Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-11-01

warn him not to cast his vote for me.
because | promise him that 1t will not
be maintained in this country longer than
am able to get rid of it."
1T is true that the same candidate
made 1t condition of accepting the nom
ination that the declaration for free sill
yer should be inserted in the platform.
Nevertheless, by reason of republican leg
islation and a republican senate the cam
didate we support cannot accomplish the
result he declares for
Even 1t were true. which l deny.
that Mr.. Bryan, If elected, could not or
der the payment of the public obligations
in silver, or that the mere election of
such a man on such a platform would
not destroy confidence in the credit and
honor of the nation. and before inaugu-
tion drive gold out of the country and
into boarding places; now, even If 1t
were true that such a declaration indorsed
by the American people would not entail
individual and commercial demoraliza-
tion, as well as financial distress. still
with all defereSce to men whom re-
spect. this logic seems to me the baldest
sophistry.
Anarchist of Finance.
TT may be admitted that the man who
proposes to have the nation make debt
paying dollar or labor-paying dollar out
Of so cents of silver and 80 cents of
litical economy. So is the anarchist sim
cere, and his physical and moral courage
Though perverted) cannot be questioned
when, taking his life in his hand, he
adopts assassination as proper political
method.
Suppose in order to get the anarchist
vote, the platform had indorsed assassi-
nation as a political means, and suppose
the friends of the candidate appealed to
us for votes on the ground that. although
the declaration for assassination was in
the platform, yet in fact ii could never
be made effectual, because the republic
an police protection was too perfect.
would we listen to the proposition
Yet the logic is the same, and the
analogy should not offend, for the turpi-
tude of the two declarations would differ
little in degree in the opinion of the two
or three men who are endeavoring to
so reason themselves into voting for
Bryan.
Recalls IA Bit of History.
IF there are any who, while differing
radically with Mr.. Bryan in these things,
yet from political eXpedency think that
they should vote with the organization
let me call their attention to a bit of
recent h!story-including anew an old
lesson sadly learned even by Mr.. Web
ster-'that political honesty is political ex-
pediency.'
back less than two decades to recall the
time when greenbackism dominated the
democratic party. Within the same time
we have witnessed the struggles of men,
bers of our party to escape their records
greenbackers.
I'm every case the man with political
ambition of prominence, on whom could
be fastened the Rreenback record has
passed protesting, into private life.
While the republicans are responsible
for many evils that beset us in our do
mestic economy, the crisis is such that
this is no time to discuss them
The house is on fire; we must help our
fellow occupants to put it out, however
much we may have differed from them
on the policies of housekeeping, and al
though against our protest they had per-
sisted in the policy Of using kerosene to
start the kitchen stove.
Time for Honest Action.
Let no democrat be influenced by false
reports as to the attitude in this crisis
of any man whom we have trusted, who
pointing to his record to speak for him
now, may deem ii unnecessary to speak
again.
1--WE should never lose faith in the sta
bility of the works of God-least of all
in the noblest of them-an honest man.
Il take my place proudly by the side
of Abram S. Hewitt, under whom | fought
in the great battle for Tilden and democ-
racy in 1876.
Waiting in confidence the call of men
like him to gather for the reorganization
OF my party, like him | conceive it to be
my solemn duty to vote against BryaniZ-
ing the democratic party, and to rid the
party and country of Organism: and so,
like him, in the ranks of the true de-
mocracy, | shall go to the polls and cast
my ballot for President Mckinley.
don NJ. DICKINSON,