Evening journal., 1896-08-03


BoURKE COCHRAN.
tempt to paralyze industry hy using ell !
the powers of government to fake proper |
ty from the hands Of those who created 1t !
and place 1t in the hands of those who /
oovet It, This Is a question Of morals as
we'll as Of politics Nopolitioal convention
can issue valid license to commit Of
fenses against morality, and 1 decline to
follow Mr.. Bryan In a crusade against
honesty and the rights OF labor"
Do you mean that you will actively
oppose the Democratic party or abstain
from active support Of it.
'.ln contest for the existence Of civi-
lization no man can remain neutral. Who
ever does not support the forces Of order
aids the forces of disorder. II / can do
anything TO thwart movement the sue
cess of which 1 should regard as an ire
parable calamity not only to this country
but TO civilized society everywhere, shall
certainly do It.
"What do you think of Tammany's $ &C
tion in indorsing Vie tickets"
81 simply cannot understand IL. They
strongly opposed the platform at Chicago
on the ground that 1t was an assault on
the integrity of the nation They decline
10 ratify 1t even now which shows that
they have not changed their opinion Of it.
Yet they have indorssd the candidate who
stands upon it and whose election will
moan that the platform which they have
themselves denounced as a singular com
. bination of lunacy and villainy shall be
incorporated into the statute laws OF this
country.
wnl support Mckinley.
"Will you support Major Mckinley out.
right or do you favor the nomination Of
another Democratic tiokets"
81 believe that all Democrats who are so
thoroughly In favor of sound money that
they place the defeat Of Bryan above the
interests Of any organization or party
should meet in convention for the purpose
of considering the form and method by
which thoy can give the greatest efficiency
TO their opposition. For my part do not
believe that tho nomination Of other can
didates for president aud vice president.
however eminent and deserving they
might be personally or politically, would
serve any useful purpose. Nobody be-
lieves that they could be elected, and any
Democrat whose hostility to Populism and
Republicanism would not allow him to
support either Bryan or Mckinley could
show his opposition to both by remaining
at homo on election day quite as well as
by voting for a third ticket. 1t would be
rnore convenient to himself individually
and would not create a visible separation
between himself and his party organiza-
tion."
but how can men rupturing party
ties be sustained by some sense Of associa-
fion among themselves
THAT end could be attained by the
adoption Of platform declaring forsound
money against extravagant appropria-
tions, IN favor Of economical administra-
tion in every department OF government
in favor Of n tariff for revenue only and
ample for the purpose; against the pa
terImlism of the Republican party and
the Populistic socialism OF both the Chi
Cago ana St Louis conventions; in favor
OF that American liberty which can bC
maintained by so limiting the power ui
the government that It can never interferl
with the daily concerns OF law abiding cit
izens. The plank Of pressing Importance
ih such platform is, OF course, the cur
rency plank Now, the mere election o.
Mckinley will be the defeat Of the silver
movement"
To Indorso Republican Electors.
your obvious policy, then, would b
50 indorse the Mckinley electorsY
Precisely. The Democrats who viii
have achieved tho success OF their finan
cial plank by the election of Mckinley
will yet constitute an opposition to th'
Republican party the day after election
based on principles which are certain L
be ultimately adopted by the American
people. What is needed therefore Is not
new ticket, but a new platform, whicl
will declare in unmistakable Language
the cardinal features of the party faith
and which, while indorsing Mckinle,
electors, will provide for a really Dem
onratic opposition to the Mckinley admin
istration during the period of its exist
nnoe.
'What is your opinion of the ultimat
outiookg"
Everything depends on the manner II
which 10 is waged. To my mind there !
but one test of prosperity which can be az
piled to country, and that Is the rate @
wages paid to labor. There can be no pros
perity whore low wages are paid. Ther
can be no distress where the rate Of wage
Is high. ltcan easily be demonstrated tha
this whole free silver movement Is a cor
spiracy against wages, and II the can
paign is fought on this line have n
doubt that every northern state-that
TO say, every state in the Union in whic
it IS practicable to hold a free election
will be carried by the intelligence an
morality Of the American people againi
the monstrous propositions submitted I
them by the convention which nominate
Mr.. Bryan for the presidency"
The Gold Standard Democrats.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-The executive ni