The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-09-30
BRYAN IS Prophet
FAILS TO QUALIFY
D1sasters He Foretoll Never Co00
. Pass.
Gold Standard Does Hot Nay, Her
Does = Write Jutueo In Mood

A. q prophet william jennings Bry-
IN has never bsen q success The O.
iamities which he has forstold would
have kEvught unlimited disaster to The
co1ntry u thav had evsr bssn realized.
Bat they Hsvsc cane to pass. The har-
sowing pictures which BE painted were
merely 6Gments Of his Imagination.
based On absolutely no Foundation
whatever.
It u veil 70 have Americans remem-
her that prophecies uttered By IL ora
tor Of the Platte must Be discounted
fully 100 pr cent. for al signs indi-
cate that 10 feGls ~ fAtes once more
and u about . beGln pUophesyius
cEain- A male CassaAdsa, ~. Bryan
might b. this tine have learned that
the forecast Of evil vll nsvsr - -
lieved BY those who have found that
In the past his vaticinations have been
but empty air.
"Driving Country - 1u11-"
For instance, whea Mr.. Bryan was q
member q the House a Representa-
lives in l602 - vas absolutely certain
that protection was diving he eoun-
try hsadlong 10 rack and ruin, snd n
bis speech delivered March 10 q that
year he drew the following agontzIne
pictures:
Protection has been our cann1bal
tres. and - one after another of our
FAIRNESS has been driven BY the force
Of circumstances upon that tree and
has bean crushed within - folds IT.
companions have stood around and
shouted, Great = protection?
Thus In every State. % Tar - these
statistics have been collected. the pro
portion OF home owning farmers u de-
creasing and that Of tenant farmers
increasing. This means but one thing.
It means q land Of landlords and ten
snts. and, backed BY the history OF
every nation that has gone down, say
to you that no people can continue
q free people under Q free government
when the great majority Of its citizeas
are tenants of a 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 be made thit spesch
eny American can answer. Even In
Mr.. Bryan's own State be can ind an
answer right at his doors. for the farm
loI d. Of Nebraska have doubled in
vaiU0.
"kurdsrous Gold standard"
But during the four years succeeding
tint speech Mr.. Bryan's agitation grew
no less nor did the demon which he
had raised TN bis own imagination hide
with diminished head, for in 1926 he
asaan saw desdtution threatening the
ccuntry. He had q remedy for II,
panacea, Q fetch which he held up for
wOrship-free silver. Here are some
Of the thinG Mr.. Bryan said would
happen II the gold standard were con-
tinued:
II reply that II protection has slain
itx Thousands the gold standard has
slain its tens Of thousands. From
speech At Democratic National Conven-
tior. July. 1905.
DO not let the Republicans beeuile
ycE about the future. The future Is
written In blood crushed ont Of you BY
sold."- speech at Erie. Pa. Au-
gust. 1895.
"Ah. my friends. there is another
reason why people have gone into the
cities and left the farms. It ID b.
cause your legislation has been caus-
ing tho foreclosure Of mortgages upon
the farms. Mark my words!
II the gold standard goes on and peo-
pie continue to complain. the gold stan
dard advocates instead Of trying to i'm
prove the condition Of the people win
be recommending that you close your
schools % that the people win not real
lie how much they are sufIering."-
Frmn speech at Monmouth, ILL.,. Octo-
Der. 1903
But whom has the gold standard
slain? What future did It write IN
blood? What district schools did It
close! Again the condition Of the
couatsy makes . calm reply confutips
the impassioned orator.
Campaigning again IN 1900 Mr.. Bry.
an decided hat imperialism was an
other danger to the country. II It were
continued the Fourth Of July would be
forEottsa By al Americans and the
spirit Of '76" would become q thing
Of the past. Speaking at Lincoln, Mr..
Bryan said:
Sees Death Of Patriotism.
'"rhe fight this year will Be to carry |
out the sentiment Of that song We have
70 often repeated, Ny Country, IT'S Of |
Thee II We lose. our children and |
our children's children will not succeed !
to tue spirit Of that song. aud celebra-
lions OF the Fourth Of July will pass
away. for the spirit Of the empire will |
be upon cs."
: IL there any spot in these United |
Suites .here the spirit Of l776 is dend
md forsottep ana de Teurth e July |
! 0eaningisss date On. ths salndar3