THE SCHANTOJT TRIBUNE MONDAY MORNING-, SEPTEMBER 14, 1896.
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NATIONAL.
Presldent-WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
.Vice FresIdent-UAKItliT A. HOHAP.T.
STATK.
Congressmen at - I.argo GALUSHA A.
GROW, 6AMUEU A. DAVUNOltT.
(Ol NTY.
Congress-WILLIAM CONNKI.T.
Commlsstonors-S. W. UOHJ0UT3, GILES
1U) HERTS.
Autiitors-A. E. KIEFEIt, FKED L.
WARD.
I.RMM.ATlVi:.
6enate, 21st rUtrIef-COU W. J. BCOTT.
ileprcsontatlve. 21 District A. T. CON-
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MACKK V.
The wny Major McKlnley turns the
lime lig-ht on the silver fallroy In his
speveh to the Homestead workmen was
worth going- to Cantor, to see. Road
his speech or. nnothor page.
An Ample Revenge.
Saturday's firoctxtltngs at Canton
wire enicul.itcd to embarrass the the
ory thiil the iiiukiiignien of tin: coun
try are hi-iiisj loit astray liy the doma
BOglsm of Mr. llryan. Of tho five dole
nations that visited lh- Rnnubllcan
candidate on that occasion by far the
largest was "u' which came from
Homestead, from the sccno of the labor
disturbance which, through no fault
of tho Republican party, did so mmh
four years :go to defeat Oont-rul Har
rison. There were over 3.000 employe
of the Carnegie works ir, the party,
many of them men who listened to the
siren volte in 1S!U nnd took thin oppor
tunity to express repentance and offer
partial reparation. Thilr vlnit and re
ception, tos' tin r with the speech of
Major McKlnley In greeting, consti
tute by all odds the most memorable
nnd significant Incident of this cam
paign. The visit on the same day of 1,000
Democratic commercial travelers from
Chicago who this year intend to over
step party lines In order to vote for
the return of business confidence and
prosperity, was n notable coincidence,
which may well gratify these who
hope for the triumph of Protection and
Found money, rtut. after nil. It was
only a frank acknowledgment of the
already established fact that the busi
ness Interests of the country look to
the Republican party for relief. The
coming of the Homestead workmen
had a deeper moaning nnd a wider
significance. It signified no', only the
failure of the most Insidious attempt
of this generation to array labor
against capital In a war of classes but
also the complet? vindication of the
Republican nominee from the odious
misrepresentation ami defamation
which his advocacy of Protection has
brought upon him during the past six
years.
Reading of this tremendous pei-sonnl
ovation to Major McKlnley on Satur
day, one's thoughts turn Instinctively
to two prior political campaigns, when
from every platform in the country
Democratic orators poured out upon
the man from Canton the most copi
ous measure of satire, vilification and
nbusp. Not only was he branded as
"monopoly's agon!" and the "chief tool
of the syndicates and the trusts." but
tho legislative measure to which he
gave his name was denounced in tho
extremist terms that vituperation
could employ. The mind involuntarily
recalls how grossly, persistently and
vehemently the doctrine of Protection
to Amerlu.-.n Industries was then as
sailed by the politicians who subse
quently succeeded to tho control of tho
government, und reflects with not a
little interest that while many of these
fame free traders are now reshooting
tho old ammunition at a target
changed from free trade to free silver,
others of them have been driven by the
very logic of their former evil work to
fly to McKlnley for protection from the
mischief of which they themselves
sowed the seed.
Truly the whirligig of time has
brought to William McKlnley an ample
revenge.
Hourko Cockran la only a private cit
izen, without a party ot that, yet as a
drawing card he can give Bryan cards
and spade. Rend his remarks Satur
day at Chicago.
Our amiable neighbor, the Times, ap
parently cannot get reconciled to the
effective sliver object- lesson which
hangs In The Tribune's window. It
again returns to its attack on the
American silver dollar, which it says
Is today worth less than a Mexican
liver dollar abroad. It of course knows
that such a statement is false; but to
prove that it Is false, we ask the editor
cf the Times to go with 100 American
silver dollars In one. pouch, and . 100
' Mexican dollars In another pouch, to
any bank in Mjexlco or the United
Btates and see whether "lie ban 'get'
With the Mexican dollar as large a
draft on London, Paris or Berlin as he
can get with the American dollars, or
even three-fltt.hB as large, jfhe voters
of Scranton who are in the habit of
sending money homo to friends or re
latives in the old country can readily
make the same tost, and thus learn for
theniFolves how much they would lose
if the United States were to adopt the
Mexican money standard.
On April 19. at Allentown, the Demo
cracy ot Pennsylvania by resolution
declared itself "absolutely opposed to
tho free coinage cf silver." On Sep
tember 10, at Hanisburg, by resolution
it "particularly indorses" the Chicago
plank in. favor of tho free coinage of
silver. It will probably be ready to
take a new tack on November 4.
The Campaign in New York.
As tho campaign ir. New York etate
progresses it is becoming apparent that
the Saratoga, convention made no mis
take when It nominated Frank P.
Ulack f.r governor. The political wis
dom of that nomination was evbient
at tho time It was made. In the sudden
and unexpected harmony which It
brought to a situation full of dynamic
possibilities of factional resentment and
party disaffection. It averted a crisis
and gave to nil concerned the novel
luxury of a heartfelt sigh of relief.
Hut at that moment, while tho pacific
consequences of the move were readily
fniesoeti. it !s not uncomplimentary to
Mr. Hliiek to say that there was in
many Unrters more or less dubiousness
as to the nomination's wisdom in n
personal sense. Few persons outside
of Rensselner county knew Mr. lilack.
Tho first Impression which naturally
came to thoso who didn't know him
was tlint he was probably only a figure
head for Mr. I'latt. The fact that he
was selected for the nomination by tho
Piatt following and that prior to the
swinging to him of the decisive delega
tion no one had regarded his enndidacy
as involving more than a neighborly
compliment on tho part ot his homo
supporters gave the semblance of color
to this Impression, nnd it is only stat
ing n. truth to say that there might
easily have developed among the Re
publican opponents of Mr. Piatt in the
Umpire state a feeling ot Indifference
to the gubernatorial canvass had such
an Impression remained.
It. however, did not remain. Frank
S. Hlack took the stump. Pending tho
formul opening- of the gubernatorial
fight in his own state ho went over Into
Maine. , He stHike from the same plat
form with Thomas 11. Reed. He bore
up under the comparison. His speeches
exhibited brnins, pluck and charac
ter. They showed their author was
a force to be reckoned with; thnt ho
was no mere accident of politics, but
a man who owed to accident merely
the opportunity to prove his worth.
This fine, firm quality in tho mental
make-up of the man was no surprise to
Mr. Iilack's personul friends. They had
tested it of yore. P.ut It has come as a
very agreeable surprise to the Republi
cans of New York nnd of the country
who arc now making his acquaintance
for the first time. It Is wining for him
not simply loyalty but also admiration.
Ho Is getting the favor of tho people,
and it is small wonder that men on the
other side who a few weeks ago pro
fessed to be eager to capture the Dem
ocratic nomination are now doing their
best to run away from the Buffalo
lariat.
Tho absurd story of the Philadelphia
Evening Telegrnph that Senator Quay
had turned In for John Wnnamnker for
Cameron's successor lasted Just long
enough for the Junior senator to pro
nounce it an unmitigated He. The
Evening Telegraph seems to be in tho
lie business these days.
The Raines Law in Operation.
The fact that the Pennsylvania
Liquor league Is making an aggrneslvo
fight to secure from the next legisla
ture such modifications of the Rronks
high license law as will make it similar
in many respects to the celebrated
Raines law ot New York adds interest
to some fads which tho Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle has published
relative to the latter's operation In
Monroe county. New York. The Ro
chester paper prints a tabulated ex
hibit of the operation of the Raines
law as conqiurod .with the hif;h license
law which it superseded. The detailed
figures are not especially Interesting in
Pennsylvania, but II Is interesting to
note the general result that the Raines
law effected a reduction of about 30 per
cent, in the places where liquor Is sold,
yet increased by more th.-.n 100 per
cent, the revenues from that source.
"But," adds the Rochester paprr.
"the full measure of tho benetlfs of the
new law are not exhibited In the above
statement Despite the expected eva
sions of an entirely new experiment In
excise legislation evasions which can
mostly be prevented byaddltlonal safe
guardsthe Raines law has given the
cities and towns of the state the best
Sunday saloon-closing experience they
have ever enjoyed. No man with any
regard for the truth or decent Respect
for the good opinion of his fellow-men,
will deny that the Raines law has shut
down on Sunday liquor selling in this
state more effectively than any other
system or mensure the state has ever
had. This may not be a recommenda
tion of it in the estimation of some of
our ftllow-citizena, but there can be no
doubt that the great body of our peo
ple would be glad to have the sale o.
liquors on Sunday entirely suppressed.
In that direction the new Jaw Is a
greater success than it could reason
ably have been expected to be. Be
yond all these, considerations Is tho
fact that this measure has established
a state system of supervision and con
trol of the liquor traffic as against the
loose, vicious and demoralising system
of local excise boards previously exist
ing." We ' do not understand that the
Liquor league of Pennsylvania wants
tho adoption of a state system of
supervision and control In this com
monwealth, in place of the present
highly unsatisfactory license court
systi"n. Its piincipal aim Is to secute
to hotelkeepers the right to serve
drinks with meals on Sunday But it
is just possible that when the Liquor
league goes before the next legislature
with its piugramniu of uesiivd amend
ments, other classes will have a worl
to say. also? Public sentiment Is some
what sdoiv to awaken to the impropri
ety of i quiring the Judges of our
courts to d ror.i y-ai to year th in
evitably dirty ai;d distasteful work ot
handing out ll tuur licenses, but sooner
or later the subject will receive due
attention, .with the result that a cl.ang;
in the excise machinery will be de
manded. The Raines law, in this con
nection, deserves attentive study. It
nay be !ho model that wo will have to
follow when it becomes necessary to
overhaul the Brooks law.
Four years ago Maine gave a Re
publican plurality at tho September
election of 12,503. The highest Republi
can plurality ever given In n state elec
tion in Maine was in 1SS4, when Hlatne
was running for president. That year
the figures went up to 1!,81"). This year,
with Mr. Pewall on tho Popocrat ticket,
Maine ought. If other tningr, were j
equal, to give a greatly reduced Re- j
publican plurality. Not only ought the
ttato pride t' throw votes to Si-wall
but under normal circumstances the
defeat of Tom Reed at St. Louis would
tend to produce Republican apathy,
thus giving the Democrats two big
fartois In their favor. Tonight's returns
will show whether this is an ordinary
campaign, or whether It is one that
causes honest men of all parties to unite
in opposing financiul heresy and un
blushing demngogism.
The Popttlistic organs continue to In
sist that McKlnley must "take the
otump." AVe should think they would
be glad enough to have him remain
where he Is. Even from quiet Canton
his rpecches arc heard throughout tho
country, and he hasn't yet got fairly
warmed up.
A poet, rhapsodizing over the city of
Wllkes-Ilarre as viewed from a near-by
mountain top, speaks of It as "richer
than Coshen." In a (sense this Is true,
Willtes-HaiTO rnnks we believe third
among American cities in per capita
wt-ulth. P.ut what has it to show for
It?
Mr. Bryan's confidence In his own
election recalls' how Commodore Slnger
ly said shortly before the gubernatorial
election in this state two years ago
that the Republican managers had
given up tho fight. Tho parallel will
hold good in Bryan'B case.
A reading of General Iluckner s
speech of acceptance at Louisville sug
gests tho thought that If the gold Dem
ocracy wants to keep many Northoners
from voting strnight for McKlnley It
had better repeat to Hucknor Quay's
historic advice to Beaver.
Colonel Scott isn't making a vast
amount of noise these days, but his
enndidacy for the senate is not escap
ing public notice. Tho colonel is the
kind of a man that the Twenty-first
needs at Harrlsburg.
Mr. Cleveland's letter of Indorsement
to Palmer and Iluckner Isn't as Joyous
as a wedding march, but it Is neverthe
less what Horace Gredy would have
called "mighty interesting- reading."
Being unable to answer his sound
money arguments, the Poponrats arc
now with one accord abusing Mr. Pow
dorly. The circumstance Involves a
notable compliment.
The common sense of tho country is
giving a signal demonstration these
days of Its ability to see through the
sham arguments of amateur econom
ist". Bryan didn't fret so much p.botit oar
adopting a foreign policy when 'our
years no he was recommending: '.he
foreign policy ot free trade.
The American worklngman doesn't
want his wages paid in inferior dollars
nor does he want his working tlm cut
down by a deficit tariff.
Aa Frank Black says, the American
people don't want a currency which
cp.n't stand salt water.
It will take more than a broadside ot
Bryan oratory to elect John JI. Car
man to congress.
Anyhow, Republicans did not expect
to make gains in Arkansas.
BECIOKDLY TOL'(;i.
Backward, turn backward, oh, time, if
you will
Give us McKlnley and give us his bill;
Kindle tho lire in the furnace, ns.iin
Kurniih more work for our laboring men.
We are weary of Cleveland anil 11 e,
Weary of smokestacks emitting no smoke;
Weary of s,jinules that nobody spins;
What are our sins, brother; wiiat are our
sins?
Backward, roll backward, oh, scroll of the
fates;
Show us why Cleveland once carried the
states;
Bring U3 the men who In Crover believed,
Tell U3 jiut how they were caught and
deceived.
What Is the nature of populai wrong?
Always the way when Democracy wins,
What are our sins, brother; what are our
sins?
Ever so often fr-sh converts are made.
Voter.? who howl for free silver and trade.
Don't give a Uurn for ihe future expense;
Howl without reason and vote without
eence.
Thnt was the caso only four years ago;
Cleveland elected and four years of woo.
Those who woro for him are crying
enough;
Isn't it tough, brother; Isn't it tough?
-J. W. T...West Virginia. ,
Chattncey DepeuJ's
Latest Speech
i
l Recently Delivered Before an. Audi
ence of Commercial Travelers.
A commercial traveler Is distinguished
for two things. Ono of thtso Is that ho
tells a great many stories (laughter), and
tho other is that h covers a great itcnl
of the road. The only iltlTerenco between
my storl. s ami yours Is ttrnt mine are a
little older. (Laughter.) l'.ut they aro
quite C3 good. (Iteuewecl laughter.) Very
often when on mv annunl tour making
political speeches, I havi? a point to make.
Next morning at tao hotel I somi-tlmea
have a commercial traveler como to mo
who says. "If you would like to lllustralo
at the next town the potnt you made lust
night In your argument, h-ro is u story
tliat will do It." Then I take that story
and put a IVpewlstle fresco to it, and it
goes. (Laughter.) Now, I travel a great
many miles, as you know about ilO.OO
miles a year on the railroad. I travel
thoso many miles, as you flo, for busi
ness purposes. 1 go for tli purpose of
inspecting various railway lines for the
purpose of comparing our line with others,
to see If any suKgi-rflloiiH can be rec-ived,
nnd also for the purpose of preparing our
lino for doing tho largest business In tho
quickest, most comfortable- and best way
at the lowest price. We want tho best
grades, tho l.-irsist carp, tho most pow
erful locomotives and tho most skilled
employes, ami we want to bo ready to do
the carp Ins business of this country, no
matter how it may extend.
1'nfortunntely durhur tho last two yearn
that preparation has been pushed for
ward, but the business huH not come. If
there Is anything that grieves a railway
manager morn than anything else It la
to ride along his line ami empty cars
on the side tracks with nothing to do.
The prosperity of the railroads, the pros
perity of tho Putted Stales, the prosperity
of toe mlllH, the prosperity of tile mines,
the prosperity of the farm, and the pros
perity of the toiling masses, of which Mr.
Bryan speaks, is In the revolving wheel,
and every wheel revolvlntr under every
car In the V'nUcd States. (Applause.)
When they aro llng idle as they nro now,
tnd us they have been for neurly two
years past forty or lil'ty thousand cars
between New York nnd Chicago It means
that there is something- tho matter with
the business of this country, and when
there Is something the matter with this
home market which does not require and
cannot take what it ought to, it means
thnt there is something which reaches
every homo in tho land, anil we want to
know what is the mutter. (Applause.)
There l:i no trouble with tho country it
is the richest In tho world: there Is no
trouble with tho peopb- It Is the most
enterprislnir in the world; and If this tre
mendous productive power and energy oi
the people cannot make business, then?
is something the matter with the law, or
with the government, that la preventing
it. (Applause.) Now tnis Is a non-partisan
meeting, but you have got a stub
born, strBlght-lnced Republican on the
platform, and I am compelled to say that
I think fooling with the protection prln
cinlo has something to do with it, but I
want to say also that I believe the threat
nrnlnst tho standard of value and tho
threat of a debased currency has still
more to do with it. (Cheers.)
You cannot hnvo good business unless
the standard of value is lixed nnd lm
mutnble, ijml every business man knows
it. If we are to adopt the silver stand
ard, we are to make un experiment, but
It Is not nn unknown experiment. It has
been tried for two thousand years yes,
for three thousand years. It has been
tried under nil conditions, in nil coun
tries, with nil civilizations and all kinds
o:' people, and wherever there was a fluc
tuating standard of value there was there
a paralysis of business or destruction of
business and employment. Our friend
who Is running on the Chicago platform
on a sliver and populistic platform, a
platform as full of holes anil supported
with wind ns no platform ever built Is
constantly proclaiming that ho does not
understand what people mean by confi
dence; and lack of eorifblenco; he Is con
stantly proclaiming capital against labor
nnd the employe against the employer.
Well, what Is capital nnd labor but mutual
confidence In each other anil mutual as
sistance to each other? Neither can live
w'thout the other, any more than can
the head get along without tho stomach.
(Appluuse.) Aly head wo kr? beeuuse my
ilim-B'lon is always kooiI. (hau;:hter.)
This issue, ns Mr. Bryan says, is per
fectly plain. There Is no mystery about
It. Any man or woman can understand
it. No man is going to lend his money
unless he knows ho Is froing to got It
back, nor will ho put it in enterprises
unless he knows he will make money by
It. He will not manufacture goods unless
he knows he will have a rrfarket for those
goods, and out of the money he receives
for the goods ho lias to pay for tho raw
material nnd for the manufacture of the
goods. Now, when you have a good,
sound currency, and you huvo a standard
of value good nil over the world, where
tho dollar is good for a hundred cents
nnywhere, then t lie manufacturer knows
what he Is about. I lo can calculate what
the market will want, what his constitu
ents will take and tho public consume,
and on that calculation he can buse bow
much hi can sell and distribute to the
community. When these conditions ex
ist we can have good times. Then tho
commercial traveler fincls himself re
ceived by the merchant with open arms.
Then he walks around the town and re
gards himself as a sort of public bene
factor, and he goes down to the hotel at
nights, and the entire hotel knows that
ho there. (Loud laughter.)
When ho goes into a town now nnd
goes Into a store ho must bear u letter
of. introduction and a certificate of char
acter. He goes in during tho hottest day
in the week wilh a summer suit on, but
when he gets In there he feels sorry that
he had not brought his fur coat with him.
(Renewed laughter.) Now, we all of us
aro working as best wo can, primarily
for ourselves nnd families, in tho belief
that what promotes tho best good of tho
family promotes the best good of tho
slate and country. We henr so much in
these days under this constitution which
.begins. "We, tho people." of tho masses
nnd classes nnd employes and employers.
This antagonism, what is It? I have been
ou the stump for thirty years and I have
never discussed that question before, but
wren a candidate for the pre: Ideney of
the United States raises Bitch a question
and creates conditions. which do not ex
ist, it becomes nereryury to discuss the
question for n moment. What la capital
thnt it should be antagonized and hated?
I'e.pita! is pi imarily m'-ney which must ;ro
in the buildii.R of railroads, or factory,
or store, or must go into pome enterprise
before there is employment for the brains
and hands, when bruins and hands are
the only cnpltal that these men have. If
the conditions nro such that money can
confidently be Invested In a. country like
this, it Is active. Money dead Is like
brains nnd bands dend it yields no-thing.
But let money be active and you have
touched the l-'fo blood of this nation. If
ir i-4 constructing railroads and big build-In!-;-'!.
s.r.rMiv.: mines, factories, raids and
furnaces, the erehitpet hs'.n h(3 capital,
u nil It ia wanted: the desimier and build
er;: have their capital, ami it is wanted;
the artisan has 1:1s capital, and it Is
vvnrted; the Journalist h:;s his capital,
nnd it is wanted: tho commercial traveler
has his capital, nnd it is wanted, and Oils
universal distribution of capital I.) what
makes good business, prosperity and hap
piness for iho families nf the I'nlted
Stales. Yet Mr. Bryan in his Labor day
speech snvB there are two great classes
In this country, the toliin.T musse and
their onprcssors, who do not belong to
the tolling- masses.
According to this idea, tho masses are
only tho people who work with their
hands. But what becomes of tho men
who work with their brains? These re
porters here, according to Air. Bryan, are
every one of them monopolistic oppres
sors, and tho editors who will revise their
work are oppressors of the toiling masses,
as are the commercial travelers, who have
nothing but their legs and brains. (Laugh
ter aud applause.) According, again, to
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Our stock, is now complete and prices never were so low.
For a few days we will have on sale three cases of White
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Mr. Bryan, tho farmer is ono of tho toll
ing masses until h gets a hired man
alongside of him. Then ho becomes one
of tho oppressors, nnd the hired man must
cut his throat if hii can. (Ijiughter.)
There aro commercial travelers who earn
salaries of and $i.M0, perhaps $1,000 and
f.'.iNU) a month. In rare instances. (Laugh
ter.) Well, that last fellow is not here,
but that is whnt ho told me. (Renewed
laughter.) Now is there to lie deadly en
mity bntween tho man who gets $10) nnd
tho man who gets $a), $.100 and ?Jl? No,
that is not the prlnciplo of American lib
erty. The principle of American liberty
is that we have got tho same world be
fore us, with equal opportunities for every
man to rise, nnd tho inn who gets $1U0
Is hustling to get the place and custom
of the $.jo0 man. (Laughter nnd applause.)
I would rather din under that prlnciplo
than live in tho absolute stagnation of
a mud-puddle, with everybody covered
with the snme nmount of mud nnd mak
ing the same little bit of exertion to get
out of It. (Laughter and applause.)
Now, In his Labor day speech Mr, Bryan
said: "Don't let your employer Inspect
your ballot?" I say also, don't let your
employer Inspect your ballot, and I don't
believe it Is done. Take the New York
Central railroad, for instunee. Wo have
thirty thousand men, and it ia well known
to every ono of them that the track
walker has the same political privileges
ns tho president. I have- been president
of Hint railroad for eleven years, and
have been connected with it for twenty
nine years, nnd during that timn I have
tnken my privileges ns a citizen to stand
on the piatl'orm and tell my fellow-workmen
what I believe is best for the coun
try, and they believe it or not, Just as
they think lit. And of the thirty thousand
men on the New York Central it is safe
to say that two-thirds hnve voted the
Democratic, ticket. Kvery one knows It,
and every politician can toll .Mr. llryiin
that there Is not ono word of truth In this
attempt to bulldoze employes. Four years
ago 1 made a speech, and next morning,
happening to meet a switchman whom I
knew very well, I said to lilm: "Jerry,
bow aro you going to vote?" Jerry re
plied: "Well, 1 uin going to vote against
you this yeur." The other day 1 met
jerry again, and I said to him: "Jerry,
how has your experiment come out?"
nnd then ho answered: "Well, boss, I am
wid ye this year." (bond laughter.) That
Is tho kind of coercion that we use, and
while two-thirdB of the employes two
thtrds of rny fellow-workmen, for we are
nil on tho payroll of the New York Cen
tralvoted for Cleveland in lsMi I ven
ture to say that not one who voted for
Harrison will fall to vote for McKlnley.
(Cheers.) I venture to say of the bal
ance, from actual knowledge, that !K) per
cent, are following Flower, Whitney and
Couibrt. and are not following Sulzor und
Shoohan."
IIRYAN'S I riT.ESS.
From the Heading Times.
Bryan is a man who has en joyed greater
advantages of education, and hence his
speeches nro couched In more linislied
diction, but In no other respec t do they
rise above tho level of the harangues de
livered some years ago by the notorious
Dennis Kearney to the hoodlums of the
Pan Francisco Sand Lots. Not n word
hns he uttered tondlnrr to kindle the pa
triotism of his hearers not n sentiment
caluclated to insniie respect for the lav s
nnd the Institutions of their country or
to quicken their pride In their American
citizenship not a syllable aiming to stim
ulate a feeling of good will nnd to
strengthen that bond of common frater
nity the maintenance of which Is Indis
pensable to tho tranquility and harmony
of a Boclal system such as ours. Bis every
appeal has been to the most ignoble in
stincts end tho most unworthy motives
of men. lie has deliberately and per
sistently sought to excite sectional hos
tility and class prejudice. He has taught
the industrial classes that the government
is their oppressor Instead of their pro
tector, and that the laws and tho courts
are the Instruments of the harassment of
the poor for tho aggrandizement of the
rich. His constunt appeal haB been to the
cupidity and the dishonesty of men, nnd
his unremitting effort to foment a spirit
of agrarhinlsin and social revolution. The
elevation to tho presidency of a man of
such instincts and character would be a
distinct blow to tho dignity of the office
and a misfortune to the nation greater,
Blankets.
perhaps, than oven the temporary adop
tion in tho administration of the govern
ment of tho principles embodied in the
platform upon which lie stands.
THE HM'E IN NUUUETS.
From Whltelaw Real's Letter.
No party has a right to put the eighth
commandment to a popular vote.
The American people have not the right
to overrule Mount Sinai at the polls.
No party has a right to say that the
moral law may he reversed.
We sell more than fifteen times as much
of our products to gold countries us we do
to sliver countries.
Do o want to take pay for this wheat,
beef, pork, cotton, corn, not as now In
gold, but In silver bullion, to be given free
colnugo at our mints?
A fresh water currency Is fit only for a
people content with a fresh-wat-sr com
merce. The grocer raises his figures Ions be
fore the laborer can have his wages ad
vanced. The laborer never really catches up un
til tho Inevitable crash comes anl both
tumble together.
The bullion owner mny get a hundred
times more silver than now stamped Into
dollars, hut ho will not he any more will
ing lo give the wheat raiser a single one
of them without getting a round 100 cents'
worth of wheat for it.
Neither the editors nor the great orators
of the party are making this eampnlgn.
Tho plain people are thinking It out for
themselves.
MEANS REPUDIATION.
Speech by C. Stuart Tatterson.
"The Chicago platform demands tho
payment of government obligations In
either gold or silver at the option not
of the holder of tho obligation, but at the
option of the government. If that policy
is to be pursued It will be Impossible to
maintain the parity of gold and silver,
and payment In a depredated currency is
neither moro nor less than repudiation."
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