The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-17
BRYAN As PROPHET
FAILS TO QUALIFY
Disasters He FOretOld Never Come
to Pass.
OPPOSITE IS ALWAYS TRUE.
Gold Standard Does Not Stay, Nor
Does It Write Future In Blood.

an has never been 4 success. The ca
families which he has foretOld would
lave brought unlimited disaster to the
country il they had ever been realized.
But they lever came to pass. The har-
lowing pictures which he painted were
merely fgments Of his Imagination,
based on absolutely no foundation
whatever.
1t is well to have Americans remem-
YER that prophecies uttered by the ora
tor Of the Platte must be discounted
fully 100 per cent, for all signs indi-
ate that he feels the fates once more
md Is about to begin prophesying
ugain. A male Cassandra, Mr.. Bryan
might by this time have learned that
the forecast of evil will never be be-
iieved 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 a
member of the House Of Representa-
tives in 1882 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 agonizlng
pictures:
protection has been our canniDal
tree. and as one after another OF our
J,,sxy Ixyt irn
of circumstances upon that tree and
has been crushed within it's folds Ills
companions have stood around and
shouted, Great is protection
Thus In every State, so far as these
statistics have been collected, the pro-
portion of home owning farmers is de-
creasing and that Of tenant FARMERS
increasing. This means but one thing
II means a land Of landlords and ten
ants, and, backed by the history of
every nation that has gone down, l say
to YOU that no people can continue
a free people under free government
when the great majority of it's citizens
| are tenants Of small minority. Your
system protective tariff has driven
the farm owner from his land and
substituted the farm tenant"
How far this picture pOrtrays the
America of to-day or the America of
any year since he made that speech
sny American can answer. Even IN
| Mr.. Bryans own State he can find an
answer right at his doors, for the farm
| lal ds of Nebraska have doubled In
value.
"Murderous Gold Standard"
But during the four years succeeding
thct speech Mr.. Bryan's agitation grew
| NO less nor did the demon which he
had raised In his own imagination hide
with diminished head. for in 1896 ne
| again saw restitution threatening the
country. He had a remedy for 1t, a
panacea, a fetch which he held up for
| worship-free silver. Here are some
Of the things Mr.. Bryan said would
happen If the gold standard were con
tinuea:
81 reply that II protection has slain
it's thousands the gold standard has
slain it's tens of thousands. "-From
speech at Democratic National Conven
tion, July, 1896.
do not let the Republicans beguile
yc,: about the future The future is
written In blood crushed out Of you by
| gold" -From speech at Erie, Pa, Au
gust, 1896.
"Ah, my friends, there il another
reason why people have gone into the
cities and l,ft the farms. 1t is be-
cause your legislation has been caus-
ing the fore closure of mortgages upon
the farms. Mark my words
| II the gold standard goes on and peo-
pie continue to complain, the gold stan
davd advocates instead of trying to i'm
prove the condition OF the people will
b recommending that you close your
schools 20 taat the people will not real.
iae hsw much they are suffering.'-
From speech at Monmouth, ILL.,, Octo
Der, 1895
| But whom has the gold standard
slaih7 What future did it write in
blood? What district schools did II
close? Again the condition of the
country makes a calm reply COMPUTING
the impassioned orator.
Campaigning again in 1900 Mr.. Bry
an decided that imperialism was an
other danger to the country. If it were
continued the Fourth of July would bt
forgotten by all Americans and thu
"spirit Of re" would become a thing
of the past. Speaking at Lincoln, Mr.
nyyan said:
Sees Death Of Patriotism.
'"rbe fight this year will be to carry
out the sentiment of that song we have
70 often repeated; My Country, IT'S Of
Thee II we lose, our children ant
our children's children will not succeed
20 the iparit sf that song. and celebra
tions Of the Fourth Of July will pas
away, for the spirit Of the empire viii
be upon U.s."
Is there any spot in these Unitc'
states where the spirit Of 1776 is dead