The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-09-03
An Open Letter to the Popcorat:io Candidate for the Presi-
 dency.
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS.
Apprehension Excited by Campaign Utterances Refuses to be
 Allayed.

tor tD NunultStt OH utSuty morning. puts some grave and important onestions to him, and urges him to answer them if he wants to be elected, os the people are pondering those very noints, and their votes will turn on how thry are answered and explained by him. Thc readers of the Tribune should per,lse this editorial, which is reprinted At Madison Square garden last night.
 The World says, under the caption "To Mr. Bryant"
 To Mr. Bryan: On the 10th of July, the very day of your nomination for President, you addressed communfea- ton to the World in the following words:
 To the world The restoration of silver to lis ancient place by the side of gold will In my iadgmont. restore the parity between money and property and thus permit a re- iur of general PrSsperity; The s.Ny,s World; |; an Income tax, will find a still larger field of usefulness in supporting the gold and silver coinage of the conStitgtion ,,y,
 The World has conscientiously consid- cred your courteous request: It has carefully studied your speeches made durnc and since the Chicago conyen- top. It has studiOusly examined your record in Congress. It has impartillly traced your career as a politician, a lawyer, an orator and editor, in order to obtain an uHueTStunulnS or your Ipul character-the hardest thing in the world to ascertain concerning any man It has published every word that could be obtained from your eulOgists and as sociates, with the same end in view. It has done all this in the sincere hope that the knowledge gained or impressions re- ceived would relieve the fear and appre- hension excited by some of your utter ances. and particularly by some parts of the Chicago platform, on which you stand
 In this connection it is only just to remind you that the plank in the Chca- go platform seeming to reflect upon the integrity of the Supreme court and in dicatng q purpose to pack that tribunal in order to secure desired decision, and the other resolution denouncing government by injunction" have been severely criticised by conservative and law-abiding citizens. The people have profound and abiding respect for their highest court, even when they are dis appointed in their decisions They would be glad to hear your intcrpreta- ton of the resolution. which is generally accepted as a stupid and incorporate attack upon the Supreme court and the avowal of the purpose to reconstruct it in accordance with the beliefs of the platform makers should your election f'N''hN 'hN oppoit ituhaNy" 70 Saao yOul understanding?
 Definition is also called for of the resolution denouncing arbitrary inter ference by federal authorities in local matters This is generally believed to mean free riot with free silver" as well as sympathy with lawless1Aess and disapprObatiOn of President Cleveland's action at the time of the Chicago strike Yet all who believe in law and order ax tho Efn and hu uStc of .;ril- ized government regard this as one of the most highly creditahle acts of his administration. What is your view of il:
 Are you, MT. Bryan, for actual and practical bimetallism--the equal coinage of gold and silver at q ratio that will permit the free circulation of both money metals, as the ratio of 16 to has never done? When you say that you favor free coinage by the United States with out waiting for the aid or consent of any foreign government, do you mean shat the concurrence of the great com mercal nations with which we trade is not desirable and even indispensable if the country is not to sink to n silver basis: Do you really favor the mone- tary isolation of the United States in the family of great nations? Do we not want our money to be accepted at it's 'a'c ull oNeT lnt WOTlu. IOu sist upon "the right of the peo- p" of the United States to legislate for themselves upoa all questions" This right is not questioned by any, so far as we know. But the right does Lot imply the duty or the wisdom. Con gEess has the right to declare that our surplus agricultural products shall be sGld abroad. But would such an asser- ton of national independence benefit the country? Would 1t have helped the farmers of the Unitsd States to have th" last ten years kef in the home mar Ret or to have sold them for "a depreci- ated currency while buying in return at gold prices? If you wauld not favor the isslatiDn of the United States why shsNild you desire its hnan0ial isolation?
 In the interest of q clear understand ing cGf your position, and to allay if pos slble the fear and apprehension which you know to exist, will you answer these questiaRsiin your acceptance of the presi- oennial nomination, whMh gGu are about to doliver! You must perceive in the prcparrrtioas for seaond Democratic ticket, ;anh in the divisions ,and ,distrac- tons among your Populist and Demo- cratic supporters at the South, q growing danger to your cause. We assume that You wish ito be elected. These are some oi the points upon which you can se cure nstes by allaying apnrehensions. Ton may also be able to do this by reply Ing Co these questions, suggested by yHur telegram to the World:
 l. Whsal in the history of this country has silver occupied ''its ancient place toy the side of .Gpld?" Has there eve' been time wh.A the two metals circu- lated upsn equal tern3 as full legal lender money, with the Mints open to I The free and tunlIuited coinage of both? { hIo. when was iit? You say chat the restoration of that | condition will in your judgment, Ire store the parity between mooney and | property." WD you kindly explain what | You Rean by tais2 What is fi.e '.parjty | s@wetn money and propertyT Do you hean that the "restOration" win put Gp praes. Ando the eheamning effects of im- m"fed machinery, uxnsporta ti0n. etc. and inpease the cost of living to al1 elasses Of the cOmmMsity? If 70. will you kindly explain how this increa&e in lhe cost of all commodities is likely to promote '!a return of general prOsperi- ": Will t&c workingm2n, whose wages are stationary or nearly so, be made more prosperVus by having to pay more lor his flour, R,cat. .grocesSes, chickens.