The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-09-23
EXPOSES BRYAN'S
FALSE PROpHESlES
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to the ground II threy out OF en-
ployment millions OF wage earners.
After having assisted In this suicidal
policy Mr. Bryan defeats the efforts OF
the only great democrat they have had
In the party for many years, Grover
Cleveland, and hurls at him Billins-
gate and denunclatIon, for what rea-
son? Because he opposes Mr.. Bryan's
pet hobby. that of the free coinage OF
silver without the consent OF any
other nation. Mr., Bryan announced
that the gold standard had slain It's
tens Of thousands where protection
had slain Its thousands.
I'm that campaign Mr.. Bryan
prophesled that the continuation OF the
gold standard meant uncertainty In
employment OF labor and hardship To
the wage-earner, that II would send
down the price Of farm products. He
did not have to live two years to see
every prophecy that he made IN that
campaign refuted by the fact,
Then there came on the campaign
of 1900 In that campaign he still ad-
hered to his free silver fallacy and stu
went about the country trying o. ex-
plain why Il was that the continuation
Of the gold standard had not resulted
in the disasters which he had prophe-
sled. But lest the issue of free silver
had become little shopworn, he
brought out as a. paramount issue that
of anti-imperialism He announced
that II he were not elected in the next
election, patriotism would have ceased
to be In this country, the celebration
Of the Fourth Of July would become a
memory and that liberty would die He
was beaten on these issues, and we
continue to celebrate the Fourth OF
July with fervor.
AT the end OF the next four years
Mr.. Parker was nominated. Mr.. Bry-
an still insisted on inserting in tho
! platform a clause In favor of free sill
yer, but II was left out He then
Joined with Mr.. Parker in making the
paramount issue the tyranny Of Theo-
( dore Roosevelt's executive usurpatlon
and militarism He denounced Mr..
Roosevelt as completely subject to
corporate interests and held up to the
country the dangers of war TO which
| II would be subject under a Roose-
welt administration Although the
same policy was being pursued In the
Philippines as before, Imperialism had
ceased to be then paramount issue
The prophecy which Mr.. Bryan
made with reference to the w<rlike
I tendencies of Mr. Roosevelt and to his
subsection to corporate influence he
had only TO wait some two years to
find them utterly refuted For never
in the history OF the world has any
I chief executive had such n triumph
In making peace as Theodore Roose.
welt In the Russlan-J japanese war. In
Central America, In Santo Domingo
and In Cuba. and never In the histor,
OF the country has there been such Q
complete triumph over corporate In.
fluence as that which the courage
the honesty, and the persistence. o.
Theodore Roosecelt has wrought dur
ing the present administration.
I'm 1905 Mr.. Bryan went around III,
world and HIS return was heralded will
the statement that In his visit arount
the world he had so gained informa
ton and knowledge that he had become
safe and sane that he was conserva
tive, and all the democratic part,
lawaited his coming with great interest
Immediately upon his arrival he dis
PEELED this erroneous impression b,
declaring that he was convinced tina
the onl. solution Of the railroad prob
lem ultimately would be government
ownership, He had previously declared
. In favor OF a national initiative and ref
erendum and also In favor OF the cleo
ton OF federal judges. All these mos
radical propositions have now been ex
cluded from the democratic platform
They do not meet such popular approx
al as to Justify them being brought for
ward as means of acquiring office II
this campaign, but they illustrate th'
character of the man who proposes
them they show the Instability an,
variability of His views and they justi
fy the fear that so many people OF thl
country have In respect 10 the DANCE
to which the public veal may he ex
posed should he be put at the helm o
the pilot.