The sun., 1900-09-25

Cumulative evidence Ia at hand that
NJ, JouS Il STANCHFrRID the Democratic
nonninea for Governor is lacking alike
IN the ordinary perceptions OF common
sense and moral principle, to a degree
rarely seen In a candidate for high oft1ce
We present to-day facts which must so
increase the righteousness Of his canvass
In the ewes OF seIf-respecting people, that
q normal self-rrspect in Mr.. STANCHFIELD
would compel him TO withdraw IA can
didate
Indisputable evidence has hitherto been
Afforded that Mr. SrAScHP1EID year ago.
when there WAS no thought Of his can
didaoy in his mind declared himself as an
expansionist Of the most unlimited and
unoompromising character. The proof was
In the shape Of a speech delivered at the
Amherst alumni dinner in this city on Feb
10. 1899 IL was duly reported In lHF Sun
and IN the Ner York Times on the day
following the dinner. When II was re
printed after Mr.. STANCHFTELD became
the Democratic nominee upon a platform
declaring hostility To all that he had pre-
viously said on the subject. Mr. SrANCH-
FIELD declared sucCeSsiyely;
I That he had not been quoted cor
reotly in the matter.
II. That the only accurate copy ot his
speech was IN the possession Of his stem
ographer AZ his home In Elmra, TO whom
he had dictated It before delivering II;
and that he lad learned the speech by
heart,
Ill That no original report ot the
speech WAS ever made and that those who
quoted his words at this late day must
have wonderful memories
". That he found, after all, that the
speech was an impromptu one not pre-
pared in advance and committed to memory
as he had previously stated; and.
Y. That he had experienced no change
of heart between the time Of his Amherst
speech and hs nomination for Governor
and that his present opinions upon eXpan-
don were in conformity with those Of the
Democratic party
All these. of course. are simply a series
Of evasions or INSTRUMENTATION each
member Of the series contradctinG the
previous one \ criminal lawyer of average
ability would have known better than 10 talk
IN this way: and Mr. STASCHFTE1D is seen
TO possess very curious notions of public
and private honor He knew perfectly
we'll that he uds quoted correctly in the
Amherst dinner speech; that he did not
have at his home In Flmira any manu-
script COPY NJ his address from which he
had committed the oration 70 memory;
and that the speech was reported at the
time. instead Of recalled from some ones
memory a year afterward.
What must he said, therefore, Of his
declaration that his present opinions are
in entire conformity with those Of his party.
when on formal politca occasion, namely
the famous Jefferson Birthday dinner Of
the Democratic Club. held AZ the Metro
politan Opera House here on April 49, 1899
Mr. STANCHFIEID reiterated hs expansionist
opinions In even stronger terms than he had
used at the Amherst dinner two months
before and showed that these opinions
were not OF mushroom growth. but were
those Of deep-seated conviction and the
result % prolonged study? TnF SIN of
the day following the dinner reports Mr.
STANcHFIEIp a. speaking "a follows con-
cerning the muCh-dehated questions of
our new coona territory:
In suikins analogy to m, situation with which
confronted 10 day was JrrFrRSoN clrcum
stancsd AT the time NJ ih- !. ui,aua purchase The
FederAllstS Uf hts time COrfC1d-d with bitter AMI
mostly that sur1rc0t uUt the then population of IN,
United 5tsteS was tn Union sSltthrn existed Unde
TERED by the clamot q lnr minority. JEFPERSoN con
summHtod the purchase ~ So much landed tor.
ritory NOR. thsu doubled ou' territorial extent
When the raunca ion o' tnc purchase came hefor.
congress ths Fri"tgs.S mad use of N. cnnunti,n
Sat N" sc1urcmeu' NJ additional territory was A