Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-10
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.

lamities which he has foretold would
nave brought unlimited disaster to The
country II they had ever been realized.
But they never came to pass. The har
owing pictures which he painted were
merely PIGMENTS of his Imagination,
based on absolutely no foundation
whatever.
II is well TO have Americans remem-
her 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
md is about to begin prophesyina
gain. 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 hls 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 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 agonlzing
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 it's folds his
companions have stood around and
1houted, 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, ! say
to you that no people can continue
q 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
eny American can answer. Even in
Mr.. Bryan's own State he can find an
answer right at his doors, for the farm
loLds of Nebraska have doubled in
value
"Murderous Gold Standard"
But during the four years succeeding
that 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 he
again saw restitution threatening the
country. He had a remedy for 1t,
panaoea, Fetch which he held up for
worship-free silver. Here are some
Of the things Mr.. Bryan said would
happen II the gold standard were con-
tinued:
81 reply that II protection has slain
~ thousands the gold standard has
slain les tens Of thousands. From
syesch at Democratic National Conven-
tien. July, 1899.
do not ,st the Republicans besuile
yen about the future The future Ia
written In klood crushed out Of you BY
gold."--rrom speech Mt nris, Pa. An
gust, 1895.
"Ah, nay friends, there 10 another
reason why people have gone into the
cities and left the farms 1t In be-
cause your legislation has been eaus-
ing the foreclosure Of mortgages upon
the farms. Mark my words !.
II the gold standard goes on and pee-
pie continue to complain, the gold stan
dard adveea.ss instead Of trying to inn
prove the condition Of the people will
be recommending that you close your
schools no that the people viii not real
ize how much they are suffering. -
From speech at Monmouth. H.. Octo-
Der, 1895
But whom has the gold standard
slaini what future dia II write in
hlosdf What district schools aid 1t
close! Asain The condition Of the
esuntsy makes calm reply confuting
the impassioned orator.
Campaigning again In 1900 Mr.. Bry.
an decided that impsrialism was an
othsr danger to TIE country. II II were
continued W Fourth u July would BE-
forgottea w al Americans ana the
"spirit Of 70" would become q thing
ef the past. Speaking at Lincoln, Mr..
Rryan said:
Sees Death Of Patriotism.
'srhs sight this rear win be 10 carry
cut the sentiment Of that song We have
- often wrsatsa, Ny Country. 'Tis q
Ihes- II We lose. eur children ard
eur childrsns chiidrsn will not succeed
g the spirit cf that ssss and cslebra-
tens 81 TIE Fourth Of July Win pass
away, for tho spirit o. the empire win
hc upon M
II there any spot Ia these Unlted
states where the spirit ef IT16 h dead