The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-09

Silver Republican Address.

The executive committee OF the Sill
yer Republican party has issued state
ment TO the members OF the party In
which IT is announced that the organiza-
ton VIII take It's medicine and support
the Democratic ticket. II was hardly
necessary 20 issue the address. for it
has been known all along that those in
control of the remnant of,the organiza-
ton of 1896 would do whatever the DEM
ocrats at Kansas City told them to do.
II the convention had nominated Hill,
who at heart is,opposed to free silver.
these Silver Republicans would have in
dorsed him. They are now merely an
Insignificant tail that is easily wagged,
and would have sneezed, no matter
what kind OF snuff the Democrats chose
to take. The Silver Republicans were
given no recognition; in fact. they were
deliberately snubbed when the conven-
ton rejected their own candidate and
preferred an old-time Bourbon who had
practically been forgotten In his retire
ment But there IL not enough virility
loft In the organization to resent the
slight. and IT swallows a straight-out
Democratic candidate for vice president
as meekly as II does all of the rubbish
contained In the Democratic platform.
II IL peremptorily ordered to run after
the band wagon. ana is profoundly
thankful that It Is permitted so to do.
II has been quite common for a good
they still believe In the principles Of the
Republican party except as 10 the
money question. and that they have al
lied themselves with the Democracy
for the reason that II Is the only SUBJ
stantial political organization holding
their views on the matter OF free COIN
age. These people will probably be I'M
der the necessity OF returning to their
old party OF Of foeking by themselves.
for their executive committee has I'M
dertaken not only 10 pledge support to
20 approve the entire Democratic plat
form from top to bottom. including In
dorsement OF free riot, free trade de-
nunciation OF the supreme court. anti
expansion ana meddling with a problem
In far-off Africa In which we are not d.
rectly interested. The executive COM
mittee has seen At to say that the party
which II represents approves of all these
things, when as a matter Of fact a
great many Of Its members VIII agree
to nothing OF the sort. There are scores
Of Silver Republicans who are opposed
to Atgeldlsm. who believe in protection.
who respect profoundly the highest
court of the land. who heartily favor
expansion and do not believe in getting
into war with Grea. Britain by any I'M
justifable Interference In the affairs of
South Africa. There are silver Repub-
licans who win support Bryan because
they believe his election would benefit
the cause of silver; but II remains TO be
seen whether they will permit their ex-
ecutlve committee to thrust down their
tuFu1tS u ltl VI III winch IHPV
do not believe and which they would
openly oppose II the silver question were
wholly eliminated from the contro-
versy.
The most OF the Silver Republican
leaders have become embittered. as is
usually the case with the renegade. and
win of course become more intensely
Democratic than the old-fashloned
Bourbon. They have burned their
bridges behind them. have no intention
OF returning TO the old party. and would
be ashamed to do Il anyway.
With the rank and file. however. II is
somewhat different. and II would not
BE- surprising II many who wen. astray
four years ago refused 10 go To the
lengths that their executive committee
proposes In It's address and took ad-
vantage OF the occasion TO find their
way hack TO the true faith
The Democratic committee starts out
with one correct idea, and that Is that
there Is no hope Of their party carrying
the Pacific coast