Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-20
THE SUN SHOWS
Judge Goodrich, a Leading Demo-
cratic Bolter, Says Lots of Hard
Work Il Needed to Save His Repub-
1iran Allies.
lican Allies.

The following from the New York Sun
OF the nth instant will be read with In
terest by all true Democrats:
Il want to say to you frankly that
Illinois Is q doubtful State. The idea
that the battle there Is won for sound
money Is a false, and a very dangerous
one. We can carry the State for Mo
Kinley, but 1t can only be done by the
most faithful work"
This opinion comes from Judge A. A.
Goodrich. OF Chicago. at present stopping
at the Holland House. where he ex-
pressed his views to a Sun reporter.
Judge Goodrich is lifelong Democrat.
He conducted the campaign OF 1888 in
Illinois for the Democratic party. and
for twenty years he has been prominent
In the party's councils. Having been a
Democrat 80 long, he could not see his
way clear to becoming a Popocrat this
year, go he took up the sound-money
movement. and was one Of the foremost
factors in organizing the Indianapolis
convention. 1t is generally conceded In
Illinois that he could have had the sound
money nomination for Governor OF the
State II he would have accepted 1t.
Judge Goodrich Is here on business for
a few days, and he is anxious that the
Eastern friends of sound money should
understand the true condition OF affairs
in the Middle West.
False prophets have been among you
here" he said last night. 'In other
words, somebody has been doing lot
of lying about Illinois and other States
in that section. There Is danger there,
great danger. For three years Hi
nols, Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, and
Minnesota have been full OF silver lite
nature sent out by the Bimeteliic League
from the West. They have made about
as much noise in doing 1t as the snow
makes In falling, with the consequence
that the politicians did not realize what
was going on until the minds OF the
farming class were poisoned by the free
silver poison. Now all those States 1
have named are in the doubtful column.
Minnesota. 1 should say, is little bit
worse than doubtful.
"a New York man can hardly realize
the power Of the silver craze there. IL
IS not politics; II Is a fanaticism, d.
sease. You tell them that free silver
will bring dishonor and disaster upon
the nation, and they grin at you and say:
elbows 1t going to hurt US? What do
we carer
ITO them every sound-money man IS
the creature OF monopolists AS an Nus
tration, I'll tell you what happened to
me not long ago In Central Illinois. where
/ was born and brought up. Il met there
an old political friend, and client OF
mine, who, l had heard. had become a
free silverite On meeting him / told
him that / wanted TO have talk with
him on politics. He replied:
"'You can't talk with me. - -
you. What do they pay you for being
gold bug?'
THAT is a fair criterion OF the way
the craze has taken hold on these men.
One dangerous feature is that every sill
verite is a propagandist Even in Chi
cago people spend half their time dis
cussing this question. and the silver men
seem TO do most of the discussing. l
went out of the Palmer House at / o'clock
In the morning recently, and found as
many as 500 men standing about on that
block discussing free silver which side is
doing the most converting, is question
hope we are. but you can't tell. out
there the Republicans are polling the
country and getting good results, but
tell you those results are too good. Inc
Republican farmers are lying to them.
They say they'll vote for Mckinley be-
cause they're afraid to break away from
their party openly. but when the time
comes the votes Of many OF them will
go for free silver. I've found that out from
men to whom they were not afraid 10
speak The laborers. too, are all wearing
Mckinley buttons. but there are some
unpleasant indications that their ballots
want match their buttons. Still, another
danger is in the Scandinavian vote. That
used to be all Republican. 1t Is veering
this year. In Chicago the snail shop
keepers are turning to free silver. Owing
to the big department stores. they don't
do any business, consequently they want
a change. Free silver Is a change. Many
Of them will vote for free silver. On the
other hand, there is large Jewish vote
which will be for gold.
What effect Will the nomination oil
Palmer and Buckner have in Illinois?'
we asked.
"a very strong .ant-Bryan effect. we
hope and expect. 1t gives number OF
us who have broken away from the Popo-
Gratis q chance to preach sound-money
Democracy and we are going TO do 1t. IL
we had no third ticket we should be call
ed Republicans, and only Republicans
would come to hear us. Now we shall
work as Democrats, and Democrats will
come to hear. II we can't win over many
thousand of votes TO sound money l am
much mistaken. Ii gives the sound
money newspapers. too. Democratic
ground to stand on. That part OF the
is encouraging enough.
at Is in the Republican ranks that the
danger lies. / believe. The Republicans
cannot work too soon or too hard to build
up their fences. If they can hold their
own party in line the sound-money Demo-
Gratis will help them win great victory,
but II should be understood clearly that
from now until election day every nerve
must be strained in Illinois or the pro-
phecy of Altgeld may yet come true, and
the State go for reputation by $1,000
majority"