The herald., 1896-08-01
ome months ago. the great railway

some months ago, the great railway
strike at Chicago grew beyond control,
and innocent lives were being sacrificed
and millions of dollars worth of property
was being destroyed by lawless men:
when the sheriff was powerless and the
governor failed to perform his duty.
the president of the Uuited States, with
federal troops under sanction of law.
saved further bloodshed and destruction
and thereby deserves the thanks Of ev-
cry man who values our liberties and be-
lieves that the rights guaranteed US by
the constitution ought to be sacredly
guarded against lawlessness of every
form.
The recent travesty at st. Louis, the
Populist convention, has but illustrated
the elements which naturally gravitate
toward the candidacy of Mr.. Bryan.
Every cranky quirk. every incongruous
and ludicrous and misshapen idea which
the wheels In the brains of men could
evolve, buzzed and whirled through
days Of talk, but the net result was
Bryan.
Government ownership of railroads,
telegraph and telephone lines initiative
and referendum, silver money and more
money had their advocates; and at the
end, on assura noes that all who voted for
Bryan would be equally recognized, Mr..
Bryan was almost the unanimous choice
of the convention.
Because, therefore, believe that free
coinage will come through the efforts of
the Republican party, and because the
to nj @lrt
cept on the money question, are odious
and hostile to the welfare of our country,
l shall not cast my vote for Mr.. Bryan.
1 hold my commission from the Repub-
lican party. Many of it's members, in.
cluding some of it's leaders, in the ex-
ercise of their judgment, have announc-
ed their intention of leaving the party
1 shall stay. My loyalty to the party
which has honored me is entirely con-
sistent with my loyalty to the highest
and best interests of the state I repre-
sent in the senate of the United States,
and 1 know no reason why I should
abandon my party or desert it's colors
There is in my mind no reason why it
was not as much our duty to vote for
Weaver four years ago as for Bryan to-
day.
The Omaha platform declared for free
coinage and was no more Objectionable
than the Chicago platform, and Bryan
is vouched for by leading Populists as
being "as good a Populist as lives"
The Populists have not changed in the
past four years. 1t is we who are ex-
pected to join their aggregation.
Others may find iScvise or expedient, but
I won't do it. Whenever the course of
events could make it possible that
could speak from the same platform as
in advocacy of the same presidential
candidate, / know there must be some
thing wrong with me.
What we need in Colorado Is less hys-
terics and more common sense. We
have glorious resources, yet in the in
| fancy of their development. We are
suffering from the impositionof mis-
z! taken financial policy which it is oul
natural and proper desire to see over
| thrown as speedily as possible. We are
| one of forty-six states in the union,
each free and sovereign. Within our
borders live about one northumberland
fiftieth of the people of the United States.
We live in a republic where the major
ity rules. The vast majority of the
people of the United States are honest,
of high average intelligence, and de-
voted to the perpetuity of free institu-
tions. Our great desire is to induce
a majority of the people of the United
States to believe as we dbelieve. The
way to the accomplishment of this re-
suit is not by vituperation and abuse.
The press of the country, east as well
as west, is largely responsible for the
States to believe as we delieve. The
be invoked. 1t is for us who do not own
or control newspapers and are not in the
control newspapers and are not in the
business of throwing mud, to remember
that of the millions of people who will
cast their ballots this fall, nearly all
are as patriotic as we are and, with us,
equally desirous that this republic shall
live and not die. The people of the east
are our brothers; we sprung from the
same loins; we have a common country,
common faith and the same dear flag.
This gospel of hate which is now be-
ing preached should find no followers
among sane men, no welcome among
good citizens.
We who believe in the free coinage of
both gold and silver at our mints at the
ratio heretofore existing will secure the
adoption of our views when we are able
to induce the majority of our fellow
citizens to share our belief-when peo-
pie who do not now agree with us shall
be led to agree with us, not alone be-
cause of our arguments on finance, but
because our views on other great ques-
tions entitle us to public confidence
and respect. Free coinage will never
come, in my opinion, out of the tumble
and folly of the Chicago platform, nor
will it be heralded by the cap and bells
Of Populism
(Signed) EWARD o. WOLCOTT.
Russian City Burned