The herald., 1896-07-10

Neither in formulating a policy nor In
the execution of the same, nor yet in
presenting an argument upon the merits
or dement's of any public question, has
Gov. Boies ever striven in the least de-
gree to create sensation; to his ever
lasting honor it must be said that in DO
ing these things he has never failed to
make deep impression. This Is the
ideal test by which the capacity of the
public men should be judged. This is
the highest standard by which states
mans reliability and usefulness should
be ascertained and determined. II you
select Gov. Boies as wour candidate. and
the people ratify your decision in Novem-
Der. we can promise you no pyrotechni-
cal display from the White House dur
ing his administration; there will be no
rockets sent UP, the explosion of which
frighten the timorous or furnish a sub
ject for foolish talk for the superficial.
There will be no sensational perform
ance on the political trapeze at the exec
utive mansion while Horace Boes is its
occupant; he will write you no startling
messages upon excitable public topics;
we promise you none of these perform
ances. but I will tell you what we can
and do promise you, and that is the
Inauguration and faithful execution of
policy that will commend itself to every
philosophic mind and be applauded by
every sincere patriot, policy that will
be characterized throughout by the in
vigorating course of hard, common sense
and be all aglow with the everlasting
sunshine Of noble intentions a policy
the primary object of which will be not
the creation Of opportunities for the I'M
natural increase of already excessive
fortunes of an avaricious class but the
strict maintenance of the natural and
constitutional right of every citizen
carefully including that great BODY Of
our population. the laborng classes.
Upon the overshadowlng issue of this
campaign Gov. Boies stands upon an
invulnerable platform, the constitution
of his country. Inasmuch as the consti-
tuition in defining what the state shall
use as legal tender in the payment of
DEBTS designates not gold or silver, but
the gold and silver. Gov Boies believes
the bimetallic system thus provided for
in the fundamental law of the land is
the system the Democratic party must
endorse and uphold. He believes that
SO long as the constitution remains nm
changed that congress has no power to
demonetize either metal. Hence, in COM
mon with the great mass of American
people, he believes the demonetization
OF silver was not an ordinary political
plunder, but an actual crime, and he
can conceive of no condition which can
possibly arise that would justify the
Democratic party in justifying that
crime or in helping to perpetuate its
direful results.
Gov. Boies does not believe in a dis.
honest fifty-cent dollar, as it would work
an injury to the credit class, neither
does he believe in the 2O0-cent dollar
which is still more dishonest, as it un-
questionably involves the bankruptcy
of the debtor class. Gov. Boies believes
in an honest American dollar authorized
not by the parliament but by a law of
the American congress and coined for
use among the American people, He
believes in gold dollar of 222 grains
of gold and in silver dollar Just sixteen
times heavier.
Having rebelled against British inf1u-
ence over a century ago, winning the
fight when a mere weakling. having now
developed into the strongest people on
earth, clearly emitting us to the leader
ship among nations, it would be not
merely pitiable cowardice on our part
but actual treason to the people should
we capitulate to English greed.
The finger of kind fate points to the
election of Horace Boies. History seems
to be anxious to repeat itself Give us
the man from Waterloo and allies will
flock to his standard which will destroy
Mark Hanna's Napoleon number two
as effectively as the European allies de-
stroyed the French Napoleon number
one.
MINNIE MURRAY'S SECOND
AS he began to speak, Boies banner
was held aloft by the Iowa delegation.
He produced laugh when he said that
there would be no sensational perform
ance on the political trapeze while Hor-
ace Boies was in the White House. White
was given an attentive hearing. There
was no demonstration until he conclud-
ed. The Boies delegates then arose and
cheered. but the galleries appeared cold.
To young woman . the south terrace
belonged the honor of forcing a demon.
stration second only to that which fol-
lowed the nomination of Bland. She
was dressed in simple white. She
mounted chair and began waving a
small American flag frantically to and
FRO. For fully minute she was un
observed. Then some one noticed her
Eyes began to turn in her direction, She
continued to wave the flag with a
rhythmic motion, crying as she did so,
"Boies, Boies. Boies." The delegates
got on their chairs, the galleries began to
cheer and in another minute the Coli
scum was af1ame. The demonstration
grew and all eyes centered on the young
in white. The Boies banner WAS