The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-07-29
Gratis will seek another mount and ride
i'll another direction.


horse in nominating a candidate for
vice-president first The nominee for
this office, Tom Watson, editor of the
Peoples Party paper, Atlanta, Ga, had
previously published this personal in
his paper:
The fact that my name has been men,
toned in that connection makes it proper
for me to say that under no circumstances
will accept the nomination for either place
upon the national ticket Of our party"
When Watson had been nominated,
Bryan telegraphed Chairman Jones Of
the democratic national committee, who
was steering the populist convention in
the interest of the Chicago nomina-
tons, that he would not accept the pop
uistic nomination unless his running
mate, Sewall, should be nominated also.
Tailless and headless, the populist is a
jewel of consistency and in its late
colossal exhibition of its characteristics
will preserve the eternal fitness of
things.
AT the recent meeting of the New
York State Bankers Association the
president, James G. Cannon, expressed
the belief that the bankers of the coun-
try are in some degree responsible for
the growth of the free silver sentiment.
Mr.. Cannon is undoubtedly right in his
opinion that the banks have contributed
to bring about the present disaffection
of the borrowing class. He said:
Too frequently, when the tradesman or
farmer goes to his banker to secure loan
he is met with a refusal on the ground that
there is a scarcity of money, or he is in
formed that because of the scarcity of
money, he must pay high rate of interest
This is poor policy to pursue, especially if
money is not scarce. The banker should
rather carefully study the conditions that
surround his customers, and when refus-
ing advances, should frankly and honestly
give his reasons for so doing. The banker
should be looked upon by his clients in the
same light as good family physician is
held by his patients Careless and unad
vised remarks by bankers, seized upon and
distorted by reckless agitators, have in
clined many farmer and producer who
would otherwise have retained sound views
on the money question to follow the Elusive
free silver will-o' the-wisp."
In 1872, when the national demo-
cratic convention nominated Horace
Greeley for the presidency, the straight
outs called convention at Louisville,
KY, and nominated third ticket.
Less than 10000 votes were cast in the
whole country for that ticket. Most of
the democrats, disguised with the &C.
ton of the convention, either went a
fishing on election day or voted for
General Grant, the republican candi-
date, who was elected by an over
whelming majority. If the leaders of
the sound-money democrats put up a
ticket, the voters of that class are more
likely to refrain from voting, or to act
the part of real wisdom by voting for
Mckinley. Every vote cast for its
nominee would be indirectly vote for
Bryan, for reputation of debts, for
commercial disaster and national dis
honor. Every democratic vote for Nc
Kinley is two votes for the direct OPP
posite of these things. Either William
Mckinley or William j. Bryan will be
the next occupant of the presidential
office. That is the one salient fact
which every American voter should
have in mind when he considers the
matter of using or throwing away his
vote.
Mr.. WHITNEY's latest manifesto is
less creditable than his previous pub
locations, both to his intelligence and
fairness. He misrepresents the atti-
tude and the feelings of the great body
of the republicans toward the demo-
Gratis who refuse to bow the knee to the
Chicago Baal. No taunts have been
uttered, no language used by candidate
or people, that should give offense to
any democrat of sturdy good sense.
Republicans cannot abjure now the
cardinal principle of their faith, pro-
lection, out of regard for the feelings
of representative democrats, no more
than republicans in the early sixties
could forget their opposition to slavery
in order to make it easier for demo-
Gratis to engage in the effort to save the
Union. Slavery was the cause of the
rebellion; defective and insufficient
tariff is the chief if not the sole cause
of existing business disturbance. If
Bryan is beaten and the tariff is not
mended the business of the country
will remain practically where it is now.
When Bryan is beaten tariff legislation
must follow. That is inevitable. The
existing law is tariff for deficit, for
the destruction of American industry