The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-07-17
BALTIMORE sun FOR M'KINLEY

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Iican Nominee In Doubtful States
Baltimore, July 1.-THE Baltimore
Sun, the Oldest Democratic paper in
Maryland is out with a suggestion to
sound money Democrats under the
heading of 'sThe Parting Of the Way
1t advocates a sound money Democrat
ic ticket in states that are reliably Re-
publican and in states that are doubt
fuI it advises sound money Democrats
TO vote for Mckinley. The article is
as follows:
cit is already manifest that the work
done last week at Chicago in the name
OF the national Democracy does not com
nnand the national assent of the party.
The indications are that no longer it is
considered the more it will operate to
bring about a temporary truce to party
strife on all other questions, including
the tariff in order that there may be an
effective union of all patriotic men
who believe in sound principles of fin
ance to save the country from what
they believe would be a financial and
commercial catastrophe.
Lifelong Democrats in many states
are coming forward to say, with Abram
s. Hewitt, of New York, that to divide
the sound-money vote of the country
would be madness at such q crisis;
that Mckinley. by the course of events
have taken, has become more than a
party candidate and represents for the
practical purposes Of this occasion the
cause of the national honor. Other
Democrats of equally long service and
men in a separate party and the NOM
high standing in the party are counsel
ing the organization of its soundmoney
ination OF a third national ticket for
which coScience Democrats can vote
and make their protest against the free
silver folly effective, without giving
their support to the election of Re
publican candidate pledged to the resto-
ration of the tariff rates Of $780,
There must be time for consultation
and comparison of views among sound
money leaders, and the results of each
OF the alternative courses suggested
win have to be carefully calculated be-
fore decision can be made between
them 1t may be that, after looking
the whole field over, it viii be deemed
wise policy for Democrats who adhere
to the honest money teachings of JEFF
ferson and Benton TO vote for a sepa-
rate ticket Of their own in some states
for the sake of preserving an organized
nucleus on which, when the time of re-
union comes, the whole party may rally
while in other states where, with a sep
erate Democratic ticket, there would be
danger of electoral votes being thereby
lost to the honeSt-money cause, it may
be their duty to throw their strength
straight against the Bryan and SewaH
f,0lr g. l.
the defeat of the Chicago ticket is GER
tain by so large a majority that hard
money Democrats may, perhaps, prefer
to poll their votes for third ticket as
the most effective way of holding them
selves together for q future opportunity
and at the same time registering their
rejection of thenew creed formulated
for the national Democracy by rthe
Alegeqds, the Tfllnrans and the Black
burns. In New York the situation
seems to be different. The Republi-
can farmers in that state, according
TO the recent report Of a prominent Re
publican header, are bitten to some ex-
tent with the free-silver craze. If that
be so and it becomes desirdabie-in or
der that there may be no chances taken
of losing the electoral votes of the first
commercial state OF the union, the very
headquarters of its financial and busi-
ness life-for honest-money Democrats
20 sacrifice party to country and vote
straight for Mckinley electors, they
Will doubtless do so. And they have
sufficient numbers 10 turn the tide de-
cidediy and keep the Empire state in
line for national honor and commercial
sanity.
There is evidently much to be said
IN favor OF one course in some states
and another course in other states, and
there is plenty Of in time in which to
consider it. The duty 10 be done is es-
sentially everywhere the same for all
Democrats who propose TO stand fast
by the old principles of their party,
which never gave any coUntenance to
stata socialism or communism, or any
form of paternalism. which is what
the free-silver deiusion really Is. They
must use their moral influence through
out the campaign and their votes on
election day in such a way as will do
the most service to the cause they have
at heart-the defense of the nations
good name as one that pays its debts
in full one hundred cents TO the dollar
in money good the world over for its
face value. The voices of Individual
Democratic leaders and of representa-
tive Democratic newspapers ail over
the land are already heard in sucn
brave and resolute terms that there
need be nh doubt that this duty is
distinctly perceived and Will be man
fully performed.
The sturdy minority of steadfast JET
fersonian Democrats whose counseis
were treated with such scant respect
at Chicago, are. nevertheless. the arbi-
ters of the national crisis that is now
its climax. 1t IS tolerahiy
clear that Mckinley, standing only for
the cause OF ultra p-otec<ioaism. which
is all that his candidacy originally rep
resented. could not have carried the
country. But Mckinley. standins
where 10y his speech OF SATURDAY last