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The democrat;c party 81 having hard
time OF IL trying 10 conjurc up prcsi~
DENTAL candidate. II has tried quite =
good many names. each In It's turn fall
Ing hat- The olney boom In Boston. the
Carlisle boom in New York. the
Whitney boom In Mississippi. the Nor
ton boom I'm Illinois. are toy balloons
with . pin hole. Our Adlars name
strikes no responsive chord in the popu-
lar heart.
Mr.. Campbell. OF Ohio. has hit upon
IN expedient for sending his balloon
mp In air before the bad boy with a pin
can get In his mischievous work. He
would evade inquiry into his financial
VIEWS by declaring that he has not any.
He has his personal preference Indi-
vidually speaking, he In not for the
single gold standard, nor for free sill
YER. but. presumably. for bimetallism.
He would, however. vote for either II
the democratic convention declare for
II.
sovereignty doctrine of Mr.. Douglas.
He declared 40 years ago that he did
not care about slavery. ut least he Ind
no convictions that stood In the way of
its extension or restriction. He did
not care whether the people voted
slavery up or down. That position WINS
Endorsed by q good many democrats,
but in the end 10 led TO the disruption
OF the party. The people did care.
Some were for slavery and some against
II. 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. A few politicians like
Campbell would, but the number of
such would be too magnificent TO
count
Mr.. Campbel's excuse for being will
ing TO stultify himself for either cx-
treme In that the very life of the demo-
cratic party Is at stake. United action
at this election In necessary TO party
existence. II there IL a SPLIT this year
it will be good-by forever to the party.
Why SO? A 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 sharp
difference of opinion as to greenbacls.
The Hendricks wing OF the party want
ed imitation, the Tildcn 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 1880 the greenback issue was
wholly eliminated from politics. The
reasonable expectation is that history
will repeat itself. In . general way, and
that before 1900 there will be 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 out. and cannot stand much moro
strnin. The financial disagreement In
simply n symptom of the general decay.
A few politicians Of the Campbell stripe
cannot save It by offering 10 turn their
coats inside out.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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