San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-16
THE SUN DO MOVE.

Maine has Joined her voice to that
of Vermont, declaring that this year
there must be no compromise that
will weaken the credit of the nation
or lower the standard of national
honor. At this present there is not a
single untoward feature in the entire
field of Republican activity. Not one
doubtful position tnat is not becom-
ing less so, not one reasonably certain
position that is not becoming abso-
lutely certain, and in many sections
where no hope of making any inroads
on the free silver forces was enter
tanned light is unexpectedly appear
ing. If any credit is to attach to the
reports of those who are at work in
the various sections of the great army
of sound money effort and Observa-
ton, then there is not one discourag-
ing voice to be heard from the Allan
tic to the Pacific, or from the gulf
to the great lakes. Not that every
thing is going for the Mckinley and
Hobart ticket, not by any menas, but
that every field is showing encourag-
ing fruits of service done and golden
harvests to be won when the Novem-
Der reapers thrust in their sickles. 1t
was conceded at the opening of the
campaign that certain states We're
morally certain to cast their ballots
for Mckinley, others reasonably
sure, others extremely doubtful and
still others certain to cast their cleo
toral ballots the other way. What
has occurred since the Chicago nomi-
nation shows that there are more
states certain to cast their electoral
ballots for Mckinley and Hobart
than were then counted upon, that
several states then considered doubt
full are now safely in the Mckinley
column, and that several states at
that time reckoned safe for Bryan
have become doubtful. This is what
the canvass has developed during
these first few weeks of the cam
paign, and as the movements thus
begun are growing in force and ac-
CELEBRATED motion the promise is for a
greater victory in November than
the most sanguine of the Republican
leaders deemed probable. On the
other hand, a careful review of the
forces of the enemy shows tenden-
cy to disintegration and a species of
distrust as to methods and proceed
ures that augurs poorly for success.
Not only so, but there is direct dis
sent from the policy that has thrust
out Bryan to swing around the circle
delivering addresses that are only su-
perb declarations, not rising since
the imprisoned speech that nominal
ed him into the dignity of oratory.
Then the open detection of so large a
body of the ablest and. oldest leaders
of the National Democracy must de-
moralize more or less all the efforts
of the Chicago wing to push their can
didate upon any Democratic record.
The result is that the appeal TO the
name and consistency and
party fealty, that has always been
such a potent factor in Democratic
is not possible and this ell
ement of strength is denied the Jones
committee. Not this alone, but the
detection from the National DemOc-
racy is openly organized in opposi-
ton to the Chicago nominees and
platform, is openly in sympathy with
the Republican platform and express
ly DESTROYS of the nominee of that
platform securing the majority of the
votes in the electoral college. The
states already holding elections have
served as object lessons showing how
these things affect the parties in con-
test, and there is not one straw, show
ing which way the current of opinion
is drifting. that does not demonstrate
that the current is setting strongly
toward the Ohio man and sound mon
ey.
David 3. Hill missed the golden OPP
portunity of his life in not following