The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-01
THE SAME OLD BRYAN.


an entirely different Bryan from tn,
one whom the American people
with IA good deal of cheerfulness. de
feated in 1896 and 1909 Mr. Parker
has been saying this recently. Sc
has Mr.. Olney. So have thousand.
of others who have the excuse oi
honest ignorance for saying so. which
Parker and Olney lack. Where is
there the slightest reason for any
body to believe that Bryan has ever
changed ground on any of, his old
follies? He is not mentioning d.
cent dollars in the present campaign.
This is one OF the omitted issues :
OF the Denver platform. which Bryan
saws is as binding as the declared
issues. But though Bryan is silent
on debased dollars has he ever con-
demned them2 Has he ever re-
canted anything which he said in
their favor in 1896 and in 1900,
when he was candidate. and also III
the ST. Louis convention of 1904,
when he attempted to put them in
the Parker platform? If he has ever
repudiated anything which he said
in advocacy of paying the nation 5
workers in dollars whose purchasing
power would be cut in two the peo-
pie have not heard of IT,
From the day. In August, 1906.
when he landed in New York from
his.tour round the world 10 the eve
of the Denver convention Bryan adj
vocated government ownership and
operation of the railroads. This
Issue was left out OF the Denver
platform because the politicians who
were to run that convention told
Bryan that it would be fatal to him
and thus he omitted it in his draft of
the platform. But does he believe
it still? Has he ever repudiated
that folly? He squirms now when
this query is put to him, but he does
not give an honest answer He is
not likely to give any. How about
the policy of free riot which he urged
in his platform of 1896? Does he
still stick to pack the supreme court
in the interest of his fads? He
denounced the federal courts in 1896
for protecting property and enforc-
ing the laws. Does he still believe
that the courts deserve condemnation
for doing the work which they were
tItdttu nat dpout the iii'i"'i'0
and referendum, which he urged I'M
til recently, but on which he is now
silent? The people would like TO
have Bryan say something on those
issues. Every one of them would
be likely TO come up If he were ell
ected Under the. option which our
laws could be construed TO give to a
dishonest head of the treasury to pay
out silver instead of gold in the re-
demption of greenbaeks. would Bryan
as president. advise such course?
Those Democrats who pretend that
they believe Bryan is now safe and
sane ought to ask him to say some
thing on those points. The country
would like to get a little information
on them at first hands. There is not
the slightest reason 10 believe. how
ever. that he will say anything on
them which will have any sincerity
about it. He dare not drop his so
cent dollars for fear that he would
lose all the Populists with whom he
trained in S92 when making speech
es for Gen Weaver and who support
ed him to a man in 1896. He dare
not say a word against his free riot
policy of 1895 lest he be deprived OF
his socialistic and anarchistic allies
If he should shift ground openly on
government ownership and opera
ton Of the railroads he would give
new point to the assertions of his
Democratic and Republican enemies
that he is a wobbler. That char
ra+o.f,effor r4avorf haIace fits him