The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-24
FORGING A DIVISION.
From the Statement of William C. Whit
ney of New York Published in this
Mornings Papers.

FROM the statement OF William y. whit
ney of New York Published in this
Mornings Papers.
II think events and the course of the
Republican leaders are making it (the
nomination of a third ticket newt
able. The general situation is far worse
today, In my opinion, than 1t was ten
days ago. The Republican managers and
have shown no realizing sense
of the situation. They IA failed to avail
themselves Of a great opportunity for
benefting the country. If the present con-
dition of affairs continues for any Length
of time sound money Democrats are
bound to organize. and 1t cannot be pre-
vented.
81 was satisfied before we went to
Chicago that nothing could pc accom-
modifying the free silver idea, and | said
so. Nevertheless. it was our duty to
so there and emphasize the strength OF the
and, further, to afford the country an
object lesson, showing 50 plainly thar 1t
not &c m~iSundersIood the un1 Mb9eb
S srasie aap he fsVG movemeSt. In this We
We're successful The Democratic mask
were successful. The Democratic mask
face OF the Populism which had forced it,
self, for the time being, into a position OF
control. That was all the sound money
Democrats GpQtQ nope To dCLO4ltp4tSlL, LIN
that they aid effectually and unselfshly.
There never has been in any party
convention such a vigorous DECLARATION
Chicago, when 2A delegates refused to
participate in the selection of candidates.
What should have been the next step
tional honor and sound finance? We
had suddenly come upon a new and a
great crisis, one that called for the sink.
ing of partisanship and the union of
sound-money men to rescue the. country
from disaster. Hundreds of thousands
of Democrats stood ready to subordinate
lican candidate, What was the duty of
the hour? Clearly it was n that de-
volved upon the Republican party and its
There should nave been an immediate
recognition of a new situation, and the
Republicans. should have been the first to
.non-partisan union. subordinating all
other things to this question of national
hanor; It was g new issue i dwarfed
fight for the established institutions OF
the country, the Fundamental things that
underlie party diffeTencesalaw ana order,
tegrity of the courts-all such things with
out which we could not exist as a nation
platform and at the spectacle of one-third
of the Democratic party in open revolt
should have been enough 10 have shown
them Instantly the necessity Of a new
lines. No greater opportunity for pa
triotic action was ever offered a party,
What has been the course of the
Republican leaders and the Republican
press? They have insisted upon putting
the free silver enthusiasts and the sound
~nouncing all together under the name
of national Democracy, Mr., Mckinley
continues to discuss the tariff. which
has ceased to be an actual issue in
this campaign as completely as slavery.
and the Republican press and leaders
persist IN deriding all Democrats en-
yet admit that the doubtful States are
those where Republicanism has been
dominant for thirty years.
such a policy persisted in can have
hut one effect. It win arouse the in
nate party loyalty Of patriotic Demo-
e cp1ts Il = dr Anvil aha sharp partv Ines Il IS
difficult enough for a Democrat to con-
template the possibility of voting for
leader Of any great cause. and the pres
ent course of the Republicans is tend
ing to make It Impossible. If they con-
T. n this line, n thing VII certain
VIII nominate a third ticket, and thus
divide the sound-money vote IN the
great battle-ground Of the middle West.
to save the vote from drifting back to
THE Republicans will need in Novem-
Der all the aid they can obtain from
<Qt42t- 1tf4&S c-tfC AN. II my AtAiHR
they can hold their natural strength
through the middle West, or even In
some parts of the East by the single
tendency to party allegiance, they are
mistaken.
1T ought to be plain to all thoughtful
and patriotic Republicans that the time
has come when it Is absolutely necessary
for all good citizens to drop, for the
time being. partisanshiD. and work to-
gethe earnestly and intelligently for
the cornnon good. To trife with d crisis
so serious IS this, or to attempt TO ig-
more or belittle 1t. would be both a
blunder and a crime. think that at the
present moment the mHuItftudes of
sound money Democrats represented
by the two hundred and ffty-four dele
gates who refused to vote in the Chi
cago Convention. are fully awake to the
danger which confronts the nation and
are willing to cooperate, heartily and
honestly. with equally patriotic members
OF ither parties In any rational moye-
ment to stamp out this herssy. How
hong they VIII continue In this frame OF
mind no man can tell.
"Eut one fact IS certain, the present
responsibility for meeting this situation
rests upon the Republican Candidates
and headers. and If they are to act In
telligenstly and patrtoticalay there Is no
time TO lore.