The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-10

which may as well be recognized. IN
In presence of the almost unsxampleo
disaster which has fallen upon tAe De Dem
ocratic orsanlLa. on at time Wheh SUI
cess oug.t to have been sur 1t Is pam
that..of all the men WHO night have peen
nom. Rated at Kansas CITY, VIZ. Bryan va
tn weakest before the peop-e
TT is pIa.n that any one OF a huloCeo
sound money Democrats standing upon d
go d standard platform ana adEocd,ills
other Enthusiastically Democratic IDEAS
would have rtceiv d more votes than MT.
Bryan received
iisuc Republicans ana soc.a-ls ,s nc 81
DOS as remedies for the evils OF he-
publican SIN, Democrats cannot be lea 10
,bcir snnn0rt
1T is p. am tina: no man involved in any
way with the stupendouS tinancia. anu
economic blunder Of 1896 can be elected
president of the United States.
TT is plan that nothing is to be gained.
nothing is TO b hoped for from con
l,nuat.on of the immoral and degrading
alliance now and for tour years past
subsisting between the Democratic Or
gan.zation and taat of the Popusists.
1T is c rtain that the people OF the
United States will not take their poht cs
from a mongre combina ton whose inst
purpose appears TO be the driving away
in alarm OF m n of business, men OF at
fairs. men of substance and men OF in
tel-ig nee.
ut is certain also that no alliance of
free siiv r Republicans, Popu.istS and
Democrats can. in the face Of innumerabie
Democratic precsd hts n favor OF expan-
sion and free trade. set metes and BOUNDS
to the dev lopm-n of American power
and prestige in the politics and COM
me. &C of the word.
: oisT
in 1886 could not be repaired in 1900, even
though the conditions were in som de-
gree changed 1t is now seen clearly that
he authors of the earlier disaster were
doomed from the beginning. The leaders
Of 1896 were the leaders of 1900. The awful
blight of popunsm was upon them. Ihe
silver ghost, madiy raised at Kansas CITY,
wauld not down. The small. fanatics and
;gnoramuSes, the oaukrupts in purse and
character, the failures in business, the
dreamers and radicals, the cheap peddlers
of every ouack polt cal nostrlim, tie idle,
The VIC Gus, even the hood um-all red
olent of populsm-came 10 the front and
occupied the places which q N slty party
had once seen filed by Democrats OF COM
inand ng ability and of unques1ioaed lead
ership. The Impressive result IS before
us. The wreck. such as it Is, is total but
Il is popuIistic wreSk and not a Dem
ocrat:c wreck. 1t is W. eek in which few
81 eat Democrats are involved and in
wh oh no great Democratic principle has
been carried down. Organization. can
d dates. loyal workers. millions Of ever
faithful voters-all have been over
whelned but the noble ideas which tNey
Ugh y abandoned, the examples of illus
t,ious Democrats dead and gone. The
doctrines born with the republic ami des-
tined to survive it. neglected for the
moment remain ind mined and i'm
ner;sahief .
For a paltry alliance with the always
treacherous populists. for foolish con-
sistency in wrong doing and for
hallucinat;on, amounting practically to a
mania, that in some manre-. never yet
xpained and never to be exp aimed. ap-
peals to the ignorance. the fanattcism,
the tim dty and the prejud ces of the
people ar, more likely 20 succeed tran
arguments addressed to their intelligence,
honesty and judgment!
9Th price pad for tbs dismal ex-
perience has been prod g!ous. involving
as it has the reputat ons and the estates
OF m ons of men, but tn lesson. If
learned, viii be worth to the Democracy
and to the republic all that it has cost
and more
Such Is the distressful and disguised cry
of party regularity newspaper which
followed a forlorn hope against its Judg-
ment, If not against its conscience.