New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-30

1 do not think it worth while go TO the trouble
Of coming home vote for him"
In the sentiment which these words express we
have the one element Of danger in the present
campaign. There tens and hundreds of thou.
sands. and, II may be, a million and more
OF voters who are of this mans way of thinking
They do not believe that Mr. Bryan has the ghost
of chance of election, and on that account they
Will not make their plans to be at home EIec-
ton Day to vote for Mr.. Mckinley Mr.. Bryan
has the ghost of a chance of election, and he has
it because a vast number Of voters think he has
not. If every man who thinks that Mr.. Bryan has
not the ghost of a chance of election stays away
from the polls Mr.. Bryan will certainly elected
and this country will be thrown into dire con-
fusion consequent upon a radical change both IN
its domestic and foreign policy.
No calculate the disastrous effects both
at home and abroad of complete change at the
present crisis of affairs in the whole internal and
external policy of the United States Government,
such a change the election of Mr. Bryan
would seriously threaten, If it did not at
once bring it all to pass The party of Mr.. Bryan
led by himself is not a party of opposition sim
ply. 1t Is party of revolution. His election would
mean, if he were true TO his principles and able
in any measure to make them the guiding prn-
ciples of his administration, revolution in our
fiscal system which would destroy the credit Of this
country abroad and lead to widespread disturbance
and disaster at home revolution our Industrial
system, causing a sudden alteration in values and
depression in trade that would bring ruin to the
door Of every commercial and manufacturing estab-
lishment in the country, and idleness with conse-
quent impOverishment, to multitudes OF working
people; revolution in judicial system which
would deprive courts Of justice, especially the
Federal courts, of the power which they now
have to protect life and property and leave both
these prey not only to the discontinued but to
the vicious; a revolution in foreign policy
which would endanger the happiness of millions Of
fellow beings.
If the United States at this time abandons our
possessions in the Pacific. they will be abandoned
only to be seized upon by some European Power.
and and the question Of their ownership Will endanger
All these evils Will come upon to greater or
less degree in case Mr. Bryan is elected. With this
rounded as advisers hy those who are seeking his
election. every present condition would be in dan
can think of ii as nothing less than a revolution.
But this country at the, present time has call
to enter upon hazardous revolutionary expert
ment It's people are prosperous at home, and It's
will permit the government of the United states,
b S AT present nGmniste[ed Is doing its duty in
to call IT, Much of the quarrel which certain men
quarrel with Divine Providence. '''0" Is ie"y d
All this estate Of prosperity, progress and happi-
party Affiliations. Mr.. Bryan IS emotional and his
this time to be With nf the 9O Gecae gehS
tons Of the government of the United States
are dscounting the future; they think Mr., Bryan
is defeated AIR aireadymHe has not the ghost Of a
ghost Of chance He has behind him the solid
preston Of million Lawful yotes he hSs be5 5hP
him also the whole of the Populist party and con-
siderable section or the old Democratic party at
the North; these will surely for him. He has
also at his command all the power OF the unscrupu-
lous Tammany machine With these forces to aid
him Mr.. Bryan is not to he despised. And If every
Republican and Sound Money Democrat who thinks
Mr.. Bryan has not "a ghost of a chance refrains
from voting, Mr. Bryan viii surely carry the cleo
ton by default and this Nation will be plunged
into confusion and disaster of which II is limos
sihle know the end.
The only IF 09f such ss e9eamIt
way to elect Mr. Mckinley is TO vote for him: the
only way TO defeat Mr.. BRYAN is to vote against
him ALGERNON s. CRAPSEY
St. Andrews Rectory Rochester N V
Sept. 10 1900.