Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1900 — IMMEDIATE DANGER [ARTICLE]

IMMEDIATE DANGER

Bryan Is That and the New York Staats Zeitung Opposes Him. The New York Staats Zeitung, whose editor was early in the campaign inclined to a tacit support of Bryan, has come out flat-footed in opposition to his candidacy. In a recent editorial it said: “We consider a Republican victory less dangerous for the welfare of the nation than the election of William J. Bryan. It would have been possible to overlook many of the weaknesses of the Democratic candidate if lie had stood firmly on the ground he took in his speech of acceptance in Indianapolis. But after he has shown, in his formal letter of acceptance and in numerous speeches delivered since then, that he has not learned, can not and will not learn anything in regard to the financial question, that his ignorance and lack of perception in this direction are incurable, lie must he considered the greater immediate danger.”