The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-08-08
RAMPANT DEMOCRACY.


and Michigan when the Democrats were
on a free islyer or cheap money platform
they have been overwhelmingly beaten.
What evidence have we that there Is TO
be change in '96i-Montgomery tAla.)
Advertiser.
When n great party has reached that
stage Of moral depravity that such Great
ures as Tillman, Altgeld a. Go. are per-
mitted TO speak 10 II, much less take an
important part In moulding its politics,
its course is, indeed, about run.-Wa-
bash Und) Times.
Americans will never give this crowd
control of the country until they shall
have fallen TO the level of the old world
communists. That will not happen this
year. at least. The people must be de-
graded in their own esteem before they
will vote for war of class against
class.-Memphis Scimitar.
The financial plank In the platform
adopted By the Democratic national con-
vention nj Chicago rs distinctly a declara-
ton for such Reputation of existing
debts, public and private, as can be
secured by the enforcement upon the
country as legal tender money of a de-
based silver coinage conformed 60 de-
graded standard of money.-New Or
leans Picayune.
Scratch a silver man and you come 10
Populist. In the heart of each burns
the desire 10 get as much as possible and
give as little. III either OF them hap
pen to be a debtor. this desire takes the
form Of Reputation. AS most of them
are debtors reputation Is the thing they
are for and In the Chicago platform
they go for IL straight.-New York
Times.
Ii is but proper to say In fairness and
justice 10 the grand old Democratic
party of Hamilton, Jefferson and Jack
TINT eannOf Innnrt from the
ways Of the fathers upon the financial
question. and. therefore. cannot, much
20 our regret, follow the Democratic
banner as IL trails into a foreign camp;
and must, as n matter OF self-respect,
refuse 10 support Mr.. Bryan upon the
financial platform upon which he has
been placed and STANDARDIZATION (O)
Times
Till the contest Is decided our voice
shall he raised and our influence given
for the election of Mr.. Mckinley 10 the
presidency The security Of the cur
rency is the paramount question OF the
hour. Ii eclipses issues. Believing that
this security can best be attained by
the success of the Republican party,
we promise IL our sincere and hearty
support for it's presidential ticket in the
impending campaign. We have never
believed that the Republican party made
the best selection possible TO IL. but II
is UlIncnlI 10 see now any
can deny that the selection Of the Rcpub-
lIcnn party was eminently more fitting
and appropriate There liz an absence
OF dignity in the Democratic selection
which Is seen both In the candidate
himself and in the circumstances that at
tended his nomination.-Boston Herald.
The true interests Of the people ask
for the election of Mr.. Mckinley, not
for himself but for the absolute ne
cessity Of the whole people Of the Unit
ed States and of the greater world or
which they are after all but part. In
any event let MS be reasonable. Don't
talk Of "sectionalism or OF anarchy
or Of revolution Remember always
that compared with the unity of country
the gold standard is not worth fighting
for: one country. one flag Springfield
Republican und.-Dem.)
No reasonable man can ask The Times
60 stultify and dishOnor itself and long
fined Democratic principles. While sup
porting 10 the best of our ability the
state nominations for executive offices
and legislative nominees, we feel assured
that all true Democrats will Justify us
I'm deciding that we cannot give the sup
port of the Times 90 the Chicago con
vention and It's politically diseased candi-
date. We shall do all we can 10 sustain
the good name and the organization of
the Democratic party, but we cannot sup
port principles nor candidates OF the
Bland. Teller and Altgcld stripe We
cannot consccntiously ask honest me1
20 vote for them.-IInrtford Times.
We repudiate the 10 TO ! plank ir
Bryans Chicago platform and will moi
support any candidate on such n plat
form. Ii is too Populistic and Nihiistic
--Machias (MeD Union.
Our worst fears have not only beer
realized but new and horrible doctrines
have been added to the Chicago platform
which cannot possibly bind n Dcmocra
who Is unwilling 10 abandon the funda
mental principles of his party.-Rich
mond (Va.) Times.
What Harry Bingham feared only as
bare possibility has come TO be n stcrl
reality. The 'madmen" Of whom IN
spoke have controlled the national con
vention and declared for free silver a
JIG 10 1. The Democrats of New Hamp
shire cannot 20 with them.-Manchestc
IN. ID Union.
Circumstances have made William Nc
knlcy the man around whom all mus
rally who desire TO defeat determined.
the candidate for the pscudo-Democracy
William j. Bryan, who stands for fla
money under the guise Of bimctallism
for notification Of lawfully Il
abilities; for communism and lawlcss
ness.
Mckinley and the party he repre-
SCENTS have until now induced Dcmocrnti
and indepndent voters 10 took for mean
by which they could avoid the nccessit
of supporting the Republican ticket Thi
has been shown 20 be hopeless. and ther
is no other way but 60 offer our supper
60 our old opponents York Staat
Zeitung, the leading Eastern Gcrma
Democratic daily.
We have no fcnr that the sound mono
Democracy will acquicsce In free silvc
platform, ticket of population. Of m
nrchy and the tramping out OF tn
rights Of the sound money delegates |
the convention. A bolt IL inevitable
Democratic ticket for which Democrat
can vote is becoming necessity.
will be supplied. The Anarchists. III
Populists, the Communists and the Nihi
lists who are controlling this convcntio
will never control this country: they wi
never control the Democratic party
RrooLlvn Enplc