The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-10-23

an Senate. the candidate we support cam
not accomplish the result he declares for. >
Even II 1t we're true. which I deny,
that Mr. Bryan, II elected. could not or
der the payment Of the public Obligations
IN silver. or that the mere election tf
such a man on such a platform would
not destroy confidence in the credit and
honor Of the nation. and before Inaugural
ton drive gold out Of the country and into
boarding places; nay, even IL il were true
that such a declaration. indorsed by the
American people. would not entail indiTid-
ual and commercial decentralization, as
well as financial distress. stu, with all
Difference to men whom l respect. this
logic seems TO me the baldest sophisfry.
1T may be admitted that the man " no
proposes 10 have the nation make a debt
paying dollar or labor paying dollar. out
Of % cents Of silver and 30 cents Of
vacuum. Is sincere in his views of political
economy. So is the anarchist sincere. and
his physical and moral courage (though
perverted eanrst be questioned, when,
taking his life In his hand. he adopts
assassination as proper political method
Suppose in order to get the anarchist
vote the platform had indorsed assassina-
tion as a political means, and suppose
the friends Of the candidate appealed TO
US for votes on the ground that although
the declaration for assassination was IT.
the platform, yet in fact il could never
be made effectual because the Republican
police protection was too perfect. would
We listen TO the proposition? Yet the
logic is the same. and the analogy should
not offend. for the turpitude of the two
declarations would differ little in degree
in the opinion of the two or three men
who are endeavoring to so reason thsm-
selves into voting for Mr.. Bryan.
IF there are any who. while differing
radically from Mr. Bryan In these things,
yet from political expediency think that
they should vote with the organization
let me cell their attention to a bit Of
recent hlstory-including anew an old les
son, sadly learned even by Mr. Webster
that political honesty is political expe-
diency:
Lesson of Tive Decades Ago.
Memory in the Northwest need so
back less than two decades 10 recall the
time when greenbackism dominated the
Democratic party. Within the same time
we have witnessed the struggles of mem
bers Of our party to escape their then rec
ords as Greenbackers. In every case the
man with political ambition, of promi-
hence, on whom could be fastened the
Greenback record has passed, protesting,
into private life.
While the Republicans are responsible
for many evils that beset us in our do
mestic economy, the crisis is such that
this is no time to discuss them.
THE house is on fire. We must help
our fellow-occupants to put it out, how
ever much we may have differed from
them on the policies of housekeeping and.
although against our protest they had
persisted in The policy of using kerosene
20 start the kitchen stove.
Let no Democrat be influenced by false
reports as to the attitude in this crisis of
any man whom We have trusted, who.
pointing to his record to speak for him
now, may deem it unnecessary to speak
again.
I'VE should never lose faith in the sta
bility of the works of God, least of all in
the noblest of them. an honest man
81 take my place proudly by the side of
Abram s. Hewitt under whom | fought
in the great battle for Tilden and De-
mocracy in 1876. Waiting in confidence
the call of men like him to gather for the
reorganization of my party, like him I
conceive II 10 be my solemn duty to vote
against Organizing the Democratic party
and to rid the party and country of Bry-
anism, and so, Ike him, In the ranks of
the true Democracy 1 shall go TO the polls
and cast my ballot for President McKin-
ley. DON NJ. DICKINSON"
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