The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-16
4 MhonANIC'S VIEWS.
Patent Reasons why lie Cannot 'o'e 'o'
the Chicago Platform

the Chicago Platform.
7, vos casual and purely accidental
meeting. Each one had gone to the store
saturday evening to procure some need
90 article OF household economy INC
crops were discussed, and the prospect iof
eettng the cost OF production ioi -
naturally brought about the po''0N'
questions o. the DAY ,a that
II seemed that all hands asFeeu 'na'
i, vas every ones duty to vote LOT inc
Chic.go platform and candidates ana the
crowd we're Stacking IN their tax wheh
mechanic. who had been present ana us
tenlnr ouietlv. was appealed 10, ue'hs eA-
uaeted 10 endorse tho sentiments OF tne
balance lie said that he had fanny
dependent solely upon his laDois' A"@'
he had at one time been READY 10 Note
for the frec-cOinage OF silver ana "oulu
have done so ~ all probability Wlthou'
thinking more on the matter, hau biy an
and Sewall been nominated with an VIui
nary Democratic platform. But the pla'-
form Is "anacratic." J. G., such consioA
GRAFTON of the dogmas Of anarchy ana
Democracy that l cannot endorse II or us
candidates. In the first place. an Assault
upon the power OF the President 10 en-
force necessary laws, and TO maintain Or
der is incipient rebellion. Suppose MT
BRYAN President, and suppose another
Chicago strike under the auspices OF
Altgeld and Debbs. Mr. Bryan Is pledged
TO the side OF anarchy. and can. OF course.
render no assistance 20 the postal clerks
or Others. Follow this strike TO its natur-
al and inevitable conclusion. After -bat-
Tie and murder and sudden DEATH an
other Napoleon arises, one success or his
follows another. until he makes himself
strong. when he declares himself dicta-
tor. The anacrauc party IS powerless 70
say to him. Nay, and those who would
preserve a republican form OF government
are crushed ! am not an alarmist. gem
tlemen. nor a pessimist. but Is not such
a line OF reasoning natural under the CIR
cumstances2 Again, the menace to the
Supreme Court hallowed by the fathers
until tradition makes IT as sacred as the
Constitution itself, is a greater menace
and danger to the life OF the republic
than our poor furry Of 1851 We stood up
Ike men and declared war The insidu-
BUSINESS Of the leaders Of this rebellion
makes II more threatening still. An open,
manly enemy we know how TO deal with,
/ but when IL comes to one who claims
TO be my best friend, patting ms on the
back and swearing eternal fealty TO the
| interests Of the laboring man, and at the
| same time demand that | vote for a
| platform TO destroy my title 10 my little
| hard earned home. Then ] must decline
10 follow such men. For when the sane
tity-the loyalty, so 10 speak-of our
courts are assaulted where is the hearth
| stone in all this broad land Of ours which
the owner may safely say is his own?
When the courts are subjected to the
whims OF a gathering which can be as
easily swayed as the general average OF
, ignorant negroes by a Hng-song sermon
and human passions stirred TO d hurr!-
cane velocity by c,6quonce 90. which
doesn't compare with some Of the school
boy declamations, and the rights OF
| American citizens waited hitler and e
by the waving OF a flag or an apron, II
IS time for the fathers whose families
are dependent on MEM to ito think Sc
riously on these things
So far as the question OF finance goes
l really do not SEQ that il has much weigh
I'm this canvass. Nor do 1 really know
enough OF political economy to decide e
nv own satisfaction whether the free
coinage OF silver would benefit my Class
Poverty seems TO rule the roost" anC
with an American platform should have
voted the Democratic ticket but with TIT
certain prospect of unsettling the man
dates OF the executive and judiciar
branche1 OF our government I SHOULD
consider myself an migrate citizen and
most unnatural father to vote for such
Utophian dogmas. I have little TO lose
OF course but thar little to me end TO m,
wife and children is our ALL and is a
important 70 US as is the palace of IL,
millionaire 70 him
Meckenburg county. Aug 3. 1896.