Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-09-25
Communicated.
EDITOR OF HERALD: 81

EDITOR or HERALD:-
There are some tru
democrats in Shenandoah county who ar
Ibeing lead off by the "DecOy Ticket" pu
I'D at indianapolis. They honestly den!
that they desire the triumph Of republi
canism aud say that the third ticket will
lipiure Mckinley more than Bryan, ant
by voting for Palmer they can adhere t
their JeffersOnian democracy and still d.
no real harm to democratic party led by
BRYAN. | most earnestly beg al such +.
carefully read the iollo|ing extracts iron
few of the leaders of this so called Ma
tionaI Democratic Ticket.
Ex Secretary Cbas. S. Fairchilds, one
of the most active anti-Bryan den Oorats
before the Indianapolis convention met
said:-
"Whlle Major McKnley's letter is all
that could be reasonably desired by the
Democrats. don't see how we can 40
anything else than put a third ticket I'D
the presidential arena. We have ptac-
tically committed ourselves to such a
course. Te rant to see the defeat Of the
CHICAGO ticket and ICE shall try 10 drGp array
as manu- uotes as we can from It, We ieel
that this defeat can best be accomplished
by a third ticket. OF course, IRE ciH tnd
no fault Nth those Of our friends uho cast
a straight uOte for Mckinley"
State Senator Bruce chairman of the
committee of one hundred which sent
delegates from Maryland to the Indian
apohs convention, at meeting held In
Baltimore a few days ago said: THE ONLY
object of the third ticket is to intercept
votes that might 90 to Bryan and Sew
anp In the same meeting Mr.. VIM.
Grason another leader said:-"I'm infavor
of a third ticket it will tend to defeat
the Bryan wall ticket know men who
will vote for Bryan. if there is no third
ticket in the field. you may call it cow
ardly, but it is a fact. Many young men
cast their FIRST votes in our county this
fall. They 'ciH not rOte republican ticket.
The third ticket is the most eGeotire means Of
defeating Bryan Bait. Sun, Sept. 9th.
can multiply similar utterances OF the
leaders of this movement, hut hear what
the nominees of this third ticket say, Mr..
James Creelman the correspondent of the
Nec York Vorld gold democratic paper,
from indianapolis, Sept. Sd, said,
"Yon cannot find reliable conssrva-
five man IN Indianapolis to night who
does not say that the nomination of
Palmer aud Buckner destroys all hope ef
Mr. Brvan's election. Many of
the men here have been until recently
Cbairmen of the old Democratic State
Committees. They especially look upon
the fight between Bryan and Mckinley as
settled bv this davis work. Both Senator
Palmer aud Gen. Buckaer admit that the
nnrnose Of the party is to elect Mckinley
% we'll as to preserve the Democratic
name from any tairt OF heresy or DIS
honor.
The utterances of those gentlemen are
hearing frnit. Mr.. Ingalls,, president Of
the c. & o. r. r. at the request OF the
Sound-Money League OF Richmond, third
marty democrats, addressed large au-
d,ence in that city on the 10th, instant.
The correspondence of the Sun says -
Every reference to Mckinley cas enthasi-
as,ically cheered by the big crowd, one Of
the most intelligent audiences seen at
political meeting here for long time. THIS
the first occasion known here since the
war when such large and representative
meeting OF white men went Wild over the
mention of the name OF q republican
nres,dential candidate Can any thought.
ful democrat of Shenandoah after read
inc the above have any doubt as TO the
nnrpose of the leaders of the third party 7
But Is 1t honest to try to elect Mckinley
By deceiving unsuspectlng democrats? Is
it democratic to disrupt the grand old
party which has ever stood for the peo-
ple against the corrupt money power and
thus elect Mckinley who represents re-
publlcanism in its worst form-Protection
run mad. and Hatred of the South Be-
ware, of the leadership of men whose
democracy Is too pure to vote for Bryan,
but who are moving heaven aud earth to
elect Mckinley
VIM. T. WILLIAMS.