The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-02
THESE CLOSING HOURS.

with the DAY closes the national cam
paign OF 1895. Tomorrow will be decided
issues more momentous than the people
OF this land have been called upon to de-
c.de for SO years.
The campaign Of 1860, and the inaugura-
tion which soon followed, inevita bly,
pointed TO a frstriciual war, or a most
ignominious compromise, either an extern
sion OF slavery, or an unholy patching no
Of the law. The issue was promptly met
and, although thousands and thousands
of lives, and millions and millions OF
dollars were sacrificed, a foul blot was
forever effsced from cur national insignia,
and we now know that no other method
coulo have accomplished the result.
The whole inistrstion OF our coun-
try then fell on Republic shoulders.
Order was brought out OF chaos, ana an
era of unexampled national prosperity be
gan.
The amazing platform OF the Demo
cratic convention OF 1895 plainly recon-
mends non-comp pliance with the decis-
sions of the highest legal tribunals Of our
land, except in those cases where the de-
cisions meet our individual approval; it
10 hA nat
the classes, unadultrsted ansrchism; for
finance, a suggestion portraying
thorough and complete ignorance
of natural laws and coupled with dishon-
esty. 10 take an article of merchandise
owned in considerable amount by every
nation on the face of the globe, an arti-
Gle the holdings of which. could be in
creased TO wonderful extent at short
notice. and by single stroke Of the
pen to double the intrinsic value Of it,
ana to have our country alone by itself
undertake to maintain that fictitious
value against the worid-that is the RI
diculous ana outrageous proposition Of
the Chicago financial plank.
The adoption OF the platform complete
ly dismem bered the old party. Presi-
dent Cleveland and practi ally all the men
Of past prominence in the Democratic
party, counted themselves out, leaving
the unterrified, reckless and wholly mex
perienced men TO run the campaign. The
result was as plainly written, at the eve
Of the adjournment OF the convention as
1t Is today. Ii has been a campaign to-
tally unlike any that have preceded. 1t
has been for 5000, 900 people campaign
OF study, that has developed an array of
statistical facts relative to the business
OF our country, comparison OF the
working of Republican tariffs to protect
cur industries and yield national in
come as against Democratic financial fall
lacies and tariff ideas that have increased
our national indebtedness and silencod
our industries. The people have mad
facts for study and the result is they are
in possession OF valua ole information to
direct their action at the polls and that
action is thus left to their intelligence,
their patriotism, and their honesty. The
Indiana polls Democratic convention of
sound money men did much to retrieve
the unenviablo reputation secured to the
Democratic party by the Chicago conven-
tion, but intelligence, patriotism and
honesty, as contrasted to political self
indulgence, dictate the casting OF Demo-
cratic ballots for MCKINLEY and HOBART
by every Democrat who is opposed to the
Chicago platform OF financial folly, re-
pudiation and anarchy.
The last stand OF tho BRYANITEs was
made at Chicago last week. Upon that
central stage in clear view of the whole
the BRYAN campaigo reached
its climax. A big show was made,
indeed, in that cosmopolitan city OF q
900, 900 people and 40O,0oO voters. But
the result will be the same tomorrow--an
victory for patriotism and
honesty, intelligence and law and order.
The farmer in Illinois and Indiana will
vote with the farmer in Maine, Vermont
and New York State. There will be no
- 'cIose' election. BRYAN and all that he
represents will be swept away. There
will not, for one generation, at least, be
a campaign fought upon the issues OF
these days. For one generation at least
tho people OF this land will be SECURE
from com batting any important opponent
Of patriotism and honesty.
There is widespread confidence In
this result, but wo do not believe IL is
Voters will not stsy.at
home because OF their confidence this
year, but will hasten to the polls to con-