The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-24


Ex-Governor Campbell Of Ohio came 10
Washington last Saturday to make a
speech at a meeting of the Interstate
Democratic Club. IN the course Of which
he said the Ohio Democratic Convention
Will be controlled 10y the SILVER men.
Speaking OF the National Convention he
said.
III. too. will be in the control Of the
silver men. But what they will DO In
the way OF concessions to hold New
York New Jersey. Connecticut and other
States i'm the Democratic ranks ! don't
know The thing for the Democrats
to do is to get together. Let them fight
out their differences before the conyen-
ton meets, get together at Chicago. and
march on the enemy shoulder 10 shoul-
der. All should stop pickering and nsht-
Ing and Join upon common ground 20
win the victory In November Personal
opinions and ideas Of advancement should
Doe put out Of sight and all Democrats
should pull together with patriotic en-
orsy and spirit. Both sides Will have 10
yield something. there must be some
concession. Everybody really wants 10
get TO bimetalism. The only question is
That is where Democrats differ"
Peace and harmony are, of course. the
most important things that can exist.
But peace and harmony based upon mis-
understandings only lead to further dis
cord. Nothing could be more unwisa
than for the two wings Of the Democratic
party 10 patch mp their differences upon
the basis suggested here 10y Governor
Campbell. 1t would lead the single
standard mon TO think the party was
pledged 70 the single standard, while the
free-silvor men would think the party
was really arriving az and bringing about
The free coinage of silver. Both sides
would be deceived. we should have an
other four years Of wrangling and dis
order. and greater harm would come out of
that than out Of anything except actual
free coinage.
Governor Campbell is wholly mistaken
in saying that everybody really wants
to get TO bimetallism." Everybody does
not want TO get to bimetalism, i'm the
seuse in which he uses the word bimct-
allism. The single-standard men want
bimctalism i'm the sense Of llying sill
yer for subsidiary coinaec-for change.
halves. quarters. and dimes-but the sim
glc-standard men will not tolerate the
idea of having the silver dollar as
standard. They have 10 objection 20 as
many silver dollars as the Government
can keep up 10 the value Of gold
dollars by always exchanging GOLD dollars
FOR silver dollars when they arc demand
ed. but they viii not tolerate the idea
Of silver dollars in any larger quantity
than this. They amuse the free coiners
with talk Of an international agreement
for bimetalism in the sense Of free
coinage. but they know an the time that
and that If it were made it would not
keep the coins of the two metals at
parity for six months.
Governor Campbell speaks Of bimotal-
lism ia the sense of free coinage OF
silver. when the single-standard Demo-
crat has no idea of conserving TO that
under any circumstances whatever. 1t
is only misleading, therefore. to talk in
this way. T3ere is 10 compromise pos
sible. The issue must be fought out
and we must have free silver and stand
the ruin that it will bring on the coun-
try. or we must do the sensible thing
and found ourselves upon the only posi-
ton that can bring us peace and order
the single gold standard.