The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-04

lie on The globe.
So far as the national candidates are
conc .rned-and, in fact, the campaign
managers of the two contsndinS parties.
they have borne themselves WITH eecoti'-
Ing dignity throughout the tiercest days
of the contest with the exceptions OF
Senator Mark Hanna, chairman oil t''e
National Republican Committee, anu
Governor Theodore Roosevelt, the cSatidl-
date of the Republican party f9r VIZ
President They have both employed me
vilest of ep.thcts With which TO dehoullce
Mr.. Bryan and the Democratic party o,s
the stump. and the more conservative q
the Republicans are of opinion thttl tn.s
have made valuable contribution 10 ms
overthrow Of their party at the poiis.
The former has said that Mr.. Bryan was
unfit to be a constable in Nebraska.
and made many other mean SINGS d.
the Democratic champion: While the iat-
t=r has paFaded through the coohtts'
under his Rough Rider hat, denoui1cihs
the Democratic party as {; set OF li ms.
able scoundrels, anarchists. and CUT
troats.'' who, If placed in charge OF the
government at Washington. would wrcc,
the country and destroy national honor-
DIGNIFIED AND CONSERVATIVE.
President Mckinley has remained qmcuE
at his home in Canton during the sfeater
part OF the struggle, ana ms pelstVioi
has been III lQDEDus5b htI.'iii '''N.A
dignity Of the high office he holds. Rlr.
BRYAN. while prosecuting as brilliant ana
vigorous a stump canvass as he Waged IN
1885, has kept himself constantly upon the
high plane which marked his advent mo
the arena Of national politics, ana mas
steadfastly refused TO engage in any nut
singing or personal abuse OF ms oppo-
neats prefcrrrg 10 discuss the ISSUES
involved in the struggle, rather than the
,,.., Grand Old Man
of the Middle Vest who for a second
time has been put forward by has party
for Vice-President. has preserved ms " IL
known dignity and conservatism through
out the entire struggle, and enjoys 1he
respect and confidence of all
BIZ; the great battle of 1880 is going TO
be decided next Tuesday upon the issues
involved in the controversy, rather than
upon the popularity OF the candidates.
If there were no party questions at issue,
the average man would care very little
about the result, for President, Mckinney
and Mr.. Bryan are both men of high
character and recognized ability.
ISSUES MAKE IT DOUBTFUL,
The fact that there are issues-great,
new issues-never before brought to the
attention of the people makes the result
of the election hard to forecast. ana gives
hope to the leaders Of the two conten%lns
parties.
Upon the two leading questions
overwhelmingly. imperialism and trusts
the Republicans have been on the defen-
siye from start 10 finish. They have
persisted in lightly putting aside the tor
Juer, which the Democratic platform
declared paramount, and have endeaVoted
to make .'honest money ana nun dinner
pals their campaign slogans. But the
Democratic speakers have -insenlously
NV saving that the
Republicans claimed when they passed the
gold-standard bill that the currency CUES
ton was settled for all time: and, even
if this We're not true. there could not
be so much danger in silver, when the
Mckinley Administration as coming 1t
at the alto Of 16 TO ! with Soid, at the
rate of a million and half dollars per
month which was more than had ever
been coined before in the same length OF
,imc.
The Democrats have ridiculed the fun
dinner pail argument, and said 1t was
an appeal to the appetites of men, rather
man to their principles.
STUCK TO IMPERIALISM
They have refused to be drawn away
from the discussion of imperialism, ana
have made ii their campaign cry from
ocean to ocean. forcing the Republican
speakers to meet it as best they could.
Upon that and their opposition to trusts
they have staked their all, and assert
their willingness to abide the sober
Judgment of the American people at the
polls
Whatever may be the result, there IS
no doubt that many questions growing
out of recent foreign wars have seriously
embarrassed the administration and given
the Democratic orators much effective
campaign argument. They have held
ND the dangers Of a large standing army,
and contended that the policy OF the
administration in the Philippines tended
toward the overthrow of the republic ana
the establishment of an empire; they
have arraigned the Republicans for the
Porto Rican tariff. and held that 1t was
in violation of the well-established Amer
;can doctrine that taxation without rep
resentation is tyranny. The Neeiy ahd
Rathbone postal steals and other govern
,nent scandals in Cuba have not escaped'
them: and they have denounced the
debauchery and lamented the suffering
said to exist among the American sold ers
in the Philippines with splendid effect
LEADERS NOT AGREED.
They have bitterly assailed tbs trusts,
and have found much OF their most
effective argument against them in the
RAINY different positions taken OH the
subject by the Republican leaders. Sen
ator Hanna was quoted as saying there
are no trusts; Senator Scott, of West
Virginia that Il am in favor of trusts ,
some otter prominent leader that thsrc
are good trusts and bad trusts. 30,
the democratic speakers hardly had TO
put themselves to the trouble 10 suggest
a remedy for the trust evil so vulnerable
did they find the position Of their Repub-
lican opponents on the subject. The I'm
edy which they did offer, however, was
old-fashoned Democratic doctrine and
apparently found a warm response i'll the
hearts of the plain people. 1t was to
tear down the tariff walls around the
articles manufactured by the trusts, invite
the freest competition, and permit the
people to buy and sell their products in
the markets of tho world: which, with
a rigid enforcement of the antitrust laws
now on the statute books, they contended
would limit the powers Of the trusts and
check them in their mad career.
THE DEMOCRATIC HOPE.
The Democratic managers base their
hope OF success upon this new issue of
imperialism, and say the American people
viii never b.. led into placing the dollar