The advocate., 1892-03-16
PONDER A LITTLE.

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hronlc Of late, Is it nee sSary that he sh'ud be
| gwen presidential nomination In order that
he puDllc may have tangible proof OR hlS Opon-
heartedress toward the cause Of monetary re.
form, -NOfcOTgOrmtSt.
II Judge Gresham haa become 90 phllanthrOplc
Of hate, Is it necessary that he should be given q
presidential nomination 10 order that the public
may have tangible proof Of his Openh-Artedness
toward the cause Of monetary refOrm3 What
say you TO ihl,, Brother Vlncent9 lt's about "a
broad as It Is long, isntnP
A1Aln, Stanford has long since given 'the pub
llc tangible proof Of his OpenheartrdOesS toward
tha cause Of monetary reform" by his land loan
blI and her kindred m assures introduced and
sOught for By him In the Senate. But where are
the proofs Of your man Gresham whom you
would so gladly see taken up by the Peoples
party?
Say, let us take you into our confidence, and
ask you Just TO consider this for q minute: Dln't
you really Deli, We that the reform press could be
more usefully employed than 10 Taklng up the
distorted history Of hate against citizen, who Is
now A Gbting for the very things we are lghlln
for, and who has never asked q solitary favor
from US not even asked that we cease mlSrepre-
senllng and slandering hlm2- 0tGIcG Journal.
We have not raked up any "dis-
torted history OF hate against" Sem
ator Stanford, nor do we propose to
do so in the future. For his efforts
in behalf Of such legislation as the
country is now in need, we are willing
to concede him honesty aud sincerity.
Indeed, we have assurances from re-
liable sources, that since the death OF
his SOD, ne has been q different man
from his former self, and has appeared
to be acIuated by different motives
than those which governed him in
earlier life. We are willing to grant
all that may be asked for him in this
respect, but We are not willing, not
withstanding these concessions, TO ad-
vocAte his candidacy for position
on our national ticket. Give him all
the credit to which be is entitled fnl
his support of needed Legislation
Let his past record sleep in everlast'
ing obscurty, but let us have a man
for our standard bearer who has been
and now is actively identified with us
10 such a degree as to afford assur-
snce that he is with us in oil that we
seek to accomplish. We have such
men who are tried and true, and we do
not need to go to any other party
after them. Our people in California
have expressed themselves unmis
taksbly concerning their wishes 30
far as Senator Stanford is concerned,
and, il there We're no other reason for
objection to him, this alone would
render 1t impolitic to place him in
nomination. Nor do we need mill.
ionsire candidate. We belize Que
who has not so long reveled in luxury
will be fully ascapsble Of understand
ing the necessities Of the common
people. We cannot understand why
the Ottawa Journal should be so en-
thnsiastic for Senator Stanford; and
We with to say right in this connec-
ton that whether any significance at
tsches to the fact or not, it is regarded
as little singular at least that it il
supporting millionaire for president
and also sustaining that greatest Of
all trusts, the National Union Com
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