The San Francisco call., 1896-09-09
TO DEFEND
OUR HONOR
Patriotism of the Republi-
can Editorial ASso-
citation of Ohio.
RALLY OF THE WRITERS
AT CANTON.
WhiteIaw Reid and Charles En-.
ory Smith Sound the Slogan
of the Campaign.
MOLDERs OF OPINION CALL
UPON M'KINLEY.
Encouraged in Their Good Work by
the Standard.Bearer of
the Party.
MOLDERS OF OPINION CALL
UPON M'KINLEY.
Encouraged in Their Good Work by
the Standard. Bearer of
the Party.

CANTON, OHIO Sept. s.-The Republi-
can Editorial Association of Ohio met;in the
Elks' Hall at 80 o'clock this morning.
The venerable John Hopley of Bucvrus
presided. Canton was fixed upon as the
nSeting place of the association for the
reason that 1t is the home of the Presiden-
tial candidate supported by the editors of
the association and in order that forma
call might be made upon him. About
two-thirds of the Republican editors of
Ohio were present.
When it was announced by Colonel
Brown, president of the association, that
he had letter from Whitelaw Reid of th e
New York Tribune there was an outburst
OF cheers. The reader was frequently in
terrupted by applause, and al the close of
the reading Hon. J. NJ. Icks moved a vote
of thanks be given Mr.. Reid. and it was
unanimously carried. The letter in part
was as follows:
We have had four years in clover which our
friends, the enemy, promised us In 1892. The
people quite satisfied that they have had
enough of ii. On the old lines this campaign
was already won. Then burst out the Adult
lamites. Every uuthinking or unscrupulous
man that was in distress and every one that
was in debt and every one that was discon-
David, alas, but unto Altgeld They captured
the National convention OF a historic party
and degraded it and humiliated the country
by asking the American people to vote that
they would not obey the eighth command
ment Now, when question is submitted to
popular vote people must infer that there
are two sides to it a d that they have a right
10 vote on which everside their judgment in
clines But there no two sides to the
mi has ri oh IN
put the eighth commandment TO a popular
vote; to decide through an expression of pop
u,ar desires at the polls whether this Nation
shall cheat its creditors by paying its debts at
the rate of 53 cents on the dollar, and whether
every private debtor shall be at liberty to
cheat to the same extent the man who has
trusted him.
To propose such vote and such decision
is itself a crime, but having proposed it, the
plain people of the country will sustain the
great commandment by vote which will sur
prise the men who would break it. You can
make free-silver men see from the financial
history Of every nation that ever tried it that
while making more money does initiate prices
1T works both ways. 1t raises prices for what
they have TO buy as well as for what they have
to sell, and is apt to raise the former first and
highest. The grocer raises his figures long be-
fore the day lsborer can have his wages ad-
vanced, and the iaboIer never really catches
up till the inevitable crash comes Silver
monometalism never will and never did
cheaper the necessities of life, but it
cheapens the men. Look at Mexico and China
and India.
Next to the attack on the eighth command
ment in enormity is the attack by our oppo-
menus on the constitution and courts of the
United States. The protest against the use of
constitutional power for the suppression OF
riot, the proposal to pack the Supreme Court
the attempt to destroy the validity of con-
tracts-these not mere demagogism or
even intelligent communism; they are the
formal naturalization in the United States of
Russian anarchy.
Little better is the demand that eyerv
thrifty, economical and prosperous citizen
shall De Disseminated against and taxed, not
merely once, like other people, but twice, Fl rst
on what he has, and then what he earns
Let US be as considerate as you please of our
erring countrymen who have been honestly
misled. but let US indulge in no disguises as to
the unpatriotic, un-Araerican and revolu-
tionary character of this whole programme.
The president of the Editorial Associa-
ton was instructed to inform Whitelaw
Reid by telegraph at his camp in the
Adirondacks that a vote of thanks had
been given him.
The afternoon session was given over to
There was a large audience assembled in
the hall. Mr.. Smith was warmly greeted.
He said in part:
When Jefferson said that he would rather
have newspapers without government than
q government without newspapers he indi-
Gated the vital part which newspapers play
under free institutions. That was 100 years
ago. hundred years ago newspapers were
sentine!s at the outposts. To-day they hold
the central citadel as leaders and exponents;
they are the very lifeblood Of free discussion.
This is re-eminently campaign of educa
ton II is thus peculiarly our campaign. The
journ alists are the real educators 1t is true
there are great textbooks from the masters.
There is a new Adam Smiths Wealth of Ma
tions" with American application; q new Bun.
vans 'sPilgrim's Progress" through the
slough OF dependency of Democracy ana up
the hill OF difficulty; new Baxter's Saints
Rest" under assured Republican restoration.
The other titles of these masterpieces are Will
liam McKinleys complete political economy
Of "Open Mills for Full Labor Rather Than
Open Mints for Free Silver; Benjamin Har-
rison's "satirical Reflections on Absurdities
of a Boy Orators Idea OF Independence of the
law of Grayitation," and Thomas B. Reeds Old
Orchard sPlums of Political Philosophy" But
the old textbooks are expounded by the pro-
fessors in the classroom, and so the new text
books are edited with notes and index and
daily elucidation by the sehoolmasters of jour-
nalism.
We must first educate ourselves. We are al
ready grounded in right principles. But we
want more earnestness, more moral courage, a
higher sense of responsibility, true appreci-
citation of the tremendous gravity OF this
crisis. We want more real and lasting enthu-
siasm-a deeper and grander consecration to
the high mission which is before US. We must
educate the people in elemental principles.
We must educate them 10 understand that we
cannot have two standards Of value any more
than two standards of weight or length.
Our existing standard of value is the 100
cent gold dollar; free coinage of silver would
make our standard the 50-cent silver dollar.
and that is the reason it would be crime OF
reputation, dishonor and disaster. We must
educate the people that the Government fat