The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-18

NEW YORK, July ia dispatch to
the Herald from Geneva, says:
Colonel Henry Watterson, who is So
journing with his family at Geneva,
was interviewed by correspondent of
the Herald, touching the Democratic
crisis in the United States. Colonel
Watterson has sought the seclusion of
reation and rest but for the purpose of
completing the life of Abraham Lincoln,
on which he has been engaged for
some time.
For more than year" said Colonel
Watterson, 81 have been out of active
politics, and on that account I have
declined to be drawn into the discus
sion of public matters and into express
ing myself to criticisms and RESPONSE
bilrties which could not be met. You
see I am not used to taking blows
without giving them in controversial
combat and l am loath to put myself at
a disadvantage in this regard. But the
condition of affairs at home is too
serious to justify the silence of any
man whose opinions may be desired.
What is it you particularly wish me to
speak of?'
First, the ticket nominated at Chi
cago."
Personally it is IN unexceptionable
ticket. Mr.. Bryan is a most worthy and
Well-educated young man, with a talent
for what passes for oratory. He is
FERvID, SINCERE, POOR AND
HONEST.
Mr. Sewall is a Democrat OF long
standing and credit He is a million
aire from Maine who, having nothing to
lose politically, thinks he can afford to
crafty caprice and amuse himself by
playing with Populism. 1t is a ticket
deal of enthusiasm, both real and arti-
ficial.''
and the PLATFORM
INDUSTRIOUS. 1t not only means ma
tional population and spolialtion, but
is an open door to revolution.
If the leaders of this move
ment could come into power
those Of them who have any sense of
accountability and conception of order
ly government, would be quickly set
aside by the wild elements behind. In
this way civil war; as foreshadowed by
the Chicago outbreaks last year, could
the strong hand of the federal power
was interposed, but if this were with
held the reign of the mob would be easy
enough"
What of the proposal to put another
Democratic ticket in the field?"
You will observe said Colonel Wat
terson, slowly weighing and measuring
what he said, that those who are so
QUICK TO URGE CONCENTRATION
of all sound money men upon McKin-
ley are either Republicans who natur-
ally seek to swell their party ranks by
such an unexpected accession or those
Democrats who from a sense of sheer
outrage and disgust, leap at conclu-
Sions, not caring to take two bites at
cherry
But there are considerations which
neither class takes into account. There
are from two to four millions of
Staunch Democrats who may not be so
easily transferred from one party to the
other, yet whose votes may be made
just as effectual in suppressing an
archy as the votes OF those Republicans
who directly support Mckinley Those
Democrats must have some abiding
place. They cannot find it under a flag
of which one-hah is for sound money
and the other half for protection. Mr..
Mckinley cannot compromise an issue
which he has made the corner stone of
his political belief. 1t is true that the
money issue, not the tariff issue, is in
the ascendant now, but there must
be logical consistency in all things, and
neither Mckinley nor his party can ig-
more tariff pledges without self-stultifi-
cation. Hence a new Democratic con-
vention with another Democratic ticket
and directed by 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 exigen-
cies Of these Democrats will be in the
highest degree unsafe. As between Mr..
Mckinley and Mr.. Bryan, in the final
outcome Mr.. Bryan would probably
get as many of these votes as Mr.. Nc
Kinley, while many would refuse to go
to the polls, but a sound Democratic
ticket would get them all. Thus after
the election the opposition may be or
ganized on sound basis and not rele-
gated to the wild horses of Populism
for three years more of ruinous agita-
ton with another life or death struggle
at the end of them.
''It is not certain that ticket head
ed by Carlisle or VIII they and placed
upon a real Democratic platform would
not get more votes than the ticket
headed by Mr.. Bryan Such a ticket
would not imperil the result but would
secure it. The complete disintegratio ton
of the Democratic party is am event to
be contemplated by thoughtful persons
only with forebodings of evil"