The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-06-14
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BRYAN REvIDIMUs.

America aIteF Trip diouHu lHe
world. He will be given a great re-
ception upon his arrival in New York
and democrats all over the country
have been vieing with each other.
in declaring for him as the democratic
standard bearer in the next Presiden-
tial campaign. 1t appears that the
"safe and sane war cry of the last
campaign is to be abandoned and de-
mocracy is to return to the days Of
1896. 1t cannot be denied that the
Bryan candidacy would be marked by
much greater enthusiasm, especially in
the West, than was the campaign of
the late Mr.. Parker.
The great advantage that Mr..
Bryan now has is that he has been
absent during the turmoil of the past
year. He has been obliged to take
no stand upon any public question.
He has remained discreetly in the
BACKGROUND while Theodore Roosevelt
has been leading the fight for reform
and drawing upon the republican
party the concentrated hatred of every
trust, every large corporation, every
insurance magnate in the country.
Mr.. Byran's friends hope that while
posing as reformer, he will get the
benefit of all these enmities.
Mr.. Bryan has made 10 definite.
statement of his principles since the
last time he ran for President. 1t
would be unfair to accuse him of in
consistency and therefore we must
presume that he stands for practically
the same things now that he did then.
His views may have been modified,
we do not know. He may now con-
slider some things of minor import
ance which he then considered to be
main issues Again, we do not
know. 1t is however safe to say, and
it would be unjust to say otherwise,
that he still holds to the chief tenets
of his faith; Free Silver and Low
Tariff.
No matter how much personal en-
thusiasm the people of this county
may have had for Mr.. Bryan we be-
lieve almost without exception they
are heartily glad that Free Silver did
not prevail. They have found that
the trouble was not with our currency
but with our industrial conditions,
and that the words of Mckinley when
he said, "Let US open the mills, not
the mints," was the true solution of
the hard times. We do not believe
the people of this county want the en-
actment of Free Silver legislation.
There is difference between tariff
revision, as advocated bv many re-
publicans and the sweeping away Of
tariff duties as advocated at all times
by the democratic party. There is 9
general opinion that some of the pres.
ent tariff schedules are too high. II
very truth the only division between
the Progressives and the Stand-pat
tiers along this line being as to tn
time when some revision should b
undertaken. There is no thought
with any man who has just right t
call himself a republican, to chang
from the protective system. An
man who wishes to depart from tn
protective system, should not elias
himself as republican. 1t is car
dinal principal of the party. On tn
other hand any man who believes tina
the protective tariff has been benef
cial to the country, and that its cor
tinuance, is important to the welfar
of all, does himself an injury if h
does not come under the republica
banner. The election of Mr.. Brya
does not mean tariff revision as under
stood by either of the two wings {
the republican party. 1t means
return to the tariff for revenue onl
idea, it means the wiping out {
protective schedules, it means in OF
opinion, an era of very hard times fl
the people of this country.
Just this week we heard busine.
man of Denison, republican, So
that there was good chance tn;
Bryan would be our next Presiden
He said further that perhaps it Nigh
be good thing after all. We aske
him why, and in all seriousness, h
replied that he thought perhaps
few years of hard times would b
good medicine for us. He said tn
farmers had been too prosperous an
had become too COMPOUNDED indie
pendent. That they had cash o
hand and no longer felt the necessit
4 of treating local business men fairly
1 We do not believe this view is enter
tanned by any considerable number o
men, for the vast majority know
that the prosperity of one must &c
pend en- the prosperity of the many
Nevertheless, return to low tariff
will mean hard times. We do no