The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-12
NOr MUcHi
The. Democratic Re-pon-e 20 Bryan's AFTER
Election Mnnifeato.
From The Nc,o Haven Erenino Register.

Election Mnnifesto.
FNom the Ncio Hapen Erenino Register.
And now that IL Is all over. and Bryan ana ms
! followers are threatening IN keep up the agitation,
these same silver shouters point mysteriously 70
the election OF 1900. No one need os alarmed ~
their threats. The evidence OF their overthrow 10
complete. Bryan and free silver are dead issues,
and we have heard ;ho last Of progress through
confusion.
from the BuGaio Courier.
It IL practically impossible to separate Me-. Bryan
from Altgeldlsm and Tillmauism. II Is recpliected
that throuhout the recent campalgn Mr.. Bryan over
and over again proclaimed hs adnerAnoe to every
declaration OF tho Chicago. platform. Repeatedly,
solemnly. ana without oquIvucation hc fervcntly
| pledged himself to be faithful to every provision
embodied In that platform. The sincerity OF his
pledges was not questioned.
He says that he stands to day where he stood
throughout the night, and no calls uoon his sup
porters to renew the contest at once. In this en-
terprise will he have the direct or Indirect onoour-
agemeit of thosv Democrats who voted for him,
but at tn. same time insisted that they lid not no.
ccpt the Altgeldism and tho Populism OF the plat
formi The reply to that question has au impUrt.
ant bearing upon the future politics OF the coun-
try.
In some respects the manifesto which Mr.. Bryan
has issued since his defeat to the free silver mon o.
the country is his most disappointing utterance.
From the Troy Daily Press.
Tho outgivings of Altgeld. Jones. Tfilman. aud
Blackburn STAGE election conclusively corroborate
the wisdom OF the country in burying Bryanism BY
moro than 4 million majority.
From the Courfer>JournaL
These silver Democrats. as they call Themselves,
who intend to stand by the Chicago platform ought
at once TO go into the Populist organization and stay
there until they experience q change Of heart.
Those who do not approve 10 ought TO como back
into the Democratic organization effected at Indian
apoiis. Now that the passions OF the contest are
subsiding, IL must be plain TO all men except Popu'
Iists that the indianapolis platform embodies tho
true principles OF Democracy. II they are Demo-
Gratis. it is time for them to get on that platform. II
they have not already done 80.
From the Rochester linton and Advertiser.
Tho linton or Thursday printed the pronuncia-
mento OF John p. Altgeld of Illinois over his sig
nature. Yesterday it gave that OF William
J. Bryan over his signature. And to-day
in the dispatches 1t presents that Of Benjs-
min II. Tflman-the same BENJAMIN r. Till
man who in a speech at Philadelphia declared
the Intentlon 20 take the Supreme Court of tho
United States by the throat and shake the life out
of IT," This trinity Of control in the Chicago Con.
vention proposes to continue the propaganda OF the
Chicago platform.
We ask Democrats to carefully peruse and
thoughtfully consider all three in the light OF 70.
cent events and say whether they desire to enlist
under the Altgeld Bryan. Tillman banner thus un-
furled TO the breeze for political operations in the
Lu'uEct VI "hobhNt eO shhV A"o ~
turn 10 the standard OF Jenersonian Dmocracy.
From, the San Antonio Daily Express.
Mr.. Bryan and other Fopocratic leaders may lower
themselves back into private life with assertions
that their cause is still alive, and that the tight will
be continued. but the free and unlimited co!rag" Of
silver received It's qutetus for all time on Tuesday
last.
From the Mobile Daay Reois,er.
Mr.. Bryan and Others are telling us how 70 save
the Democratic party and down the Republican, In
1900. One mans opinion is as good as another'si In
this regard. and we are entitled tn express ours,
which is TO this effect: Tho Democrats OF this coun-
try will have to learn. as truths. these things be-
fore they can ever again hope TO control the Gov.
ernment of this republic:
That bimetallism, or the concurrent use of sold
and silver coin at a parity. is a myth.
That there is no natural antagonism between
labor and capital.
That socialism is negation OF progress, and that
progress is tho keynote Of the republic.
That the Federal Government has the right to ex-
ecute its own court processes.
That the credit of the Cn!red States must be sus-
Prom tie hsmpns Commercial Appeal
The Democratic party is not yet really TO abandon
its own integrity and national Solidarity. 1t is in
NO such distress as would cause It TO abandon its
traditions and principles and follow . new nag.
and II II were looking for leadership. it is not at
all likely that so mercurial and unstable a party as
tho Populites would be chosen.
As to Senator Buffers contention that the agtta-
ton OF the silver question should continue Tor the
next four years. the only reply TO such 4 PROPOSE
ton is: Rats" with a prolonged and laundering
accent on the sonant fricative. Tho country has
had enough financial agitation. and what II needed
now is peace and an opportunity to work. Tho But
lers, TnImans. and other professional agitatnrs
must go into retirement.
From the Cleveland Pain Dealer.
Above all we say TO the Democrats, stand by th0
old marty and its old prfncIDles-