The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-04-09
rhE COMING oF cAMPeELL.

| ~~svsssS~ VI eOSNsvs' 1 A Poor Chance for Any Democratic Csa didats.
 The democratic party is having hard time of it trying to conjure up g prcsi. dential candidate. It has tried quite . good many names, each in it's turn fall ing flat. The Olney boom in Boston, the Carlisle boom in New York, the Whitney boom in Mississippi, the Nor ton boom in Illinois, are toy balloons
 with pin hole. Our Adlai's name
 strikes no responsive chord in the popu- lar heart.
 MT. Campbell, of Ohio, has hit upon
 an expedient for sending his balloon
 up in air before the bad boy with pin
 can get in his mischievous work. He
 would evade inquiry into his financial
 views by declaring that he has not any.
 He has his personal preference. Indi-
 vidually speaking, he is not for the
 single gold standard, nor for free sil-
 yer. but, presumably, for bimetallism.
 He would, however, vote for either if
 the democratic convention declare for
 it.
 This is new version of the squatter sovereignty doctrine of Mir. Douglas.
 He declared 40 years ago that he did
 not care about slavery, at least he had
 no convictions that stood in the way of
 it's extension or restriction. He did
 not care whether the people voted
 slavery up or down. That position was
 indorsed by n good many democrats, but in the end it led to the disruption of the party. The people did care. Some were for slavery and some against it. So to-day the people who are will. ing to adopt the single standard are sharply and .rreconcilably divided. Eliminate from either party bimetal- lism and make the alternative one or the other single standard and there could be no fellowship between the fac tions. The single goldite would not support a candidate running for presi- dent on a platform of free silver, aad vice versa. A few politicians like Campbell would, but the number of such would be too insignificant to count.
 Mir. Campbell's excuse for being will. ing to stultify himself for either ex- treme is that the very life of the demo- cratic party is nt stake. United action at this election is necessary to party existence. If there is split this year it will be good-by forever to the party. Why so? A party which could survive the split of 1860 and the obloquy of having brought on the war of the re- bellion ought not to be frightened 10 death by monetary schism. The ques- tion of coinage will probably be settled before 1900. In 1876 there was a sharp difference of opinion as to greenbacIss. The Hendricks wing of the party want ed imitation, the Tilden wing wanted but the republican party. which retained control of the govern- ment, was for neither, preferring re- without contraction, and be- | fore 1880 the gecnback issue was | wholly eliminated from politics. The reasonable expectation is that history | will repeat itself, in q general way, and that before 1900 there will be an end of all talk of either single standard to the exclusion of the other.
 But the real fact is that the party of democracy seems to be going to pieces. The machine, which dates back to Jack sons first administration, is about worn out, and cannot stand much more strain. The financial disagreement is simply symptom of the general decay. A few politicians of the Campbell stripe cannot save it by offering 10 turn their