The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
HOLMES CONRAD TALKS
DEMOCRATIC SAMPSON POALhp ~ IA-
I1Rs From BENEATH TIE PATTI
ps,,., Not Attributable TO Dis"pp'o'
Democratic Punciples-irhl
.,ni. Train Robbers In STAFFORD
T,vys BUREAU. RApLEY Bu1LDI5JSSto'
WssgrScToN Ss November IL 1874 }

o.ot,.ot nv the reduent tides ln"' "
eNo''' - s,~,tod rocks Of the ocean
c1.st The leading Democrats "a
t,,e besn somewhat un"lhhs -
80 ,,,ression 10 their views IN this
- but Major Holmes conrad 'he
r,rst Assistant Attorney Geaerdl' 7Nes
81 ,orI,,ine hopeful Democratic solu-
lion OF the present situauoA'
ro,,,xs CONRAD on TIE siTUATIoS.
r, ,,o,, one who is concerned for
~ bfrr.sf interests OF the kep 'p'I', Vle
,.rt - Isctlon has a lesson full OF piohtd-
'i". trI,rtiou and encOurds IN mt. IL Is
orfy tha mere political partisan 10 "hohl
ne triumph Of party is OF more cons
0ueucc thap the success OF sun ~ -,
rI,s who is insehsible TO all el'e TIA"
tLe bitterness OF party defeat.
That the Democratic party does hot
dcpcDd for its vitality or It's Vigor upon
its success AT tht poils -. 40 from its
Cf official patronage Is apparent I0in 10
history during that baleIul peiiod ol I'M I'M
~ years when the Rep1bhcah parry W.
intrenChed in power ana was SeeN,hs ,c ~
its force bills and pension laws 10 nJ
cure for itself a perpetulty OF conu "a; "a;
II WAS during those lark ana uOitlui
wears when official proiilgacy anu COZ ~ ~
ton were staining the pages OF ouii,,iIaI ouii,
tory that the economic ana pvIitiC.,
principles on which the pemocIall. PaI -
was founded were confidently fSaiil ilist -
and proclaimed Dy lhe pidNe 'itN - p
men who assembled liOm year 10 yea
with patient and confident assurance l'
their party conventions. IL was t"c
herent truth ana soundncsS oi theSI psiva piiir'
ciples alone that afforded the c0heslne
u6,ya. of the Democratic party: II "o'
tbeir manifest righteousness ana the 5 ulil
sweryinC fidelity Of those VINO pioIt7aaSSN
Them and who held them up, ~ w
bra1an serrent i'm the wilderness was held
up. that Invited the regard anu NV'' 49, -
support OF many who had ueIoie D.
worshipped the meretricious laoiS "
Here was the first Indication Of ina, that
kurdy assertion OF lndePel'tont 80
ment that Intolerance or Heit P"i TSoNae -
troll that remuneration OF poliucdl DOssyio,
Min 60 gssurauce that the principles
Of government and the methods OF ~ ~
honest and faithful admlnislId tlon W. w.
becoming objects of intelligent ll'eIc9t
o. tb. Tra4t masses OF the people, ana
that thev were ceasing 20 follow, III hhhf
aul stupid scrvility the ledueI9i'p ~
11 1Sq9 "a uolitical cataclysm shocked the
country like an earthquake. MOI al tlo
JIrtation Of any leaders, not by the Hlo.
chiuauons of caucus or committee ~,
from the hope Of profit or or place, o%HI %
INSPIRED boy an indignant resentment OF 'aS
ahI-a1 of power and the disregard Vl
public interest and OF private rlEH1, Wiz"
@H4racteriZed the Republican admlnlslia-
zion the masses Of the people, win ONT
accord arose and swept that party oul pl
uower The Democratic party, IN lle
IINfftTm fNNlit.L fN lis ldAipllof W.
lion declared the principles upon WllCh
~ would administer the bONeiillhS4',',
should that duty and responsibility De NJ ~
upon it Those principles had WOH 'nF
apuroval of the people and the scepue.--L
g1velnmpnt was placed I'm Democratic
hands AS ii party 30 StroNe eaihes1g 10
fulhu the obligations which IL hau & u
tsriff rofort1 4 committee whose chair
man has crowned himself with amarahth
for unselh-h devotion TO uu'y'. loI l ui
or e.
for cleauucss OF life, for the noble ana
lofty standard Of excellence ne mas haln-
formulated and proposed a hleas-
,lra iu strict accord with me ODhgdtloHS
of the party But human fra1lty and hu-
ran depraVlty, from which not even fdid-
disc was exempt lurked here IN the
Senate chamber and set al nausht anu
defeated the viii of the people ana lHe
earnest endeaVOrs of the Eood men IN
that BODY and the measure lh large part
failed. Strange and uudcCOuutable DIVER
sitir. of view and opinion detained the
senate in un@eemly strife. \ plttcr ana
relentless Iutalousm TO the Iresldeui
was manifested by certain of the sena-
tors-du Ih'dtChl0u So ,'.'vI GUS d'l,
asrid as 10 exclude the belief that ought
else than personal envy JrOlOusy ana re-
sentiment inspired it,
AGAIN the people have risen in their
might and by "a majority that is without
a precedent have swept the pemOcrauc
party from power a faithful analysis or
this vote in the various sections or the
country repels the silly notion that IL can
be attributed to any dlSapproVal 10y the
people Of those principles ana measures
Tor which the Democratic party stood.
Ii is apparent beyond dispute that this
condemnation OF the course OF the pary
in power Is by the members or that party
alone II was their absence from the
rnIis and NOT the presence In increased
numbers Of the competitive party thdt
has achieved this result IL was a silent
expression on the part of the absent mem-
beTs of "A want OF confidence IN those
who had been put forward as their rep
reSeutatiyts in the halls of Congress. II
was, perhaps. something more than that.
II was an eloquent though silent, protest
against those methods which nave been
used of late 20 defeat the Will OF the
people by the employment OF pohtlCdl ma
Chiuery, II is not true. as mas btSh IN
efsted that urgauiZatiOu-With which
the power OF the masses cannot be made
efIeCtINe-iS necessarily mccndnlcdi. II lS
iu the highest degree moral Ii Is by the
exercise Of the moral powers, the appeal
TO the highest and noblest sensibhteS Of
our nature. that the most powerful organ
izauous OF men have beel formed 1t ls
only by these that such organizations can
ever he employed TO enforce and eHectu-
ate the principles of good government.
The mere mechanical organization is time
serving. eNpellcut COnulNlng. and looks
only 10 the attainment of immediate and
temporary results. The senators, cover
nors and judges, who i'm these latter days
have been snatched from friendly obscu-
rltv by the artful employment Of the po-
litical machines. and I'm defiance Of the
wishes of the majority OF the people, are
only such in title and outward seeming,
like the weird creation of FrAnkeustein.
that ghastlY being without a soul. All
such machiue-turned puppets must In
time turn upon their creators and drive
Them 10 remorse Il not 10 death.
A gloomy and depressing season OF
financial and Industrial decay has hung
ike a pail for many months over the
country Some have referred TO this as
the cause Of the recent vote. To what
ever extent the high tariff and other mis-
Cbievous Republican legislation may have
contributed TO this decay, II rs useless TO
inquire when we recognize the Iact thdJ
A has not been confined 10 the limits OF
this continent. but has extended during
the same period over the Whole clVilzed
world Doubtless IL induced despondeht
condition OF miud-a pessimlsuc tendency
which inclined many 10 eNagserate the
eVl when distressed them. ana dlsih-
clined them to a calm ana diSndSslonate
inquiry as 90 it's real cause however lar
it may have served as the occasion, II
surely was not the cause OF Democratic
overthrow.
GEoyNp Toa FNCoURAGENENI.
We have ground FOR announcement in
the twice demonstrated fact that the
great masses OF the people are not gov
erned BY mechanical methods VIII not
be controlled by political bosses. are not
open 10 bribery and purchase, but that
they are fully capable Of an Intelligent
and discriminating comprehension OF pub
IL anairs; they are amenable 10 some
argument. they are watChful, viz mt and