The times., 1897-11-26
FRIDAY. NovEMBEE 2e. 1887.
BaIaam and His Ass.

Balaam and His Ass.
Mr.. ". d. Bynum, chairman of the So
called National Democratic Committees"
which represents tile inconsiderable gold
bolt from the Democratic party in 1896, is
not TO be considered in the light of a
political Balaam. II is the Waldorf dinner
party which is Balaam, and Bynum is the
other. But he poses as the n.outhpiece and,
as such, represents what the waIdorrers
have to stow.
MI Bynun declares that the shibboleth
OF the gold boilers is, no compromise with
dishonor.n This is good and true, because
the boilers did not compromise, but adopted
and still maintain the whole thing. In
tI1nsic7ily he is not worth serious .on-
saderation. Compared with him Tim"
Campbell is a scholar and a statesman,
and Pat" Diver and silver Dollar,
Smith arc Puritans in politics But since
a few otherwise personally respectable
people haze beenIedto Joinin the Waldorf
movement, amounting to a numerical
corporal's guard, and, to the extent of
their power for mischief under delusicn.
are entitled to passing consideration. the
statements and figures offered by Bynum
in their behalf, and no doubt under their
direction, may be referred to.
These Waldorf boilers, then, through
their mou;hpiece, give it out that the
results OF the recent election We're in no
wise discouraging to the success of the
principIUs for which the National Demo
cratic patty has been battling" oh. wer.
they no;, Let Us compare the Waldorf
claims with the ascertained and conceded
facts.
They declare that the silver organiza.
ton lost the states Of Ohio and Mary
land, witlrhe legislatures which VIII choose
United states Senators" IN Ohio ;be
Republican plurality was 2s,10I. as com
pared with a plurality of As, 494 for Nc
Kinler. OF the total vote, Bushnell polloI
50.2s per cent, while Mckinley polIed
5l-s6 per cent. Chapman, the regular
bmctalliSt Democratic candidate, polled
q per cent of the vote, a gain over tile
vote FOR Bryan, which was 10 SO par cent
The gold boilers p,,IIed 200 more woes
than Palmer and Buckner received last
yeaI. Tacse figures show positive gain
in the himetallist vote of Ohio, and promise
s further reaction against gold monornetal-
HSin in 1898.
As TO Maryland the figures are not at
hand. What is equally convincing is the
acknowledged certainty that the Demo
ora1s lost the election solely because the
Democratic convention refused 10 indorse
the Chicago platform.
Tho Waldorf claim is that in Kentucky
the silver candidate had a majority IF
only 123, with sc, 900 electors, a majority
orwhamtsic) were unquestiouably in fav5r
cf SOUND money, not voting" The ONLY
State officer voted for was the clerk of
the court of appeals. Shackleford. regular
Democrat, received plurality Of II $50
his vote Of 1s6. l52 was 50.OI per cent
OF The total, against 4S.s6 for BRYAN
Bailey the Republican candidate. had 45.e1
Per cent of the total vote, compared with
1872 per cent for Mckinley. Nendacltv
as we4l as political treachery seems 10
mark the record of the gold boilers. Ken.
tucSy, ike Ohio, adds to the strength
Of its protest last year against gold mono
metaliism.
The N6ldorfers claim gain for gold
in Iowa! The Republican candidate for
governor polIed 81 per cent of the vote.
while Mckinley received 55.47 per cent.
The Democratic candidate poIled A per
cent. against 42.es for Bryan. If there
is any comfort for the boilers in these
figures, they are welcome to it.
The boilers pretend to jublIate in the
statement .i,al their vote in Massachusetts
was increased 20 per cent, While that Of
the free silver candidate" was reduced
in the same ratio. The facts are that
while Mckinley received a plurality Of
154,542 in 1896, the Republican candf-
date in 1897 only had plurality of
s5.2e3. a decrease of ,27s. Where the
basis for glee comes in on these returns
it would take Cleveland to see.
In Nebraska, where the gold men assert
that the blmetalnst vote has fallen aff,
it DoiieG 52.55 per cent of the total,
against 51-s1 last year for Bryan. In
other States which the Waldorf com