The San Francisco call., 1899-04-07
THE OLNEY MOVEMENT.

| \ Journal announces that movement is now
under way in Massachusetts, to make Richard
Olney the Democratic candidate for President in
1900 1t is stated somewhat curiously that he is likely
to be found an available candidate because he is in
favor OF expansion but opposed to annexation, and,
while gold Democrat, has not made himself OBJ
noxious to the free silver men.
There are reasons for believing strong foundations
exist for this report The Southern States constitute
the strength of the Democratic party and it is
table that leading papers OF that section have been
very active OF late in making a campaign against
Bryanism. We have several times directed attention
to their utterances disclosing the dissatisfaction OF
Southern with the present situation of their party
and the policy OF its leaders.
For long time the Southern papers carefully alb
stained from naming successor to the leadership.
They were content to point out the folly of the Chi
cago platform and the weakness OF Bryan leader.
The Richmond Times, for example, recently de-
clared: The Democratic party to-day is without
character or standing in the nation. 1t has lost the
confidence if not the respect OF the great body OF
intelligent, thoughtful OF the country"
The Louisville Courier ournal has taken even
bolder and has declared that the Chicago plat
form and its candidates must be abandoned Refer
ring to the charge OF traitor" hurled by the Bryan
ties against all who would repudiate their leadership
il says: rs abuse good to the facts OF the
case? Does it hurt anybody except the authors? Who
for the oburgation OF men with the blood Of
their party upon their hands?" Then it goes on to
speak OF the Democrats OF the plain people, "hud-
died like sheep and ruthlessly sacrificed to the inca
paciy and the vanity OF set OF politicians who have
nothing to show for their tenure OF power except
obloquy and disaster"
This campaign OF education having formed popu-
Ia he
Memphis Commercal-Appeal a short time ago urged
the people of the South to take up Olney their
candidate, and in his name seek restoration of
Democratic unity throughout the nation 1t the
Memphis paper that first notified the country that
Mr. Olney is favorable to expansion without inn
perialism, and to the gold standard without being
disrespectful to free silver.
Since the Memphis utterance the availability Of
Olney has been much discussed. The Massachusetts,
organ OF mugwunpery, the Springfield Republican
says: eff the Democracy wants candidate who will
represent sound doctrine in finance liberal views on
the income tax hepfulness in meeting the labor
problem and vigorous, old-fashioned Amercanism
unmixed with false notions concerning Oriental ex-
panson, it can find him in Mr.. Olney. The country
too, would recognize in Mr.. Oney candidate with
plenty OF ixedness of purpose and resolution"
Such are the facts OF the Olney movement as they
appear on the surface 1t is possible of course that
the newspaper campaign against Bryan in the South
may have been undertaken by the editors of their
own notion and that the Oney canvass has been dis
cussed solely because the Memphis Commercial
Appeal put him forward available candidate
Perhaps Boston and Massachusetts, had nothing what
to do with the matter Chicago however, has
recently disclosed that the people of Boston have
habit of catching young herring and canning them
under the name of brook trout and it is possible
some astute men in the city have been canning Bos-
ton politics of the Olney kind and putting it upon the
political market as Southern opinion.