The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-05

Il confess / do not greatly care which
elected, am that things will go on undo
Bryan. if il be Bryan. very much as they go o
under Mckinley today. think the people VII
put up wi n from Bryan very much what the.' pu
UP with from Mckinley.
Yet. says Mr.. Godkin-
thee is no question that. when you have tive
candidates in the field, neither of whom you con
siaer nj Tor the Presidency. the natural, human
business-iike thing 10 do is to choose some on
csc Inc assertion thai one else is roSsin.e
and that ii you cont like Bryan, for instance
You must have sichinley, ana that If you DOM
like Mckinley, you mus have Bryan, Is such az
awful confession Of the failure OF the democratic
sysiem that but few men should ike TO make il
And yet it is what a great many decent supper
tiers Of Mckinley say
II was talking 10 one the other day who fur
nished terrible list Of objections TO Mckinley,
and an equally strong list OF objections 10 Bryan
! thought. as 4 conclusion, he would say as q
good business man, that he would vote toi
neither OF them. But. TO my establishment he an'
nounced tc me that, in spite Of all these rea-
sons he going 10 vote for Mckinley. was
amused by this. because the reasons given against
the selection OF Bryan exactly like those
given against the selection Of Mckinley four years
ago. Within those four years, however, the OBJ
jections TO Mckinley have gained strength, be
cause he has shown in actual practice what kind
Of President he makes. The objections to Bryan,
on the other hand still remain possibilities, or
presumpiions. He will no; have opportunity
10 catch up with Mckinley in ''unfitDess with
out gettir~ into the Presidential chair. At pres
ent Brysn's unfitness is in posse, while Mehin-
ley's is in esse.
The wavering but conscientious voter
thus has his work cut out for him. Either
Bryan or Mckinley will be elected, and
the man who helps one Of them to win will
naturally be held responsible for all the
woes which come from the defeat of the
other According to Godkin neither is fit
TO De president, out III the case oil MI NC
Kinley his reasons are uIenteous and ready
10 manu-
81 have not sern, as vet an out -and-out de-
fence ~ ucKinlev's career by anybody who thor
.,..1,j, srnr0xed 81 nc nolicv excent by ex.
treruists. ike Roosevelt or Beveridge What Me-
k'nley's defenders say, as far as my knowledge
Eel snybody dis very ' e conf jm9ssse ior
great people
r,i,i,d ri,.s Of fsrIis unknown 10 former pres
idents. lie has disregarded The Constitution by
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s.,,.. 80. ~ .ro,,ii,, 1910 70 ,rb1,n
IL 80 .r, ,,o,,,,s,d 60 mi d,,,,,er,,ion lie
has allowed his subordinate officers 10 denounce
IL a, Low which rstsd mon, a. ,Tar,,t
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ha,tsr ,ndcr Jui1s C.ese o. I,is S.,solean
.rd vbst i trl,esyJ - u, I,is,or,, he has Secured
= Gors,ress in .onpivsnce yi,b hin, / f.onsij.r
sry man who has not done these things as more
o1ber nan seTe e5n.idere eHnsfie Of dong
them
ct. -, -. a. .,,,r NO. =. ,,,x;.,or = 3.
for the Presidency because his non-elaction will
cause q tali OF stocks strikes me as ladieTous
broker b,r hone for tToler ONLY Among free