The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-07-17
CROSSING THE RIBICOy.

a Democratic ticket favorable to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver i'll
the ratio of Is to |.
The assembled wisdom and states
manship OF the party, representing
majority OF the voters i'll the Southern
and Western States. decided to make
an innovation upon the established Gus
toms and principles of the party, and
in the same spirit of intended progress
and with broader Interpretation OF
Democratic tcEe.s. It is becoming that
the members of the party should accept
the verdict and submit to the expert
ment.
We have great faith in the consrr
vatism of Democracy. and believe that
should it he discovered that Il mistake
has been made radical measures will
not he allowed until the people are per
mittcd to express their second thought.
An ideal leader of Il new and popular
movement has been chosen. BralnN.
eloquent. irreproachable i'll character
endowed with the vim AID energy and
enthusiasm Of youth, and strong i'll the
intensity and sincerity of his conNic-
lions. Mr.. Bryan may win.
\ transition state i'll political thought
and party teachings seems to exist.
Land marks and traditions are discard
ed. Republicans are occupying Dem
orratic camping ground. and a part
possibly prevailing part-ofthe Dem
ocratc party are shouting one of the
uuOndam battle songs of their enemies.
Many are asking in Western parlance
where are we att
We ito not believe that the success
of the Republican party can bring re-
lief to the country. 1t is stated upon
good authority that all the leading
manufacturers of New England think
that We should have Il rest from the
uncertainties Of tariff chang cs-that
whether the present tariff he better or
worse than those which have preceded.
time should be given to test it under
normal conditions: that is. after the
financial question has been finally adj
Indicated. But the Republican party
in its platform and by its nominee is
pledged to radical changes III this re-
>pect. should they again be entrusted
with full power. Furthermore. the
Republican party is most largely re-
>ponsible for the disastrous legislation
upon the financial question. Senator
Daniel SAYS: "Finally. in 1890. the Re
pubican> passed the Sherman Act. Il
vertahlc Pandora box OF evils: and
in 1885,; it led of III the movement to
repeal it. without the suggestion of !,
substitute. We can hope for nothing
in the way of relief from Il party which
has such Il history and from Il party
which has gone to the foot of the class
in its first attempts at lcgislation
The Republican party has. there
fore, abandoned its idols. But the gold
<efeaturc Of its platform was framed un-
.S?sller compulSion. With what now ap-
Spears as Il mistaken idea Of policy
Hanna, in anticipation Of the Demo
cratic convention ; action. forced the
issue directly upon the money question,
and placed the Republican party i'll Il
position it has never occupied before.
1t is we'll known that Major Mckinley
halted between two opinions. and was
finally under pressure driven to aban-
don his silver proclivitie,.
All Democrats may not find in the
Democratic platform what they most
revere i'll party principles The de
nunciation Of the President is unprc-
crdrntrd. and, if Mr. Cleveland would
maintain hi, dignity. he should resign
But after all. Democracy is too great
to be wrecked by the un>ound dccfara-
tions of convention. and because
BRYAN and Scwall are the nominees of
the party. THE ENQuIRER. Il, II Demo
cratic newspaper. @ivcs them its cor
dial support.