New-York tribune., 1896-08-25
THE CONTPASTED MEN AND IDEAS.

That is most striking contrast which was
presented by the speeches Of the two Presidential
candidates last week Mr. Mckinley delivered
n speech which was one Of the most eloquent
and convincing he has yet made. but especially
striking for its depth Of feeling and intense ear
nesincss in urging the people 10 maintain thelr
own honor and TO defend their own prosperity
Mr. Bryan spoke also with unusual earnestness
and with strong desire 10 influence public Opn-
ion. and at once the candidate falls back ms II
by long habit or the instincts of the demagogue
into the attempt 10 set the poor against the rich
and the employed against the employers
Mr. Bryan presumably may not be aware that
a large majority of the intelligent and upright
citizens Of this country regard that sort of ap
peal as the basest and most dishonorable man
can make in public life 1t is in the plainest
words lifting up parrcidal hands to strike down
the prosperity and all the hopes for the future
Of ones faherland for it takes no intellectual
culture TO see that in such warfare between
classes as Mr. Bryan would nstigate, in such
dlsorganization of all labor, the welfare OF the
poor and the welfare OF the rich must both alike
be sacrificed
Anarchy. in the strictly philosophical sense, Is
the aim and the tendency Of the PopOcratc strug-
gle this year. Ii seeks TO break up the INDUSTRIAL
cooperation on which all business is based
throughout the continent. 1t tends to tear down
social order and to substitute a deadly strife OF
classes which must inovitcby bring incalculaDle
losses to both Mr.. Bryan's frosty speech OF
acceptance was so laboriously pared and prlned
that the underlying spirit of his party found but
little expression-the hoof and the horn OF the
beast wer, les conspicuous than in the chicago
or his other Western speeches. Yet the very
same spirit and purpose were there The IN
slant the man trusts himself TO talk little
without a carefully docored speech to read he
breaks out with the old temper. than which
nothing can be more hostile TO patriotism and to
civilization
1t is well that the two Presidential candidates
are 50 clearly teaching the people what manner
of men they are There is less danger OF mis-
take. The candidate Of Anarchists has started
across the continent with a defiant spirit of
bravado 10 faunt his ignorance in the presence
of greater knowledge. and his low hatred of sue
cess in the face of the wealthy and the able
70 his mind the East naturally presents Itself
as "the enemys country and that tells the
whole story Between sections. between classes,
between employers ard employed there IS, in
Bryan's view. only hostility. But Major Nc
Kiney remains at his home, meeting delega-
tons who come to pay their respects. day after
day. with brief and compact appeals TO the high
est and best elements of human nature. To the
veterans Of the Union Army he speaks of patriot
ism and the duty of maintaining the National
honor. To the wOrkingmen he treats Of the
splendid prosperity which can be attained only
by mutual helpfuness and Industrial coopera-
ton TO the capitalist and the laborer alike he
appeals against dehasement Of money which
would rob both Men will not watch such a
contrast as this for many days without reaching
conclusions peculiarly damaging TO Mr.. Bryan.