The sun., 1900-07-07
GOLD MEN WONT HAVE 1T.
KANSAS CITY TICKET AND PLATFORM
DRIVE THEM OFF.
Ninety Per Cent. 1t Is Believed OF the "o'1
Democrats VIII Vote for Mckinley ana .v
to Kui Organism for Good and Ah-""A'
Hewitt. Hentx, Wheeler and others say

Ninety Per Cent. II Is Believed oi '"' n
Democrats VIII Vote for Mckinley anu .H
to Kui Bryanism for Good and Ah-""A'
Hewitt. Hentz. Wheeler and Others say
The Kansas City anti-imperialst plank nus
scarcely been mentioned In this city since lhc
text OF the remarkable document Whch '"o
Kansas City Convention adopted as patiorin
was made public. Everybody talks Oh 'no
financial plank and nothing else. ana there y
no longer any doubt about what the "o u
Democrats are going TO Go. Ninety per cent,
OF them are going TO vote for Mckinley ana
Roosevelt. The other 10 rer cent, nave no
hesitation in saying that they are not going 70
support Mr.. Bryan. but they VII not commit
themselve' to any course at the present uhle'
There was some talk around town yesterday
about althird ticket. Most Gold Democrats 90
not want one. They are opposed to BryaniSm
IN any shape and want to kill 1t SO that IL VIII
stay killed. aud they think that the best way 10
do IL will be 20 vote for Mckinley.
No Republicans IN the city are more confident
Of the election of Mckinley and Roosevelt than
the Gold Democrats are. A large number OF
those who were seen yesterday said that the en-
tire East was lost to the Democratic ticket by
the action OF tho Kansas City Convention In put
ting q straight declaration for free silver in the
IL. n
cerned, they said Bryan has about rs much
chance 70 carry 1t a. has tho candidate on the
Socialist ticket. The Gold Democrats are par
ticularly angry with Bryan for dragging down
their State ticket with him. Without the silver
plank, they say, their candidate for Governor
In this State might have been elected, but with
such ghost staring him in the face he has ABB
solutely no chance.
q saib yestarday that the
Kansas City Convention had made the issue OF
the campaign plain In trying 10 hide IT, The
fight goes back to the battle-ground OF four
years ago, he said. and the Republicans find
themselves better equipped for the struggle
than they we're when they tnumphed before
Tho Republicans are committed to gold
standard, while the Democrats are in the posi-
ton OF having resffirmed q financial system
that the people Of the whole country have
shown that they will have none OF. Despite
the efforts OF the Democrats 10 make Imperial
ism the issue Of the campaign silver Is the
ssue ana cannot be hidden and there Is little
duipt TINT Bryanism will be crushed
Henry Hentz. q prominent Gold Democrat,
had this TO say about silver and Bryanism:
THE Democratic platform Is obnoxious In the
highest degree TO Gold Democrats. II Is er-
tremely offensive to me and cannot support
Mr. Bryan with his absurd and fanatical reiter-
alton OF 10 TO and his revolutionary mouth
ings about government BY INJUNCTION. l am
against imperialism myself, put ! DOUBT very
much whether Il IL any worse than 'nobocracy.
which Is what Bryan threatens US with.
Let him be elected and W. will see on an even
greater scale. and In all parts OF the country,
the scenes that have been enacted % St.
Louis His triumph would open the foodgates
TO all the latent lawlessness In the country.
Mr.. Bryan and his principles will not do. and
no one can possibly be deceived by his cry OF
anti-mperialism Anu-lmperialism With the
a thousand times worse than imperialism. /
am ono OF those who believe In the nomination
OF third ticket with sound money and anti
imperialism az the platform. But Bryan We
must not and will not have"
Everett p Wheeler Is another Cold Democrat
who will have none OF Bryan. Mr Wheeler
said yesterday:
"The platform with its silver plank Is odious
The 10 to 1 plank will certainly ALLEVIATE the
Gold Democrats again; The election 81 William
II shall certainly not vote for Mr. Bryan.
shall never vote for any man OF party that rep
resents financial policy OF disaster and dis
honesty. have not made up my mind what TO
do vet but would like very much to be able to
vote for a Democrat who was running on an
honest money platform"
John d. Crimmins and a number OF others
who were seen said that silver was the issue
In making It so had undoubtedly lost the State
OF New York and probably the entire East 70
the Democratic party. All agreed that the
effort 10 hide the silver issue behind the anti
Imperialism plank was absurd and would not
do any good.