The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-21
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TIME tOk UNIFIED ASItOHs
white there appears now to be q fair
prospect that the honest money wing Of
the Democrats party win decide 20 place
. separate national ticket In the field.
tai reasons which stands In the way OF
their coming over and joining the RspuD-
iican party en- masse, as the loyal Doug
lass Democrats ala after the split OF
fSa. which brought about an assault On
the national life. not disximIlar to the pres
ent assault on the nations honor and
credit
Certainly the issues which divided ths
ante-beliun Democratic party from It's
opponent. the whig party. or the direct
successor thereof. the Republican party.
were fully al vital as those which now d.
Vida the honest money Democrats OF the
present day from the Republican party as
or present constituted. What has become
Of the old issues which formerly divided
tie parfiess The Democratic dogma of
states sovereignty a. then understood.
with It's logical acorollary OF the right of
secession. has gone forever into the limits
Of expioded heresies. from which none win
have the temerity TO attempt to resarrect
H.
Absolute free trade has never command
ed the honest support OF even a majority
OF the Democratic party. As an article
OF political faith n was and Is held by a
few impractical theorists. az well as by
a few radicals Of tho type Of the late
Frank Hnra or Bryan. the present Demo-
cratic candidate for president. With
some noteworthy exceptions. the radical
free traders In the Democratic ranks are
the same men who are radical free silver
men. The men In the last congress who
hattlsd strenHousiy for every schedule In
ths Wilson tariff bin which placed arfs-
eles heretofore protected On the free list
were largely free silver men. while the
men shc preserved In or added 10 that
bii such measure OF protection "a IT At
present contains. we're men who today are
heartily In accord with the ST. Louis plat
form on the subject OF currency.
The reasons are natural and not far to
seek. They are the thinking. conserva-
tive men of the party. who do not believe
In wrecking tho business OF the country
and throwing millions of wage earners out
OF employment by radical changes in the
laws which affect business. or the money
Ia which business Is transacted. Such
men. while they may believe that ultimate
~ thts country can safely approach nearer
20 free trade. RECOGNIZES also the fact
that customs dues afford the easiest and
least buraensoma method OF raising the
revenue for the support Of the general
government. and that all changes should
be mads By degrees so as not 20 affect IN
,urlosaiy either the business interests OF
the country or the wages OF the men en-
ployed IN manufactures. To men or this
stamp. when they viii permit their judy
ments 70 act unswerved by past pre.a-
dires. the Republican doctrine Of reciproc-
ity must certainly appeal with great force.
as against the radical programme which
viii Re urged AMI Pat IN force by men Of
the stamp Of rryAn and his associates
A; the widest. the difference between some
conservative Democrats and the conserxa-
tive Republican on the question OF the
tariff IS simply a matter % schedules. no;
dl1ersuos N principle. There Is fully
ss vide a diverssnes os opinion On this
very subject ameag men who are now
and who always Gave been Republicans
as there Is between the express utterances
OF the Republican platform ana shs pri-
v2te views 81 a very large number OF the
conservative Democrats OF the country.
There Is enc burning ISSUE before the
pscpla now which directly effects every
nan IN this eoantry. and that issue t.
whether o. nes tais country shah do rs
business and pay its debts hereafter with
a deprecated currency. On that issue the
CONSERVATIVES Democrats are heartily n
aeeord with re Rrrualicsa party and sts
platform ans there Is no good reason why
they sscals not act splisly vita the Re
pahlieans In tn, campaign.