The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-02

that II cannot endorse. But while abuse
naturally comes from that source. MOTH
ing but rraise and commentator comes
from those who set principle above pot
tisanry and oxpcdiency.
The Petersburg I~ndex-Appeal thus well
comes tie Register into the sound-morey
ranks:
In n calm and w~ell-considered article
Yesterday the Danville Register, the lead
ing Uemocrtic paper In It's section. with
drew It's support from Bryan and Sewail
and declared for Palmer and Buckner.
II was constrained to this course because
(quoting It's language), "the Register Is
Democratic 10 the co-e. believing IN
PRINCIPLES of the Democratic party, as
enunciated by jefferson and carried out
by Jackson: that Is TO say. we believe
in untainted Democracy. We
have made an earnest effort TO persuade
ourselves that 1t was our duty TO sup
mort the Chicao platform and the Chi
caeo ticket, but every line we wrote tend
ing m that direction was against our
conscience and against our sense Of right.
49, We believe chat in the defeat OF
Mr.. Bryan. which now seems Inevitable.
the Democratic party will disintegrate
unless there be some organization 10
Take lH U1lAlaOAb cAA lAAA 49, 1IN
the ramparts. This duty devolves uDon
tho National Democratic party. under
the lead OF Palmer and Buckner. 1t
seems 10 US that in this party Hes the
perpetuity OF the Democratic party. and
when the wreck comes, as come it must.
this wing OF the party n gather from
the debris the material with which to re-
build and ~reorganize the party on the
same Jefersonian principles upon which
tho old party has so long stood. ard
which cannot die unless our form Of gov
rnmen be changed.
Nobly said n bravety one We cor
daily welcome to the ranks Of the advo-
Gates OF sound money and found I~smoc-
racv a champion so able and so consci-
ontious as IS our DanviIle contemporary.
The form Of government VIII not be
hanged. and the principles Of Jefferson
will not die. but the Democratic party
will be purged Of the virus OF Popullsm
forever and forever.
A TINE FOR DOCUMENT.
The Norfolk Landmark, one of the
ablost papers in the State, In an admira-
bic article on the situation, says.
Let Us reason earnestly and calmly,
and let Us refrain from heated discussion
0L EANfAlNNA1 anu AAbAA4tso sARJ'tN"a
Let us remember that each man has the
right 10 think and vote as he pleases, and
that no one has the right 70 impute in
sincerity 10 his neighbor unless he can
prove it. The people Of the United
States have now 10 make up their minds
with reference q a matter of facts and
figures. They have TO settle a national
problem similar, in 4 large way. 10 the
problems which confront . private busi-
ness man. Excitement on either SIDE
merely blurs the vision and narrows the
outlook. II there ever was a time when
the exercise OF cOOlness, moderation. aud
tolerance was Il public virtue and a
public necessity, that time finds its
counterpart IN the present.
The stanton News, in commenting on
the recent speech in that city OF Mr.. ".
Il. Mcnwaiue. says:
Tie simplicity OF Nj. McIlRaine when
De said we thought there was a free coin
age plank IN the Democratic platform
Of 1872 and that Grover Cleveland would
carry out that platform l. truly refresh
NJ. Where was the gentleman in 1892 that
he could not read that platform and SEE
for himself that that free-coinage plank
was not In f.? And where was he II he
lid not know, as all the world then knew,
that Grover Cleveland would carry out
no frce-coinage plank in any platform!
Mr. Ceveland's views OF silver were well
known early IN his first administratio
and any confession Of blindness in re-
gard thereto IS simply n confession OF
criminal negligence, If there is such q
thing in politics.
II the News viii consult the editorial
columns Of The Times of to-day. It VIII
see how clearly AID ~convincingly the es-
teemel Richmond Dispatch interprets that
plank In the platform OF 1902.