Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-08-12
DANA TO DEMOCRATS.
The Venerable Editor Refuses
to Encourage Anarchy and
Socialism.
CANNOT SUPPORT BRYAN.
War Democrat in 81 and Sound
Money Democrat Now.
a STRONG PERSONAL LETTER.
CANNOT SUPPORT BRYAN.
a STRONG PERSONAL LETTER.

He Advises All Voters Of His Party to
Vote for the Mckinley Electors In the
Present Grave Crisis The Suprsme
Duty Of the Hour Is tho Overthrow of
the Chicago Platform and All Tina. 1t
Implies.
The venerable Charles A. Dana. the dis
tinguish.d editor OF the New York sun,
refuses now, when socialism and anarchy
threaten the welfare Of the people, to sup
port the so called Democratic party, pre-
ciscly as In 1851 he refused to support it
when It threatened the solidarity of the
Union. He rhen became war Democrat; ;
was appointed by Presiden: Lincoln ass.s-
tant secretary of war. in which position
he rendered inc>.iniably valuable service
TO the country. Now he Is an honest, sound
money Democrat, and as such. himself the
staunchest of Democrats. advises all voters
of his party ~ vote for the Mckinley cleo
tors. The following, which appears as a
signed editorial in the New York Sun,
speaks for itself:
Some personal response seems TO be duo
to the numerous friends who have sought
opinion as to the duty in the present po-
Iitical campaign of those who adhere to
the principles which hitherto have char
acterized the Democratic party.
The declaration of notions adopted in
the nume of the Democracy by the Chicago
convention is for the most part SO hostile
to the doctrines which have prevailed in
the Democratic party in the past. as to de-
mand its rejection By all those who would
not abandon the Democracy essential
ideas and bcS. traditions.
The Chicago platform invites us to es-
| tabIish u currency which will enable a
man to pay his debts with half as much
property us he would have to use In order
| to pay them now. This proposition Is dis
| honest DC not say that all the advo-
Gates If the free coinage of silver are dis
honest Thousands of them. millions, ii
there be SO many, are doubtless honest in
intention. But am unable to reconcile
with any ideal of integrity change in the
law which will permit man who has
borrowed u hundred dollars to pay his debt
with u hundred dollars, each one of which
Is worth only half Us much as each dollar
| he received from the lender.
| The Chicago platform sanctions the us.
of the appointing power Of the president
in such Il way as to control the fedora
| judiciary in deciding questions of consti
| tutional law. 1t contemplates IA chang'
in the personnel of the supreme court o
the United States, to the end that the re
cent decision declaring the income tax un
constitutional may b. reversed. Strang'
times, indeed, are these, when n man il
told that, in order to be q Democrat, HI
must favor the imposition of an income
tax and the destruction of the independ
ence of the judiciary!
Still more alarming is the clearly IND
piled approval of lawless violence con
tanned in the denunciation of what i
denominated in the platform govern
ment by injunction" Yelled in the Ian
guage of moderation, the wild light O
anarchy shines through.