Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1896-10-07
Speak Out, Mr.. Mckinley.

Beneath the noise and smoke of the
campaign the quiet, steady progress Of
fusion recorded from time to time in a
paragraph hidden among columns of
political speeches has attracted little
attention. Yet it now presents a very
different aspect from that of a few
weeks ago. Then Republican hope
was high on account of Democratic
and Populist discussions. Now that
hope has dwindled to few faint and
fading glimmers from few States that
are normally Democratic by large ma
jorities.
Fusion has to reasonable certainty
added Alabama, Kansas, Nebraska,
North Carolina and fifty
two electoral votes-to the forty. six
electoral votes of Arkansas, Colorado,
Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, South
Carolina, Utah. Washington and Wyo-
ming that we're already assumed to be
reasonably safe for silver. 1t has pre-
sumabay given $4,000 Populist votes in
Illinois, 81, 900 in Indiana, 80, 900 in Iowa
90, 900 in Kentucky, 10000 in Missouri,
1000 in Virginia and $4,000 in Mime
sofa towards making good the losses
from the detection of sound-money
Democrats and towards swelling the
accessions of free silver Republicans.
| While it has not yet been consulnma-
ted IN Georgia and Texas, those States
are anything but certain for honest
money. In brief, fusion has made il
necessary that there shall be enormous
Democratic defections from the free
silver ticket if Mr.. Mckinley is to have
even respectable majority of the
electoral votes. For eUen If he gets eU
| fofo of ~ ho
north of the Ohio and the Potomac,
land, s0nd gets West ViTqinia also, he
sGrv majority.
This is the campaign at a glance
| the peril of free silver's SUCCESS, the
peril OF free siiver's bare defeat
| Suppose Mr.. Mckinley gets only
enough States to just elect him, and
those States all in one section of the
country, what will be the net result OF
the election The silver heresy will
have carried ten or a dozen more
| States than did Mr.. Harrison in 1892
It will continue its absolute control OF
the Senate. 1t will control the ma
chine of national political party. 1t
will be entrenched as never before. II
will organize Immediately for the Con-
g. essional election two years hence and
for the Presidency two years afte,
that.
| is not this common sense?
| Mr. Mckinley cannot accomplish this
work of sound public policy without
the aid of hundreds of thousands OF
hesitating voters in the States that are
or may be made doubtful. These vo
ters, whom Mr.. Bryan's free silver re.
pels and whom Nj. Mckinley does not
attract, are thinking of the insolent
aggressions of the law detying, law
perverting. corrupt trusts and monop,
olies. They wish to know what Mr..
Mckinley thinks and feels about that
subject. Mr.. Bryan has spoken. We
gladly give him credit for it. In his
seventy speeches Mr.. Mckinley has not
said a word to indicate that he even
knows of the existence of the trust
evil. To speak meaE to win the sup
port of this multitude of voters who
take his silence as a danger signal. He
must not remain silent. He must not
put in jeopardy the overthrow of free
silver.
Is not this common sense?
WhGt do yoW think about the Trusts?
Speak out, Mr.. Mckinley IN Y.
World.