Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-09-10

overwhelmingly vindicated by the
cold facts that cannot be for one mo-
ment questioned or denied, and it
confidently awaits the Judgment OF
the people OF this country which shall
pronounce upon it, "well done"
The Republican party is not party
that changes its principles in an hour.
The old and tried and true doctrines
that it in truth and sincerity has pro-
mulgated to the people are sufficient
foundation for it to stand on. There
fore, so far as that party is concerned,
the issues it presents to the country
are the same old ones of sound money
and sound protection. When you ask
me how the Democratic party or the
Populistic part of it at least, which
had its new birth in 1896, will meet
these issues, and what new expert
ment they will ask the country to em-
bark in, confess to you l cannot an
swer. / have read with deep interest
the platforms that have been promul-
gated by that party in various sections
Of the country. have noticed the
discussions that have arisen among
the leadership in Texas, where DEM
ocracy is supposed Ito run and be
glorifed," with Mr.. Bailey on the one
side opposing territorial expansion
and Senator Chiffon on the other
favoring it. l have noted the entire
abandonment of the free coinage OF
silver heresy in the great states of
Ohio and Pennsylvania, and / have
come down to the platforms that have
been enunciated by the Democratic
conventions in the several districts of
this State, and have failed to see
wherein these platforms contain any
thing but tinseled illusions to Dem
ocratic past history and agingerly re-
affirmation of the Chicago platform
OF 1896, and simple meaningless
straddle upon all the vital questions
that have grown out of the war and
which are yet to be settled and de-
termined by the legislation of the
Fifty-sixth Congress.
1 believe myself justified in the
statement that every earnest, honest
student of American politics will be
driven to the conclusion that Democ-
racy has abandoned it's free trade the
cries, that its free coinage of silver
heresy is dead beyond redemption and
that upon the questions growing out
of the expansion of our territory as a
result of the war there are as many
differing opinions as there are differ
ent bodies of Democrats that gather
together
AN AMUSING CLAIM.
/ noticed with. a great deal of amuse-
ment the other day, in reading the
local Democratic newspaper published
at the home of my Democratic oppo-
nent in this campaign, an editorial to
the effect chat it wants an opportu-
nifty to show the people in what man
ner the Democratic party in Congress
forced President Mckinley to declare
war and how it stood by him in its
successful prosecution and just what
part the Democrats took in the mis-
think I am broad
enough, and generous enough, and
non-partisan enough, to grant to our
Democratic friends full measure OF
credit for the patriotic stand which
they have taken in support of a gov
eminent against a foreign foe. !
would not detract for one instant from
the praise and admiration which dis
tinguished members in Congress and
GlSGW nFIC vi TIC DCinOCidllC
such as Generals Wheeler and Fitz
hugh Lee merited in coming 10 the
front in their country's defense.
l rejoice more than I can utter that
this war has obliteratod sectionalism
ard de2,TGyed the old bitterness that
came from The terrible s,,@s s,s.e OF
1861 between our own people, but
wien the Demo P"Hrocratic party,
throp9H its organs, seeks to take to
itself the credit Of this war and claims
that it drove the able, earnest. pa
triotic, broad-minded Republican
President, William Mckinley, to in
augurate it, simply desire to call at
tention to the people who are sought
to be misled by such misrepresenta-
tiOnS TO the fact which a decnerate