The record-union., 1896-08-14

resentatives of the boiling element,
says that "the Chicago conventions reg
ularity in it's formal constitution was
unQuestionable and invincible." But to
be fair with the Sum- we will state
that it's statement is qualified by the as
sertion that "its irregularity was only
in it's spirit and principle" Apropos to
the Suns" argument denying spirit
of Democracy, it would be in order to
inquire of that journal as to what 1t
considers the true spirit and principle
of Democracy to be. Webster defines
it as being that form of government in
which the sovereign power is in the
hands of the people collectively, and is
exercised by them directly or indirectly
through elected Representatives or dele
gates" In short, Democracy is repre-
sentative of the people. Was not the
Chicago gathering all that is claimed
for the name. Even in a partisan sense
the Chicago convention was strongly
Democratic. It was made up of men
chosen by those who compose the bone
and sinew of the party.
A QUESTION.
Riverside Enterprise: What's the
cause of all this depreciation of prop
erty if it is not the appreciation of
standard money? Gold has value, in
creasing value, because the stamp of
the Government indorses it. But prop
erty is not sustained in price by the
stamp of the Government.
SIMPLY WAITING.
Stockton Independent: The men who
a few years ago staked all they were
worth on the price of wheat remaining
at paying figures have lost and now
blame the banks that furnished them
the stake money Those who bought
heavily of land that is only adapted to
wheat-growing are in bad plight, but
the banks which took such land as Sc
curity and now find it worth less than
their loans are also in a bad plight,
but are not warning on the farmers as
the latter are warning on them. They
dare not foreclose because the land will
not return them their money, as they
know by what they have forecloSed on.
They are simply waiting, as the farmers
are, in the hope of better times lifting
them out of their difficulties Some of
the farmers are about to vote for free
silver, hoping to get better prices but
forget that those better prices will only
be apparent, while their debts will re-
main unaltered if not increased oy ac-
cumulating interest payable in gold
PROHIBITIONISTS FOR M'KINLEY.
Los Angeles Times: 1t is not surpris-
ing that in a split year like this, many
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES who can still con-
sistently and justly call themselves such
should decide to forego their ticket for
this once and cast their votes where
they believe they will do the most good,
that is to say for Mckinley, the repre-
sentative of protection and sound
money. In deciding to do this they do
not mean their act to be interpreted as
backsliding on prohibition. They simply
want their votes to accomplish the best
possible purpose, and the best way, and
only way, to do that is to vote for Nc
Kinley.
THE ISSUE.
lone Valley Echo: The Republicans
claim that protection is one Of the great
issues of the present campaign and that
the laboring men should be in a great
rush to embrace Hannaism, and Incl
dentally William Mckinley and vote for
the man who would protect the Ameri-
can laborer by taxing what he, his wife
and children wear and call it a protec-
tive tariff, protection to the laborer, etc.
But the Republican tariff does not pro-
tect the American laborer any more
than does that of the Democrats, which
the Republican press and stump are
pleased to designate as free trade
CATILINE.
Oakland Enquirer: One of the Bryan
orators at the Chicago convention made
hit by speaking of the Nebraskan as
new Cicero, who comes to put down
new Catilinean conspiracy" But
someone makes the pert rejoinder that
the comparison is ill-fitting because one
of the proposals of the Roman Catiline
was to pay off silver debts IN copper;
Bryan seems to be more of a Catiline
than of Cicero.
EXACTLY SO.
Red Bluff Sentinel: The issue is not
to give the poor man any particular
kind of a dollar, but to give him a
chance to get some kind of a dollar
Woodland Democrat.
That is exactly our position, and Nc