The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-10-08
Or. PARKHURST.
The Great Reformer Of New
York Scores Bryan.
'H1s PLATFORM Is RUBBISH

He says the Boy Orators Public Csurss
IL Outrageous, and That Fifty Years
Will Net Undo the Harm He 10 Doing.
There Are Two Undsrlying Principles,
One Moral the Other Intellscsual-Ths
Are Very Clear.
DR.. Chas. H. Parkhurst has returned
to New York from q trip to Switzer-
land. To reporter of The Sun he
gave his opinions on the political sit
uation without reserve.
"Of course" he said, Il can't talk
very much about politics because l
know little of the state of affairs in
America. AS to the principles con-
cerned in the presidential campaign, it
seems to me that they are very clear.
No man with conscience and q
wholesome intellect can fail to grasp
the situation. There seems to be two
underlying principles at stake, one
moral, the other intellectual. The
moral principle is that an honest man
always keeps his word, that an honest
man always pays back dollar for
each dollar he borrows, that an honest
man buys on scale Of 16 ounces to
the pound and does not sell on one
of 8 ounces to the pound. The intel
lectual principle is that it is impossi-
BILE to make a commodity worth So
cents worth 100 cents. Speaking In all
reverence, l might say that the AL
mighty could not do it. You can't leg
islate value into any commodity. How
any man with a conscience and an in
tellect can advocate an attempt at such
a thing l cannot see. I do not believe
that a party advocating such an idea
can win in this country, such Is my
confidence in the American people.
"They tell me that Mr.. Bryan goes
to the Bible for his illustrations and
quotes 1t as an authority In favor Of
free silver. He will find no warrant in
the Bible for man to pay back So
cents where he got a dollar.
II understand that Mr.. Bryan, in his
private life, is man of blameless
character. His public course is out
rageous. He is drawing sectional
line in the country. He is drawing a
line between the classes and the
masses, as he terms them. That may
be good for a short ride, but in the
long run it is vicious and fiendish to
set at odds men who ought to feel that
their common interests lie in drawing
closer together.
Il believe that so years will not un-
do the harm he is doing. have not
read his Madison Square garden
speech, but ! have found neither logic
nor reasoning in any Of them. He
makes promises that he cannot fulfill.
However, he talks to people who want
such promises,a and knowing what they
want to have said, he says it.
"The battle we are fighting now
was inevitable. If Bryan loses,
doubt whether he will lose by so many
votes as to settle the question irrevo-
cably. If he doesn't we will have hard
times. These men who are shouting
for him will suffer most, for, unfor-
tunately, the poor always get hit first
and hardest. If it comes to such a
point that a trial of free silver will
have to be had, then the sooner the
better. Let us have 1t at once and get
done with it.
"Tammany seems to have been dis
integrated by the rise of this silver
question. Her position today goes
clearly to prove what we have always
She is not the Democracy
but an ulcer on the body of Democra-
cy. Her action on the money ques-
ton will be strong weapon against
her in the future.
I'm the campaign of next year, when
we elect mayor, that action will not
be forgotten. l hear that some of the
old leaders are out for gold. It is the
rats deserting sinking ship. am
by Tammany's plight, and
am glad to hear that the Democrats
organized and put Palmer and Buck
ner in the field.
"The Bryanites are not Democrats.
They are Populists, and the men who
met at Indianapolis are the ones who
are pI eserving the integrity of the
true Democratic party.
Il do not call the Chicago announce
ment a platform at all. 1t is a heap
Of rubbish, pile of dirt. l believe
Mr.. Mckinley to be man of integri-
ty, and will heartily support him."
DR.. Parkhurst means to talk poll
tics from the pulpit during the cam
paign.