New-York tribune., 1900-08-03
TO VOTE FOR MKINLEY.
DEMOCRAT GIVES COGENT
REASONS FOR HIS CHANGE
D
OF PARTY

James A. Fleming. who for many years has been
identified with the Democratic party has decided
the Republican ticket Mr.. Fleming holds
large interests in copper mines and real estate in
the Salt River Valley and elsewhere in Arizona. He
is in Denver where he formerly lived and
where he took a prominent part IN Democratic
politics. Reasons which he gives for his decision
to support Mr.. Mckinley in The Denver Sunday
Times" are in part follows:
When the silver market dropped to below cost of
production began look about for some remedy.
soon concluded that it was no more Just 70 ask
than it for the cotton growers petroleum
producers to request of the Government TO help
them in depressing market. Al about that time
there came along swarm of politicians and would
De poHtclans; Ihey coerSed o., the STEADY business
forth that it was disgrace and shame silver
world that Colorado was suddenly 6ankrupt-prop-
erty not worth Is cents on the dollar, and
cording to them everything was going to the dogs
ting each Of them into public ONCE The conse-
quences and results Of this are well known and
remembered The flow Of capital and people into
homes and lifetime savings were soon carried away,
howlers got into office and are yet trying to get in
and hold Office expense to the public interest.
couragement and recognition in This State com
eneed to scheme OYER The States west and south
took up the silver question as possible political
the Chances to make people believe some wrong
could remedy the wrong by voting him and them
The Bryan people, as rule, are dangerously
un-American and unpatriotic: They talk about i'm
peralism; the only imperialism ! am able 10 dis
cover is that our loyal and brave soldiers
holding the flag fast where they, with the sacri-
fee of their own blood. have planted it, until such
times as Congress by a majority vote tells them
ocrats have obliged all local Democratic organiza-
tons such as Tammany of New York. make
outward show of support, and obliged them to
play extraordinary and peculiar political card
at this time but I guarantee you that in the un-
dertoW you Will find few Bryan votes and little
enthusiasm. in States they have laws
making II offence to advertise the American
flag, which is a good law yet these Bryan people
Americans day, but used the American flag. Dec
laraon of Independence and the Constitution of the
United States for their advertising purposes
They say they are against trusts and at the
of their own. making discontents. allowing each
leader political stock in proportion to the number
of votes of his dtsconteuts that he deliver and
for fear Of having their passes called in they touch
trusts. every person knows who ships 10 the
extent Of one ton OF freight that II we had equal
transportation facilities in the United States there
would be no trusts, and If there trusts they
Porto Rico. Cuba and the Philippines should at
once be allowed to govern themselves, while in the
Territory Of Arizona do not govern ourselves
and at the same time we believe there is better
am not a so-called Bryan Democrat and
l grant you there enough loyal Democrats on
guard to see 10 II that Bryan never will be Presi~
dent on the ticket called Democratic
workingmans friend. I have heard Of Abraham
Lincoln splitting fencerails for a living but
never heard Of Mr.. Bryan doing one Workingman's
days labor in his life The next thing we
cause of the Chinese who are killing Caucasians
and feeding the flesh 10 the dogs.