The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-12

he was sick abed' with greenbackism
some years ago His dearest friends sat
up with him in his first attack OF fnan-
cial delusion and he finally recovered
and the hope Is INDUCED now that his
| present attack will yield 10 proper nurs-
ing and skilful treatment in fact. those
who know him best are confident OF his
restoration 10 a healthy financial con-
dltlon OF mind by the time the next ma
tlonal Democratic convention meets. vet
they will always be solicitous lest The
trouble returns in some form.
We assume that Senator Daniel means
| well. but his temperament is against him.
! lie Is a fiery Pegasus with a soul OF UNI
bounded extiberance Of fancy. His blood
| is so hot and his nature so implusive that
his actions are prompted more by i'm
| pulse than mature judgment, hence he
| is always an unsafe leader. For instance
in 1851 in one of his fights he proclaimed
| that he would rather see every public
| school house in the state burned 10 the
/ ground than have a single dollar OF the
| bondholders' debt 90 unpaid. and those OF
| us who were i'm the fight for him i'm that
/ memorable campaign. remember well how
/ he was caracartured by the Roadiusters
with flaming brand I'm hand kindlng n
fro under the humble mountain school
/ house. We remember well how his cx-
| IRENE expression embarrassed MS and
! how FAR il contributed 70 his defeat for
/ Governor. To reconcile The Senator's
! position now favoring the payment Of the
/ national bondholders in deprecated silver
! dollars with his "last dollar position
| Am 1851 NAV be as hard as aEuclId problem.
/ so / will not undertake tho task, but
/ leave II 10 him.
But admitting my inconsistency Tor the
| sake Of argument In voting for the
| ratios. does that prove that free silver is
| RIGHT? Does IL prove that this country
| refusing herself 20 recognize the free
! coinage silver dollar of Mexico 40 more
| than its bullion value. I believe now about
] A. cents. can float the silver OF the world,
! for 70 will all come 20 her mints. at hum
! dred-cent dollars? Tho proposition an
swors Itself Suppose / am inconsistent
| I'm onnosing free coinage must j adhere
! TO n theory when ] am convinced ~ is
wrong einplv 10 be consistent Must i be
! ca very "a coward ag not % declare for
! the right. for fear of the charge or IN
| consistency 7 would FAR rather be rlgnt
| though, inconsistent than wrong ana yet
\ consistent
| "a foolish consistency IS Tho hohgobn
% little minds adorcd by little statesmen
| and philosophers and dlNines.
UNGROUNDED CHARGE.
The Senator complains that 1 have
| "beaped denunciation and opprobrium'
/ UUOU those
| of silver. 1 deny with emphasis that L
| have done anything OF the kind. There
/ IS not a line or word IN my interview
rejecting upon the masses who support
silver. ] appeal 20 n just public 10 know
] ~ 10 IS not i who have cause 20 complain
| OF more than denunciatlOn by many free
SILVER partizaus / suppose the Senator
| arrogates 10 every free silver leader the
right 20 abuse me 10 his hearts content,
and thinks 1 Should bear IL with meek
ness and humility and return thanks that
/ am even allowed the privilege OF exc
pressing an opinion counter 20 Organism
! and FREQ silverism in Virginia. Well. 1
am not Of so meek and lOwly a nature.
I have a birthright I'm this Common
wealth. / have served her as best 1 could
! I'm war or I'm peace. / am Democrat
who have never cringed before any party
Zoe. inside or outside Of the party. / am
! a Democrat because Of the principles of
Democracy, not simply the name When
the party wanders from the faith, / shall
not stray with them Principles make
parties not a mere name. no party was
ever organized without n PRONUNCIATION
Of its purposes and an enunciation of its
principles, and 10 these purposes and
principles its members subscribe. Demo
cracv long ago declared for the MAIN
tho sanctity OF the courts a sound and
staple currency, freedom Of the citizen
I'm matters of contract n tariff for re-
venue only. equal rights TO all, special
privileges 20 none, and men. however,
large I'm numbers and respectable in char
actcr who do not subscribe to these
fundamental doctrines and adhere 90
them I'm practice are not Democrats.
no matter by what name they may call
themselves.
DENUNCIATION OF GOLD DEMO
Gratis.
Tn making his ufounded charge that
have written unkindy of the followers
or free silver, the Senator certainly did
not intend 20 advance the idea that only
pleasant words have been spoken of gold
Democrats. II harsher terms were ever
used In any campaign than those used in
reference 10 Democrats who declined 90
support Bryan. ] fail 10 recall Che fact.
Dcserters. traitors. gOld-bugs. plltocrats,
corporation miuions. mOucy-pOwcr sycop-
hants. Republican allies, Hannas pets
enemies of labor eud agriculture and
other similar opthets were hurled with
a herceness that would have been mp
palling to nerveloss men. but gold Demo
Gratis stood the fire without hiuching.
Democrats. Perhaps this Us the reason he
treats them with SO little consideration.
and styles them Outside enemies" lie
asks IL there were more than 5000 of
them last fal MS J stated in my inter
view, where were they2 Tie need not
leave his own door-slll 90 look upon hun
drcds Of them; his neighhors and towns
men. Lynchburg. DIS birthplace and
home. gave Cleveland 2il2 votes and
Bryan 1861. Here were Cos on them NOT
counting the natural four years increase
Of about 200 With his pride aroused. his
political fortune al stake and cNcrting all
his influence nearly 900 Democrats I'm his
own city refused 10 follow him into the
support OF Bryan, and Lynchburg's ma
jority Of 1904 for Cleveland was reduced
20 10 for Bryan.
Richmond gave Cleveland 1919. Bryan
1889. Here were 300 more. Norfolk re-
corded 4fl9 for Cleveland and 306S for
Bryan Here were 1h1 more Peters
burg cast 255S FOR Cleveland Bryan 1.CS2
Here were $50 more. Look at the 400
I'm the Valley and the thousands in the
Piedmont and Southwest sections and the
falling off from Clevcland's vote I'm every
city and eiChty-twO counties in tho
state. Look at Cieyeland's majority Of
50.I5 without any POpulst votes and
Bryans majority Of 70 567 with Is 00o Po-
pulist votes included. VIII the Senator
after scanning these figures which are
absolutely correct still think the cold
Democrats were very few. or that nav
estimate is too large? Some gold Demo
Gratis thinking with Nfr. Bryan that the
money question was the paramount Issue
no doubt voted for Mckinley. 213o ~
them voted for Palmer. but the oroat
mass OF them quietly remained au.o,.
from the polls. Who were those re,o
All good citizens. II any OF them had
political aspirations they buried then, fo,.
the sake OF their principles.
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