Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1900 — PROMINENT GERMAN HOPES FOR BRYAN’S DEFEAT [ARTICLE]

PROMINENT GERMAN HOPES FOR BRYAN’S DEFEAT

Louis Windmuiler, the New York merchant, who in previous campaigns has been recognized as the exponent of the views of a large number of citizens of German descent and who up to the disruption of the Democratic party by Bryan was a prominent gold Democrat and a contributor to the literature for former campaigns, has announced that his views regarding the fitness of the two presidential candidates have in no wise changed from those he. entertained in 1896. “Although a gold Democrat then,” said Mr. Windmuiler, “I voted for Mr. McKinley, oelieving to vote for third party candidates was to throw away a vote. I can say now that I have never been sorry for making the choice I did then. I believe now as I did then that Bryan’s election would be a national calamity and that all tnose who really care for the country’s welfare have nothing else to do but to support Mr. McKinley. All ether questions are of minor importance beside that

of the currency, and the Democra . managers may boast all they wan to, but the fact is that a vast majority of the German-born voters regard this question as the para mount one, beside which ‘imperia. ism,’ so-called, cuts no figure. Tut trust question is hardly worth talking about for the reason that both parties have concluded that trusts are bad things. I regard Mr. Schurz as deluded respecting the Philippines. The Philippine question is so much on his mind that it has precluded him from looking impartially at the situation in its entirety. His judgment, in fact, seems to have been completely overclouded by it. “I consider Mr. Bryan a dangerous man for the reason- that he seeks to arouse class hatred and panders to socialistic and popmistic tendencies. He should not be elected, and it is the duty of every business man, every working man and of all who love their country to see that he Is defeated.”'