The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-30
RECORD OF REPUBLICANS
A Letter to the Honest Money Dem
Ocratie League.
Gen. III. Kyd Douglas, of Hasers-
town. Md. Replies to Literature
ton at Bnltimore-RecalIs Car
petbaggers' work in the south.

BALTIMORE, Oct 30.-Gen. II. Kyd
Douglas. of Hagerstown, Nd, has sent to
the Honest Money Democratic League OF
Baltimore reply to some of the Repub-
lican literature sent him by that organi-
cation. He says:
Your belated Republican campaign
document called Declaration of Princi-
pies has been received. The name as
usmed-Honest Money League-would
seem to imply that some Of your associate
money leaguers are as sometimes charg-
ed. not as honest as they might be, and
that this league desires to be distinguish
ed from them although pursuing the same
political purpose, by the word honest, as
in the historic painting of Daniel in the
Lions Den Daniel can be distinguished
from the lions by having a green cotton
umbrella under his arm.
In 1896 l was what was called a Gold
Democrat, opposed TO the coming of silver
and gold at fixed ratio of Is TO /, and
believing in the use CT gold and silver as
currency on a fair marketable basis. / am
the same yet. but | believe that political
leagues that have no shady Interior Pur-
poses should use names that are leaIly
confound the political pupil. After hasty
perusal your declaration CT principles sug-
gests a suspicion that it contains more
unadulterated McKinleyism than anything
else, and l confess l find the letters OF Mr..
Olney, the late lamepted Prof. William l.
Wilson, Col. Charles Marshall and other
Honest Money League men OF 1856 much
more instructive and Ineligible.
4 judge from some OF the expressions
used by members of your coalition that
there is nothing in this campaign worth
considering except whether or not the her
esy of IS 10 ! still lives and threatens our
ruin. According TO your political test the
rampant issue of this campaign is opposi-
ton TO 16 to /, namely: That sixteen act
ual crimes of McKinleyism are outweighed
by this one OF Organism. In brief you are
il favor of McKinleyism and RooseveItisna
and forgive all their sins for the one poiiti-
cal virtue they assume
Il. l have a right TO suppose that you
approve Of Mckinley tariffissn; once you
did not. True you cannot fail TO recall
that during the campaign of 1886 many
Democrats who were opposed to Bryan and
free silver were staggered a the prospect
of continuation Of the Mckinley tariff
md their fears were quieted with the posi-
tive statement OF Republican leaders that
the Mckinley Tariff bill would be reform
ed so as to make It more toIerable 10 the
Cleveland Democrats who were expected
to and did elect the President. Well, Mr.
Mckinley was elected and with him a Re-
publican Congress. The reformation be-
gan and the result was the Dingley tariff,
passed by Congress and signed By the
President, the most Infamous tariff Sill
that ever issued from Congress. Republic
cans chuckled with delight and Cleveland
Democrats hung their heads in becoming
silence. You may endorse that legislation
now; I cannot. Your spokesman, once an
outspoken freetTader, is Tow seemingly a
AeKinIey-Dingley tariff Republican and If
he IS. of course you are
Mckinley and the Force Bill.
o. You are forced TO defend or con-
done Mr.. McKin1ey's earnest and violent
advocacy of the Force bill; which do you
do? You have not forgotten that four
years ago, when doubtful Democrats
shook their heads aud frowned a. the
mention Of the Force bill. you replied
with jo>und earnestness: oh, the Force
bill is dead beyond resurrection and
voted for Mckinley. 1 believe the Force
bill is not more defunct than Is to /;
that it is not nearly as moribund. 10
you doubt that if Mckinley and Roose-
welt are elected with a Republican Con
gress that an effort Will be made to pass
a force bill with the avowed intention of
Furnishing Mississippi and North
Carolina, and with the real in
tention of securing negro Re-
publican domination in all the South?
Do yeu not gather this from the spesch IS
of Roosevelt and other Republican lead
ers in this campaign? Are you willing
TO risk such a contamination? 1 cannot
GO with you. I was a Cleveland Demo
crat when you were and am yet. I have
not forgotten any more than you have
that when he was President he was de-
nounced in season and out CT season, in
Congress and on the stump by Hon. Will
liam Mckinley for his 'honest-money'
views and for his enUity TO silver cur
rency. Pray, what has converted you TO
such AcKinleyism? l am not much given
to quoting Senator German but when he
said he would vote TO make leather legal
currency rather than see the Infamous
Force bill put upon the South he uttered
a hot sentence that will be remembered
and repeated from the Potomac to the
Gulf long after your lahored Declaration
of Principles sinks into innccuous de sue
tude-' l have not changed since 1895; I'M
der the same circumstances I would DO
the same thing, but do not propose to
be led by you bound hand and foot into
the camp of the enemy. You Will not
acknowledge you belong there, but you
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