The San Francisco call., 1896-08-07


WILLIAM MCKINLEY, Of Ohio
FOR VICE-PREsIDENT-
GARRETT A. HOBART, Of ReW Jersey
ELECTION NOVEMBER s. 1896.
Beware of side issues.
The main point is prosperity.
McKinley's record is good platform in
itself.
Protection to industry will give US both
gold and silver.
Some of the wiser Democratic leaders
are already com mplaining that Bryan talks
without thinking.
If the Democratic organs have their
way this will be campaign of side issues
from start to finish.
Free-trade Wilson may go to England
this summer if he wishes. America has
no further use for him.
Between the Democrats and the Popu-
be strictly one of blood.
In the Democratic and Populist mix-up
it is still matter of conjecture which is
Jonah and which is the whale.
We can find no flaw in the character of
Mckinley, say the Democrats, but as a
side issue we can caricature Mark Hanna.
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Democracy may blame Cleveland for
putting it in hole, but all the same the
country knows who enacted the Wilson
tariff.
It is announced that Senator Hill had
Chairman Jones to dinner, but it is not
stated that he offered him anything more
than soup.
Altgeld has called on BRYAN, and it goes
without saying that if he asked anything
the boy orator was too promising a youth
to refuse it.
The funding bill may be an issue in
some States, but as al parties are opposed
10 it in California there is no party poll
tics in it here.
Sewall or Bryan and Watson there will be
the same old free-trade, deficit-tariff crowd
behind the com bination.
1t is reported that Bryan's Chicago ora
tion is to be revised and the plagiarisms
left out, so We may assume it will be cir
culated during the campaign as small
leaflet.
When the Wilson tariff bill was under
consideration Senator German was thrown
out OF the Democratic bandwagon as a
traitor and now they are asking him to get
up and drive.
The British advance into Matabeleland
is said to have been checked by the riEder-
pest. which is killing all the cattle in the
country, and thus does the little microbe
interfere with the extension of empires.
The weather reports from the East show
an extraordinary hot spell extending over
nearly the whole country east of the Mis-
souri, River, and still there is no sign that
the suffering people have sense enough to
come West.
Though the Democratic leaders try ever
so hard to distract the attention of the
people by raising multitude of side is
sues, the intelligent voter will stick to the
main point and cast his ballot for protec-
ton and sound money.
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While international bimetallism would
be of undoubted benefit to the country. it
must not be forgotten that, as the Repub.
lican National platform says, "the bull
wark of American industrial independence
and the foundation OF American develop
ment and prosperity" are to be found in
the policy of protection to industry and
wages.
The nomination of Mr.. Dinkelspiel fol
Congress gives the people of the Foarth
District chance to be represented in the
next House by man who will be thor
oughIy devoted TO their interests and to
those of California, and who can be
counted on to serve his constituents with
zeal, fidelity and ability on every issue
that arises.
There are abundant reasons for believ-
ing that an administration which would
restore prosperity in this country would
be able to obtain the cooperation oi
France. Germany and Austria in the re-
monetization of silver, and with that ALI.
ance formed it would not be long before
England would have to open her mints to
silver in self-defense.
international bimetallism will cause a
much larger demand for silver than could
be caused by free coinage in this country
alone and, therefore, even to the extreme
advocates of silver the Republican party
offers better prospects than are promised
by Democracy; and, besides, Democratic
promise in 1896 is worth no more than the
promise made in 1892.