The evening times., 1896-08-15
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outpouf Of the people sttcndant upon .
campaign which 0othamttes thought bed
few supporters IN their city,
"siuce you have been In Ohio recently,
Mr.. Borg, you have been enabled to form
some idea ef the sltuation tlere. y
.Tiiere - no mistakinx the fact that the
silver sentiment IL q tidal wave OF ir-s
rcsistibie force. The people out our way
mauifestiy believe Il TO be the remedy for the
iils OF the moment. md they are going 10
make q desperate effort to lsave II arptied.
wns told fe v da Us ago TINT in one week
following the 81. Lonis convention. zoo
Republican farmers went to their county
organ and ordered their rapcr stopped,
saying that they were tired or gold edi-
torials. This incident was TO me the most
suggestive thing I have heard. II leaves no
doubt az to the sentiment OF the farmer"
"Wili the sound money men In your pars
OF the State support the tickct7''
"UDquestionabiy. The Third district win
be In the Democratic column tins fan by
good-sized majority. There will be NO
l uCs sCSbhsn itA VuI parry.
Won't there be an effort made to
| nou'inaie you again?''
NO. Ny friends understand that my
deciination Is positive. earnest, aud sin
cere. and dou't believe that my wishes
will be disregarded."
IN your judgment. win the third ticket.
iniure Mr.. Bryan!''
1T may and 1t may not; but most
certainly deprecate the spirit which
prompted the Indianapolis meeting. TIE
most unfortunate thing Tor any party is
a rump convention. and you cannot, with
propriety, class the indianapolis convoca-
ton as anything else. Our party cannot
! hope to achieve success unless the orgau-
ization Is maintained. aud this cannot he
done il some of the party leaders 40 not
accept the action OF the majority. It Is
all right for us to nave our disagrecments
before the convention. but with Its work
over there should he unaoinity Ut action
CoNTENpNG FOR PRINCIPLES.
"The Chicago convention was called by
the national committee It was conduct
ed in proper and formal way. 1t was
manifest that the predotninating sentiment
in the party was Tor silver, and the gold
people were beaten lust as the white metal
peoplehavebeen before Thelatter, though,
have always been for the ticket, and it win
be most becoming In the sound money men
emulating their example. In my district
hear none OF the gold men commencing
the third party project.
I'VE have had in times past minoritics
contenfing for principles just as dear to
their advocates as are gold and silver to
their champions today. There have been
in our national conventions men OF great
ability urging the adoption OF free trade
plank outright. but when a tariff for rev.
enue principle was enunciatesi they accept
ed the result as loyal Democrats. Then
there have been single-taxers, who, be-
lieve, are the most ardent believers in their
scheme. They have desired some COM
mandatory reference to 1t in our platform,
but they were never successful However.
they supported our ticket. Now we have
the spectacle of many people, who a,me
years ago were chasing free traders and
singie-taxers as extremists, bOlting the
ticket.
II believe that tue free.silyer plank Is the
only part OF the Chicago platform to which
the gold men take exceptions. This Ia not
new issue. 1t has been the subject OF
Democratic debate ever since the metal was
| demonetized. In fact, the first time that
we controlled the House after 1873, the
Forty fourth Congress, 40 Democrats
voted Tor free silver, and In every Congress
following there was big free silver vote.
'Our national platforms In sS4 and 1888
contained very friendly references to the
white metal, and that OF 1892 was drawn
upon true bimetaIlic lines. In tact, the
platform of 1884 declared for the gold and
silver coinage OF the Constitution. In other
words, our platforms for the past ten years
have declared for the use of both metals as
redemption money, with view to aninter-
national agreement. The Chicago plat
form this year contains the same -deciara-
tlon, but it goes one step further and de-
mands that we have bimetailism without
waiting for other nations This is
the only material point OF difference be-
tween this years platform and that upon
which President Cleveland was elected In
S92, and it istoo slight, inmy judgment. to
drive any good Democrat out OF his party"
Mr.. RUssELL.s ENTHUSIASM.
Sergeant alarms of the House Russell.
OF Missouri, Is in Washington to confer
with the Republican managers and see
that Missouri obtains its quota of campaign
literature. Mr.. Russell Is enthusiastic over
the prospects of Republican success in that
State.
I'VE have nominated an excellent Statc
ticket" be saids "and all factions of the
party are thoroughly united In this cam
paign. Lon v Stephens, the Democratic
nominee, is man whom the PopuIists
would not support, andI confidently expect
large number of votes from thissource win
be given to the Republican candidate. Mr..
Lewis. AT any rate, the Democratic nOmi-
nee willnot getany ofthem andina straight
| fight believe the Republicans are now
stronger In Wisconsin than the Democrats.
AS an indication OF. the gains which Republi-
caus are making, can give OH an instance
| in my own County. At our recent Re
| publican primary we cast ,212 votes.
which was more votes than TIE Democrats
cast atthe last general eiectiuE nthe county.
There were great many Republicans, too
| who did not vote. This shows u very large
Republican gaia. In Benton township more
| votes were cast at the last Republican
primary than were cast at the last general
election. Immigrato0ha has added immensely
| to the Republican strength, and the gafn
through the detection of the disgusted
| Democrats Is much larger than Democratic
leaders are willing to admit
ssWil Mckinley carry Missouri?''
81 feel confident he will, but as the Popu-
| lists will likely fuse with Democrats on the
na ationaI ticket, the Republican State
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