The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-04
A Campaign OF Education.

This ought to be campaign OF education
and not one of personalities. The platforms
of the parties ought to be discussed dispas-
sionAtaly and the speakers at the various
public meetings should be given a respect
full hearing. Attacks upon private charac-
ter and the preventing Of free discussion Of
political questions do not change voters
opinion as to the soundness Of the platform
of the party 30 which he belongs or Of
the party to which he il opposed.
There are thousands of voters scattered
over this state who are! earnestly seeking in
formation on which to base their action at
the ballot-box. The MORNING News fire.
quently receives lettArs asking Cor infor-
nation upon this or that question and say
ing that many people are In doubt with
regard to the questions.
There is no doubt tina q great many
voters in the south have gone into the third
party because they helieve that the Demo-
cratic party is wholly controlled by Wall
street. They have been told SO often
it IL that they have finally accepted the
statement as true. AS q matter of fact
nothing Is farther from the truth. 1t is
doubtful If there Is any one who can point
| to any evidence whatever that the
democracy leans toward Wall street or is in
any respect influenced by it.
1t Is true that Wall street Ia opposed to
the free coinage Of a silver dollar that does
not contain o sufficient amount Of silver to
make it intrinsically worth a dollar, an d
the Democratic party is also opposed to that
sort of a dollar. But because the Demo-
cratic party and Wall street practically
agree on the silver question 1t doesn't
follow that Wall street is dictst-
ing the financial policy of the
Democratic party. The Democratic
party fsvors an honest silver dollar not
only because it Is right that ii should favor
1t but, also, because dishonest silver dollar
would do the farmers and working people
ap immense amount OF harm. They would
be the first to suffer from a debased cur
rency. The Democratic party, in surviving
| to prevent the currency from becoming de-
based, is acting for the best interests of the
toiling millions. and not for the purpose Of
assisting Wall street to make money. It is
a very easy matter to show this is SO, and
the campaign speakers Of the Democratic
party and the democratic press should
make every effort to show the fidelity of the
Democratic party to the interests of the
| masses.
There are thousands Of voters who do not
understand the tariff issue. They fail to
fully understand how the tariff is hurtful
to them because it does not impose direct
tax upon them. 1t ought to be clearly ex-
planned to them how it is that the pro-
tective tariff takes the money out OF their
pockets and keeps them poor.
1t is not difficult matter to show the
fallacies upon which the Peoples party is
founded, nor to make it clear that its chief
demands are impracticable. There is no
doubt that the great majority of the men,
bers of the Peoples party believe in the de-
mands of that party, but they are open to
conviction. and every effort should be made
to show that the demands OF their party, il
enacted into laws, would do incaloulsble
harm.
What is wanted is an earnest and int elli-
gent discussion Of issues, not vilihcation
and vituperation.