Supplement
TO.
TUE DALLES CHRONICLE
UTIRUAV, OCTOBER 13, 1IXW).
IVIIST BRYAfi'S ELECTIOS
MEANS TO LA30R.
Only Question s Whether Wage
Earners Want Hard limes.
Democratic Policies Drove Thousands to
tbe Streets Before and Will Do So
Afsia if Bryaa Is Successful.
In the eddying fight, amid din and roar
of the fallen guns of imperialism and
militarism, there ia danger the people o
this country may lose sight of the fat-
that the election of Mr. Bryan means the
overth&uw of the protective tariff system
and the Introduction of a free-trade pro
gram into the policy of the government,
Our people have short memories and they
sometknea forget and need to be remind
ed..
Mr. Bryan wai a member of the Fifty-
second and Fifty-third Congi-eHsea and
tool a very active part at once upon tak
ing his seat. In the Fifty-third Congress,
of which I was a member, the Wilson bill
was under consideration. It was the pas
sage of that bill which plunged this coun
try into ruin. It does not niuke any diffe
iice what people say. about the origin of
liard times, the intelligent luboring ma
of this country knows very well that
-eased to earn a living ror nmiseir an
family because of the demoralization
business caused by the repeul of the Mo
Kiuley law and the passage of the Wilson
act. It was that which precipitated
wages to the lowest ebb that they hav
been for many a year. It was that wine
(nt man lung columns or hungry men
over the country demanding food. It was
the passage of that bill that made it pos
sible for any intelligent man to listen for
a moment to the speeches of such men as
Bi-vao in 1W.
On the floor of the House In the de
bute on the Wilson bill Bryan took the
extreme free-trade ground. His speeches
are on record and the laboring men
the country can find them aud read them,
lie especially announced himself as in fa
vor of absolute free-trade upon many of
the leailiug products of the farm, notably
wool, which he insisted should be pu
i pon tbe free list of the Wilson bill
When that bill was passed by the con-
f urrence of the House in the six hundred
einendiiK nts of the Senate it was Bryan
ami Hull. Jos. Bailey, a rcpreseiitativ
from the Mate or lex as, who in thei
ecstasy seized the champion, who was th
putative father of the law, the IIm. W,
I. Wilson, of West Virginia, and carried
him on their shoulders in a triumphal pro
cession through the House of Represents
the into the cloak-room hiiiI a saturnalia
of joy resounded from those premises. It
was Brysn who favored the introduction
of foreign material into this country free
of charge. It was Bryan who demanded
that all raw material such as wool, coal,
iron, and everything wliKh entered into
'.be manufacture of goods, should be im
ported free, and It was his inlluen.e,
more than any other man's, that brought
bout the terrible result with which we
re so familiar.
It was Bryan's earnest demand tliRt
ut wool on the free list, ami in that de
bute he declared that he diil not care
whether it benefited or hurt the wool
grower. It was Bryan, who drove the
tariff on coal down to such an extent as
to flood the Eastern markets with coal
and stimulate the growth of the develop
ment of coal in tho British possessions in
tne northeast, and practically drove us
out of the seaboard markets with the soft-
coal of Central States. It was Bryan
who advocated the low tariff on agricul
tural products nnil utterly refused to dis
criminate or allow discrimination in favor
of the products of the West and .Middle
Wcst The laboring men of the country
and the farmers of the country, before
they plunge themselves Into the vortex
that is being held out, should get Bryan's
record and read It. It is a very Interest
ing chapter in the personal politics of that
gentleman. The platform made nt Kan
s City is very adroit in laying the foun
dation for an enactment in Congress,
should Bryan be elected, satisfactory to
his history and record. Not daring to as
soil protection directly he came at it in
the platform which he personally con
flicted as follows:
".Tariff laws should be amended by put
ting Die products of trusts upon the free
lint. 'e condemn the Dingley
tariff law as a trust breeding measure,
skillfully devised, etc."
That Is the platform of the party de
ominated the Democratic party and
whost) nomination Mr. Bryan accepted.
The original I'opulist party, whose candi
date Mr. Bryan now Is, I refer to the
Sioux Falls nomination, also places Itself
on record in a similar attitude. So Mr.
Krynn, without any apology for the past,
lnml upon a aeries of platforms all
eipiinting in the direction of free trade,
ad Id tbe event of his election, with
CongMwa subservient to hia dictation, as
as the convention at Kansas City, we
Hay look for just such legislation as pre
cipitated this country Into the condition
"Hh which we are all familiar. It ia
therefore very nnwlse for the people of
the country to lie led away from the two
""at propositions of Mr. Bryan'a life,
ho two propositions for which he stands,
the two propositions which make up Biy
ulsin, to wit, free aud unlimited coinage
f silver, and free trade, and follow off
fter the Illusion and delusion of im
perialism. If the Intelligent agriculturist will take
the price, of his products in 1WHI and
ennipar them with the preaeut prlcea of
Joe commodities, and then take the Ding
'"T tariff law, he will at once discover to
't he is Indebted for the advance in
lr'es. If lbs laboring man will take first
'he price of his labor In 1H0 and thn tbe
Price of hia labor In 1000 and then take
'he table of I in port a of foreign manufac
tured goo,, n imi ind back of that time
"(I then tak the import of foreign
too,), B0Wa M (J)owa b ,h, ituUc af
th Treasnry Depart jnenl. h will at ear
disc-over that tbe present advantage
which is accruing to him comes absolute
ly directly front the tariff law now on the
statute books of the United States. And.
then, if he desire, old times, with old
prices and old short days of euiiiWmenr.
he had better vote for William Jvuuings
oryan.
But if the laboring man wants a con
tinuation of the present prosperity of the
L mteti Mates, be certainly cannot, with
out inconsistency, vote'ror Bryan. An
other view of it. Let the laboring man
take the present price of his labor and
take the present prices of all the things
he buya upon which his family ia sub
aisted and supported and educated, aud
then take the price of his labor of lS'.M
and the prices existing then, he will dis
cover, without any hesitation of intellect,
that present conditions are far bettei
than old conditions, thst, waiving the lit
tle increase of coat of living, the balanoe
aheet shows favorably to him. No man
can deny that and there ia no man in the
United States who has done more to
break down the interests of labor by pro
moting and cultivating unfair and unjust
competition than has William J. Brvan,
of Nebraska. C. II. GKOSVENOR.
Athens, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1000.
Prosperity foe Vheat Grbwers-
When the Democrats were experiment
ing with free trade in the United States
the consumption of wheat was 3.41 bush
els per capita. That wes in 18!4. Tn
18U9, under the McKinley administration,
the consumption was 5.05 bushels per
capita. .This is ample demonstration to
the farmer as to how prosperous manu
facturing Inlu-uli l.rir,. .1, -
wheat grower. i
BRYAVS KHT S EED
COm AD TEARS.
His
Expectations Based on Hopes thai
Oilurs Will FurreU
Bryan argues thst the Constitution ex
tends iu full by its own for.-e to every
toot of land uiuler the American flag
He hopes that the American people wou't
find out before November that the United
States courts, from the lowest to the
bighet, have decided by overwhelming
and irresistible decisions that he is
wrong.
He is running on a platform declaring
for the fraud of free silver. He hopes
that the gold cmoerata who have re
turned to the Democratic party on the
issue of imperialism will not cease to
believe in his readiness to betray it.
He ia running on a platform on which
imperialism is said to be the paramount
issue. He hopes that the silver men
won't take this portion of the platform
seriously.
He is running as a Democrat. ne
hopes the Populists won't lay it up
againrt him.
He is running as a Populist. lie hopes
the Democrats will forget it.
He is running as a silver Republican.
He hopes that the silver Republicans,
mainly men of the West, won't give him
up because of their belief In expansion.
He is running as the avowed friend of
Agninaldo. He hopes that this won't
drive the American votes against him.
So
error or humbug back of it. I
1 mo5 rnrnn.! tPPPPPIllM
A Cowboy Reseats tbe losauatiuai
Made Against Col. Roosevelt.
ci I ries
ncomiui. iiiujio-rMiiLi.Gi
jpj? A Story of Country Life.
f BY ALMA L PARKER. GUIDE ROCK. NEB. Sjgg
Sionx Falls, S. D., Is Senator Petti
grew's home, and the Senator said in a
receut speech there that Col. Hoosevelt
did not lead bis regiment at San Juan
Hill, but was six miles in the rear. At
the recent Roosevelt meetiug In the tow
many of Col. Roosevelt's old regiment '
csme to greet him, some of them trav-j
eling unite a distance, and one rough ;
rider came 150 mile. This particulat :
cowboy heard of Senator Pettigrew's ut-1
terance for the first time while in Sioux :
Falls, and mounting his horse he would ,
en'e'" ' CHAPTER IV.-Contlnued.
'"Ladle, and Gentlemen-I have heard ' "Or"""1.: " 8J times, but If
that there are people in this town who w ot ixm 1 d nevor tunk Kepub
say Col. Roosevelt was away in the rear lu'nn administration for It."
at San Juan and did not lead hia regi-i "Suppose Bryan bad been elected ami
ment ia the charge that was made that ' times Improved, would you thank him
day. 1 was In that regiment and follow- for It?"
ed Col. Roosevelt up that hill. My cap
tain was Rilled anil several or my com
pany. I saw that tight. I was in It.1
Whoever says that Col. Roosevelt did not i
lead hia regiment in that charge is a liar, I
a scoundrel, a coward and dare not tell .
me so to my face."
Then he would wait a minute, ride to
the next block and repeat the same challenge.
The incident will keep Senator Petti-
grew quiet for awhile. He may be kept
busy in explaining what he meant.
ANOTHER PARAMOUNT ISSUE
TlilHTY TOA'SOFPEMIES
SAVED BY cniLD.EJ.
Chicago'! Penny Savings Society has
onlv been established for a few years,
hut Its deoosits have increased as fol-
ows:
Year ending June 30, 1S0H $10.U0
Year ending June itO, 1S!M 3.!:0
Year ending June 30, l'.XW 71,7113
William C. Holllster. who Is acting
president of the Chicago Penny Savings
Society, saya that It Is operated enureiy
. , . n .i
on a pnllantnropic nnsis auu snppurit-u
h voluntary eontributionc There are
only two aalarled officers, young ladles,
t the office in the Kchlller Dunning.
This system is In operstlon only In half
the schools n Chicago, yet tne amount
of money deposited by the children last
vesr sversled 30 cents for every cuiki
th f-h eairn sc nooi uisirici, bih ru
cents per capita for all the children In
the schools In which the Penny Savings
Society la operated.
The weight of last year Barings was
thirty tons of American pennies, an enor
moua mas of money for the little ones to
ut by in the banka wltnin one year.
It will be noticed tnat tne increase ue
reen the amount deposited in 1H08 and
1S!9 was 70 per cent. But betfl-een INini
n.l the vear Just enclerf tne increase in
the amount of pennies deposited waa con-
iilerably more than Jisj per cem.
The children would certanuy noi i
hie to aave their pennies u meir par
ents did not nave me mu-
them, and the exhibit made by the Chi
cago Penny Savings Society is certain-
a straw showing insi mm pri.. u.
-ki.n havs amerlencea more lis iur
good time and prosperity during the Re-
ubliran adminieiraiio" -
HARD TIMS ITEMS
REEDED BY BRYA.Y.
Adversity of 0 hers Will Be Welcome
Nes to Democrats.
"Wanted Hard times Iteraa" is a
"Help Wanted" ad Brysn wight to put
In the newspapers to aid him in his la
borious search for instances of Indus
trial and commercial distress. Probably
nothing would more please him just now
than to hear of workinginen In the coun
try whose dinner paila are not full.
In his speech in Milwaukee he gloated
over the fact that a dock man In New
Haven had discharged some employes,
that pig iron production ia less now than
at the high point of last year, and that
Massachusetts rottoa mill men are said
to be thinking of reducing wagea.
After exploiting on these Items, he ssld
exultingly: "Kven the prosperity that
the Republican party has boasted of has
not reached all the people, and even that
which we have Is on the decline."
The reason Bryan Is so anxlona to
know of misfortune befalling working-
men Is because ne rears insi iney win
perversely consider the maintenance of
their present prosperity to be the "psra
mount" Issue with them Instesd of "Im
perialism." If some grest calamity could
only happen to the workingmen between
now and election time it would perhaps
make It really sound plausible to ay
that "there la no prosperity nowj there
fore maintenance of prosperity I not th
issue, so yoa caa vote tor m and Agul-
e iido.'
Mistaken.
He said: "You shall not tos
Mankind upon a cros
Of shining gold."
"Nor press his brow with thorns.
Nor tread upon his corns
When he ia old."
He said: "No fires will burn.
No wheels, no spindles turn.
Without my hand
Is at the nation's helm;
Dictator of the realm-
Chief of the band."
He said "the metnl whit
Is strictly in the tight
(I lugged it in).
We're on free silver bent.
Without the world's consent
And it will win."
The voters heard him shout.
Then strsightway went about
Tn give him fits;
They said "we want no stuff
Half money and half bluff,
A dollar worth four bits."
It took bis breath away
When the people bad their say
In N OV.
Rut he's got his second wind.
Thinks he'll ot sgaln be skinned;
Wait and see.
C. L. FRAZER,
Highland. Cel.
Cotton Consumption Doable.
The cotton consumption in the United
State In 104 rs 15.01 pounds for ev
ery man, womas and child. Uood times
brought by the McKinley administration
hav ralaed th per capita consumption
to 27.14 pound. Th people dress bet
ter and buy more articles made from cot
ton than ever before in th history f
the coatrj.
"Indeed. I would."
"Then yon are partial, Simon. Why
not think If such were the case that
It was a Populist scheme to deceive the
people?"
"Because Bryan's an honest man."
"How do you know?"
"How do I know anything? My paper
say he's honest."
"But how do yoa know It's th
truth?"
"See her, now do you know he's
dishonest?"
"I don't. Neither do I know he Is
honest. I am not personally acquaint
ed with the man, but I do know that
he has charged outrageous high pay for
making speeches over the country. It
seems to tne that a man who hates the
rich, and so dearly loves the roor.
would not cure to accumulate wealth so
fast, taking the dollars out of the labor
er's pockets. I tell you, Simon, If
times get better, you ought to change
your politics."
"Just wait 'till they get better. You'll
have to wait 'till doomsday for times
to Improve uuder Republican rule.
Political Simon then walked Into the
tore and placed bla basket of eggs, on
the counter. ,
"What are eggs worth to-day?" b
Inquired of the clerk.
"Two cents more than they were be-
rore election, the clerk quickly re-
ipondcd.
"Well," said Simon, who knew the
clerk was Republican, "you needn't be
o d-d glad to tell It. I see that Re
publicans like yourself are dreadful
haughty because prices are a little bet
ter, but you'll grin the other way when
this little McKinley wave breuks."
"Mr. (Irey, whenever this wave, as
you call It, breaks. It will turn into
foam of prosperity. Just notice."
"How easy," said Simon, "some peo
ple are deluded. I see some fellows out
there on the street a-shakln' gold coin.
I expect tbey Inherited the pieces as
an heirloom In the family, and they
have been keeplu' them all these years
to get a chance to show 'em now, to
prove that all our gold isn't lu Englaud
or the (Jovernment vaults."
"Why, Mr. Grey, everybody can have
gold now. Confidence is restored, and
gold will once more circulate. Just take
a check to the bank, and see if the
banker won't cash It In gold."
Political Sltuon doubted very much
what the clerk said, and resolved with
in bis own mlud to go back home and
bring two or three bogs to town, If they
weren't very fat. Just to prove In his
own mlud that tbe clerk was mistaken
Sooner than Cynthia expected, Simon
came home. During the campaign It
bad becu bis custom to stay so long In
town that she was surprised to see him
return In an hour.
"Cynthia," he said, as he entered tbe
house, "I have decided to sell two or
three bogs while this McKinley wave
lasts, for no tellln' what they'll be
worth after a while."
"What did you get for the eggs?"
"Two cents more than before. You
make the bens hurry and lay before
they go down."
"Maybe times ain't go In' to be as bad
as predicted," said Cynthia.
"Now Cynthia, women as a rule have
weak minds, and are easily Influenced,
and I want you to be on your guard
Better prices for a few days Is the bait
these goldbugs set to catch people on
their book, but I trust none of my fanj
lly will bite."
"I suppose you are right Simon, but
time will prove all things. Accord In
to your brother Ezra, success of the
Populist ticket would not bring any
benefits."
"Cynthia, don't you ever mention
Ezra's Idea of things. It has made me
enough trouble without alluding to it.
In an indirect way, Ezra's Republican
Ism Is the cause of my sore head. If he
knew bow I have suffered for him, for
the honor of the Orey family, I have an
Idea that he'd turn Populist."
"Maybe we bad better write and tell
him then."
"Grent heavens, no! If I'd have licked
the daylight out of Harrington, as I
first intended to, It might do, but as
he's able to be tip and around it would
lie better not to refer It. Just let bard
times prove bis mistake to him. He'll
be a Populist mlml, body and soul
'fore many years roll by."
Simon aud his wife continued to talk
for some time, and then Simon went
back to Boonsvllle with his hogs, re
turning In the evening with $20 gold
piece.
"We'd better keep It for a curiosity,"
said Simon.
"And hogs are a better price, too, are
they, father?" Inquired Vlnnle.
"Yes, everything la Improving to de
lude people."
It seemed to Vlnnle a very pleasant
delusion, and four months later It
seemed to her to be lasting long
while; that th McKinley wave must
be a large on, for time continued t
linprov.
CHAPTER V.
The Road to the Poorhouse Missed.
Inauguration day had passed anal
Win. McKinley of Ohio was Presides
of tbe United States.
Vlnnle Grey bad acted In the capacity
of County Superintendent of Public
Instruction since the 1st of January
and she was delighted with her new
work and Warble County was proud ot
Political Simon's daughter.
On this particular morning, Vlnnl
was alone lu her office looking over her
morning's mall. There were business)
letters for her to answer; ah, yes, and
there was another letter. It was front
her Boonsvllle lover. How It filled her
heart with Joy! It seemed to her th
happiest morning of her life. She felt
that she had a thousand things to b
thankful for. Glen Harrington re
turned her love; her folks at bom
were beglnulng to see better tlmeai
prices were getting better for farm
ers products. "Yes," the meditated,
"there are a great many things to b
thankful for." Sh had great faith In
Republican times, and she believed
that In two years, at least, her father
would be able to pay the mortgage oa
their home, without her assistance.
If be wasn't able, she would take at
part of her salary and pay It for bins.
The mortgage would never be allowed
to take the old home. As she sat la
her office, meditating over the pros
pects of the future, there came a tap
at the door, and then It flew open, and
Vlnnle was surprised to see her father
standing In the doorway.
Good morning. Vlnnle. now ai
you?" he said, taking her hand.
"Aery well, thank you, father. He-w
are the folks at home?"
We're all well. I thought I'd eom
down to the county seat this morning
to see yoij on a little matter of busi
ness."
"Very well; what Is It?"
"Why, Bob Wright, down there la
Boonsvllle, tins some calves he want
to sell, and I want to buy them.
Though extremely anxious, I havn't
the money to buy them with. Thought
maybe I could get the money from yon.
I don't know as there's any money la
'em, or In anything else, as far as thaf
concerned, but Joe Harrington ia
countln' on buyln' these calves, and
that's tlie reason I want 'em. I've beea
u-lookln' all this time for a chance to
get my revenge on that man, and now'
my chance. My! but he'll get mad. If
I stop In ahead of hi in, and knock hint
out of the bargain by gettin' thosa
calves he's been calculating to buy.
ion shall have the money," said
Vlnnle, rather amused at her father'
method of revenge. "How much will
you need?"
Well, there's ten of 'em and b
wnnts $7 apiece. It's really an out
rageous high price, but I wou't stop
for that. Why last spring a mat
couldn't get a bit over $5 for auca
calves."
"Maybe they are worth more thaa
they were then."
"Well, the Republicans say they &r
but I don't think so. We ain't bavin'
a bit better times than we had. In spit
of their predictions. I've been thlnk
lu' of writing to Ezra and telling hint
that he Is a false prophet."
"Have you received any letters front
Uncle Ezra lately?"
"Yes; we received one Just the other
day."
"What did he write?"
"I don't remember exactly what waa
In the letter. One thing that disap
pointed me Is the fact that he's still
Republican. Every letter I get I ex
pect to hear that he'a turned Populist,
but so far my expectations have heea
In vain. He wrote that he thought
prices would get better for the farmer.
He said If I wished to mske money
now was the time to speculate. Buy
all the calves and other stock that I
could, anil hold them for higher prlcea."
"So you are taking bis advice?"
"No, Vlnnle; I am going to buy Boa
Wright's calves for the express pur
pose of outwitting Joe Harrington.
What does Ezra know about running a
farm? He's lived nearly all his life la
a city, and is green as a squasn, wnea
It comes to country life."
"His Judgment Is good, though, oa
almost every subject."
"It Is on some subjects, to be sura,
but still he doesn't know everything.
He has his fallings like all other hu
man beings."
Tn chance the subject." said Vln
nle. "have yon planted your corn yet?"
"Yes, we Just finished planting a few
days ago."
"How does the wheat look?"
"It looks splendid, but I don't expect
to get much out of It, for sliver's going
down right along, and Bryan said
whenever stiver went down wheat
went with It, or when silver went up
wheat went up also.
I do wish Bryan bad leen elected.
for If we had free coinage of silver.
he said silver would rise In valu.
therefore wheat would rise.
"If wheat would be worth what It
ought to be, there would b a good
prospect for me to pay th mortgag
I th it I suppose now wheat will
tumble, and we all know It waa low
enough last year."
(T a coatlaueaU