Anonymous ID: 085e72 April 16, 2019, 9:26 a.m. No.6199483   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9484

An outline of the book 1900 ~ Or: The Last President by Ingersol Lockwood

https://archive.org/details/1900orlastpresid00lock/page/n8

==Ingersol Lockwood=

Author of: Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey

Laconics of Cult

 

Part 1 (truncated for board)

 

Opening Scene - 3 November, 1896 - NYC - Presidential Election night William McKinley (R-OH) vs. William Jennings Bryant (D-NE)

 

Overview

In this story, Bryant beats McKinley, as the Commoner's candidate. People riot against the rich. Mobs form in exuberant celebration to destroy the wealthy and powerful who have oppressed them. The Reserve currency is derided as the source of misery and is to be destroyed. People are promised to be delivered from their decades of want, misery and austerity. Bryant has promised them everything. They march to Washington DC with the errant belief that the government will give 2:1 for their cheap silverware in exchange for real silver money. Everything gets nationalized. Socialism gains traction. The Republic hangs in the balance.

 

Chapter II

The riots are quelled by the military, at the orders of the Governor, leaving many protestors dead. Bryant had run an amazing campaign, 500 speeches in 100 days! The "people" were whipped into a frenzy, demanding immediate fulfillment of the dreams and promises.

 

The people believe the, "usurers and barterers of human toil," have been driven out of power and that their ascension to equality was imminent. Bryant is deemed, "The Savior."

 

Chapter IV

On Inauguration Day, 4 March, 1897, the sun never rises. Campaign promises are forgotten. The announcements for Cabinet appointments made during the campaign, don't materialize, others instead taking their place. Bryant signs his first EO, abandoning the Gold reserve and resuming the Gold and Silver standard. Wall Street crashes hard…very hard. The masses carry brooms as their symbolic weapon of "cleaning house".

 

First act of the 55th Congress

(((Yes, I see it too. 5:5)))

The Coinage Act of 1873 is repealed, and the US mints are opened for free coinage minting at a Gold to Silver ratio of 16:1. This was followed by an Income Tax on the wealthy. The Filibuster is stricken from the Senate to prevent it from blocking or slowing any of Bryant's legislation. The Civil Service system is reformed to "clean house". National Banks are repealed from existence. Threats of Secession begin to circulate in Congress. The ruling party sneers, gloating over their win. [Elections have consequences, I suppose] New states are added, and Texas is divided. The losing party is livid.

 

=Chapter VI

Everything gets Nationalized

The federal government is re-organized to provided 0% interest farm loans. The railroads, telegraph line, and all interstate commerce is owned and controlled by new government agencies. The Republicans fight against all of the changes but fail. The populism of "destroying the rich" has taken full control and replaced any semblance of logic.

 

Chapter VII

Bryant's Gov't is unable to maintain 16:1 gold/silver parity. Congress blames Wall Street meddling. Everyone goes nuts in search of more silver, doing anything to acquire more silver wealth. Heavy taxes are laid upon the "wealthy" to rectify the situation. Luxury taxes, estate taxes, taxes on writing a check, taxes upon incorporating a business, yacht taxes, taxes on foreign travel, duties on imported luxuries; basically, anything related to "wealth hoarders" is taxed into oblivion. It becomes a felony to make a profit from the rise of fall of the value of bonds. The value of "The People's Dollar" begins a long slow decline. Silver becomes so devalued that barter becomes the preferred method of exchange. Debtors and Debt collectors alike require assistants to carry the massive amounts of low value silver coins to settle their debts.

 

Chapter VIII - The Fateful Year of '99

With everything in shambles, Bryant cries, "My country, oh, my country, how willingly would I give my life for thee, if by such a sacrifice I could restore thee to thy old time prosperity" [Call for MAGA?] The South makes many gains in national political seats and lobbies to repeal the Tobacco Tax, as they argue their debt for the Civil War has been paid, many times over, to the enrichment of the businessmen of the North. Fears of a Second Rebellion underpin the movement of troops in and about Washington D.C. Democrats raise the alarm of "TREASON" at the southerners demands for reduced taxes. Bryant is ineffective and under-prepared for the challenges. He pales and says, "…the sceptre of power…had grown [to a] crown of thorns…being pressed down with cruel hands upon his own [head]."

Anonymous ID: 085e72 April 16, 2019, 9:27 a.m. No.6199484   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>6199483

Part 2

 

Chapter IX

Surprise…Socialism Sucks. The North spies complete loss of all they have built…upon the backs of the South. Now, they consider secession. They propose a Federation (or confederation) of Three Republics; The North, The South, & The West, in a "Declaration of Dissolution". While the nation idles, the "commoners" become fixated on the news of the day rather than industry. Everyone is awaiting Dissolution. The 56th Congress enters and does more of the same, making things even worse. Everyone is pissed at Washington DC.

 

Chapter X

The 11th hour, 12/31/1899, the day before the dawn of a new year, a new century, and perhaps a new world? Every glance and word uttered in D.C. is now a source of a conspiracy. Politicians are haggard and overworked. The South is moving to reclaim all taxes paid, since the end of the Civil War, to be returned to the South for the issuance of Confederate Civil War veterans’ pensions. The splitting of the nation into thirds is imminent. The "Commoners" stream to D.C. expecting the undoing of The Republic at any moment. At the last moment before the North abandons the Union, The President, William Jennings Bryant, appears in the hall of Congress. The people demand he be heard for this was all his plan. Can he fix the mess? He calls for a prayer and then begins to deliver his State of the Union speech. The Speaker of the House gavels him down. He retorts. The bells of the city begin to toll the midnight hour…

 

You'll have to read the last page yourself to see how it ends.

https://archive.org/details/1900orlastpresid00lock/page/47

 

Recommended additional reading

The election of 1896 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election

The Third Party System in the US aka The Gilded Age (1856-1894) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Party_System

The Fourth Party System in the US aka The Progressive Era aka Depression - War - Depression (1895-1932) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Party_System

The Fifth Party System aka The New Deal (1932-1966) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Party_System

The Coinage Act of 1873 aka Mint Act aka 'The Crime of '73’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinage_Act_of_1873

Anonymous ID: 085e72 April 16, 2019, 9:44 a.m. No.6199642   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9687

>>6199620

That's a difficult distinction to make, publicly. I'm a supporter of Trump's agenda. His party, actions, or words are of little consequence to me. What he's really saying and doing…outcomes…is the only matter of importance.