The San Francisco call., 1899-07-16
MoRGAN's VIEW OF DEMOCRACY.

c ENATOR MORGAN has long been of the
most fervent of the advocates OF the free coin
- age of silver. He OF the hercest of the
foes OF Cleveland and of the most potent of the
Senatorial clique which split the Democratic party
rather than uphold the sound money policy OF the
Cleveland administration. Now the old warhorse
has had enough OF cavorting like wild colt. He has
become serious again and longs for the harmony OF
discipline in the party ranks.
The plan of the Senator is ingenious. He desires
to eliminate silver from the Presidential campaign,
but to leave it as anssue in the Congressional dis
tricts He proposes that the party nominate for the
Presidency man who shall be non-committal on the
silver question: but who shall pledge himself to have
no policy to carry against the will OF the people
AS the Senator himself has expressed it, he would
nominate who would say to his party some
thing like this: when my party is able in Congress to
pass free coinage bill will not veto it. but will per
NIT it to become a law. Whatever my own opinions
may be- believe the combined wisdom of the men of
my own party in Congress is better than mine. 1t
might be possible that should personally think
that free coinage law the proper thing to enact
but if your representatives in Congress believe other
WISE it. in your judgment such law will be for the
best interests of the country such law when enacted
by you will stand"
The detection OF Morgan from the Bryan camp is
not surprising He has simply joined the other emf
nent leaders OF his party. The Call has repeatedly
pointed that the leading newspapers in the South
States have been or less open for time
past in denouncing the folly of Organism Morgan
adds his voice theirs in expressing Southern SEN
tnent The South has no silver mines to BOOM
Her statesmen that in following the silver leaders
the South has been placed in false light before the
country, and Is almost shorn of influence in Con-
gress Her politicians perceive that Organism is
sinking ship and they ready to abandon it.
In the meantime it is to be noted that the hold of
Bryan upon the masses OF the Democratic party in
the North, at any rate continues undiminished in
strength. That much demonstrated by the out
at the Fourth of July celebration at Tammany Hall
The conservative of the leaders of his party in
every portion of the Union is against him. but with
the radicals and the unrefectng masses he remains
as unquestionable leader as ever
1t appears from the present outlook as if the Demo-
cratic convention of 1000 would be even more stormy
than that of 1896 The combination against BRYAN
next year will include almost every leader of the party
who has national reputation. He may succeed once
more in sweeping the delegates away from the do
main of common sense by the power of his oratorv.
but if the revolt that follows will be far greater
than that which organized the Palmer and Ruckner
movement. 1t will mean the total separation of the
conservative element from the Democratic party
leaving the and the machinery in the hands of
the R0puists, whom Democracy once fondly. thought
II would swallow as the tiger does the lamb