The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-24
INDIGNANT DEMOCRACY.
WHAT THE TRUE LOJ ERs OF THEIR
COUN TRY ARE SAYING.
Many Differing Views as to the Advisa-
bility ola New Ttcket-What Free Sill
yer Means-Poiitical Comment.

II present Indications mean anything
there can be but little doubt that the
Populists win give the Chicago plat
fern their unqualipned Enforcement. and
while II IS true there is strong opposition
In some quarters to such move this
faction will be overcome by numbers.
The Pcpullsts certainly cannot object On
account Of losing their identity a. a
party. IL any identity IS TO be lost by
any Txrty it will be By the GhicagO
convention people. the platform promul-
gated there should meet with the unqual-
flied endorsement OF every loyal Populist.
fer it certainly contains more of what
they have heretofore been clamorng for
than IL does Of old-time Democratic doc
tr1ne. No one will attcmpt 10 deny
this. The fact that Chairman Jones, of
the National Committee IS IN attendance
at st. Louis and very much I'm evidence
will hardly tend TO induce those who have
announced their intention Of not support
ing the ticket 10 change their minds. The
combination Of the Chicago convention
party and the Populist party IS hetcro-
genous mass tbat makes many Of MS
wonder where we are at" But trust
ing to a Higher Power than the managers
Of national political parties. we shall
calmly and dispassionately view the pro
gress. and await the result OF the con-
test.-Alexandria Gazette.
II The free-silver wing q the Demo
cratic party can make allianccy with
political organizations having nothing
I'm common with true DemOcracy-Pop
lists. for example who can criticise the
sound money Democrats II they adopt
a similar line Of action? Sauce is good
for both goose and gander. Portsmouth
Star.
Hard-money Democrats need not be
hasty in deciding as whether they shall
nominats another ticket. n Will rest
LARGELY with both the candidates for
President at present in the field 20 inHu
ence their eeticn. II tho lndicayions
are that Bryan Is winning over Democrats
now opposed 10 him or more Important
still II Mckinley. shall By his course
repel Democrats now inclined 10 his sup
port. the conditions OF the canvass may
be materially changed. There will BE-
plenty Of time 20 put another Democr7t
IN the field after the autumn months
are reached. -Boston Herald.
II Is altogether probable that the lem
ocrats who love Democracy. md who
decline 10 be counted among its be-
trayers. will have a ticket I'm the near
future that will satisfy their desires and
aims This would be the most desirable
result. Int. come what may. the Ch~cni-
Gle absolves itself from all responsibility
for the utterances OF the alleged Demo
cratic Convention just closed az Chicago.
and pledges itself 10 aid in the defeat OF
In &.
paign for such a ticket on such plat
form would be 10 be untrue TO every
patriotic Democratic principle.-Ia Crosse
Chronicle.
Why IS the best money too good FOR
wage-workers9 What IS the matter with
the highest standard OF value In a coun-
try whore the highest wages and the
highest standard of living prevail? Tie
World beg the workngmen 70 think q
little deeper and little further on this
vital subject.-New York World.
The Republican State Central Commit
tee has issued an address 10 the gold Dem
ocrats asking their assistanc in resistance
70 common foe. IL can do one thing
more 10 win this support which il desires
by agreeing TO drop all tariff talk from
campaign speeches and documents and
combining the discussion 10 the living
issues. IL is social order and commercial
honor which aye now 10 be maintained
and no trivial list of schedules and vail
uatous must be allowed to divert atten-
ton from the seriousness of the situation.
Providence Journal
But tho future is also 10 be looked TO-
When such waves of passion spend their
force the country viii go on I'm its usual
steady, sensible way. We shall then need
the Democratic party as before. IL must
not survive only ass a party that has been
given over 20 Populists and Anarch sts.
The Democrats of the country must treat
the Chicago performance as utterly revo-
lutionary and void They must select
delegates from an the States. holding To-
cal and State conventions. for the purpose
These delegates must meet at some
great convention OF the Democratic par
~ 10 be- held az Chicago or elsewhere.
They must nominate a President and
Nice-President FOR the Democratic party.
In the language OF Henry Watters0n.
There must be- no compromise with dis
honor."-Louisyille Courer-Journal
Mr. william G. Redneld. Of Brooklyn. in
and address IN that city on Monday night
last deprecated as misleading the use
OF the terms debtor class and creditor
class" As he said:
Probably the largest debtors in this
country are the banks They lend large
amounts OF money and so are creditors.
hut the money they lend does not belong
10 the banks. They owe every dollar OF
10 20 the people who trusted them with
IL. They have what they cal n capital
stock: but every dollar Of this they owe
their stockholders. and they owe them
what they call their surplus. too.
4 campaign Of education which Should
put such simple and Ineligible truths
as this before rhe people would be far
more satisfying 70 the public mind and
be worth far more 10 the country than
all the pretentious and polished oratory in
which the spell-binders are preparing 70
indulge.-Philadelphia Record.
AS 10 the campaign itself IL is neccs-
sary TO bear in mind that though the
policy advocated in the Bryan platform
is practical population only an insight
cant fraction among those who adopted
10 would care 10 call themselves repudi-
ators, or for a moment believe themselves
20 be such. They don't. They believe that
prices are ruinOusly low because silver
was demonetized, and that it IS only
necessary 10 remonetize Ii 20 restore pros
perity. They are men who have lived
under years and years OF teaching that
prices can be made 10y statute. They have
had this preached at them from the East
TOR a generation. They have heard ii pro-
claimed right up 20 the eve OF their
gathering in cOnvention-"Let us pass