on ths E3.1
s."naafu' s.' tne country would nave suf-
ieicu unparal1eleu nafu tilnes; lts credit
"ould Na'e as loW as .lat q Tur.
Key, ,Neneznela, and OF other nations
whlch repudlate their just obligations.
IL was Tor such calamity us this that
the DeMQcgQtic free silver error stood
IN 1886 and again lii 1900, and Parker
and Davis both times stood with this
error, contributed money to further il
along, and voted for it. ~
Now the error is practically adnit+aa
Both Parker and Davis, while refusina
to say that they now believe in tho uoli
nevertheless say that H. i
"irrevocably established bx law,'-tha+
is when on December 1s. 1900 tIe S1,1
was established nv \ vote ~
179 Republican yeas and oniv n Dan-
ocratic yeas. against 14o Denocrat;c
nays and no Republican navs in the
House Of REPRESENTATIVES and hv :, vo+e
Of A Republican and Gold nemocr,t;c
yeas against % Democrotic ana onlv ono
Republican nay in the senate IN WAS
so WE'LL ESTARLISUEn THAT
PARKER AND DAVIS NOW 1,ON.
>lDER IT "lRRE, OCABLY ESTAR,
I.ISHED." =. :