The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-20
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
STRONG.

Nearly 100000 people from Ohio and adj
joining States formally opened the cam
paign-a campaign for protection and
honest money and, consequently, for pros
perity-at Canton on Friday last. No
such gathering was ever before seen at
an interior town in this country. 1t was a
political but not a partisan demonstra-
ton, for there were delegations of Demo-
Gratis as well as delegations of Republi-
cans. The purpose of all was the same,
however, and all were of one voice in pro-
claiming that the time had come when
the honor and integrity of the Nation
needed to be protected against the appli-
cation of theories of government which
contradict and antagonize the experience
of nations and commerce and peoples the
civilized world over.
1t cannot be said that it was merely
iunketing parties meeting at a common
center for amusement, for 100, 900 men
| would not quit their business and go
| iunketing in times like these; besides, il
| they did, they would not rendezvous at a
place so small that it could not entertain %
per cent OF them, nor would they stand in
the hot sun to listen to political speeches.
The fact is, the whole country is being
awakened to the danger to State COM
merce and social lie that turks in the
folds of Organism. 1t is not so much,
either, that there is any real fear that Bry-
anism will prevail as it is Indignation on
the part of the wealth-makers of the coun-
try at the presumption of the Bryans,
Altgelds ana Tillmans In trying to revoiu-
tionize commerce and society. Neverthe-
less the sentiment in every avenue of the
country's business life is that an ounce of
prevention is worth pound of cure, and
the pilgrimages to Canton mean that the
ounce of prevention is being got ready.
In any event, Bryan's theories of gov
eminent would make business men and
wage-earners apprehensive of danger; but
Bryan himself intensihes the dread OF
having them maze the policy of the Gov
eminent by saying that Eve would no
doubt have a panic at first after the adop-
ton of free coinage" Commerce nor
those who work for living are quite
ready to plunge the business affairs of the
country into panic merely to try an i'll
advised monetary experiment, the more
/ so because the experience of trade, in
dustry and labor pronounce Mr.. Bryan s
theories wrong in principle. There is in
those pilgrimages to Canton, therefore, a
reflection of public sentiment-a senI-
ment, indeed, that permeates the entire
commercial and industrial community.
In this connection the fact should be
made known that it is not in Bryan's
monetary vagares where all the danger
lies. The law-abiding citizen fears that
Bryan's purpose to practically overthrow
the Federal courts means a Government
without any well-defined method of adj
ministering Law. His advocacy of the re-
peal of the civil service law and return
to the spoils of Office system is alarming
not few, and his determination to sub
iect every one to an income tax, with the
accompanying spy system, makes people
shudder. So, it will be seen, there are very
many reasons why there should be political
but non-partisan gatherings at Canton