The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-17
APPEAL TO DEMOCRATS.
.fNDREW -. WHTTk's OPIN LITTER
10 sOME or ms FRIENDS.
A Call To "Comc Out From tho Mob of IN
reason and stand With the Republic
can Party for the Country"

Cornell University. tN-MlhlSt'I 40 VT
many and to Russia. and member
OF the Venezuelan Boundary Commis-
sion. II is addressed 10 j. Sterling
Morton. OF Nebraska. President julius
ID. Drcher. of Virginia. william j.. VIII
son. Of West Virginia. Colonel William
Preston Johnston. OF Louisiana; josiah
Patterson, of Tennessee, Edwin +. uhi'
William l.. Quinby. and George v ~
Lothrop. Of Michigan: Wayne MacNeagh'
OF Pennsylvania: Simeon T.. Baldwin, OF
ConnccticiA. Henry A. Richmond, OF
Buffalo. Theodore Bacon. OF Rochester
Samuel D. Halliday. Of Ithaca 81 Cidi'
AoKolway. OF Brooklyn. and freHerlc
AZ. Coudcrt. Charles ;. Faircnild' fos"eh
y. Flower. Joseph G.. Hendrix Aofan
: Hewitt. Oswald Nittendorier, carr
schurz. oscar ). Straus, Henry Wizard
John De Witt Warner. and everett l.
Wheeler. of New York city.
Mr. White Says. AS one who ieels
bonorcd by a personal acquaintance with
YOU. and who respects you 1or your
character. abilities. and public services
permit me 10 address you regarding tho
present political crisis. l believe that
many OF you know that though life
long Republican. have always attempted
to DO justice 10 tho motives, theories, ana
acts OF an honest men in your party,
sometimes even rskng in consequence
the goodwill OF my own. What shah
now say will not be at all the utterance
oil a Republican as such to Democrats
hut of citizen 10 his fellow-citizens'
whom be knows 10 be experienced,
thoughtful. and patriotic
Mr.. White then rchcarses the circun-
stances OF the adoption by the Chicago
convention Of a platform which is dia-
metrically opposed to Democracy as de-
Neloped by jefferson. Jackson Benton,
Seymour. Tilden. and all the great lead
ers Of the party" and says
1T is a platform leading logically and
historically 10 dospotism which Is the
very opposite Of all Democracy and IN
which all Democracy and Republicanlsm
worthy Of the name would be eXtin-
guishcd II not resisted and over
,vhelmod now. IL Is absolutely certain 10
he followed BY the absorption Of
the bonds and stocks Of railroads. tele-
graphs. and various productive enter
prises OF the country, with payment FOR
them. If at ali. in a paper currency OF
nominal value. and their management
by the central government, under the
cry that all such things have been built
w for the people. belong 10 the people,
and should be managed by the people.
Nor will connscation stop there.
Lhe platform indicates this by its denup
citation OF any adjustment, no matter
how, equitable. Of the Pacific railroad
question. by its proposed treatment OF the
Supreme Court of the United States,
and by its demand. practically, for free
riots in every state
The arguments for the present Chicago
platform lead with rcmorselesss logic
TO this extension Of governmental powers.
involving widespread confiscaton. and
a centTallzing despOtism The same
damagOgues who have pushed their doc
trines thus far WILL in the name OF the
farmers Of the West. declare that. hav-
ing secured transportation Of their pro-
ducts at far lower rate than is known
In any other country in the world-the
lowest rate consistent with any return
10 those who have placed their capital
III transportation enterprises-this Is
not yet sufficient that the people must
have the services of railways telegraphs
and the like. at rate still lower or for
nothing and that this can only be done
when the people shall resume the owner
SIM ard assume the MANAGEMENT Of
These enterprises through the govern
Hehi-the managers at the centre Of
power 10 De. OF course the sort of men
who took control Of your recent conven-
ton ''''''"-
1.-THE coal and other mines can by ar
guments equally logical be absorbed. pay
mont being made Zoo first 100 debasod coin
ana finally in unlimited paper. Condsca-
tion having thus taken place under the
Forms or law. the cOndscated propertv
must be- managed for the people. and
ms can only be done by "a concentration
a. HH.
ana consequently by central dcspotiSrn
not eNcclled. IL indeed it is equalicd in
Russia.
For the first time in the history Of tho
United States We have ana Anarchist and
Socialist platform, and for the first time
also candidate who has never given
an' sLEhtcst evidence Of statesmansbin
ne Only qualification of this candidate
me h" ordtor'-is that during his
"Il,i career M Congress he made one
or TWO speeches which amused tho ITouso
and pleased its galleries. and mat dnr-
ing the recent convention he took tho
fancy OF the mcb by single exhihition
OF narins rhetoric. Nothing bovond bie
speeches is needed TO show that both i'm
temper ana intellect he is utterly mdt 10
Oe"i win The great questions which now
su..'',nt 'ne country or. indeed. with
What other outcome from spcb q
source (the Chicago Convention could
there Doe than q policy Of condscation
rum, distress, and dishonor?
Even If you utterly reject the Repub-
ncan ideas regarding the DEVELOPMENT Of
'he national industries on another thing
ana that infinitely the more imnortant
we are agreed. You know that tho
financial policy laid down al Chicago
means individual and national hankruntcv.
distress. and dishonor. You know tbst
It's premises are false. its promises de-
lusiNe. its consequences ruinous You
know that 10 means the wreck of life and
IRE Insurance companies trust companies
Savings banks banks OF deposit huildino
and loan associations. and monetary, in
situations 10 an enormous extent through
ON the country. You know thot IL
means vast loss 10 the very men il is
intended to lure. and 10 them above All
otherS-the farmers and worl0ingmen. For
as regards the farmer. 10 say nothing OF
diminished demand for their products. any
probability OF Anarchist success in the
approaching campaign will cause the fore
closure of thousands upon thousands OF
past-due mortgages. and. as regards the
workingmen. | need hardly remind Won
that wages never rise so fast or 50 far
as imitation prices The disastrous re-
suits TO merchants and manufacturers
are too evident TO be dwclt upon.
"You know that these Anarchist doc
trines contradict not only all human ex-
perience but the doctrines Ct the entire
Democratic party from the beginning.
What are the things which you as Dem
ocrats and which sound Democrats
generally. have most strongly OPP