New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-01
GRACE FAyORS MKINLEY.

AND HE THINKS THE BEST WAY TO ELECT HIM
Is TO RUN ONE MORE TICKET.
William r. Grace. who sails to-day for Europe
yesterday addressed letter to Francis NJ. Scott
vice-charman Of the Executive Committee Of the
New-fork State Democracy. giving his reasons for
favoring a third ticket. The letter says in part:
In the present crisis I'm the history Of the party
many a Democrat is wavering between party al
legiance and his desire to rebuke the Influences
which asserted themselves in Chicago and with
all such consideration of the revolutionary char
acter OF the proceedings OF body calling Itself a
Forced to meet the possibility OF defeat by the OPP
Grafton of the two-thirds rule in the choice of a
policy of reputation 1t boldly stole the Votes Of a
state STATE Tor such candidates and policy by lecognzing
vote OF ~ to had refused to recognize legally
only bo fifty characterized as one Of coinage debase.
ment reputation and even anarchy and IL invites
popular support by frantic appeals to sectional
Looking over the field It may be said that 1t Is
any possibility can figure a gain by forcing upon
sne country ,s dollar worth but %
lived Neither the farm laborers nor the mine
Ia borers. nor any other class Of productive work.
perty, Will benefit by the single silver standard.
-. have personally had long experience with
America. Ny experience has shown me that while
Of the ire
variably suffered. and am satisfied that notwth-
United states and It's great wealth, neither II nor
any half dozen nations Of tho world united with It
can by legislation make dollar In silver at the
ratio OF l6 to produce the same results TO tho
laboring classes as dollar in gold.
Al OF US believe, who are opposed to- the prin-
cipes Of the Chicago Convention and its P Sl
things Major. Mckinley should be elected President
be But for his own good It would to me ha
should make a formal declaration to the public to
Of
description shall be permitted 10 interfere In the
slightest degree with the maintenance OF the gold
standard during his Administration. He should not
be severely criticised for advocating protection
because there are large numbers OF people who
by self.interest and education. have been taught
their support Is essential to Republican success
IT, however, the support of sound-money Demo
above all things that the money question will be
the prime and foremost question for settlement.
TO interfere with the present gold standard in the
United States
SO, too. believe in the advisabin,y Of naming
third candidate for the Presidency who shall repre-
sent the Jehersonan Ideas OF the sound money
Democracy Sound-money orators must have an
opportunity to address Democrats directly on the
is not TO be expected that they can do effective
missionary work by advocating the election of
Democratic newspapers which have repudated the
Chicago platform should have an opportunity to
enforce the Democratic doctrine OF sound money
BY appealing directly 20 Democratic constituency
Whe her there be logic In the silver craze or not
whether It will commend itself to the good sense
consult the partisan prejudices OF men. as We'll as
their reason. and l have accordingly come 10 the
conclusion, after much thought. that the most eff
consequences that would follow from the election
OF Mr.. Bryan will be by the nomination Of a ticket
lstic revolutionary and anarchistic doctrine. such
as the Chicago platform contains.