CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-11-01

| ct accept the nomination and take an
appeal at once upon the decision to
Judge Allen. The attempt has been so
futile that what was intended to be a
serious affair to distract the Republican
vote, has turned out n farce. But 1t
shows what tricks the fusionists are
ready to resort to in order to decrease
the Republican plurality in this county.
The spasmodic attempts of the Rocky
Mountain News and n few other fus-
ionist paDers in this state to revive the
silver question have been pretty effec-
tually quieted by Mr.. Bryan himself.
| His letter of acceptance of the Silver
| Republican nomination. given out
about a week age. contains nothing
about silver One might have expected
that in accepting the Democratic nom
ination on a platform which made I'M
perialism paramount Mr.. Bryan would
subordinate the silver issue; one might
even have expected that in accepting
the Populist nomination he might give
to silver a secondary place; but 1t was
expected that when he accepted the
nomination of the Silver Republicans,
whose only excuse for supporting him
at all was their professed allegiance 10
the white metal. he would at least re-
fer in friendly terms to the great issue
which he made paramount four years
ago. His more recent speeches also
have put n damper on those who still
clung to the belief that he was true to
silver. In his speech at Preston. Mary
land, October 23rd, in answer to the
question: How about 16 to IL" Mr..
Bryan said: sixteen to one was the
paramount issue in 1896. but the Re-
publicans have done so many things
since then that we are kept busy on the
new issues: but II n Republican dis
putes the 10 to / doctrine. you tell him
we have Republican president. Re-
publican Senate and Republican
House. and they have never attempted
to change the 10 10 | ratio. and Mr..
Mckinley is now coming silver dol
lars nt the ratio of 10 to ] without wait
ing for the aid or consent OF any other
nation on earth. Until~the Republican
party proposes to change the ratio
object to their discussing the ratio:
when they propose TO change II. we will
discuss 1t with them.'
All this OF course Is simply puerile.
1t illustrates the depth TO which Mr..
Bryan has fallen. -Four years ago he
would have ridiculed, and justly. any
Republican who asserted that the coin
age of silver at III to ! under the pres
ent law was real bimetallism. This
year he juggles with words. and only
gives the impression that after all he
Is satisfied with the kind Of 10 to ! we
have now.
II Mr.. Bryan is perfectly satisfied
with the coinage of silver at the ratio
Of 10 to /. under McEinley's admins
tration. there is certainly no reason
why the Silver Republicans of Colo
rado should not also be satisfied.
The same day at another place Mr..
Bryan was asked the plain question
whether. II elected president. he would
pay the obligations OF the nation in
silver or in gold? Instead of giving
plain answer he lodged the question
as follows:
Il want the Republicans who want
this question answered TO first find out
what the law requires. and then ! want
them to know that If elected president
will enforce that law. Just as ! will
enforce the law against trusts; but If
you ask me to construe n Republican
law, reply that shall not construe
law until 1t becomes my duty to en-
force it,
This seems to dispose of the silver
question pretty effectually for the pur-
poses Of this campaign.
Mr.. Bryan's visit to New York has
also been very disappointing TO his
western friends. 1t may have been
necessary, and. from partisan point
of view Ii may have been proper. for
him to take counsel with Mr.. Richard
Croker. who is now the leader Of the
Democracy in New York state. 1t was
unnecessary, however for him to an
nounce from the stnge his great ad-
miration for Tammany Hall and for
Mr.. Croker. by saying. Great is Tam
many and Croker Is its prophet" 1t
was also unnecessary for him to be-
come Mr.. Croker's guest al an ostenta-
tiously luxurious dinner. sitting be-
tween Mr.. Croker and Van Wyck on q
raised dais. consuming viands which
were prominently announced In the
Democratic press to have cost twelve
dollars n plate, and wines which were
said to have cost great deal more.
There may be no particular objection
| to visiting statesman partaking OF q
good dinner with his friends: many
people would see no objection to his
eating twelve dollars worth Of food
and drinking twenty dollars worth OF
wine at a dinner given in his honor by
frlend. -Four years ago, however,
when Mr.. Bryan was in New York, he
ostentatiously declined an expensive
dinner that was proposed for him, and
went TO the famous "one dollar din
ner." Since that time he has been more
insistent than ever in claiming to be
the champion Of the rights of the poor
rs against the rich: it seems little In
consistent therefore for him to act as
he did on this particular occasion.
Mr.. Bryan's managers have been
chasing rainbows a little during the
past two weeks. Previous to that time
In this campaign they had done very
little Of this agreeable pastime com
pared with what they did four years
ago. Probably II became necessary to
bolster up the hopes of the faithful.
and therefore statements have been is
sued claiming ut least 272 electoral
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