Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-20
PUBLIC OPINION.

The free silver democratic platform adopted by the Mississippi convention took the wind out of the sails of the pop ulite party and brought tens of thoul sands of wanderers back to the house of their fathers.-Aberdeen Examiner.
 The populists cut a very small figure in the elections, and in Maryland their poll was insignificant. The people have no faith in their theories and the doc trines they preach are not only fallacies but fraught with danger.--Independen Democrat
 Who else is there if the democrats do not take Cleveland again? Briee. Hill and German are dead. Campbell is no better. Carlisle won't de- Don Dckin- son will not suit the mugwumps. A southern man could not get votes. It will be Cleveland or nobody.-Cleveland Leader, Rep. yacht as quickly and quietly as possible. No one will ever be willing to race with him under any conditions, and yet it will be pity if the boat built on the Clyde by Watson is not thoroughly tested against the best products of American designers Providence Journal.
 The Times-Democrat quotes the Rand McNa1ly maps in favor of Great Britain's Venezuelan pretensions. The map, how ever, may be in error A recent publica- ton of this famous company locates Vicksburg within forty-four miles of New Orleans, which is manifestly incorrect.- Vicksburg Commercial Gazette.
 Senator Sherman tells an interviewer that free wool has cost the country S40, 000, 900 or $50 000 900. It would be interest ing to know how much the free wool which MT. Sherman has pulled over the country's eyes in his role of financial wiseacre has taken out of the pockets of the people.-Philadelph Record, Dem
 The gold bug democrats voted almost solidly against Hardin, the democratic nominee for governor of Kentucky, and helped to defeat him. and the silver dem ocrats of Louisiana will be asked to vote for Foster, who is said to be gold bug. But the silver democrats of Louisiana are true democra ts.-AleXandria Town Talk.
 Representative Hartman of Montana sticks to Senator Cameron as a proper presidential. candidate for the silver cause. Cameron probably isn't troubling himself much about the presidency in these times, but the gloomy prospects of his reelection as United States senator give him far more concern, since Boss Quay turned reformer.-Boston Tran script Rep)
 The root of our financial troubles lies in the fact that the treasury is a bank of issue. and it's issues have exceeded its legitimate credit. The treasury should be retired from the banking business, except in a supervisory way. The treas ury as a bank is continually on the verge of bankruptcy, so that nobody has as- surance of the future of money.-Port- land Oregonian.
 Two powerful forces will work for de- mocracy during the year. congress re- publican in both branches must either confess itself incapable of legislating or it must legislate upon lines that the peo- pie have twice repudiated with emphasis. A New York legislature, overwhelmingly republican in both houses, can hardly fail to so offend the public sentiment of a democratic state as to bring to the polls next year the 155,000 democrats who re- fused to vote last Tuesday.-New York World (Dem.)
 New Orleans is getting to be a ship ping point of no little importance. The stablishment of steamship line be- tween that city and Trieste is assured, and another line, to connect New Or leans with Copenhagen, will be in opera tion shortly. There are already freight lines between New Orleans and English German, French and South American ports The development of the export business at southern ports is a feature of our expanding commerce which is of interest to New Yorkers.-New York Mercury, Dem.
 It is certainly true that there are seri- ous objections to the influences of par ty journal. It certainly can only give information of value to the party it rep resents, and thus in it's best aspect is of limited use and can only give part of the truth. What is published must be measured by it's value to the party. No party can at any time possess more than part of the truth, and to be party follower is to resign the right to reason upon questions as they arise. One must follow the party. Public questions are looked at with regard to their effect upon the party.-Denver Post.