Evening star., 1900-10-18
His Free Silver Sincerity Said to Pro-
mote the Cause of Gold.
PLEAS OF COCHRAN and SCHURZ
Unable to Injure Public Credit He
Should Have the Chance to Try.
SILVER IND EP n D E n CE

The latest paramount and immediate
issue, raised by the praises Of fervent SPELL
binders is the sincerity of the coalition
presidential candidate
Gold Democrat Bourke Cochran eulogizes
the sincerity with which Mr.. Bryan in 1896
advoca ted free silver coinage at 16 to ! and
assaulted the gold standard: and he attrib-
utes the decision of the country in favor of
gold and the resulting financial legislation
of the last session of Congress to this very
free silver sincerity of Bryan, inasmuch as
the vigor of bis sincere assaults aroused the
republicans and gold democrats to an ire
sistible retaliatcry enthusiasm. Thus Bryan
has the double credit of fighting for silver
and Of bringing victory to gold, and COM
mends himself simultaneously thereby to
silver republicans and Cochran gold demo-
Gratis.
His Internal majesty is sincere, persist
ent and untiring in his assaults upon nu-
manity's moral citadel; with temptations ne
assails every weak point: the desperate and
systematic resistance aroused by THESE at
tacks disciplines and strengthens the de-
ferse to the point of beating off the dia-
bolfcal assailant Thus the sincere Satan
becomes a most effective moral agent anu
on the Bourke Cochran theory is the sa-
vior of the moral citadel.
The sincerity of Bryan in course which
Cochran and other gold democrats must
consider evil receives credit for unintend-
ed good results On this analogy Judas
Iscariot the sincere betrayer, is clearly en-
titled to a large share of the credit for the
sacrifice Of the death of Christ and for the
resulting redemption OF mankind
AS by the sincerity of his advocacy OF
free silver at 16 to / in 1896 Bryan succeed
ed according to Cockran) in carrying the
country for the gold standard. go In 1900
the evident sincerity of his efforts to be
elected President himself may similarly re-
suit in his sweeping the country for Nc
Kinley.
The gross and palpable Inconsistencies
and insincerities of the Kansas City plat
FORM as it is variously construed ana practi-
cally applied, with It's invitations to voters
Of directly opposing beliefs upon every con-
ceivable issue, are doubtless responsible Tor
any suggestions Of insincerity in the candi-
date who stands upon that platform. But
the country Is inclined to believe in Bryan
personal sincerity and just in proportion to
the extent of that belief to fear him as
dangerous in the White House.
Bryan was doubtless sincere when he in
dicated in 1896 that no issue could displace
rightly settled in favor of silver; he was
sincere when he pledged himself to unend-
ing warf4re against sound money, saying:
IF | can prevent the maintenance of the
gold standard you can rely upon my doing
it the very first opportunity given me-; he
was sincere when he gave emphatic and
continuous warning to every gold democrat
saving: IF there is any one who believes
the gold standard is a good thing. or that
it must be maintained, | warn him not to
cast his vote for me- because promise him
1t will not be maintained in this country
longer than | am able to get rid Of it," he
was sincere in forcing a specific reaffirma-
ton of the free silver menace at Kansas
City; he was sincere in his advocacy of the
Chicago platform clauses, reaffirmed at
Kansas City, which uphold free riot. as
sail the Supreme Court and Suggest a
packing of that great tribunal in favor of
i discriminating and unconstitutional in
,..c tax, and presumably in favor OF a
self-denying pledge against njunctions.
Being thus sincere his danger to the repub-
lie is in direct proportion TO his sincerity.
| for, IL President, this very sincere man
| would undoubtedly keep his word and use
every power of his high office and apply
| every possible pressure to Congress and the
| Supreme Court in the interest of tree silver
| free riot and a discriminating income tax.
| The executive power to make coin pay
1 ments in silver would beyond the shadow of
a doubt be sincerely exercised. sincere
/ campaign of business disturbing, panic
breeding agitation to bring Congress into
! harmony with the views of the executive
/ would undoubtedly be begun. len would
/ follow the packing of the Supreme Court,
| indirectly threatened at Chicago and again
1 at Kansas City, to secure a tribunal which
will in effect abolish the great preventive
/ and equitable remedy OF injunction, cripple
/ the strong arm Of the republic for the
I suppression o. disorder. and which will
erase the brand CT unconsti.ut.onallty
| placed by this court upon an inequiable
| form of income tax Bryans sincerity is as
comprehensive charity in covering a
| multitude of sins.
The Plea of ImpOtency.
| The counterpart of Cockran's euogy OF
| Bryan as a sound money promoter on &C
count of his free silver sincerity is found III
| Carl SchurZ's defense of him as a safe
sound money Presiden; on the ground that
| the republican party either mad rendered OIL
would render him impotent to injure tn.
| national credit. Schurz says in effect: Il
| will vote against the sound money party
| and candidate and for the free silver party
| and candidate because the sound money
party will. before the free silver candidat u
takes office, render him acceptable to me
| and harmless to the national welfare.
place the public credit at the mercy of tht
| free silVerfteS without scrupie ana Wilhou
| apprehension, for the sound money party
| even though deserted by me. and through
| that detection defeated at the polls in No
| Vember, may be relied UPON TO legsat<
in December as tn render harmless my
chosen candidate and thus magnanimouslS
| to falsify it's own predictions OF woe 10 fol
low the election OF u free silver President.
Schurz. voter, gives notice to quit t,
| the sound money watchman Of the treas
| ury and guardian OF the public credit ant
| national honor; he accompanies this dis
charge OF a faithful servant with insultin;
| imputations of uselessness and superhuous
ness: he let's loose in the unguarded nation
| al household the free silver rattlesnake
and when rebuked for the wickedness ans
folly of thus unnecessarily endangert9,
public credit and national prosperity ne re
plies that the sound money watchmau
whom he has ungratefully and insultnsl,
discharged. will before his departure in dis