The Washington weekly post., 1899-05-30
"THe cHeAP-MoNEY SUICIDE"
Plain Talk to Psn.sylvanis Democrats by
Col. McClure's Paper
Fron ,As PhiIsssIphIa Tins.

Fro- tks PhiisksIphis Tines
Montgomery is the only county In East
ern Pennsylvania in which the Democrats
have attempted 10 revive the cheap money
rspudia ton policy or The Chicago plat
form, and 20 prescribe Democrats who
had the manlinesS to express their eSn-
victions in favor Of honest money. This
is simply Democratic suicide. Tie Demo-
Gratis OF Montgomery tried that policy
squareiy in 1SsS and were defeated IN a
county that Is normally mo.raric. by
a majority Of over 1000. Last year when
the Democrats of the county had sense
enough to ignore the cheap money mad
ness, they elected their Senator, several
Representatives, and part II the local
ticket.
Any Democratic leader who attempts to
revive the proscriptive policy Of excluding
from fellowship or party honors those
who maintain the Democratic faith OF
nearly century in tavor Of honest
money, must be either utterly ignora1- OF
political conditions, local and general, or
seek to serve personal ends at the cost
OF party success; and the Democrats OK
Montgomery County who desire re-
established and hopeful Democracy,
should resOlutely oyerwhelm all leaders
who attempt TO revive an issue that never
was Democratic, and that will never
again be approved by a Democratic State
Convention in Pennsylvania
Ii is not creditable 10 those who fnitiat-
ed this movement that its purpose was TO
prevent so eminently qualified and 50 es-
timable a gentleman as Judge yerkes
from receiving the delegates 10 the State
Convention from his Congressional dis
tTict TO favor his nomination Tor Supreme
Judge. No candidate in Pennsylvania
batter deserves the hearty support of the
people from his own district, and IN no
way could the Democracy Of Montgomery
County be more heartily united than by
giving him its unanimous and earnest
support. Whatever may be the views Of
the party in the State on the subject OF
the Supreme Judgeship. there should be
but one voice heard from the Bucks and
Montgomery district, and that in favor o.
Judge Yerfes, who stands to-day, alike
in character, attainments, and experience,
the peer of any Common Pleas Judge in
the State.
1t would be well for the Democrats of
Pennsylvania, and especially OF Mont
gomery County, TO read carefully the re-
suit of the conference of representative
Democrats from every section of the
Union held at st. Louis this week. The
purpose of that conference was TO cem-
nit the party in advance to the Chicago
platform for 1900, but when they came
face TO face til deemed IL wise TO ignore
| the question and all other questions for
the present and await developments.
Even the most fanatfcal of the cheap
| money men admitted that free silver
could not be made any more than the
| secondary or subordinate feature OF
| Democratic faith next year. In othe
words, the free silver or cheap money
theory of Democracy is accepted as a
| fatalisH', and most of those who advocat-
ed II most strenuously would be glad to
| escape from 1t if possible.
Even in the Western States in which II
had its origin, the revulsion has broaghi
| nearly all of them back to a sound finan-
| cial policy, and the result is that the
hitherto doubtful States in the West are
| now Republican and will be so next year
| In the face of such experience, Pannsyl-
vania Democrats who insist upon chear
money and repudiation as the fundamen-
! tai principle of Democratic faith must
| lack either common understanding OF
fidelity to Democratic interests.