The sun., 1900-10-02
The Last Month OF the Campaign

Now. when the last month OF the cam
paign has come, no doubts remain as to
the issue which is paramount in the minds
| OF the people. The excrescences OF facu-
! tious and fabricated issues with which
, artifice and malice sought to conceal IL
at the beginning have rotted away and
only 10 TO and the other distinctive features
of the old Bryanism are left.
OF course. the mere nomination OF BRYAN
made the issue unconcealabe His dicta-
tion Of an emphatic reiteration Of the de-
mand for immediate free silver coinage,
without waiting for the aid or consent
Of any other nation" OF a specific denun-
citation OF the Currency Act which estab-
lished more positively the gold standard
and OF the unreserved reafflrmation OF
the Chicago platform Of 1895 only further
acccntuated it. Everything else in the
Kansas City platform was chaf and ac-
cordingly it has been blown away in the
three months Of the campaign already
passed.
This recognition OF the meaning Of the
nomination Of BRYAN was the true explana-
tion Of the seeming apathy with which
the campaign began; misunderstood and
msrepresented as indicative Of indifference.
Actually the absence Of discussion and
apparent political interest indicated only
that people had made up their minds on
the question at issue. The Bryanite theory
had been exploded by the argument Of
1890 and the destruction had been made
complete by all the facts OF the industrial
and financial situation since its rejection
then, He was left without legt o stand on.
The only argument for his election.
except the square free silver argument.
has been the astonishing plea that even
II elected the party Of the gold standard
is strong enough in the present Congress
TO tie his hands and prevent him from
carrying out his purpose Immediately"
That, Of course, only emphasizes still more
the duty and necessity OF confirming and
continuing the control OF that party.
Mr.. JOHN BIGELow, for his part says
that he likes neither candidate and there
fore Is content TO stand aside and leave
the two parties TO fight II out to a finish
between themselves. II the contest was
between rival pugilists or football teams
for championship Mr., BIGELow's indif-
ference might become popular. but as the
stake Is the security Of the property and
business OF the whole country and Of every
man in it his passonless neutrality does
not extend beyond himself A bonfire
which might have only casual attraction
for you under some circumstances provokes
very different sort Of feeling when all
your possessions have been stolen TO fur
nish fuel for IL. II this fight between gold
and silver was only political shindy up in
Canada or down in Patagonia the American
people might be as careless about it's issue
as Is now Mr.. BIdELow. but as it is their
own property which is at stake they are
going to take hand in It, fifteen millions
OF them. on the 9th OF next month, nor
will they divide on old party lines in the
emergency.
Thus the political situation stands in
the last month Of the campaign and every
day that now remains until the election
will make more paramount and immediate
its single issue in the mind Of every citizen.
BRYAN Is coming to New York and Tam
many is drilling a great crowd to receive
and gIorify him; but the bigger the crowd
and the louder the applause the worse it
will be for Organism.