The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-03

can, If he be patriotic citizen, ,conseien tiously
support the forces OF political anarchy. The
advocacy OF free-silyer coin &c by Bryan anu
many of his adherents is only cloak for the
spirit OF revolution behind Every true bi-
metsllist must blush 70 have his cause depend
ant for success upon those who would reorgan-
ize the Supreme Court when its decisions do
not please party convention, who would re-
pudiate the National debt if free silver coinage
did not accomplish bimetaIlism, who would
attempt 10 destroy the sanctity Of private con-
tracts, who would have the Government take
and operate the countrY's railways and tele-
graph, who would restrain the strong arm Of
law in suppression Of disorder. Even if l
believed that free coinage OF silver by the
United States Independently and alone would,
under proper conditions, restore bimetallism,
I could not bring myself TO intrust so delicate
and important an undertaking to men OF Bry-
ans inexpeTience and associations, and would
suffer forever the alleged evils of gold stand
srd before would be 8 party TO contempt of
law, TO an attack on our highest court and TO
subversion of our form of government by
loading it down with ungovernmental func-
tions- Before such q spectacle how would the
shadow of Jefferson, Jackson and Tilden shud-
der and shrink
While. ss I have said, Mr.. Bryan boldly pro-
fesses TO stand on every one of the strange
pianks of the Chicago platform, he adroitly
attempts 10 divert Democratic attention from
the revolutionary spirit which prevades most
OF that document by conining the larger
part of his public utterances to what he calls
bimetsllism, and he evidently hopes by mag
nifying the importance OF this financial issue
and distorting its phases that it viii ap-
pear to be the movement OF the masses against
the classes, to make Democrats forget their
dislike OF the plainly un-Democratie features
of the platform and TO persuade them that
after all only an economic issue is involved and
this should not justify breaking Of party ties
But that kind of tactics should deceive no
one. We believe that Mr.. Brysn's arguments
for free silver are fsllaeious and demagogic
but we oppose his eandidscy not chiefly be-
cause he favors free coinage, but because his
advocacy OF that policy is but feature OF his
support OF set OF doctrines which we have
been taught TO regard as the very opposite OF
Democratic and the support of which demon
strates the unftress of Bryan and his assoei-
ates for positions OF public trust. Let not this
fact escape Democratic attention.
Every appeal in the name of party regularity
TO support the Bryan ticket is an appeal to
support the governmental ownership OF rail-
roads and teiegraphs, to attack the independ-
ence of the Federal judiciary, TO abolish the
crp dit system as q test of fitness for p1Slic
Office, to refuse to uphold the National credit
bv the issue of bonds when necessary, to scale
down the public debs By Reputation, TO invite
not only the evils which would follow silver
standard, bat those which would follow ire
deemable paper money, for even purely fat
money seems TO De recommended in the.Chicago
.. p.atform. The men who represent such con-
glomerstion OF poor principles and radical no
tions are not Democrats. They have no claim
on Democrats, and all over the land to-day
Democrats are rising to overthrow their party
fetters, which mean slavery, and to stand be-
tween the people and the certain injury which
the party's rash leaders would infict upon the
Nation
The revolutionary spirit which forced Bry-
ans nomination is manifest in his speeches
now being delivered throughout the country.
His onspicuous failure 81 Madison-square Gar
den 10 advance the cause Of silver by close ar
gument has induced him to abandon the
weapons of the logician and statesman and to
employ the arts OF the orator From the rear
end of cars he has been finging out social and
political hrebrands among the people.
He Appeals TO the base instincts OF the ignor-
ant or tc the misery of the distressed He
strives TO array class against class 10 ineite
empIoye against employer, TO stir up debtor
against creditor, to make this contest OF the
poor against the rich May God prevent this
incendiary workl In this broad land It has
haan onr rarnud hnast that fha auannas of Gzan-