Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-10-23

Il
ia tins country at the ratio of 10
10 THAT Is. without the cO-Opers.
tIou OF other Datlous. If any body
says that Governor FcrrAlPs
views hsYe undergone change, he
replies that whatever may hay
been his views heretofore his pre- :
cut views arc the result OF nue..
study ani reading, and are his
mature convictions. We make no
apology tor announcing that he is
wiser that be- used to br.o
III view of this editorial you cin
we'll Imagine that | was surprised
to find recently 10 the columns OF
the Dispatch criticism OF me for
not stUdglng the subject before
casting my woes for tree silv.r IN
congress, particularly when / con-
sidered that this able Iurnal, with
nearly three years longer in which
to study the question than | had in
congress, has found it necessary to
change it's position.
| take it that 1t is as much the
duty OF a Journalist who assumes
10 lead aud instruct the people as
| 1t Is the duty of a member OF con.
gress to carefully study every lead
ing question before giving his
0piuion. must, therefore, con.
clude that, inasmuch as the Dis
patch entertalns now different
views on the money question fro II
what 1t did when IL endorsed ms
letter 80 warmly, that it had not
studied the question when the
ditoriAl of August 1895, was
written, | must conclude, that, ike
ny self while was IN congress, II
it was too busy to give the matter
serious consideration prior to
August %, 1895.
But. my fellow democrats, tue
tact Is that l did no. bslieve six
years? or even three years ago.
that the silver question would ever
become leading Issue, aud did
not therefore, take the time d..
manded by the special duties as
signed me, to give it careful
thsnght, aud consideration. had
DOUBT AS to the prseticAblliIy OF
FREQ coinage, bat | resolved these
JouOis IN favor of 1t. A careful ex
animation relieved me OF my
JOub:s. Why, change on the
money problem has been the order
Of tue day. SiIVerites have chang.
ed to gJldltes, an vice yersI,evrry
where. Prominent men all over
he country have changed from
one side to the ether. Il iltOGs
have changed their views. SenatOr
Stewart, the great silver lead r
voted in the senate of the Uni ed
States for the decentralization act
# 1872 aud declared for the gold
standard. Every free silver sup
porter In Virginia has changed
since he endorsed the state pat.
TORN In 1898, which declared for
himetalism by aud through intI;
national agreement. HIs be tor
gotten this
YES le. my critics make the most
of the charge az INST me Ut in-
{ Insistency, bat let them he care
fll lest they he "boist with their
o En petard."
Let them ring the changes and
continue their assaults, for IL a !
comes nIth poor grace from gentle
men who have torsaken every
principle of democracy aud gone
over "UIth bag aud baggage to
pupulisu; who endorse a populistlc
platform aud support popullstlc
C ,ndidAtes. Ii they have right
o ch .nge their democratic prlncl'
pies, which are as old as this re-
public aud known aud read OF AL
men, have not the right 10 change
ny opinion upou new question!
1t they think they have been ID
terror in adhering TO the tenets oil
democracy, aud believe popullsm
10 good for the country, as honest