The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-04-07
NEW PANAceA BY BRYAN.
Recommended ~. HIM as the Great
Remedy Hor ~ Peoples
Pofticsi Ills.


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an was going up and down In the LAND
=--~-rxr,ss the people that the one him
wanting to make them prosperous and
happy was the free and unlimited coin
--sgeof silver, for account Of deposi,ors Of
that metal at the mints. at the rate Of IL
ss6Aees 10 -one ounce Of gold.
lie was telling the people In rear end
platform speeches as he rushed from
place to place. says the Chicago Chron.
iele, that the alleged "demonetizatiOn OF
!" s~ilfer-"the crime Of Twas the
o. cause OF hard times, lack OF employ ment
- aud all other economic woes. and that
a yhs RECOMMENDATION Of silver" would
lu their burdens and MI the land with
all the good things OF life.
-Four years later he was not 20 Insist.
- en- upon immediate free coinage with
out waiting for the concurrent action or
L.. sonscnt of any other nation. Imperial
a. ism had come TO be the paramount Is.
sue, the imminent danger. the frightfil
. monster threatening the liberties OF tn.
e. rAopls and the life OF the republic. lie
e. declared that We must throttle imperial
4 ian and be sure 81 our freedom before
We could stop to talk about the sort OF
v money we should have.
Aften another interval VI four years
q he perceived that the country had sur.
,iyed Imperialism. and the formal os.
.tsblishmcnt Of the gold stanSard and
had become wonderfully prosperous de
spite these dreadful happenings. In
..inci, II had become too prosperous, Ia 50
mnch that enormous corporations had
been formed by the union OF smaScr
ones aud capitalized at from twice to
Tour times the value OF the properties
~ combined. aud that these were a source
100 unhappincss and would soon make IA
slr1Sspsakably wrctchcd. Especially
=. were great railroad combinations a
sDurcc Of impending tyranny and i'm.
'Soyrtishment. Therefore he changed
s-asits prescription for the salvation Of the
b. country to government ownership OF
,~faiipads. AZ first II was state owner.
-ship but later h. modified that, and made
1t state ownership IL roads for traffic
ssNrot rrnSsing state lines -tnstate traf.
--sfic-.and national ownership Of roads tor
- iatersiste trafic.
a. Now, after an interval Of lcss tina
- -four months, h. Is out with a new pre-.
scription. Finding himself tadly
sfNhN'A ~ W NNAN'N NNuNf uHN NalN'Lht
o. Ownership. he seeks escape under cover
J.. OF a loud cutlery for the direct election
. Of United States senator's by the people
This he now declares to he the great
spurce II relief from most 81 the burdens
' under which the country N 4 aboring. Of
., one Trims he feels sure-ihat when the
United States senate u elected By the
direct vote OF the people the trusts will
h. done away with
' Probably Mr. Bryan will think 1, safe
' 70 stick IN this new political panacca
:. Tor more than four months. II IL not
> new With HIN except ~ a pannCsa. IL
has been a~giiatci more ~ less TOT years.
and. since II has called out 10 pop.
ulnr opposition to speak ~. II ~ n toll
: .rahly safe thing TO offer II NJ a cure. all
. when there Is nothing else Ia sight that
looks ~ though II might be popular.
Perhaps the senate would be better II
Hcnators were elected directly by pop
ulnr vote. aud perhaps II would not
q Of one thing We may be sure. II would
not be much more responsive to the
r, popular clamor which passes for public
opinion. It's conservatism aud com
p%arntivr Indifference Ia clamor are due
much NOR. 90 the fact hat the term NJ =
senator Is three times as long as that
of a representative than 10 the fact that
II" b, elected by the legislature and not
hy direct popular vote. Il would sii!l be
comparatively slow aud conservative
II elected by the latter mode. 10th be-.
cause oi m" length VI the tenn and be-.
cause the senate is a smaller body than
thn sJnte aud ran be- IN fact a dsiilora-
tive body aud sill reach decisions In
nost cases within a reasonable time