The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-11-28
& iighly Interesting Accounts of
s Some Presidential Elec-
4. tions.
Sir Charles Gibson of st. Louis
Talks Of Wings and Demo-
Gratis.
4 hite Fears For the National Wei
fare if Bribery Should
I's..,. Continue.

After q campaign of unexampled in
Il tensity and bitterness, how do you ex-
plain the extreme good will with which
4 MGKinley's election was accepted?"'
The question was put to Sir Charles
Gibson, one of st. Louis Oldest and most
seSSSSspresentative citizens says the Post
dispatch Of that city. He has personal
ss,. ss,S.resollection Of every presidential contest
Isi the log-rolling campaign Of ''Tippe-
u canoe and Tyler, too" r n " "
It is the silver mems retort to their
opponents cry Of anarchy. 1t is the plain
h Peoples yindication of Mr. Bryan from
Il the charge of preaching the doctrine of
laWlessness and hate. Z,
! He taught them throughout the cam
" paign that the ballot was their only
i weapon. They took him at his word.
Had the verdict been otherwise, doubt
y Hsth0se who have been shouting anarchy
iSat sBryan's followers would have accepted
sHt1t ln the same law-abiding way
aSs: To talk politics with Sir Charles Glib
4 spns lis an intellectual treat, for his grasp
4 of public affairs is that Of the statesman,
the politician, whose interests are
3s04 the present hour. = >s'
1IDnS an experience reaching from the
3@anggd existence Of The frontier to the
tirnate acquaintance in the courts Of
8EArOpe. He enjoys the friendship of
the leading men in American public life
and his knowledge Of things abroad is
tlHic ckened by an intimacy with the Iron
Chancellor, Bismarck, whose especial fa-
ssyortte he is. 1t was in recognition Of
legal services for the German government
4 that the old Emperor William conferred
4 on him his title Of nobility.
tsass Mr.. Gibson is now we'll advanced in
years, but physically and intellectually
Talert.. He has the sharp. clear cut feat
s,lres of a student, an eye that is kindly
asE It's searching. silvery hair and a
{ gray beard that would make him, ven-
cradle were it not for his ever present
animation. He has retired from active
pursuits now and leads g. pleasant life
\ With his friends and. his books, keeping
int public affairs with the insight
s0f ia historian and a statesman,
From the discussion of Bryans exciting
campaign he ran back to his earliest
recollection of a struggle for the presi-
& dsncy. 81 was a boy Of 15," he added
/. ...s.hen Harrison and Tyler were making
!; tIesraee for the white house against Van
ssSBaten and Johnson 1t was the hardest
sfpugh ht campaign in the cQuntry's history
to that time, and 1t was never equaled
After$ until Bryan set the country afire
with his elOquence. The money question
kWas the issue then as it is now 1t was
the policy of the Wings to establish a
4 great national banking system. The
Y Democrats resisted this as an encroach-
Ment Of the money power. The jeal-
\ onSy between the masses and the classes
cropped out, and the campaign was full
I OF enthusiasm and bitterness. ] remem-
3 bersaweil that at the time I couldn't see
3 the connection between the Log Cabin
and Hard Cider and the main issue" of
atfie campaign, but think the log cabin
i won the victory for Tippeconoe,
Il $ss $fsss Harrison died shortly after his In
ssiguTation and Tyler became president.
Y He furnishes historic parallel with
u Grover cleveland. He was elected as a
III fMhig III He had campaigned on the Whig
platform, He accepted the suffrages Of
H Ills party as a supporter of the national
han Fling system. Yet when congress
passed aglaw to that effect, he vetoed it,
ahd gained the distinction of being the
& HrsI spresfdentFto betrayshis party
81 In the cam paign Of 1892 Grover Cleve-
nx1F was opposed by his own state, the
y 5kevstone Of the east. His advocacy came
ifF1m the west and south. He knew these
II men as silver men. He accepted their
Fasitkrages as SUCH He had hardly. warmed
4 tie residential chair when he called an
i extra session of congress to repeal the
ssSSharnnan law, and by SO doing effectually
aeatAbf he'd the single gold standard. He
/ yVkht further. and by the power Of federal
4 shpStEonage bulldozed the bill through con-;
aBfess. It was a fragrant interference by
~
81 sataentaOf the government. II there had
NfIsen great. fearless men in congress IN
~ lfEead sof politica! trimmers' they would
NS resented his interference by inn
asps 1Ehment proceedings. u:
Sllt that is one phase The other is
atsslAxeland's S betrayal of the west. He
Sasa ssaOxNedt the gold standard to please the
Y Y slgxstern men who had fought him in. the
Il sIskiiGA convention He went out of his
J6s sbetray the silver men oftthe south
q q u t52s west, who had elected him.
Remember we'll the execration heaped
u sSti SDR u Ohm Tyler when he betrayed the
1A sH dropped entirely out Of public
h 9s3tglf when he left the white house: Grow
n seYeland is just such another dead
liIicaIiy. gfH N 81 a,ss5 si$ sliss
M sssyS and John Tyler are the only two
1 tWenty four presidents who be-;
4 VsI their party. Cleveland will share
itii ylerg the unenyiabte reput ion gof
alxAHaA the white house without the re-
M his co,lntrymen r I ss s;'.s ~ Is
's1 CIay by Polk I remembe stand
81 frDiat ofs the old postofice at Third
IssS saI tnut streets when the y. stage
q al iriyed that sbrough the news of
h S2SIg gSs defeat. s The Wings actually
1niif the streets and heat tta IN