Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-24

The Honorable WhhoA
is taking himself too seriously N the
role of a statesman.
Last summer he deferred his trip 70
Europe in order to go on to Cnicaso
and disentangle the snarl which had
occurred in the Democratic party While
NJ whitney and men like him had
been attending to other matters.
II was a task, he essayed to perform
that might well deter one better ac-
ouainted with such matters but Mr..
Whitney set out on his laudable under
taking as blithely as did Don Quixote
to tilt the windmill.
When he came to himself in an eddy
below the fall soberer realization was
his and he found that he and the Demo-
cratic party had become separated.
Then he returned to New York and told
the Republican party what 1t must 90.
To receive his support it must Tor
swear it's tariff principles.
He was told that the RepuDllcan
party had promised the people differ
ent sort of tariff from that which Mr..
Whitney had been favoring and must
keep faith. This it did. Many of those
holding views on the tariff similar to
those of Mr. Whitney, but realizing the
extent of the menace of Organism
chose to support the Republican party
preferring of the two alternatives what
they termed the lesser evil, protection
ism that did not blush at the name
Mr.. Whitney and those other gentle
men had been supporting protectionism
of a one sided variety but under an
other name.
We'll the Republicans did as they
agreed and the sound money Demo-
Gratis did as they deemed best and the
Bryanites did anything to wilma lost.
1t was then seen to be true as the Re
publicans all along had contended, that
the cause of sound money was indebted
to Republican loyalty to protection
more than the latter to the former.
Had the Republican party yielded to
the wishes or demands of William c.
Whitney Mr.. Bryan would. in all prob
ability, be President today.
Notwithstanding this, however, Mr.
whitney and certain others of his way
of thinking on political problems have
continued to assume that the Republic
can party should break the covenant
made with the public.
Here is Mr.. Whitney, just as if moth
ing had happened since last fall.saying
to the newspaper interviewer: The
Republican party has disappointed the
men of independence and patriotic SEN
timents who cut loose from their won't
didates their generous support
| Is Mr.. Whitney sorry Mr.. Bryan did
MT win? And would he prefer, were
the issue to be made over again. to
support Organism rather than to take
the Republican party as he found it,
|
and as it is today, unchanged?
If that be his preference we do not
! believe it is that of the majority of
sound money Democrats. They did
| not support Mckinley because they
supposed that either he or his party
| would repudiate protection. They knew
perfectly well such treachery would
not be tolerated. They supported him
| like true Americans because they be-
lieved a great evil threatened the cred
| it and welfare of the American people.
That was why and the credit that is
due those Democrats lies in that fact.
| Now that Mr. Whitney is taking him
self so seriously in public it may be
| proper to inquire what he seeks to lead
and whittier he would lead it. Is he try
| ing to help embarrass the passage of
the tariff bill for which the country
harmony with the Bryanites, for moth
ing could please or serve them better
than such delay and consequent dis
tress.
Mr.. Whitney should explain unless he
really cares as little about what he says
as does the public
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