The herald., 1896-09-15
UNION AND VICTORY

Yesterdays piseeedings of both the
Democratic and Populist county con-
ventions were eminently satisfactory.
They were voiced by a unanimity and
sincere desire for the most practical
form Of cooperation that silenced to
shame the single discordant and selfish
utterance that for moment found a
sponsor. The proceedings of both par
ties were marked by the realization that
there is one and only one great vital
issue in this campaign. the free coinage
of silver. Until this great question is
settled, legislation, as was sufficiently
proved by the last congress. must prac-
tically remain at standstill. There are
many other questions concerning which
both the Democratic and Populist plat
forms essentially agree, but they must
for season fade into comparative in
significance. The question now before
the country is one in which party diff
ferences have been buried and on which
men of all parties stand together. re-
allzing it's grave and vital import. The
people are convinced that there is some
thing radically wrong in our present
financial system; they have themselves
studied the question with an earnest
ness that has probably never been
equaled in any previous political cam
paign in history they believe that the
decentralization of silver in 1873 was
stealthy and iniquitous deal; they have
found that ever since that legislation the
gold dollar has been appreciating, and
the great staples OF the country, wheat,
corn and beef, have deprecated in pro-
portion and in sympathy with the value
of a silver dollar; a great cry for the
abolition of iniquitous advantage to the
plutocratic powers who have benefited
by the appreciation of gold to the loss
and suffering of the wealth producers
has gone up throughout the land. Hence
it is that party obligations, differences
and creeds have been thrown aside that
this grave question may be finally set
tied.
The plan of fusion, carefully elabo-
rated by q state committee, has been so
far carried out with greater success and
smoothness than the most sanguine had
anticipated. The willing self-sacrifice
of candidates of both parties at the die
tation of the committee sounded the key
note of the campaign, and the noble
example was admirably followed by the
conventions yesterday. There was from
both camps an unmistakable disposi-
ton to meet each other half way, and
the result was complete harmony, the
best warranty for ultimate victory.
1t was a contrast indeed from the
Republican county convention held last
week, when the opposing factions were
so bitter and the fight so ruthless that
it was difficult to believe it was con-
vention of one party. The victory that
the editor of the Times so vaingloriously
and vauntingly claimed for himself was
only won by his alliance with the most
INSCRIPTIONS and disreputable "polits-
clans" of the coast. Any such success,
or indeed any alliance with anybody at
all, Is so unusual for the maligner of
men that he may be excused his bonn
bastic boasting. The same creature had
the effrontery yesterday to read the
Democrats a lecture as to how they
should act. His ridiculous impudence
was only equaled by the absurd misln-
formation that characterized the buff
foon. The article in the Times spoke
of gentleman as a candidate for chair
man of the county committee who had
not the least intention of allowing his
name to go before the convention, and
before it assembled absolutely so de-
clared himself
This, however, is depression, and is
only pardonable in showing how absurd
such attacks were in the light of the
almost perfect unanimity that has so
far been conspicuous in the conventions
proceedings. The result of these two
conventions is already the assurance
of earnest and solid cooperation that
will record an unprecedented triumph
in this county for Bryan and free silver
Self-sacrifice, the truest evidence of
patriotism, has thus far characterized
the work of both the Democrats and the
Populists of this district, and the result
is the most satisfactory union, which is
the surest warranty for victory in No
vember.
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