The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-03

AoS'llah tN'u'iNh ihst HhNuIuhS Ho''
Europe by tho steamer Paris. Mr..
Cochran did not forget American poll
tics during his trip. and he has evolved
a plan by which he thinks the defeat
Of the Chicago candidates may be en-
compasscd. Speaking OF the situation
he said:.
~ regard It as the grIvest In the his
tory OF the country, exceeding in I'M
portance the crisis OF 1860. The seccs-
sion movement was but an attempt 10
divide this country between two GOV
ernments, each OF them designed to
protect property within the limits OF
It's Jurisdiction. The movement launch
ed at Chicago Is an attempt TO pnralyze
Industry by using all the powers Of gov
eminent to take property from the
hands OF those who who created II and
place 1t In the hands OF those who
covet It. This il a question Of morals
as well as OF politics.
mo political convention a Issue n
valid license 10 commit Offenss against
morality and I decline TO follow Mr..
Bryan In n crusade against honesty
and the rights OF labor"
"Do YOU mean that YOU Will actively
| oppose the Democratic party, or abstain
from active support of it?'.
I'm q contest for the exlsterca OF CIV
ilIzatton no man cana remain neutral.
Whoever does not support the forces
OF order, aids the forces OF disorder.
II ! a do anything 10 thwart a move
mcnt, the success OF which ! should re-
gard ~ an irrcparable calamity not
only TO this country, hut to civilized
| GAnInfNF . a AZ ~ tshaNn n shall HRFrtn tn1 ~
do It."
"NShRt DO YOU think OF Tammany's
action In endorsing the tlcket?"
II simply can't understand It. They
strongly opposed the platform at Chi
CagO on the ground that 1t was an us
sault on the integrity Of the mutton.
They decline 10 even ratlfy II even now
which shnws that they have not chang
ed their opinion OF II. Yet they have en-
dorsed the candidate who stnnds upon
II. and whose election will mean that the
platform which they have themselves
denounced ne a singular combination Of
iunncy and villainy shall be lacOrpo-
rated into the statute laws or thIsc0un-
try"
Defeat Of Bryan Most Important.
"Wl1l o support Major Mckinley
outright, or DO you favor the nomination
OF another Democratic tIcket?"
81 believe that all Democrats who are
so thoroughly In favor Of sound money
that they place the defeat VI Bryan
above the interests OF any organization
or. party should meet In convention for
the purpose OF considering the form and
method by which they can give the
greatest efficiency 10 their opposition.
For my part ! do not believe that the
nomination OF other candidates for
President and vice President. however
eminent and deserving they may might
be personally or politically, would serve
any useful purpose. Nobody believes
that they could be elected, and any
Democrat whose hostility TO PopuliSm
and Republicanism would not nllow him
TO support either Bryan or Mckinley
could show his opposition to both by
remaining at home on election day quite
as well NJ by voting for n third ticket.
II would be more convenient to himself
Individually and would not create n Wis.,
lille SEPARATION between himself and his
party organization"
but nov can men, riipturlnH party
ties. BE- sustained lty GONE sense Of agsU-
citation among Themselves"
"rhat end could be attained by the
adoption OF u platform declaring for
sound money against eXtravagant ap-
preparations; In favor OF q tariff for
revenue only, and ample for the pur-
pose: against the ~paternallsm OF the Re-
publican party and the Populistic social
ism OF both the Chicago and ST. Louis
conventions: In favor OF that American
liberty which can be maintained by so
limiting the power OF the government
that 1t can never Interfere with the daily
concerns or law-abldlng citizens. The
plank OF pressing Importance In such q
platform Ii, of COURSE, the currency
plank. Now. the mere election Of Nc
Kinlcy will be the defeat OF the silver
movement.
Should Endorse Mckinley Electors.
Your obvious policy, then. would be
TO endorse the Mckinley e~lectors?"
Precisely. The Democrats who will
have achieved tho success OF their iinan-
cinl plank by the election OF Mckinley
VIII yet constitute an opposition TO the
Republican party the day after election,
bnsed on principles which are certain to
be ultimately adopted by the American
people. Whit Is needed. therefore. Is
not a new ticket, but n new platform,
which viii declare In unmlstakable
language tho cardinal features NJ the
party faith. and which, while endorsing
Mckinley electors, will provide for n
really Democratic opposition to the Nc
Ninley administration during the period
OF It's existence"
"whnt Is POUR opinion of the ultimate
outl0Ok?"
Everything depends on the manner
In which 1t Ia wagcd. To my mind there
Is but II tcst OF prosperity which cun
be applied TO a country, and TINT IL the
rate OF wages paid to labor. There can
be no prosperity where low wages are
paid. Th0re Gnu be no distress where
the rate 0f wages IL high. It can be
Gnally demonstrated that this whole Sill
Yer movement Ia Il conspiracy nEninat
wages, und II the campaign Is fought on
|'thls line, | have no doubt that evcry
nurthorn state In the union In which IL
Is practicable to hold u free election
viii be carried by the intelligence and
morality OF the American people against
tho mnlistrous propositions submitted To
them by the convention which u0ml-
mated Mr.. Bryan for the presidency"
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