The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-09-11
PDl,v.!A!H AS PROPHET
FAILS TO QUALIFY
Disasters He ForetoId Never
Come to Pass.
OPPOSITE is ALWAYS TRUE.
Gold Standard Does Not Stay, Nor
Does IL Write Future In Blood.


an has never been a success. The ca
lamities which he has foretold would
have brought unlimited disaster TO the
country II they had ever been realized.
But they never came to pass. The har-
rowing pictures which he painted were
merely Pigments of his Imagination.
based on absolutely no foundation
whatever.
1t is well to have Americans remem-
Der that prophecies uttered by the ora
tor of the Platte must be discounted
fully 100 per cent, for all signs indi-
cate that he feels the fates once more
and is about TO begin prophesying
again. A male Cassandra, Mr.. Bryan
might by this time have learned that
the forecast of evil will never be be
lieved by those who have found that
IN the past his Vaccinations have been
but empty air.
Driving Country to Ruin"
For instance. when Mr.. Bryan was
member of the house of representa-
tives in 1892 he was absolutely certain
that protection was driving the coun-
try headlOng TO rack and ruin, and in
his speech delivered March 16 of that
year he drew the following agoni7ing
pictures:
Protection has been our cannibal
tree. and as one after another of our
farmers has been driven by the force
of circumstances upon that tree and
has been crushed within its folds his
companions have stood around and
shouted, Great is protectionr 80 Thus
in every state. so far as these stats
tics have been collected. the proportion
of home owning farmers is decreasing
and that of tenant farmers increasing
This means but one thing. 1t means a
land of landlords and tenants. and.
backed by the history OF every nation
that has gone down. | say TO you that
no people can continue a free people
under a free government when the
great majority of its citizens are ten
ants of a small minority. Your sys-
TEN protective tariff has driven the
farm owner from his land and sub
stituted the farm tenant"
How far this picture portruys the
America Of today or the America Of
any year enc he made that speech
any American can answer. Even in
Mr. Bryan's own state he can find an
answer right at his doors. for the farr1
lands of Nebraska have doubled in
value.
"Iur4erous Gold Standard"
But during the four years succeediR.
that speech Mr.. Bryan's agitation grew
no less nor did the demon which hp
had raised in his own imo glnation hide
with diminished head, for In 1896 he
again saw restitution threatening the
country. He had a remedy for IL. a
panacea, fetish which he held up for
worshlp-free silver. Here are some
of the things Mr.. Bryan said woull
happen If the gold standard were con
tnued:
Il reply that If protection has slain
It's thousands the gold standard has
slain its tens Of thousands" - From
Speech at Democratic National Con
vention July, 1896.
DO not let the Republicans beguile
you about the future. The future is
"AAAANh III bAOOO u OUl vi you Dl
gold.'-From Speech at Erie Pa. Au-
gust, 1896.
"Ah. my friends, there Is another rc.l-
son why people have gone into the
cities and left the farms. II is because
your legislation has been causing the
foreclosure Of mortgages upon the
farms. 80 Mark my words! II the gold
standard goes on and people continue
TO complain the gold standard advc-
Gates Instead OF trying to improve the
condition of the people will be recon-
mendlng that you close your schools so
that the people will not realize how
much they are suffering" From
Speech at Monmouth. H., Octo5es. |
1896.
But whom has the gold standard |
slain? What future Gil /. Wa. is J
blood? What district schools did ;; |
close: Again the condition of the |
country makes a calm reply confutins /
the imprisoned orator.
Campaigning again in 1900 Mr. Bry. /
an decided that Imperialism was an
other danger to the country. If il were ]
continued the Fourth OF July would l,e ,
forgotten by all Americans and tn.
spirit OF &c" would become thing
Of the past. Speaking at Lincoln NJ.
Bryan said:
Sees Death of Patriotism.
"The fight this year will he to carry
out the sentiment of that song we have
so often repeated. Ny Country. 'T'is ~
Thee If we lose, our children and oVr
chlldren's children will not succeed O.
4. the spirit Of that song, and celebrations
of the Fourth Of July will pass away.
for the spirit of the empire will lie upon
u.s."
Is there any spot In these UuiteI
States where the spirit of 11TG is dead
and forgotten and the Fourth OF JUL
II meaningless date on tie calendar?
one II the most ridiculous OF these
prophecies was contained in speecIl
MIR. Bryan made In supgo.t OF Juds5s
Parker during the campaign OF 1885,
when he attuc';e President Rooseve.g
bitterly. This Prophecy had Il tssf