The San Francisco call., 1899-06-26
THE BOURBON DEMOCRACY.

The platform adopted by the heterogeneous
Democracy of Kentucky reads like a catalogue
OF relics unearthed from the age OF stone It's
inspissated Bourbonisn its only characteristic fea
ture. 1t reaffirmS the Chicago platform OF 1896
without the slightest qualification" This alone would
be evidence OF rerogressive stability that phys
ical, moral intellectual CONFUSION could shake
But its subsequent resurrecons and its unconsciousy
ludcrous efforts to inuse the breath of life into the
decayed skeletons Of dead issues exceed all possible
anticipation Its language reads like oracular petri-
fcation and is colder and more incapable of mastca-
ton than OF the embalmed speeches of w. J. Bryan
Our faith in bimetallism is vndicated by events"
The vndication consists OF the fact that every leading
nation in the world has refused cooperate with the
United States in overturning the Baconian system Of
logic by the establishment of a double monetary
standard Therefore instructed by the inspired
Bourbonists of State where all whisky is good but
better than Others that 'reef can only come by
the independent action of the United States" which
means the instantaneous adoption OF silver stand
ard and the scaling OF all wages and of all debts by the
exact difference between the bullion value of silver
and the Chicago platform ratio Of 10 to I.
After long imaginary interval in the celebrated
mpersonation by the actor Jefferson, everybody is
astonished to find that Rip Van Winkle has come to
life; while the bones of his ancient dog have been
actually peed into fragments by the torrents OF wears
The Kentucky Democracy has accomplished a greater
feat of resuscitation in its free silver plank which
their inmutabe leader has only casually re-
ferred to OF late in tones OF blended reverence and
stocism.
But Kntucky voices many other political entangle-
ments. 1t measurably justifes the war with Spain
but damns the expense and charges it to the admin
istration. 1t has also discovered some mysterious
connection between trusts against the worst forms of
which the Republican party has not only declared
but legslated and the demonetzaton Of silver which
was supposed to have been abandoned as a partv
slogan long before the unprocreative usons of 1906
and 1893 1t has poured trusts protection and cheap
silver into witchs caldron and concocted mixture
for which no descriptive name will ever be invented
and which would turn the stomach of the last SUR
vlvor OF the dreg -swalowers of Bascoms grocery
The Endorsement of William J. Bryan for the Presi
dency necessarily follows The premises and the con-
cuson closely related the apostolic exposure
OF the two domestcated quadruped that so promptly
returned-the to its vomit and the other to its
wallowing in the mire
The Call accepts the blast from Kentucky with COM
plee equanimity and only regrets that the indorse
ment OF the repudiated fusionsts of 1896 was not in
some manner fastened upon our State and municipal
ftlsonists of 1903 That, however will come in due
time Republicans possess their souls in patience
and they will hear the fusion disharmonies ac
companied by the railroad whistle