The morning times., 1896-07-08
Two Conventions Contrasted.

The mission, purposes and declarations of the two
great national conventions session opposite
character and in principles that the
held in this city may safely be said to have been called to
cast out devils while its Chicago contemporary is evil
IDENTIFY trying to establish of the lower regions
on American soil.
Putting aside the commendable efforts of the Chris
tan Endeavorers provide for the spiritual welfare of
society," it organization doing much promote good
from material standpoint. Through the influence of
members it upts rather through than precept
and purifying the public atmosphere by of wide
spread association instead of attempting to extend
raity through upt oratory The convention assembled
today represents the cohesive progressive element of
intellectual people, and while its deliberations may not be
dominated by recognized economical principles they are
destined bear greater fruit than the platforms and de-
carations that will be adopted in Chicago The higher
push the intellectual standard the less need there will
be for political conventions and the greater and
fined the development of morality the fewer criminals we
shall be compelled to punish and the condensed will
be code OF laws Every organized body that has for
its object the dissemination of moral principles is fac
tor in removing the possibility of discomfort 1t the
harmonious assembling of the sunshine of humanity and
its moral warmth will permeate aud inspire the world
with hope and cheer That being done the problem of
life is practically settled.
In ontradstincton to the peaceful gathering this
city, the majority of the Chicago convention
dscordau dsgruntled outpourng of the discontented
Democratic representation but in reality it could be
apty described chaotic of calamtized delegates
bent crystalizng their trbulatons into platform
that will magnet for the malcontents of politics
The great principles of Democracy which have cen1ented
and retained intact the party of the for many
years to be umbled into potpourri of populism
anarchy and skipbrained theories of again
establishing the reign of the bonanza kings tariff for
be harnessed along with protection for
silver interests, and 'gallused money crank will
be permitted to 16 to door mat at the White
House In the madness of its discomfort this disaected
convention proposes subordinate Democratic tradi
tions attempt make So pass for a dollar
and addition this national reputation of public and
private debt will also subject the business interests of
the country to the strain of disastrous financial panic
All this to be done that the mpracticabty of free
silver coinage without international agreement may
be demonstrated in the of Democracy.
The Chicago silver fog bank also boasts that it will
give the country platform of the Constitution far
the money plank is concerned. if such thing were
possible especially when the Constitution does refer
to 16 to parity between silver and gold. The trainers
of the Constitution might well have stipulated that
we should always sleep feathers powdered
wigs with pigta queues. Our money is already the kind
specified by the Constitution, and its gold silver and
paper dollars good gold wherever they crcu-
has long since been demonstrated impossible to
fix by legislation the price of any marketable commodity
with unknown and unlimited production and until this
government restrict the output of both gold and sill
certain proportonate quantities. in order regu
late their commercial value there is to establish
a stable parity between these metals by statute.
THE TINES will publish in full the proceedings OF
both the Christian Endeavor and the alleged Democratic
conventions and readers will generally agree that the
held in Washington is of greatest Importance and
destined to do the country far the good because
deliberations appeal and not to the preudces
and passions of the
HARSH MEASURES UNADyIsARIE