The San Francisco call., 1896-08-24

FOR 7ICE-PRBBIDENT-
GARRET A. HOBART, Of New Jersey
ELECTION NOVEMBER 3. 1896
McKinley's speeches are not long but
they reach every interest of the country.
The free coinage of silver can be effected
benehciaIly to this country, but not by
fasco statesmen.
Every day records a new bolt from the
Democratic party, and every bolter en-
courages others to follow him.
Even with free coinage no one can get
silver without work, and there will never
be abundant work in this country under
Democratic free trade.
Banker st. John of New York says his
name is pronounced Siniun, in the hope
probably that the people will rhyme il
with "honest Injun," but they won't.
If there were no other issue at stake
than the simple one of choosing men TO
conduct the Government the people would
down the fasco party and elect Mckinley
by a rousing majority.
Business men are averse to any more
economic experiments for time at least,
and it is everywhere recognized that the
free coinage of silver in the hands of Dem
ocratic bunglers would be an experiment
of the most hazardous kind.
An attempt of the Democrats to fool the
people into the belief that the tariff is not
an issue in the campaign has not met with
much success in the East, for the demand
of the voters for protection literature is
said to exceed that of any other cam
paign in the history of the country,
Under wise and conservative guidance
free silver can be restored in this country
without injury to any industry, but to
have that guidance we must elect states
men and not demagogues; we must in
trust the Government to men who can
govern and not to a set of bunglers, wran-
glers and faction fighters
Bryan's New York speech con tains
1900 words, and yet it never made half as
much impression upon the country as
that short address in which Mckinley
said: sit is good deal better to open up
the mills of the United States to the labor
of Americans than to open up the mints
to the silver of the world"
General Daniel E. Sickles, one OF the few
heroes of the war who honored the Demo-
cratic party by their support, has broken
from it now and has called upon his fell
low.vete-ans in the party ranks to come
out and stand up for their comrade Nc
Kinley in opposition to the platform OF
reputation and the candidate of agra
rianism.
The more the situation is studied by in.
telligent binetallists the more thoroughly
do they become convinced that Senator
Wolcott was right in saying: "Silver will
again be restored TO its place as a money
metal at the old ratio, and when this res
toration comes it will be accomplished
through the action and efforts of the Re-
publican party"
In describing his voyage in the polar e
gions DR.. Nansen said he lighted his ship
by electricity generated by windmill
power, and now 1t is pertinent to ask
whether there isn't science enough in this
country to transmate the blowing of the
Democratic windmills into something that
will throw light upon what they expect to
DO for the business interests of the people
Every day the quiet home of Mckinley
In the little town of Canton is visited bv
throngs of veterans of the war, working.
men OF the great industries, farmers. busi-
ness men and good citizens of all classes.
who call to pledge him their support
because they recognize in him the cham
pion of protection, the promoter of pros
perity, and in this issue the defender of
National honor and integrity.
Harold M. Sewali, sen OF old man Sew
oil of the Chicago ticket, recently made
speech, in which he said: 81 shall attack
the Chicago platform in every line and
letter. know it and we know il to be
absolutely opposed to Democratic tradi-
tions and adverse TO the principles on
which this Government must live" 1t
is for stalwart Democrats to decide
whether it would not be better to vote for
Watson than for the father of a son like
that.
In opening the Ohio campaign at Co.
lumbus Senator Foraker accurately de-
fined the Republican position on the
money issue in saying: "What we want is
the double or bimetallic standard, under
which we can have not only the free coin
age OF both metals but the actual use of
both metals as we now have, with the ad-
ditional use OF silver for redemption pur-
poses. We propose to secure tnis by in
ternatlonal agreement-the only possible
way, in our judgment, that has yet been
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