Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-04-15
THE cAMpeeLL HAS COME.
A Poor Chance for Aoy Democratic Can
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The democratic part, is having q hare
time OF 1T trying to conjure up pr,si.
Dental candidate. 1t has tried quite q
good many names, each in rs turn fall.
ing Hat. The Cinsy boom in Boston, the
Carlisle boom in New York. the
whitney boom in Mississippi, the Nor.
ton boom in Illinois. are toy balloon,
with pin hole. Our Adlai's nam.
strikes no responsive chord in the popu.
lar heart.
Mr.. Campbell. of Ohio, has hit upor
an eNpedient for sending his balloon
up in air before the bad boy with pir
can get in his mischievous work. III,
would evade inquiry into his financial
views by declaring that he has not any
lie has his personal preference. Indi.
'idually speaking, he is not for tn.
single gold standard, nor for free sil.
yer, but. presumably, for bimetallism.
lie would, however, vote for either il
the democratic convention declare for
it,
This is n new version of the squatter
sovereignty doctrine of Mr.. Douglas.
lie declared 40 years ago that he did
not care about slavery, at least he had
no convictions that stood in the way of
its extension or restriction. lie did
not care whether the people voted
slavery up or down. That position was
Endorsed by good many democrats.
but in the end il led TO the disruption
OF the party. The people did care.
Some were for slavery and some against
1T. So to-day the people who are will.
ing to adopt the single standard are
sharply and .rreconCilably divided.
Eliminate from either party bimetal.
ism and make the alternative one or
the other single standard and there
could be no fellowship between the fac.
tons. The single goldite would not
support candidate running for presi-
dent on platform of free silver, and
vice versa. few politicians like
Campbell would, but the number of
such would be too insignificant to
count.
Mr.. Campbell's excuse for being will
ing to stultify himself for either ex-
IRENE is that the very life of the demo-
cratic party is at stake. United action
at this election is necessary to party
existence. If there is srlit this year
II will be goodby forever to the party.
Why so? y party which could survive
the split OF 1860 and the obloquy of
having brought on the war of the re-
bellion ought not to be frightened to
death by monetary schism. The ques-
ton of coinage will probably be settled
before 1900. In 1876 there was n sharp
difference of opinion as to greenbacks.
The Hendricks wing OF the PARTY want
ed imitation, the Tilden wing wanted
contraction, but the republican party,
which retained control of the govern
ment, was for neither, preferring re-
sumption without contraction. and be-
fore 1850 the grecnback issue was
wholly eliminated from politics. The
reasonable expectation is that history
VIII repeat itself, III general way, and
that before 1900 there will he an end OF
all talk OF either single standard 10
the exclusion Of the other.
But the real fact is that the party of
democracy seems to be going to pieces
The machine, which dates back to Jack
sons first administration, is about
worn ont, and cannot stand much more
strain. The financial disagreement is
simply symptom of the general decay
y few politicians of the Campbell stripe
cannot save it by offering % turn their
coats inside out.-Chicago Inter Ocean