Evening star., 1896-10-28
BISHOP WHIPPLES POSITION
He Says Greater Peril Than in 1861 Con.
fronts the Country.
He Has Always Been n Democrat, but
Cannot support the Chi
caEO Platform.

Holland" the New York correspondent
OF the Philadelphia Press, has sent 10 that
paper an interview with Bishop Whpple of
the Protestant Episcopal Church on the
political campaign and the issues involved
Bishop Whpple was seen while bus,lv ON
gagged In preparation for his return to Min
hesota. but occupied as he was he Seemed
hot only willing but glad to give q LITTLE
while 20 the expression of his opinion unon
what Is involved in this canvass. He was
trained democrat in that uncompromisny
democratic school which was presided over
py so many distinguished democrats of
'ehtfai New York, in the days of Jackson
ana John Quincy Adams. He has ALWAYS
peen a democrat. deeming it in 81 and dur
ing the period of the civil war the Darf of
c tiuc follower of that party 10 support Mr.
Lincoln and the Union armies
But he spoke of the campaign as tboupb
there were neither democratic nor r.nuhii
can party 1t was of his country that he
spoke, ana OF peril which as it seemed to
MN even greater than that which m.naced
the country in 1861. Il said a few davs 400
10 friend of mine in ST. Paul, a man Of
great influence in my state that had de-
ternlhed that my vote should MOI he
wasted. l was going to vote for NV conn
try and my flag and all it represents and
Tor that reason l should vote for the r.
fuhNcaE presidential electors They alone
can GeIeat these awful forces that are ar
rityed against the countrys honor and lif.
For that reason they shall receive nv, f,,n
support without reservation and wi,bo1,t
regret.
Ihe Government in Peril,
y" hen reflect on what Has really made
IL possible for this demonstration under the
had or Bryan to be made | realize fully
"hat the awful import CT those forces is
IL does not mean law and order it means
'he opposite. 1t does not mean national
hohor and faith: it means the reverse II
means the desperate peril of all that would
put republican democracy.in danger. and
VI M tne very AGENCIES which have destroyed
all republics in the past
1t Is d greater peril than. confronted nc
III lool. AT the worst that would have re-
suited only III a division of the Union w.
shou!u nave had two republics instead of
one, put each of them would have he.n
iaw-abiding republics each of them GOV
erned IN the main by the same Drincinies
mat governed the United States prior tn
ol: Inc same principles Of the republican
government l mean. But this proposition
Means government without reasonable Law
means the beginning and rapid growth Of
every detestable thing means the absojute
tbs ins'-it, OF our Fabric of government as
the inevitable result of such a thing"
Here Bishop Whipple paused for q mo-
meht as though he desired 10 measure
"hat he proposed to say next with careful
not with heat: but with quiet calm in
tehS!ty. tnat was tar more impressive Than
more vehement manner would have been
IL was impossible not to compare him ana
ms utterances with another bishop having
authority In the same diocese over which
blshop Whipple stands as the representa-
tive OF his schurch-Archbishop Ireland.
me archbishop has spoken in private
win intensity of earnestness his words
coming hot with their denunciation of ali
that Bryanism represents and his mannar
almost fierce and vehement at times Ye,
MS remarks. like his published letter were
eitlrely sympathetic and consistent with
an that Bishop Whpple said These two
distinguished prelates look upon the crisis
as perha ps the chief which the American
1epubilc has been compelled 10 meet.
A Shameful CamDairn.
There Is another thing about which 7
would like to say word.'' said the bishop
1 nave been thinking of the amazing and
shameful characteristics of this campaign
ana my recollection has brought to mind
other presidential cal vases How marked
and abyssmal is the difference. Here is a
new departure as they call it, a vast move
inent SAID to be for the benefit of the down.
trodden suffering people.
And how is it inauglrated? Ry a sbou
Of rabbits feet, by spirit seances, like the
horrible pretense of communication from
Lincoln advising the citizens to support
above all by blasphemous comparisons and
by blasphemous imagery.
Think of campaign made ostensibly in
the name of the poor and humble and weak
characterized by shocking blasphemy. and
these things have taken the place of the
sober statcsmanlike counsel which that
long list of able and honorable men who
loved their country, and who served their
party as its leaders, gave to their party
from the beginning of the nation till this
time. 1t is appalling. 1t is humliating for
an American OF whatever party to contem-
plate.
Bishop Whipple was asked if he had any
personal Information respecting some of the
states of the west that justified him in his
confidence in victory for the forces repre-
senting public and private morality and
honor. He replied that he had no spe .a
information excepting as to Minnesota his
own state.
Minnesota, am sure, will be found upon
the side of good order and those things
which make for the preservation of the ma :
ton. l have no doubt of that There was
time when something of the greenback
sentiment touched some parts of Minnesota
hut even then the statelewas true to the
cause of financial honor"
Bishop Whipple said, in conclusion: Il am
glad TO say as much as this, and l want to
say just one thing more. l hape and believe
that the victory of next Tuesday will be so
overwhelming that these forces will be scat
tered, so that they may be wholly DESTROYED
and with this single example of the in
tegflty and moral strength AOf the nation
there may be such a precedent as will make
1t Impossible for such an attempt to be
made again. 81