The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-07

''ver az i6 to /. but, unansweroble as
their arsumcnt is, 1t does not repre-
''sent the sound-money vote Thous-
lands Of Democrats in the South voted
ofor Bryan and Sewall ON account OF
"the part they had IN selecting dele
gates to the ChioaEo convention, and
ION account Of local conditions while
openly condcmning the silver plat
form"
Tats statement from Mr. smith H.
lustrates the magnitude ot tho victory
Just won Cor sound money The fact
that Bryan viii received l61 certain
votes. or iSS possible votes in the eloc-
toral coucge does not signify that even
the small minority ~ the total popu-
latlon represented by these votes Ia
voys the free colnage ot silver
Up to the time Of the Chicago con-
vention. EN-Secrctary Smith was one
of the most OUT t-spokeu advocates of the
sold standard in the country After
Bryap's nomination he resigned from
the presidents c3binc, Just as Geueml
Lee resigned from the United states
army because he eel; Obliged 20 follow
his state even IN a course contrary to
his own personal convictions.
OF Mr Bryan's lS2 votes, If he gets
an the YET doubtful oncs, ll2 viii be
from southern states, where 10, money
question cut no figure 50 far as RS
influence in obtaining these votes is
Mr. Bryan got these South
ern votes the same as Greeley got such
Of them as could De voted thar way i'm
his tme. Re rot them not because ~
any issue which figured i'm his cam
aa.sn, but simply because he bore the
ranle OF the regular Democratic nom
inao. To sny student of history there
can zee no doubt but these same votes
would have gone 70 Tllman. Ntgeld.
Teller. Grover Cleveland. orr even John
sherman or Benjamin Harrison, or any
other individual who by accident or
of any sort might have
been made the Democratic candidate
Ter the presidency
There are reasons for this extreme
md Seemlnsly unreasonable political
'ias on the part Of the South not neces-
ary TO be stated in this connection
iere. Reasons, in truth which even II
,ermane 70 the point here sought to be
Illustrated, could not be explained 20
he satisfaction or perhaps brought
within the comprehension OF any ore
,onian Of other Northern man.
The point is that Mr., Bryan's posi-
ion on the money question had nothing
whatever to do with his success in these
,tates, and the votes Of which, when
deducted from the highest possible vote
lie can receive in the electoral college.
viii leave him with the insignificant
number OF forty-one votes. out Of
otal Of az. which can be said to rep
.esent the opinion on the money ques-
ion Of q majority OF the people who
i've in the states they represent
It was often predicted by both DEM
,cratic and Republican authorities b.
ore The election that AIR. Bryan would
ls lie -or=r b-a,su man who ever
really ran for the Office of president
An examination OF the history and q
comparison Of the records Of former
elections will show that this prediction
las been fully verified. No Democratic
or Republican candidate for presiden.
ever received 50 small q percentage of
both popular and electoral votes AL
any election as Slr. Bryan The man
who talks after this about the revival
If free silver as live issue in Amer.-
AN politics is either insane on that
question or an ignoramus.