The herald., 1896-09-28

silver larger coinage by four hundred
per cent than it ever had in the history
of our country. We can appeal to the
fact that convention honestly chosen
by honest Democrats and consisting of
$40 delegates-all in their places-as
honorable and as enlightened body as
any body of equal number that ever met
in national convention, voted by more
than two-thirds Of their number for our
platform and our nominee.
1--WE can appeal to the fact that the
Democratic party placed upon the stat
ute books the best, the most equal and
least oppressive tariff that we have ever
had; and has driven from our code of
laws the denominations of the election
laws and the force bills and has forbid
the employment of the standing army
as posse comitatus.
I'VE can appeal to the fact that we
have voted for Seymour, Tilden, Han
cock and three times for Cleveland; all
New Yorkers, and once for Horace Gree
ley New Yorker, for the sake of peace,
harmony and unity in the party, and
sometimes, at the sacrifice of our per-
sonal judgment; and that we never de-
serted Democracy. If all this disproves
our Democracy, then we are not Demo-
Gratis and we are fools. 1t does not dis
turb my sense of duty nor wound my
pride that am shut off from the privil-
ege of appeal to the sage of Wolferts
Roost for justification Of my vote on
the income tax, or to the fountain of
light at Buzzard's Bay for the lamp of
Diogenes, while searching to find honest
men in the bond syndicates, who dis
dain dishonest dollars. Neither am
distressed that have not the faculty Of
Palmer to palm off spurious pretense
of Democracy for the true creed of our
party and to take possession of the or
ganization in virtue of alleged creden-
tials that have served as a passport to
every Republican convention and office
in reach Of the journeyman politician
who was recently buried in his third
parry baptism in indianapolis. I do re-
gret that Mr.. Cleveland mistook the
party baptism In Indianapolis. 1 do re-
such self-sacriice during the three cleo
| tions, two of them successful as being
his sort of a Democratic party. 1t is a
sad thing to contemplate that great
man should thus be betrayed into the
presidency for two terms by the votes
of men who turned out to be lunatics
and perfidious betrayers of their sup
! posed chief and master.
| after proving his devotion to his ideas
of true Democracy, in the appointment
of Gresham as secretary of state, as a
reward for his lifelong service to the
Republican party, and his devotion to
pure Democracy in the effort to fasten
| the noble Liliuokalani upon the throne,
and his devotion to the safety of the
country by putting the treasury under
the guardianship of the Rothschilds'
syndicate. the Democratic party aband-
| oned him as stranded mugwump. 1t
| is not our fault that he made the mistake
Of supposing that he was ever Demo-
orat. 1t is said he is a man of noble
independence That is noble trait
when it leads one to refuse offices and
! honors, but when these have exhausted
the generosity of the people who confer
them it Is not honest independence that
turns upon them and seeks to hand
them over to their enemies for destruc-
| ton. Talleyrand was independent
when he helped to turn people over to
the allied powers, but his independence
was that Of an migrate, and his fame
is still wound upon the honor of
France. I am glad that Mr.. Cleveland
sought his own and that his own have
received him."
WILL VOTE FOR BRYAN
ST. LOUIS, Sept 27.-Col. William r.
Morrison. chairman of the interstate
commerce commission, was asked here
today how he intended to vote in Novem-
ber. He replied:
| II have been a Democrat for fifty
years and voted the regular Democratic
ticket. How 1 shall vote in this cleo
ton is hardly proper subject for dis
| cussion."
No one who saw or heard Col. Morrison
will question that he will vote for the
regular party nominee.
MISSOURI FUSION
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 27-Instead of nomi-
rating an Independent ticket, the city
Populist convention has endorsed the
entire Democratic city and senatorial
ticket. Six Populist candidates for the
legislature were nominated and these
| will be placed on the fusion tickets to be
voted for by Democrats and Populists.
along with nine legislative candidates
to be nominated by the Democrats to-
morrow. Fusion was carried by q vote
of % to IS. The minority, headed by
Sheridan Webster, bolted and are pre-
pairing for a middle of the road cam
paign.