The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-17
.DANAT ODEMOCRATS
The Venerable Editor Refuses to En-
courage Anarchy.
CANNOT SUPPORT THE BOY ORATOR
He Advises All Voters of His Party to Vote
For the Mckinley Electors in the
Present Grave Crisis-The Supreme
Duty of the Hour.

The venerable Charles A.. Dana, the dis
tinguished editor of the New York Sun,
refuses now, when socialism and anarchy
threaten the welfare Of the people, to sup
port the so called Democratic party, pre-
cisely as in 1861 he refused to support it
when 1t threatened the solidarity of the
Union. He then became n war Democrat;
was appointed by President Lincoln assis-
tant secretary of war, in which position
he rendered inestimably valuable service
to the country. Now he Is an honest, sound
money Democrat, and as such, himself the
staunchest of Democrats, advisesall voters
of his party to vote for the Mckinley cleo
tors. The following, which appears as a
signed editorial in the New York Sun,
speaks for itself:
Some personal response seems to be due
to the numerous friends who have sought
from me an expression of my individual
opinion as to the duty in the present po-
litical campaign of those who adhere to
the principles which hitherto have char
acterized the Democratic party.
The declaration of notions adopted in
the name of the Democracy by the Chicago
convention is for the most part so hostile
TO the doctrines which nave prevailed in
the Democratic party in the past, as to de-
mand its rejection by all those who would
not abandon the Democracy's essential
ideas and best traditions.
The Chicago platform invites us TO es-
tablish a currency which will enable a
man to pay his debts with half as much
property as he would have to use in order
to pay them now. This proposition is dis
honest. 1 do not say that all the advo-
Gates of the free coinage of silver are dis
honest. Thousands of them, millions, if
there be so many, are doubtless honest in
intention. But l am unable to reconcile
with any ideal of integrity a change in the
law which will permit a man who has
borrowed a hundred dollars to pay his debt
with "a hundred dollars, each one of which
is worth only half as much as each dollar
he received from the lender.
The Chicago platform sanctions the use
of the appointing power of the president
in such a way as to control the federal
judiciary in deciding questions of consti-
tutional law. 1t c~ontemplates a change
in the personnel of the supreme court of
the United States, to the end that the re-
cent decision declaring the income AK un-
constitutional may be reversed. Strange
times, indeed, are these, when a man is
told that, in order to be a Democrat, he
must favor the imposition of an income
tax and the destruction of the independ-
ence of the judiciary
Still more alarming is the clearly inn
piled approval of lawless violence con-
tanned in the denunciation of what is
denominated in the platform govern
ment by injunction" Yelled in the Ian
guage of moderation, the wild light of
anarchy shines through.
In my opinion, without reviewing the
Chicago platform further, the declarations
in regard to the currency, the supreme
court, m the income tax, and the repres-
sion of forcible lawlessness by the aid OF
injunctions, are enough TO demand its re-
lection by all good citizens and the defeat
of the candidates who stand upon 1t.
Iregret exceedingly to fad a disposition
quite prevalent to array the west against
the east in the discussion of these matters
1 see no occasion for making or differ
ences sectional. Here there is no political
hostility coward the west, such as 10 e.
pressed toward the east by some Western
newspapers and public speakers. Good
citizens can perhaps best aid the cause of
honest money and law and order by de-
voting more time TO rational argument
and less to inefficient abuse.
All questions relating to the tariff have
become insignificant for the time being,
in view of the possibility, however slight,
that the abhorrent principles of the Chi
cage platform may prevail. The duty and
the necessity TO compass the final over
throw of that platform by assisting in the
defeat of William j. Bryan are most i9i-
perative and solemn. This may mostc Ger.
tainly be accomplished by voting fqr the
electors pledged to the support of William
Mckinley, but | / lave no quarrel wlth any
Democrat who adopts any other 3ourse
which seems to him equally we'll adapted
or better adapted to the same end.
G.. A. U4k