The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-23

Rochester Post Express.
A Populist sitting a-straddle an I'M
| Democratic platform is the bcautful PIC
ture Bryan. the nominee. now presents TO
the world Huntsville (Ala.) Tribune.
There Is an unbridgeable chasm between
the Saratoga platform and the fopuhs-
tic production put forth at Chicago'-bui-
falo Courier.
The Democracy Of Wisconsin is gold
standard Democracy. IT is the business OF
each locality 20 see that that position Is
maint.sned. -Rhinelandes Herald.
The News holds that every free man
has an inalienable right 10 bolt, and
this right became patriotic duty In the
cases Of sound-money delegates In the
Chicago Convention. Galveston News.
The Journal has repudiated the plat
form Of the Chicago aggregation OF sore
heads. Tillmanites. Populists. and Re
publican boilers. We shall continue 10
repudiate and denounce it-I.ansins Jour
nal.
Already we hear the rurnblings OF dis
aster fast approaching us, and we fear
that the Chicago Convention has sown the
wind and that the people will reap the
whirwind. We shall stand by the plat
form Of the State Convention. Somerset
! Democrat.
1--WE have been long-suffering and have
hoped for the best. but the action Of
the Chicago Convention is not Democrat
&C. We are reluctantly compelled, In the
interest OF true Democracy and Of the
country, to use our influence with our
readers against the Chicago ticket and
urge them TO support Mckinley and Ho-
bart Butte (Neb) Gazette (Dem)
The Chicago Convention discarded DEM
ocratic principles and nominated a Ne
braska Popuist. Such folly absolves self
respecting Democrats sharing RESPONSE
bility. and leaves them free 10 act indie
pendenuy Of existing politically condi-
tons --Prairo du Chen Courier.
what Harry Bingham feared only AZ a
bare possibility has come 10 be stern
reality. Tho "madmen' Of whom he
spoke have controlled the National Con-
vention and declared for free silver AZ ls
10 ]. The Democrats OF New Hamp-
shire cannot &C With them .-nanchester
Union.
As the Eagle is Democratic and demands
a Democrat for q candidate nominated by
Democrats and on a Democratic platform
IL cannot conscientiously support the Chi
cago ticket Hs by the Chicago Convention
i, neither OF these three demands was sat
isfcd.-Mt Vernon OKy) Eagle.
MI Bryan u.s. apparently at least as
innocent OF trade, the laws OF trade.
business commerce. fnanco-whatever II
may be called taken as whole-as anT
Young farmer might be worse only er-
perience IN trade was with his country
store. and whose only lessons IN finance
were derived there from barter and sale.
Sioux city Tribune.
In It's preamble the platform Is Demo
cratic In the old sense Of that word.
When II deals with details IL Is. I'm many
respects. according TO the old standards.
un-Democratic. IL reduces hundreds Of
thousands OF most faithful Democrats
To- the necessity Of choosing between two
evils or of abstainine from participated
in the national election next November.
Macon (Ga) Telegraph.
The Mirror does not regard the plat
FORM promulgated 10y the Chicago Con-
vention as Democratic: and it is openly
charged by prominent Democrats that the
nominee OF the convention. William J.
Bryan. Is n Populistt. Under these con.
siderations We do not feel 1t our duty 10
support the tickot.-Wesson (Miss) Mir
rOr.
Tic sun believes that in this matter
the Convention made "A mistake aud for
the first time in over q quarter Of a cen
Ia ia 4
the honor 10 represent the great Demo-
cratic party, il cannot consistently give
its principles and candidates that heartt-
felt and spontaneous support which comes
from deep conviction. amounting 10 4
moral certainty Of rlght.-WiIiamsport
sun.
The silvcrism and hatism Of the Chi
caso platform would mean disaster. dis
honor. and degradation 10 the country.
But the anarchy Of that platform would
strike. as with battering ram. al the
very cornerstone OF our national fabric.
II is now the first duty Of every American
citizen to defeat Bryan and SeVal. tho
men who stand on that platform Louis
Vile Courier-Jomnal.
We assume that the sound-monev
Democrats Of the country are for honn
and sincerity frst above an things How.
then, can they support a ee-silver fraud
In preference 10 an honest free-silver adj
vOcate? The latter may be In error.
and may be led astray; the former Is "a
trickster and will in the end surely be
tray them. New Orleans States.
IL means the tearing down a the edi-
fees Of civilization. which centuries have
been exhausted IA upbuiding. II means
the houiing Of the flag OF communism i'm
tho face Of conservatism. II means that
the sans culottes have succeeded I'm se-
curing the ascendancy, and with mad
riot In the full exercise OF unaccustomed
power they are willing 10 wanton with
serious problems Memphis Herald.
The Chicago Convention met under the
call Of the Democratic party. It's pro
cccdinFs were conducted under them power
OF the Popu'stic element Of that party.
It's platform ana nominations were so
radical and revolutionary that IL Is not
fair TO call them Democratic. They are
Populistic and Anarehistic. and are practl-
cally repudlated by the truly Democratic
element If the old national party.-Adams
Journal