The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-22
"Hore Evidences Of a Deep and Wide-Lald
Political PlOt.r

Almost every week there appears fresh
evidence Of an organization including
prominent Democratic leaders In almost
every State i'm the Union 10 attempt 10
put the financial and monopoly question
in the background and 10 revive the tarlh
as 10 the leading issue in 1900.
The masses Of the people in the Demo
cratic party are nowhere IN favor OF this
plan. but there are hosts Of H9chine Dc
mocratic politicians OF the regularity
stripe. whose real sentiments are the
same as ClevelaRd's. Palmer's, and Buck
ner's, but who, for regularity's sake. or TOR
some other reason. did not bolt their
ticket. but stayed I'm the party and sup
ported Bryan-and these are the men who
are working this tariff scheme inside OF
the Democratic party. They have an UNI
Outstanding with the Cleveland Demo-
Gratis who bolted.
Their plan is 10 put I'm the background
tho great and important question on
which the Cleveland Democrats and the
Bryan Democrats disagree and TO re-
vive the sham battle over the tariff 50
that they all can get together in the same
bed again. In every Southern State race
prejudice is 10 be appealed 10, and the
desperate effort TO make the ''nigger' an
issue is a part OF this scheme. Ot course
all OF these regularly Democratic politi-
clans are still protesting to be for bryan,
for II is necessary for them 10 do this 20
prevent the masses Of the people from
suspecting their scheme. or course the
railroads in every State are backing this
scheme ana furnishing the campaign
funds for the 1898 campaign on the con-
dition that the railroads will be taken
care OF by the Legislature. II they sue
coed in enough States they will turn down
Bryan ana put up a straddlehug or a gold
standard democrat in 1900.
We nave seen this thing happen In
Maryland, New York, and other States.
The latest case in point. though being
done under cover. is i'm the State Of Viz
ginia. II will be remembered that Tyler,
the most pronounced silver Democrat in
the field was nominated by the Democrats
for Governor, and the press heralded 1t
everywhere that his nomination was
great victory for the silver people. But
the fact Is that the railroad Democrats
and the machine regularity Democrats
were in control Of the State convention
As a proof Of this We call attention 20 the
fact that they refused 10 cooperate with
the Populsts by giving them the Lieuten-
ant-Govornor, but nominated gold
standard Democrat, a railroad man and
a banker for Lieutenant Governor, 4 man
who is another misit just as Sewall was
on the National ticket with Bryan. Be
sides, they nominated the machine can
didate for Attorney-General, turning
down the popular candidate who was
an anti-monOpOist.
1'hat Is not all. The other day when
the Virginia campaign opened al Roam
oke, Tyler. the pronounced silver nomi-
no fof y
tire speech TO the tariff question, referring
10 silver and the money question only in
cidentally. The Democratic papers next
morning all published his tariff arguments
and praised his speech as having the
true old Democratic rfrfg," and we have
even noticed that Democratic papers In
this State have referred 10 his speech as
sounding the keynote for the campaign"
There is nothing very strange about
this when we stop 10 consider that the
Democratic party i'm Virginia is dominat-
ed largely by the railroads. In fact, the
Virginia Legislatures are probably as SER
vile 10 the demands of the great railway
corporations, namely. the Southern, the
Chesapeake and Ohio, the Atlantic Coast
Line and others as any other State I'm the
Union. II was proven In the investigation
OF tho alleged corruption in the recent
Senatorial election in that state that the
railroads contributed vast sums OF money
10 the Democratic campaign fund and 10
Influence and control the Legislature. All
Of these railroads that contributed 10 the
Democratic party in that State in the
past and that are now contributing TO the
present Democratic campaign are IN fav-
o. OF the gold standard and threw their
influence to Mckinley in the last cam
paign.-The Caucasian.