La Junta tribune., 1900-11-03

appeal nj once upon the decision to
Judge Allen. The attempt has been so
futile that what WIS Intended TO be n
serious affair TO distract the Republican
vote has turned out farce. But II
shows what tricks the fusionists are
ready 10 resort to in order to decrease
the Republican plurality IN this county.
The spasmodic attempts OF the Rocky
Mountain News and n few other rus
ionist papers in this state TO revive the
silver question have been pretty enec-
,ually quietcd by Mr. Bryan himself
His letter OF acceptance Of the Silver
Republican nomination. given out
about a week ago. contains nothing
about silver. one might have expected
that In accepting the Democratic nom
ination on platform which made i'm
perialism paramount. Mr.. Bryan would
subordinate the silver issue. one might
even have expected that In accepting
the Populist nomination he might give
TO silver secondary place; but II was
expected that when Ie accepted the
nomination of the silver Republicans,
whose only excuse for supporting him
at all was their professed allegiance 10
the white metal. he would At least re-
fer In friendly terms to the great issue
which he made paramount -four years
ago His more recent speeches also
have put "A damper on those who still
clung to the belief that he WAS true TO
silver In his speech at Preston. Mary
land. October 2..rd. In answer 10 the
question. How about III to = Mr.
Bryan said: sixteen to niir WAS the
paramount aissue In 1896. but the he
publcans have done SO many things
since then that we are kept busy on The
new issues: hut II Republicans dis
putes the III to ! doctrine. you tell him
we have Republican president. a Re.
publican Senate and Republican
House. and they have never attempted
to change the III to l ratio. and Mr..
Mex inley IL now coiuing silver dol
lars at the ratio Of III to without walt
ing for the aid or consent Of any other
nation on earth. Until the Republican
party proposes to change the ratio |
object Ia their discussing the ratio;
when they propose tn change II. we VIII
discuss II with them
All this OF course is simply puerile-
II illustrates the depth To which Mr..
Bryan has fallen. Four years ago he
would have ridiculed. and justly. any
Republican who asserted that the coin
age of silver NJ III 10 I under the pres
ent law was real bimciallism. This
year he juggles with words. and only
gives ~. impression that after all he
is satisfied with the kind Of III TO ! we
have now.
If Mr.. BRYAN is perfectly satisfied
with the coinage OF silver ut the ratio
OF III 10 !. under Mckinley's admins
tration. there Is certainly no reason
.hx- t. IR.t al af al
RADIO should not also he satisfied,
The same day ai another place Mr..
Bryan was asked the plain question
whether. II elected president. he would
pay the obligations OF the nation in
silver or In gold; Instead OF giving u
plain answer lie lodged the question
as follows;
Il want the Republicans who wan,
this question answered To first lind out
what the law requires. apd then ! want
them To know that II elected president
l will enforce that law. just 'as I VIII
enforce the law against trusts: hut II
you ask me to constr,ie u Republican
law. I reply that shall not construc a
law until II becomes my duty to en-
force IT."
This seems 10 dispose Of the silver
question pretty effec,uaily for the pur-
poses OF TINS tIiintHilsii.
Mr.. Rryan's visit To New York has
also been very disappointing To his
western friends. II may have been
necessary. and. from partisan point
of view II may have been proper, for
him 10 take counsel with Mr.. Richard
Croker. who Is now the leader of the
Democracy in New York state. 1t WAS
unnecessary. however. for him 10 an
nounce from the stage his great al.
niration for Tammany Hail and for
Mr.. Croker. by saying Great Is Tam
many and Croker Is its prophet" IL
was also unnecessary for him to be-
come Mr. Croker's guest at an ostenta-
i.ously luxurious dinner. sitting be-
tween Mr. Croker and Van Wyck on a
raised dais consuming viands which
were prominently announced in the
Democratic press TO have cost twelve
dollars a plate, and wines which were
said to have cost great deal more.
There may he no particular objection
to n visiting statesman partakiug OF a
good dinner with his friends: many
people would see no objection to his
eating twelve doilars' worth Of food
and drinking twenty dollars worth of
wine at dinner given In his honor by
friend. Four years ago. however.
when Mr.. Bryan was In New York. he
ostentatiously declined an expensive
dinner that was proposed for him. and
went to the famous ''one dollar din
ner." Since that time he has been more
insistent than ever In claiming to be
the champion OF the rights OF the poor
rs against the rich: 1t seems a little in
consistent therefore for him to act as
he did on this particular occasion.
.
Mr.. Bryan's managers have been
chasing rainbows a little during the
past two weeks. Previous to that time
In this campaign they had done very
little OF this agreeable pastime CON-
pared with what they did four years
ago. Probably 1t became necessary TO
bolster up the hopes OF the faithful.