The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-24

sron, His Retreat IN Switzerland. Discusses
the situation ns Regards the Democratic
Party The Ticket tnsxcept ionaSie
Personally. Hut the Platform INDUSTRIOUS
-Adsoeatcs Another Platform and
Another Ticket.
NEW YORK, July is.-A special cable
dispatch To the Herald frcm Geneva,
switzerland. says:
Col. Henry Natterson, who is So
journing with his family at Geneva,
was interviewed Thursday in regard
to the democratic crisis in the United
states
For moro than "A year" said Mr.
Watterson, II have been out of active
politics. and on that account have
declined To be drawn into the discus
sion of public matters and into expos
ing myself To criticisms and response
bilities which could not Toe met. But
the condition OF affairs at home is too
serious to Justify the silence of any
man whose opinions may be desired.
What Is 1t you particularly wish me to
speak OFF,
The ticket nominated at Chicago.
Personally it is an unc xccptlonable
ticket MIR. Bryan is most worthy
and well educated young man, with a
talent for what passes as oratory. Mr..
Sewall is a democrat of long standing
and credit. 1t is ticket that may be
made to arouse good deal Of enthusi-
asm, both real and artificial
And the platform.
"Monstrous. 1t not only means ma.
tlonal reputation and spoliation, but
is an open door to revolution. If the
leaders of this movement, could como
into power those Of them who have any
sense OF accountability. any conception
Of orderly government. would bc quick
ly set aside by the wild elements be-
hind. In this way civil war as fore
Swallowed 10y the Chicago outbreaks
last year could be precipitated upon
the country. when the strong hand
OF the federal power was interposed,
but if this were withheld the reign Of
the mob would be easy enough"
What of the proposal to put an
other democratic ticket in the field?'
You will observe" said Col. Wat
terson slowly. weighing and measur-
Ing what he said, that those who are
So quick to urge concentration of all
sound-money men upon Mckinley are
either repu blicans or those democrats
who, from sense of sheer outrage and
disgust. leap at conclusions, nos caring
to take two bites at cherry. But
there are conditions which neither
class takes into account. There are
from two to four millions OF stanch
a A.. H.
transferred from one party To
the other, yet whose votes can be
made just as effectual in suppressing
anarchy as the votes of those repu h.
Leans who directly support Mckinley.
These democrats must have some
abiding place. They can not find il
under the flag of which onehalf is for
sound money and the other half for
protection. Hence a new democratic
convention with another democratic
ticket and directed bv wise counsels,
is the sole hope of the democratic
future and would be the one refuge
for those democrats who have nowhere
else TO go
Failure to respect the convictions
and exigencies of these democrats will
be in the highest degree unsafe"
1t is not certain that ticket
headed by Messrs- Carlisle. Whitney
or Russell and placed upon "A real
democratic platform would not get
more votes than the ticket headed by
Mr.. Bryan. The complete disintegra-
tion of the democratic party is an
event to be contemplated by thought
full persons only with forebodings Of
evil.