The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-29

Stand for RI hats Of the AHdiFd duai
BALTIMORE. Oct. Z9.-Osborne L Yell
lott, prominent member Of the Baltimore
county bar, has written strong letter to
the Honest Money Democratic League OF
Maryland, stating his reasons for support
ing Mr.. Bryan in the present campaign.
MIR. Yellott goes deeply into the subject,
to which he has evidently given much
thought. In the course of his letter he
says:
In the first place. I am a Democrat.
Before casting my first vote l carefully
studied the histories OF the TWO great par
ties. hundred years ago Jefferson ex-
pounded the great truths of a Government
founded upon principles of humanity, new
er losing sight of the individual, his idea
being the fundamental idea or principle
OF the Democratic party.
Hamilton. the contrary, saw visions
of a vast Federal Republic wherein the
aggregate material welfare and national
prestige and power were of more moment
than the welfare OF the individual. this
idea being in turn the idea of the Repub-
lican party of today, then the Federal
party.
II saw that while other issues rad chang
ed from time to time and had been desert
ed by one party only to be adopted by the
other at a later re, yet, underlying all.
this one supreme distinction had continued
to exist and marked the difference between
the two parties in 1880 as clearly as it had
in 1900.
Thus, believing that Jefferson was
right in 1900 and Hamilton wrong, l there
fore believed that the Democratic party
was right in 1880 and the Republican party
wrong.
Moreover, the history Of nearly cen
fury CT cur National Government made me
believe that the great distinction to which
1 have referred would be maintained
throughout the country and consequently
throughout my career as a voter. + or that
reason I became q Democrat II 1890, for
that reason I an q Democrat today and
for that reason I shall remain a Democrat
to my lifes end if it please my party TO
maintain the principles of equality of
mankind as set forth in the Declaration
of independence and expcUnded by
Thomas Jefferson
mo feeling OF temporary cXpediency
shall cause ne to sweTve from ~ alliance
TO my party so long as l believe that my
party is right in its fundamental Princl-
pies
My second reason for not enrolling my
self under your organization is because
if l were not Democrat 1 would be Re
publican. II The time ever cones when
am forced TO leave my party / viii fight II
in the open I viii not be content TO turn
my guns upon ley enemy NaItS hf1-1Ii'it .
under my eneny's fa6.
Your holding to the title OF Democrat
Is an assertion On your part that you are
not willing to be considered RSpdD!llaAS,
ergo that the Republican party Is IA Soma
way wrong. Your de5eTtion Of the Denc-
cratic party is an assertion that the
Democratic party is wrong Thus you are
about to vote for a party whose principles
you know are wrong in order to defeat q
party whose attitude upon one single IS
sue you feel TO be wrong
''No gentlemen we're there not some
issue nearer TO your hearts than h fun
danental principles Of the DanccIa-I
party you would be content to Nitha5IL
your vote when you could not CCns0isn-
IiOuSly cast il with your party ana sol
cast it Cor a party vi h which y-u 'aanot
conscientiouSly cast It Your vote th-S o :
ing against conscience in either event.
respectfully submit that it is your duty
to stay at home On November rather
than to solicit others to that stultifca-
ton of their consciences which you con-
template for yourselves
And this brings me to the third reason
why I cannot vote with your Crganizat Ii II
or subscribe TO the principles set out il
the circular referred to. Your aim is {
futile one.
''The Constitution of our country cor
tains tho implied guarantee OF certain
human rights, which rights are declared
ing life, liberty, and the pursuit of hapDi
ness. The recognition Of all these right
and of the equality OF these rights de
ponds upon the attitude of society towart
the man. To me the recognition and pro
lection of these rights should be the uiti
mate aim of a republican form CT Govern
ment. In fact 1 believe l have read some
thing to that effect III an ancient ant
long-forgotten document called the Dec
1aration Of independence
f'To your organization the ultimate ain
OF mankind and of government wou,t
seem to lie in procuring the dollar az
then preserving its value. From pun ell
material standpoint you are in a measur
right, but only in a measure. The dolla
is with many of us an end in itself. Lii
is given us by our Creator, liberty is or
for the present and the immediate future
and the pursuit of the dollar. while n
always pursuit of happiness, is the pur
suit of that which is commonly conceda
to insure happiness. Having secured tn
dollar we are naturally all DESTROYS tina
it shall not depreciate in value while w
hold it.
'But you lose sight of the fact that tn
value of the dollar, is, after all, a matter O
relation. I am wealthy if I have NOR
money than my neighbor I am prosperou
If I am making more money than is neces
sary to pay the expenses of living for my
self and family. But if, on the contrary
my neighbor has Infinitely more none
than I have, then I am not wealthy; an
Il the cost OF living is So far Increase
that my earnings no longer suffice 10 pt
my living expenses then I am not prosper
Gus. These facts are matters of natura
law which legislation cannot alter, and
merely refer to them to show that the val
ue of the dollar is, after all, relative, an
not as you would strive to have it, fixe
and immutable.
''The point with which I would impress
you is simply this: II Government b
conducted absolutely without regard to tn
equal rights of mankind, ard so that wealt
IS distributed among individuals in unequs
Stops the Cough
and Works OF the Cold.