The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-04-25
THE OUTLOOK FOR 1896
Hon. {. L. Weller of San Francisco
Gives His Views
demonstration of Silver the Only Issue,
Adlai E. Stevenson the Man-No New
Yorker Need Apply

Hon. c. L. Weller of San Francisco,
son of Governor John B.Weller, who was
twice governor of California and minister
to Mexico, is visiting in the city Mr..
Weller is one of the best informed and
most favorably known Democratic politic-
ians of the state. When approached by a
Herald representative for his views on
the political outlook, he courteously COM
piled and spoke in very positive and
convincing manner as follows:
Il find your people aggressive down
here. Your carnival has been a decided
success. and we of u c north are proud of
ii. But it is political matters you wish
me to speak of. Well, in regard to ma
tional politics. the Democratic party, in
order to have any possible hope of sue
cess. we must bark back to old Jeffer-
sonian principles of Democracy-equ
rights to all and special privileges to
none!
The nominee of the next national
Democratic convention, to have any hope
OF success, must not only be man in
whom the masses trust as an exponent of
the bimetallic standard. but he must also
be one who has by his political career
shown that he is in favor of the silver
dollar as an equivalent of the gold dollar
as a medium of exchange all over the
United States.
In these times of financial depression
and commercial vicissitudes 1t is abso-
lutely necessary for the people of this
country to have fair and free standard of
exchange that is recognized by all as a
standard of currency. r-
''The Democratic party, by its platform
adopted in 1892 at the Chicago convention,
promised and pledged itself that it would
secure to the people of the country an in
Interchangeable dollar that would be worth
20 foo ,l,,p l. tyht hn
scented. By various subterfuges, unneces-
sary at this time to detail. these promises
have not been carried out. But, in order
to secure any passable degree of success
in the next national campaign, the Dem
ocratic party must not only in its plat
form promise, but by its nominee it must
absolutely pledge To the PEI pie of the
United States that as far as in their pow
er lies that we will see to it that the
proposition for the absolute and complete
reconciliation of silver at the ratio of Ii
to 1 is faithfully carried out.
at is an absurd fallacy to trust to an
international conference to settle the
financial affairs as regards the status of
silver. 1t is Il proposition in which the
of the old world cannot agree.
England. the great creditor nation. hold
ing as she does almost four-tifths of the
golu coinage of the world, will never con-
cede that the vast debts owing to her
shall be paid in any other coin than
gold. But America, by virtue of its
great resources and unbounded elem ents
of natural prosperity. has right and is
able to dictate to the other nations of the
world the manner in which its debts
shall be paid
The only hope of Democra success
in the coming national campaign must
be on strict adherence to the Demo-
cratic doctrines OF the past and a plat
form that will commend itself to every
lover of republican institutions, and the
nomination of candidate whose name
will be synonym for Democracy, hon.
esty and integrity.
And it will also be necessary for the
Democratic standard bearer to be man
whose name will in itself be a platform
and declaration of living principles.
The time has far passed when the constitr
uents of any party will put their faith in
soft words and specious promises. What
is now required is living exponent of
the great underlying and overreaching
truths of a republican form of govern
ment.
LAS far as we can at present Judge,
the strongest candidate whom the Demo-
cratic convention can nominate will be
A dlai Il. Stevenson OF Illinois.
The only thing that the people may
be satisfied of is that neither of the cam
lidates for president in 1896 will be resi-
dent of New York. Owing to the abso-
lutte failure of the income tax bill as con-
strued by the supreme court of the
United States, the great common people
are almost unanimous in believing that
the next president must come from the
middle west