The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-20
ONLY one WAY TO WIN.

Editor News-D Democrat:
Dear sir-In your issue Of the 9TH you
gave the comments of the Morning Tele-
graph, of New York, on the Creelman
letter. in which It is alleged that the
silver question is now settled for at
least five years to come; that the elec.
tion of VIM. j. Bryan could effect no
change In the law relating to the cur
rency; and. that VIM. ]. Bryan cannot
be elected without the state of New
York, &c, and, therefore, that it would
be wisdom to eliminate the silver ques-
tion from our platform this year. Creel-
man and the Telegraph seem to imagine
that New York state is the entire Demo-
cratic party. They apparently lose
sight of the fact that there are many
more states besides New York, that it
is absolutely necessary for Colonel
Bryan to carry in order to be elected.
Suppose that the money question be
eliminated from our platform this year
and by so doing we should carry New
York state. Would this elect Colonel
Bryan? 1 think not. No man unless
he is a gold bug, would claim that the
Democratic nominee would be able to
carry more than three states west CT
the Mississippi river upon such a plat
form and in all probability would lose
at least three southern states. venture
the assertion that fully one third of the
silver men of New York state would not
support any ticket unles the Chicago
platform with the additional planlxs on
the question of trusts and imperialism
were fully endorsed in the platform. in
my opinion it would be suicide to the
10 rft fn NO ta
Col. Bryan or any other man on any
other platform.
1t is not a question of how to get out
the Democratic vote. The question is:
How can we combine all the voters,
who believe in bi-metallism, against
the party which advances the single
gold standard? For instance, there
would be absolutely no chance to carry
the state of Kansas, Nebraska, Colora
do and many other of the western states
where the Democratic party alone have
absolutely no chance any time of carry
ing the election, except by a combina-
tion with the Populists and Silver Re-
publicans, and no man understands this
better than VIM. ]. Bryan. Without the
solid combination of these forces Col.
Bryan will never have any show of
election. We might as well concede the
states of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky,
Tennessee, West Virginia and Illinois to
Mckinley, unless this combination Is
thoroughly united. And, there is only
one way to accomplish this act and that
is by standing firm on the silver issue.
The gold plutocrats of Wall street are
not interested in the success of the
Democratic party. Their object is to
defeat bi-metallism. There is no diff
ference between a Gold Democrat and
Republican and both should be in one
party.
1t seems singular to me that men who
pretend to be Silver men are now ad-
vising dropping the silver question,
simply to get a few thousand Of Gold
Democrats back into the party when
by so doing we will lose fully two mil
lion Of votes. In my opinion there is
but one chance for the Democrats and
that is to make the Chicago platform the
first leading issue. The trusts and i'm
, perialism questions next in their order
Of Importance. Then, If there are any
voters who do not agree with us in our
platform they should vote with the
party which represents their principles.
If 1 believed that the single gold STAN
dard was right would vote with the
party that advocates it. Bi-metallists
believe single gold standard is crime
against Humanity and will never sup
port any party which caters to Wall
street influence or which shows any
weakness toward bi-metallism.
Stark county never had so strong a
Democratic organization as they had in
1896. This was brought about by the
combination of all the silver forces
Without this result believe Mckinley
would have carried this county, by
fully $500 majority. This combination
has been weak since 1896, caused by the
influence of some Gold Democrats in oul
county and the result has been thai
the Republicans have increased theil
majority-ever since. One cannot be fol
bi-metalism and at the same time rele.
gate 1t to the rear. One cannot nomi'
nate silver man for president anc
adopt silver platform and then pusf
the issue to the rear as is now being
done by many who pretend to be Demo
Gratis. Respectfully,
MILTON SHAEFFER.