Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-08-23
TOLERANCE OF OPINION CALLED FOR.

New York Evening Post
Mr. Edward NJ. Shepard's letter giving
the reasons why he shall support Mr.. {,
Bryan in this campaign, like all other
political papers coming from that
source, is very weighty production.
1t is full of the earnestness that comes
from profound con, lotion, and, therefore,
has great carrying power" 1t is
marked with extreme Difference to those
opinions of par ty associates who do not
ngree with him. He gives the names
OF several illustrious Democrats Of
Greater New York (Abram s. Hewitt,
Charles s. Fairchild, Alexander L.
Orr, Oswald Ottendorfer, George Foster
Peabody and Henry Hentzl, who have
declared publicly that they cannot
support Mr.. Bryan, and Gays that their
opinions and example have had great
weight with him, and that no has been
slow in reaching his own opposite con-
clusion on account Of the respect he en-
tertains for them. His main argument
is in substance that this IS the crisis
OF republican institutions. that the
cause Of free government is lettering to
lis fall, that if MIR. Mckinley is re-
elected, not only will freedom in the
Philippines be overthrow, with all the
that implies, tut that Mr. Mckinley
will naturally slide into an imperialistioS
policy in reference to China, and that
II he does SO nobody will have any CO.
casion 10 be surprised 4
Mr.. Shepard's argument lie very
strong. The keynote is found in this
Iaragi aph :: a.
$40 me it is clear as the MONDAY
that We are now on the eve of a true
battle for the everlasting rights of the
masses of men-the rights for which
Washington and Franklin and Jefferson
and jackson and Lincoln and Cleys-
land have Stood During tho latter Fart
OF the eighteenth and the whole Of the
nineteenth century the supreme and
generally successful sti uggle has been
| for liberty and self-government, whether
| IN America or France or Germany or
Italy. Tho dignity of the individual
| man and the assertion Of his political
| rights have been the first of political
| CAUSES. Statesmen, economists, rhil-
| osuphers, poets, all alike have glorified
| freedom. And its fruits have proved
| their wisdom ~
| Anybody VINO believes that this is the
| final battle to be fought for tho everlast-
ing rights of the masses OF men ought
ia go with Mr.. Shepard, especially II
| makes small account Of the dangers
which attend Mr.. Biyan's election.
Those, however, who do not believe
that such final battle will be fought
an the 9th of November, but who i'm
tend to keep on fighting against both
Imperialism and Organism as long rs
either or both of them constitute n
menace to good government, may he
| excused II they decline to accept this
view. Mr.. Shepard will go ono way,
and Charles Francis Adams will go
| another. Gamalie Bradford and DIR.
| William Everett will take different
paths, and nobudy can deny that both
are men of conscience and courage. Mr..
Bourke Cochran and j.. Sterling Nor
ton are also travelling different roads.
| These men are Of about equal standing
IN the Democratic party. Both opposed
Mr.. Bryan, as Mr.. Shepard did, four
years ago. Everett p. Wheeler and
John De Witt Warner are in the same
category. They belong to the Same
wing Of the Democratic party, which
is also Mr.. Shepard's wing, and they
now take diverse courses. With such
examples before us, 1T only needs to be
| said that perfect tolerance of opinion
| is called for among those who are OPP
posed to the Mckinley policy in the
Philippines, and determination to
offer the utmost resistance to it, no
matter who is elected this year.
The Rev. Edwin S. futile, formerly
OF Pocomoke City, has resigned the
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