New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-13
THE AN7I-M'KINLEY Wall.

pretty well aSSureG-WlU plunge Tie country
into free silver coinage consequent financial
panic, commercial disturbance. business distress
and general upset. They are all narrowed
up by the prospect. and are saying. with more
unanmity and concert Of action than they have
displayed since they We're all working together
for the election of Grover Cleveland. "Boohoo.
Boohoo..'' These manifestations of distress are
sweled and heightened by the lamentations of
a considerable number Of single minded patriots
in "the Street" who, being short of stocks.
"vicw with alarm" the financial outlook. and
find no alienation for their fears except in
plunging into the business Of covering their
shorts at the particular point of time when
everything seems to be going 10 the bow-wows.
Then there Is Mr.. Thomas {. Plat, who sounded
the alarm on this subject on Monday morning;
he, too, is greatly exercised In mind over the
dismal prospect for everything in the event Of
McKinley's election; but he keeps n stiff upper
lip. and offers encouragement to the dcsplirins
by his confident and constant declaration that
McKinley's nomination even-to say nothing Of
his elcction-is impossible
Our Democratic contemporary, The SUM-" has
already begun a rattling campaign against Me
Kinley. somewhat after the manner in which it
~
peatlng on it's editorial page the phrase credited
to Mckinley, Il want the double standard"
very much as it boosted Cleveland four years
ago with NO negro domination The sun
may not be bit more sincere now than ii was
then. but is catchworls and stock phrases are
always more or less awusing and sometimes
effective. Ii did not elect General Butler, the
Grcenback candidate in 1884 10 be sure but II
did elect Cleveland in 1892. and its diSappoint-
ment was much less in the former than In the
latter case. From the point of view of an i'm
partial observer we should say that it, present
sound-money hostility to Mckinley Is hess likely
to defeat that gentleman's nomination than It's
unsound money advocacy of General Butler was
TO secure the latters election. Still, IL il max
ing an apparently earnest cndcavor. And IL OBJ
viousy has the active cooperation Of Mr.. Phtt
who as il informed its readers a few days ago
has recently received check for $1,000 10 be
use1 in preventing McKinlcy's nomination. The
intimate relations between Mr. Plat and our
contemporary are shown by The fact that IN
editorial in The Sun" Of May u. giving MIR
Plat, high praise for the stcadflstncss Of his
support OF Governor Morton. was received al
Albany in the form of printed circular issued
by Mr. Platt's bureau on the morning of the
same day. This also illustrates Mr.. plat,s great
activity
Two other OF our morning contemporaries
are doing yeomens service in the cause
Each OF them has sent to Mr. Mckinley
at his home in Ohio correspondents OF rccos
nlzed position and standing and the most
delicate breeding with instructions 10 photo
graph him and all the members Of his fam
fly wherever cnuOhf. also hi, front AND la
yard and the weeks washing on the line They
were also to present 10 him a series of ques
TONS to which answers were demanded in the
name Of the American People. This was 10 be
done, as we understand, at first mildly. but sub
sequently with the percmptorncss which Is
sometimes deemed necessary by metropolitan
newspapers OF enormous circulation and meal
culable influence on the opinions Of mankind
In Difference TO local public sentiment the CORE
spondents RETAINED from enforcing their de-
mands for explicit and categorical answers to
their catechisms AT the point of Il gun Nothing
could be more considerate than this. And yet.
Notwithstanding the tremendous influence these
journals exercise upon the hearts and minds of
the American People by their graphic portrait
ure Of fascinating criminals and descriptions Of
interesting crimes, Mr., Mckinley, with monu-
mental calmness, returned their catechisms with
the unsatisfactory answer that he had nothing
to say" This as everybody can see, was in con-
tempt of the American People But he will
suffer for it eventually. for both these news
papers are printing and rcprintlng his answer
and holding him up to public scorn on ac-
count of 1t.
Then here Is the cverlastlngly amiable optim.
istic and sweet-tempered Evening Post" That
journal Is in the depths Of dependency because
Mckinley bids fair 10 be nominated by no
account persons, vast maiority" Of whom
find II hard work to make living" "A swarm
"of them are ignorant negroes from the South.
"A very large number are simple minded farm
"ers. Very few' If any, have any knowledge
whatever about business or currency. Prob
ABLY not more than dozen two could get
$500 note discounted at bank. Such they
"are, they are largely Influenced by the bowls
land applause Of large audience more igno-
rant or less known than themselves, in the
galleries. who have no responsibility what
ever Then, too there Is THE effect on for
eian nations" which Twill be serious" Foreign
investors will just go wild over McKnley's
nomination. 1t will be to them proof positive
that we mean to go down into the pit. and
reach nationality and sound finance through
"a panic" Moreover. "it is difficult TO estimate
"the blow which his nomination will give the
general faith in popular government" All OF
which Is 50 extremely dreadful that every right
minded citizen must sllver at the recital
Still, let us try to be calm. All these news
papers have had the same sort OF paroxysms
either quadrennially or annually for a long
period Of time over the possibilities of Repub-
lican ascendancy. And even Mr. Plat has ut
times experienced great solicltude lest the coun-
try should go wrong through not taking his
advice. These retchings come earlier this year
BECAUSE OF the fact that the event of the cleo
tioItSis decided by the Republican nomination
That is what makes these newspapers seem so
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