The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-08-04
THEN AND NOW.
Some Gold Democrats Of 1896 and
Republicans Who are Now for
Bryan, and Their Reasons.

Republicans VINO are Now Tor
Bryan, and Their Reasons.
The Republican organs are claiming that
| Mckinley will hold the vote he received in 1896
and has also in the past four years made SER
ious inroads on Bryan's strength A careful
perusal of this article will show in convinc
ing manner that this is not true.
Judge c. l.. Holiz, one of the leaders among
the German Americans of Cleveland, Ohio,
will take the stump in behalf of the Demo
cratic candidates in September. He was
against Bryan four years ago, but is now an
enthusiastic supporter of the Democratic
| leader. This is his position: II am greatly
pleased with the portions of the Kansas City
| platform declaring against imperialism and
militarism. Imperialism, in my estimation,
| overshadows every other issue in the country
today. and | shall work and vote for the sue
| cess of the Democratic ticket. | am free to
| say that 999 out 900 Germans will vote the
| Democratic ticket, because of the party
stand on imperialism and militarism, except,
of course German officehoders. Germans
know what Imperialism means. The issue is,
shall this republic live or die? Hence the
| German voters almost TO a man, will cast their
ballots for Bryan and Stevenson. The
ticket is vastly superior 10 the soft writer
/ ana rough ilutT OH Tue OlDer tlcheI. Inc
statement we hear so much nowadays that
trade follows the flag is buncombe and non
sense Nations and individuals will trade
where they can do best, irrespective of aflila-
| ton.
Charles NJ. Stafford, "a New York lawyer,
| Democrat and United States marshal under
| Cleveland: ''In 1896 didn't vote at all, but
intend to vote for Bryan now. One reason
why did not vote for Bryan in 1896 was
because | knew so little of him as &; man.
Since then have studied him aud now think
he is one of the greatest men America has
produced. Imperialism and not silver, is the
issue this year,
Charles f. Bacon, formerly law partner of
ex-senator Hill: II shall support Bryan in
! this campaign, first because of the strong anti
mperialistic plank of the Kansas City plat
form, and second, because of the glaring
bunders of McKinley's administration and
the character of the clique that controls him.
In 1896 l voted for Mckinley, although
have always been an ardent Democrat. be-
lieve the imperialistic tendency of the admin
istration is of more vital concern TO the coum-
try than any danger from sixteen 10 one, for
it is well known fact that no financial legis-
lation can be enacted with Republican SEN
ate. | shall vote for Mr.. Bryan because the
Kansas City platform represents American
ism."
Mr.. L. L. Godkin, for many years chief
editor of the NeW York EDeRing Post, is
another prominent "come outer" against i'm
perialism
l.. w. Habercorn, one of the most inhuen-
tial German Americans in the United States,
who managed the German Republican vote in
the first Harrison campaign, and who was
until recently in charge of the German bureau
attached to the Republican national and con-
L., lac a.
party. Mr.. Habercorn was formerly an audi
tor in the Treasury Department under Presi-
dent Harrison. He says: 81 left the Re-
publican Congressional Committee in May,
partly because | needed more time for my
private business and largely because was not
in full accord with the party, and especially
could not defend and promote its expansion
and foreign policies. A government with i'm
perialism over our possessions cannot long re-
main a republic at home. AS the government
could not live half slave and half free, SO it
| cannot live half imperial and half Republican.
| The Republican party now stands for impe-
rialism and is already busy cultivating the
spirit of militarism. The Democratic party
has earnestly, clearly and forcibly pronounced
against imperialism with its resultant evils,
and stands for the preservation of the republic
and the Constitution"
Edwin +. Walker, secretary of the Young
| Mems Republican club of Evanston, ILL.,, says ::
Gas President Mckinley has shown that he
cannot be depended upon to do his plain duty,
trust he will not be reelected TO position
where he can continue TO substitute Il dishon-
orable imperialism for what might be an hon
orable expansion"
"Webster Davis, ex Assistant Secretary of
lhe Interior under Mckinley, thus sums up
| his conversion Life is too short for man
to sacrifice his principles or his love of coun
| try for money or for office in this republic.
have never yet read or heard platform that
was so intensely American as the platform
read here in the Democratic convention. |
care not the snap of my finger for party or
private citizens. | care nothing for Office, be-
cause I gave up one voluntarily better than
any you can give me. And the man or news
paper that makes the statement that | was
| forced to leave the Administration against my
| will, absolutely, unquali6edly and malciously
| lies | love liberty, love equality of rights,
and / love justice. When the party that
belong TO has been too cowardly TO take
stand for liberty, to resent government by
British aristoeracy and monarchy, leave it.
Judge P. A. Louble, president of the Ohio
| State Bar Association, an ardent and lifelong
| Republican, who was at one time a candidate
| for Congress in McKinley's own district, in
his annual address 10 the organization of which
| he is the head, said 'sThe question | now
touch upon is one of the most, if not the most,
momentous question that this nation has ever
| been called upon to face from the beginning
| of this century, the decision of which involves
the stability of its republicanism, if not the
very life of the republic itself. This country
| entered upon war with Spain for humanity's
sake, TO aid a people near to our shores to free
| themselves from the most cruel and barbarous
tyranny in history, loudly declaring through
| ~ hat urh
| and would seek no territorial aggrandizement;
| that forcibe annexation would be criminal
aggression under our principles of govern
| ment and was not to be thought of, and this
was reasserted but the other day at Philadel
phia in the Republican national platform.
| The fact is, that when the end was accom-
plished and that war was over this government
| turned its attention to other subject people of
\ Spain in the far orient, Mahommedan, Sulus
and Christian Filipinos, who helped us as
| allies in our war against Spain to free Cuba,
| and trained our guns upon them and made
them our subjects and forcibly annexed their
| islands as tails of our American kite and paid
Spain $40, 900, 900 for the privilege of doing
sce Think of the utter disregard of the ma
tional constitution and the principles upon
which our government rests when they are
supposed 10 stand in the way of partisan ad-
vantage or commercial greed; the doctrine
that trade, not liberty, not the constitution,
follows the flag; the annexation of the negro
oriental islands of Hawaii at the instance of a
handful of Americans who have migrated to
those islands in the pursuit of the almighty
dollar, with prohibition against the removal
to any other part of the United States of one
fifth of its inhabitants.
Secretary E. NJ. Ordway, of the Anti In
periaiist League Whatever the Anti-lm-
perialist convention may do, shall certainly
most heartily support the Kansas City ticket
II seems to me that the Democratic National