The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-17
CURRENT COMMENT.
FUNNY REASONING.
(Biddeford Raoor d.

No second convention is necessary,
however, for tho reasou that the state
platform does not represent the majority
Of the party. The gold plank could never
have been put In except by waiting until
many of the silver delegates had gone
homo 1t could not be put into II plat
form today. What should be done next
Ia to make congressional nominations
which represent silver. A vote Tor the
state Democratic ticket will be vote for
Bryan, --Sewall and silver in effect, no
matter what the state platform is. Let
the stnte platform stand and nominate
free coinage congressman and there W i'll be
nothing doubtful about the voice Of
Maine Democrats ut the state election.
1t will be louder this year than ever be-
fore. 1t is certain that no silver man
will vote for the Republican platform by
preference.
THE THING FOR SOUND MONEY
DEMOCRATS TO DO.
IN. Y. Tribune.)
The gold standard Democrats have
not yet determined whether to support
the Republican ticket or nominate one
of their own. II they really are in earn
est in their purpose to crush the com ina-
ton that has held high carnival in Chi
cago, they will not hesitate long to de-
OtoiS LUZ !ICAlHIoy anu I1CUdEU.
THE COURSE OF THE POPCLISTS.
Candidate Batsman in the Populist.
The nomination of VIM. j. Bryan as
the Democratic nominee for president
eaIne as q surprise to the entire country.
1t was battle OF giants and proved to
be the fiercest conflict ever waged in q
political convention. 1t has completely
disrupted the Democratic party, and all
the old landmarks have been swept away
in single day. Bryan is to all intents
and purposes populist. For years he
hos acted with our party and his noml-
nation was entirely due to pressure from
this soures. The platform upon which
be stands might have been taken bodily
from one of ours. 1t is populism pure
and unauthorized. What course the peo
ple's party should now follow becomes
under the circumstances one of the mo-
mentous questions of the hour. Never
have we been called upon to decide o
problem SO difficult of solution. First
of all we must know il this new depart
urS Is sincere. AT the present moment
this seems to be the only correct view to
take. The gold men are tumbling out of
the party like rats from sinking ship.
Nearly all the eastern Democratic papers
have bolted the ticket and individual
leaders are following in rapid succession.
~ tliiS oAOuuS DcUOfleS COIuplet6 IL Will
result In union of all reform forces at
st. Louis. AS long rs a single gold
standard man adherss to the party there
will be suspicious of ''deal'' that will
prevent Populists from endorsing the
ticket. There must be complete sepa-
ration of the goats and sheep before the
Populists will even consider the matter
of nominating Bryan. The next few
days must determine this question. Tho
great battle of the ages Ia now upon us.
1t Is battle that has been brewing for
five thousand years and it's settlement
will create new epoch in the history of
humanity. The hosts of plutocracy will
be marsballed beneath one banner The
Republican party under its present lead
ership has become the arch enemy of the
human race. Shall the armies of the
people moot these forces with broken
ranks and divided councils? This is the
great and vital question which we are
now called upon TO decide, and upon Its
proper solution will depend the veal or
woe of countless generations yet unborn.
May the God OF justice and humanity
give US the wisdom to decide this cues
ton. and to decide it right, is our earn
est wish and prayer.