The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-05

diary VINO was enUeaNOfIHS 10
make a contest between the poor
and the rich. All these violent sen
fiments they cheered yociferously.
with exceeding zest, they also
anDrecated the denunciatiOn
which John p. Irish showered upon
Mr. Rrvan's head. calling him the
agent Of The silver syndicate, the
commercial traveller Of the million
aire miners. and the twin sister
of the daughters OF Fhe horse leech.
No Republican could nave mani
Tested more bitterness against Bry-
an than did these Democrats to-
day"
4 staff correspondent writes to the
Richmond Times that Col. Fellows
said.
Judas would never have stood
by the Chicago platform. He knew
the market value Of silver better
than that He demanded thirty
nieces of silver for one betrayal,
and the popocrats are willing to
do it for sixteen. | dare say" eX-
claimed Mr.. Fellows, that gener-
GUS as is this republic, we have no
room save in the security of cur
dungeons and on the steps Of our
scaffolds for those who try to
break down the fabric Of our gov
eminent"
In passing. it may be said that this
is the same Col. Fellows who stumped
Maine for the Greenback ticket in
1884, and that Governor Flower, who
represented Bryan as "a radical of the
French revolutionary type" was re-
Gently repudiated by the Democrats
Of his own county who declined to elect
him ms "a delegate to the State con
vention. On Wednesday, as showing
still further the animus of the gold
men. Mr.. West wires the Post:
'"The character of the campaign
which these gold Democrats will
wage cannot be doubted for an in
slant. No words or interviews can
exaggerate the bitterness, inten-
sity, and tenacity Of their purpose.
I'm States where such action would
ieopardize the success of the gold
standard cause they will not put
paImer-Buckner electors on the
ticket, but will vote solidly for
Mckinley. I'm other States these
electors will be named In other
words the plan win be TO adapt
themselves to local conditions,
having always an eve single to the
defeat of Bryan. This is the one
goal of their ambition, the one OBJ
iect of their hopes. They will not
lack money and they are not
wanting i'm earnestnes and enthu-
siasm."
This is in keeping with the position
announced by ex-Secretary Fairchild:
eve want to see the defeat of
the Chicago ticket, and we shall
try to draw away as many votes as
we can from it. We feel that this
defeat can best be accomplished
bv third ticket Of course, we
will find no fault with those of
our friends who east a straight
vote for Mckinley"
The surprise to thoughtful obser-
vers has been, not that the silver men
have retorted upon men who called
them anarchists" and bolted the par
tv with the avowed intention of elect
ing a Republican President, but that
they have been so mild in their con-
troversy with such opponents. The
wisdom of the moderation that has
characterized Mr.. Bryan and other
leaders has won the approval Of fair
| minded men in all parties, while the
SANDER and calumny by those who ar
rogate to themselves all the virtues has
reacted.
''Some guns there are that so con
trive it
To miss their aim whate'er they drive
| at,
And whether charged for duck or
plover
Fly back and kick the owner over"
On the first day of the gathering OF
the gold men, Breckenridge was re
quested not to speak. The second day
the request was withdrawn. The
third day, he spoke and captured the
convention" 1t is another case of 1--WE
first pity, then endure, and then EN-
brace
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