The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-02

HE S-bEss -AESEN.
Ever since tile nomination ofth2 can
didates at Chicago. and the adoption
of the platform upon which they stand.
we have peTsistently and to the best OF
u ability advocated their election, be-
cause, in the first place, we regarded
their selection as i'll accord aith the
voice Of the moiority Of the Democratic
party. expressed III the most regular
and uamistakable manner, and because
we believe, and still believe that they
represent the true cause OF the masses
of the people, and their election means
the Improvement of the depressed con-
dition under which we are now labor
ing. MesSrs. BRYAN and Sewali stand
for the cause OF the masses of the peO-
pie, the real laborerS. the true pro-
iucers Of the wealth OF our country.
This we honestly believe. and can only
see III their success any relief from the
conditions that now confront us. When
the convention at Chicago had COM
pIeted its work, and when the delegates
to that convention had done what their
constituents had directed they should
do. the hue and cry raised by the enc
mics Of the movement stated at Once
by characteriZ NJ it rs the silver craze
and charging that it was but the Off
spring Of anarchy and misrnle. Pre-
dictions were made that it was Of such
weak and illogical proportions that it
wnpi1 coon, .i,tl to t1,n f,,...n Of ,,.,,
and argument and would die almost at
its first breath. Both the charge OF
anarchistic tendencies and the predic-
ton of its death are utter and blank
failures, since its growth is marvellous.
and there is to-day an increasing popu-
lar uprising that Is always growing III
its favor. The cause that these candi-
dates represent Is the cause Of the pco-
pie, and the democratic party in adoIp-
ting the plank for the free and uulim-
tied coinage OF silver has made no new
departure from its time honored creed.
but has only emphasized, and openly
expressed in the convention OF lS96.
what was adopted in 1892 whel, Mr..
Cleveland was Il candidate. upon the
very same subject. In 1892 the con
vcntion declared Tor both gold and sill
VT as the money Of the country with
out any difference as to the value Of
each, but that they should he held at a
parity with one another. The conyen-
ton of 1896 went Il little further and
made the declaration in favor Of silver
that cannot be misunderstood. This
is all the difference in the platforms OF
the two conventions. yet there are those
i'll the land. both democrats and rcpub-
%licans. who charge the convention at
Chicago was dominated by the poIu-
lists and anarchists. and that there is
nothing democratic III the platform OF
the candidates. Indeed there is an
other democratic ticket in the field, so
called democratic. because the ~couycn-
ton that nominated that ticket was ir-
regular altogether, self constituted
entirely, and did not represent or carry
with 1t the authority OF the Old party.
That authority had spoken once. and
by and through the only channel that
can be recognized us legitimate an,
binding upon the party c,n-rirucr. /
The situation therefore f. q missed ono.
and party linc>alc very -rgrrrlF strain
cd. and to a certain irgrrr la.H u...ir
But regard the matter from aus pllff
Of view and We can sec nplhiur i.s' (
can prevent. or should do So. ANY d.H.
ocrat from supporting the ticket. !
we have said the ticket hH, been rr-s1.