The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-29
SPIRIT OF TIKI PRESS.
PRESIDENTIAL PoS>IEII.

TO pursuadc him to accept. If he is not
named. the chances are bright for Col.
William II. Morrison. Colonel Morrison
hardly did himself justice IN his recent IL
nancial interview, for he is squarcly OPP
noscd to the free coinage of silver and
would veto frcc-coina@c bill. His char
actcr is much more rugged than that of
Major Mckinley. and in this respect he
could be more safely trusted. but his views
are hardly pronounced enough to permit
an aggressive campaign on his behalf
against Major Mckinley among the ad
vocatcS of the gold standard in the com
mercial centres of the East.
The Chicago Record SAYS 1t will be
Just as we'll to regard the Hon. Horace
Bots as Il distinct probability of the sit
uaton. The fact that he is not so extreme
as some of the other silver advocltcS-
that, indeed, he sought to include in the
Iowa platform Il declaration to change
the ratio if the l6-to-1 experiment should
he found unsafe-will serve to strengthen
him with the more conservative silver men
in the convention. while it will not weak
en- his position as an advocate of the kind
of currency demanded in free silver States
The Boston Herald saws: Col. William
r. Morrison, of whom we had hopes at
one time as Il candidate adapted to unite
the Democratic party. appears to nave Ia
ken an unfortunate leaf out of Mex lnley $
book He does not know what his views
are on the currency. This is hardly i'll
accordance with the downright character
of Colonel Morrison. and it is not at all
fitted to the present condition of Demo
cratic affairs There should be one party
with candidate vino knows his own
mind.
IL.
no reason why Il Sound-moncy Democrat
should support Governor Matthews for
the Presidency. State pride will cover
many sins in candidate, but it can hard
" he stretched so far as to Justify an hon
est money man in advocating the nomina-
ton or election of Presidential candidate
who is plainly committedto the free-Silver
cause. There is every reason to believe
that Governor Matthews has determined
to cast his lot with the silverltes.
The Louisville Courier-J Journal: Be
cause Mr. James f. Campbell of Ohio was
once elected Governor Of that State some
people have mentioned him now and then
for the Presidency But Mr.. Campbell
has taken himself out of the Presidential
field by his attempt to get into it. His re-
cent interview on the financial question
reveals his calibre and settles his case.
The Republicans may make 4 silk purse
out of a piece of Ohio ''Shoddv; the Dem
ocratS won't.
The Hartford CuuraEt says: The Hon.
Lvndc Harrison. just back from political
combinations in New York, informs the
Monticello Club that the active metropol
itan Democrats with whom he has cX-
changed views are for having the party
try its luck this year with young Mr..
col ,f Massachusetts
10 Club as for as heard from, doesn't see
ANYTHING better far the party to do.
PLAN To DEFEAT THE SILNERITES At
CHICAGO.
The New York Evening Post says: Our
Washington correspondent mentions Il
plan for defeating the SivcriteS in the
Chicago Convention, even if they should
have a majority in that body Under the
rules of the Democratic National Conven-
ton othirds vote is required to nomi-
nate Il candidate for President and Vice
President. Although this rule does not
apply to the adoption of the platform, it
gives the minority practical veto upon
the action of the ma ioritv if they choose
to exercise it. since 4 party with plat
form but without Il candidate would be Il
rather humorous conception to the Amerl-
can mind. 1t is certain that the gold
standard men will control more than one
third of the delegates. Indeed, there is
still fair chance of their having a ma ior-
itv The situation is such that the gold
standard men cannot yield under any cir
cumStanccS, not even if they have to re-
main in the Convention casting their votes
till the dav of election. They cannot com
promise on IA Straddling platform, even if
the Silvcrites would consent to do so. The
hot h, oft ,ap hat ba two h ri
rule must be repealed or that the Conven-
ton must yield to the gold-standard men.
If the rule is repealed, the latter will de-
clare that a fundamental principle of the
party organization is broken. and will
walk out and nominate Il ticket and adopt
a platform of their own. 1t may be said
that this course * open to the silver men
also in case they are in minority Quite
true. They can sit in the Convention and
vote till November if they choose, but
they are not generally composed of that
kind of stuff. Tillman and Bland and
BRYAN. who are more than half way out
of the party now. may be of this type, but
they will not be able to carry many as
one third of the Convention to the extreme
point of boiling. Meanwhile it is gratifv-
in~ to observe that the sound money Dem
ocrats IL Illinois are preparing to hold a
separate convention, ignoring the Altgeld
PopuliSt call which is based upon the If
regular movement of last year.
WHO l. To POCKET THE PROFIT.
The New York World says: The pro-
poSal of free coinage is a proposal to i'm
peril and perhaps destroy the prosperity
of the 20, 600, 900 American people in the
hope of giving an unearnrd and unnatural
profit to a mere handful of silvcr-mine
owners on their product
The silver which it is proposed to en-
nance in value hv coming does not belong
to the people. 1t belongs exclusively to
the mine owners. The benefits of free
coinage, if any should result, will not ac-
cruc to the people hut solely to the mine
owners.
Why, then. should the people vote for
any such change of policy: Why should
they risk panic and disaster and a pro
longcd prostration Of business in order to
confer doubtful benefit upon Il small
number of rich spectators who have done
absolutely nothing to deserve such Il pub
lie sacrifice: Why should the >etishnesS
Of greed ovcrrid all considerations of the
welfare of the people:
TuEILIINofS >cHI>M
The New York World SAYS: The Alt
geld faction has had its way in Chicago.
money Democrats that only seven dele
gatcs to the State Convention will certain
" be for honest money, and not more than
Il handful are even free to vote in that way.
But the end i not yet. The sound mon
cv Democrats stayed away from the Chi
cago primaries because the results were
predetermined. but they placardcd their
purp~s to make new and truly Demo
cratic organization to hold convention
of their own. and To contest the right of
ToTulists and Socialists and Anarcll :. : to
represent Illinois in the National Demo
cratic Convention, with Il probably con
trolling voice there.
In brief, there is Il ">plit' in illinois.
and the National Convention will be called
upon to decide whether Democracy in that
State represents Al1gcIdi>m or the tradi-
tional principles of the party. The qucS-
ton will be scarcely less important than if
it were whether the Democracy shall com
nit hari-kari or go on living.
For their is nothing in the future more
certain than that with an Altgcld platform
and candidate the Democracy would be
buried under mountain of adverse bal