Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-15
THE TIMES WAS CORRECT.


alone. Among other heretofore pro-
claimed democratic newspapers which
the Times declared would go out of the
party with it was the Montgomery Ad-
| vertiser.
The Huntsville Mercury, after reading
| the first issue of the Advertiser after the
nomination of Mr.. Bryan, had the fol-
| lowing to say with reference to the
| Times announcement that the Adver-
| tiser was going to bolt with it:
when the Advertiser came, later in
| the day, there was not one harsh word in
| it's columns toward either candidates or
platform; neither do we believe there
will be-
To this the Montgomery morning pa
per in its issue of yesterday said:
"Our contemporary must have
changed its mind when it saw the Ad-
vertiser's issues of Saturday and Sun
day, particularly as to our judgment OF
the platform. AS a matter of fact, we
regard the action at Chicago as subver-
siye of everything in the history and
traditions of the party. The platform is
not only populistic, it is full of social
ISM"
Further along in the same article the
Advertiser says:
1.-THE result, therefore, is a populist on
a more than populistic platform-on an
appeal of socialism"
Is that all? BY no means. 1t says
further on in the same article:
1.-THE result is that scores of leading
democratic papers decline to accept the
outcome as democratic, and that thou
sands of as good democrats as there are
in the country are declaring their in
tention either to vote the republican
ticket or not to vote at all"
Just think of it. The Montgomery Adj
vertiser the paper that has spent the
bulk of it's time and editorial space dur
ing the past four years in denouncing
citizens of Alabama for departing from
the organized democracy, says now that
scores of LEADING DEMOCRATIC
papers decline to accept the outcome of
the Chicago convention as democratic
and that thousands of as GOOD DEMO
Gratis as there are in the country are
declaring their intention either to vote
the REPUBLICAN ticket or not vote at
ALL
If as good democrats as live, according
to the Advertisers estimation, declare
after the democratic party has by two
thirds vote named ticket on platform
declaring for bimetallism that they Will
vote the REPUBLICAN ticket rather
than the democratic ticket, what right
has the Advertiser to charge that Mr..
Bryan is not GOOD democrat because
he proclaimed in advance of the action of
his party in a public speech here and
elsewhere that if the democratic party
should become so Shermanized as to
bandon the great democratic principle
Of bimetallism and declare for that re-
publican doctrine, the British single
gold standard, and nominate
John Shermanite as it's candidate,
he would not support the ticket?
In the estimation of the Adver-
tiser as GOOD DEMOCRATS as live de-
clare they are going to vote the republi-
can ticket In the estimation of the Ad-
veltiser Mr.. Bryan is not a democrat be-
cause he proclaimed more than year
ago that John Shermanism was not de-
mocracy, and If the democratic party
should ever become so Shermanized as TO
abandon the democratic principle of BIZ
metallism and declare for the British sim
gle gold standard and nominate John
Shermanite he would not support the
ticket
Mr. Bryan said that certain doctrine
was republicanism, and that the adop-
ton of that doctrine by the demo-
cratic party would drive him from the
party. The party said by vote of more
than to / that Mr.. Bryan was correct,
and in so saying it branded the British
single gold standard as republicanism,
and in supporting that doctrine now the
Advertiser brands itself as a republican
organ.
In the same article from which we
take the above extracts is found an
other statement which, in view of what
the Advertiser had already said, is SIM
ply startling. 1t Is as follows:
1.-THE Advertiser advises sound money
democrats to keep cool and go slow.
There is time enough yet to determine
what is best to be DONE"
Here we have proof positive that the
Advertiser has no faith in the truthful
ness of what it says or 1t Is absolutely
devoid of moral courage. After pro-
claiming that the democratic party has
nominated a populist on more than
populistic platform-on an appeal of So
cialism," that, as matter of fact, 1t re-
CARDS the action of the democrats at Chi
cago "as subsersive of everything in the
history and traditions of the party" 1t
says there SIS time enough yet to deter
mine what is best to be DONE" and adj
vises sound money" democrats ito keep
cool and go Slow" The Advertiser does
not believe its assertions as regards the
democratic platform, or it has not the
moral courage to entitle 1t to the respect
of anybody. Think of democrats keep
ing cool and going slow and postponing
the hour of decision when a party declar-
ing for socfa liSm Is irving to caDtl1re the
highest office in the land-and that, too,
under the advice of a newspaper.
The Chattanooga Times was eminently
correct. 1t has the company of the Ad-
vertiser, which has to all intents and
purposes bolted the democratic party, its
platform and its ticket,and only needs the
moral courage or the proper instructions
to speak it out in meeting. The latter
we suspect, and predict it's early arrival.
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ABLAzE WITH DEMOCRATIC EN-
THUSIASM.
There is scarcely room to doubt that