The San Francisco call., 1896-09-10
THEY ARE NOT REPUBLICANS.


candidate Bryan says:
"The Silver party nomination represents
the votes of those Republicans who are not
ready to leave their own party permanently
or to cast their lot with the Democrats or
Populists. Most of them, it may we'll be be-
lieved, do not favor the common princi-
pies of either the Democracy or the Peo-
pies party; but they are willing to lay
aside their prejudices and work and vote
for the man who represents one principle
on which they agree with their lifelong
opponents"
According to our esteemed contempo-
rary, as between the maintenance of the
integrity and independence of the Fed
eral judiciary and the throwing open of
the mints to silver, the Silver party would
prefer the latter; that as between protect
ing American industries against the low
wage labor system of other countries and
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
it would take free coinage; that as be-
tween holding American labor in the
bonds of enforced idleness and the coinage
OF silver in an unlimited quantity, they
would accept silver coinage; that as be-
tween home market with continuous
demand at good prices for American farm
products and throwing open our mints to
the free coinage of the silver ore of pauper-
wage countries, they would ask for the
opening OF our mints; that as between a
sound and safe monetary system and the
unlimited coinage of the white metal they
would prefer the latter, and that as be-
tween prosperity in all the channels and
highways OF commerce, industry aud labor
and wide-open mints for the free and un-
limited coinage of silver, they would ask
for the latter.
If, as our contemporary says, the Silver
party is willing to sacrifice every principle
and tradition of Republicanism and over
throw the foundation upon which the
Nation stands for the sake of removing
the present restriction upon silver coinage,
then it did right in indorsing the candi-
dacy of the nominee of the Chicago Demo-
cratic and the st. Louis Populist conven-
tions, for Mr.. Bryan represents that idea
in all its fullness. But our contemporary
wrongs the Silver party when it says it
represents the votes of those Republicans
who are not ready to leave their own party
permanently to cast their lot with the
Democrats or Populists.'
No Republican is supporting, no Repub-
lican could support Bryan's candid acy,
and II there is a member of the Silver
party who is claiming to be Republican
while advocating the election of Bryan he
is an arraDt hypocrite. Republicanism is
as far removed from Organism as union
ism is removed from sectionalism. The
mission of the Republican party is to
create such conditions of existence for the
American people as shall conduce to the
highest aud best good for every man.
woman and child in all the land. 1t takes
in the whole range of possibilities and
works to enlarge opportunity for every
one to plant and cultivate q vine aud fig
tree for himself, and about him it seeks to
maintain law, order and sa1ety. The
zone principle" which our contemporary
says the Silver party is contending for is
not principle of government, it is prin-
clple OF trade and commerce, and to thrust
1t upon and make it the paramount func-
ton OF the Government would be to make
courts, law, Congress and the whole of the
machinery of the Nation subservient TO its
purpose. No, there are no Republicans in
the Silver party nor in the Democratic
party nor III the PopuIist party.