The Republican journal., 1896-08-20

The number of Democrats who regard
patriotism as above party, and who have
announced their intention to aid in sup
pressing anarchy and Reputation by vot-
ing for Mckinley and Hobart, steadily in
creases. The boiling Democratic news
papers, including the leading and most
influential journals, now number about
two hundred. The college Presidents,
who appear to have been Democrats with
hardly an exception, are practically unan-
imous in favor of Mckinley and Hobart
One of the finest tributes paid to Mr. Nc
Kinley is that from Hon. Abram S. Hewitt
OF New oak, who served in Congress with
our Presidential candidate and who says
that he is man of ability, integrity, and
worthy of every confidence. Mr.. Hewitt
needs no Introduction to Democrats, at
least to those familiar with the personnel
OF their party. He is a man of ability
who has served his party in Congress and
as Mayor of New York city. and who has
successfully conducted large business en-
terpIises For year OF more he kept his
iron works running at a loss rather than
discharge his workmen or reduce their
pay, a practical proof of his regard for
the Iabonng man.
in last weeks issue we published an inter
view with the eloquent Democratic orator.
Bourke Cochran of New York CITY. and
what he said then he has since reiterated
and elaborated. He is against putting a
Democratic gold ticket in the field and
advocates the election of Mckinley and
Hobart. Among other things he says III
his later statement:
Every Democrat who refuses to sup
port the Chicago platform regards the de-
feat of the absurd propositions for which
Mr.. Bryan stands as the paramount issue
of the campaign, and since the simplest
and most effective methods of accomplish
ing that result is to nominate Mckinley
electors | believe in following that course.
In contest of this character | believe the
people would prefer direct to an indirect
method of expressing their adherence of
Communist, Populism and Anarchy"
At recent meeting in Brockton, Mass,
of the Democratic city committee letter
was read from Hon. William L. Douglas.
repudating the Chicago platform. In his
letter Mr.. Douglas says
II am still Democrat; but when the
honor, the integrity, the very life of my
country is attacked, then partisanship
dwindles into insignifcance | believe in
my country first, party politics after.
And so believing. |. OF no other man who
Is Democrat from principle, can sup
port Bryan and Sewall, the Populist nom
inees of the alleged Democratic National
Convention.
II am deeply interested in the material
welfare OF the city of Brockton and its
people, as well as the welfare of the pee
pie OF every section of our country. What
is for their good is for my personal bene-
ut; what is for their injury is my person.
al loss. After long and assduous study
OF the question in all its details, | array
myself on the side of the gold standard
advocates, sometimes called sound money
men.
i take this stand because [ believe its
triumph is for the best interests of all the
people OF Brockton as well as for the best
interests OF the country as a whole. Free
silver at the ratio of 16 to l means misery
and deprivation for my working people and
the serious contraction of my business.
without the prosperity of the common
people, who are in fact the capitalists as
well as the controllers of the nation, man
ufacturers and employers of all kinds of
iabor cannot prosper. With the factories
OF Brockton closed and our working people
searching for work which cannot be
found, what is to become of the thousands
upon thousands of dollars invested by
these people in homes, in savings banks,
or IN insurance policies? If you will but
CONSIDER Tor moment you can see that
thls 10 TO l craze can be of no possible
benefit to our friends of the South and
west, and is sure to bring misery and dis
aster upon us of the North and East.
Now is the time for all the working
men throughout this great republic,
whether they be shoemakers here in
Brockton, farmers out West. Or clerks in
our mercantile establishments, to use
their best judgment and intelligence as
business men. Their labor, which is
their capital, is in danger of being scaled
down about one half by the adoption of
the free coinage of silver at the ratio of Is
to l. Money for pensions, insurance pol
icies, the savings banks and for all labor
will he paid out in 50 cent dollars
cit is a well authenticated TACT that
wages for labor do not advance in proper
ton to the advance in the price of the
necessaries of life. If they did nothing
would be gained. Labor is better paid in
gold standard countries than in silver
standard countries. No silver standard
country of the world has a per capita ex-
ceedlng s., while Mexico, admittedly the
most prosperous of all silver standard
countries, has per capita of only 81 81.
Look at China, Japan and the other silver
countries. They have the poorest paid
labor in the world. There is vastly more
money per capita in circulation in gold
standard countries than in silver standard
countries. The interests of the working
people demand that the gold standard be
maintained, and feel sure that major
lty OF yonr committee will agree with me
after careful study of the case.''
Mr. Douglas advice to the committee
was to forbear the endorsement of any
ticket at this time. Nevertheless the
committee unanimously and unqualified
ly endorsed the Chicago ticket and plat
form.