The Dickinson press., 1900-10-27
NATIONAL HONOR OVER
COLONIAL QUESTIONS
WHY JUDGE HORNBLOwER DE.
CLINEs TO SUPPORT BRYAN.
Opinion of a Leading New York
Jurist, Whose Elevation to the
Supreme Bench Was Beaten
by David 3. Hill.

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New York;
Judge William B. Hornblower Of New
York, who was nominated to the So
prcme bench Of the United States By,
President Cleveland, and whose confirm
alton was beaten in the Senate for pure
y personal causes BY David B. Hill, has
made the following statement why he, q
Democrat, cannot support Bryan:
I have been repeatedly asked during.
the past few weeks what, in my judg',,
tnsnt, IL the duty Of a Gold Democrat,
who 10 also an Anti.Inapcrialist, IN the
banAans presidential campaign. tbs
question IL By no means q simple oaeJ
and I caA well understand AID appreciate,
the positton taken By such men as Nh
sehurs, Mr.. Shepard and Mr.. olneyi
For my own part, however, ! cannot ~
IN wAl cIsaf to reaching thatr eonclu1
daus. The same reasons which eoEnpelE
ID ne to oppose Mr. Bryan II 1890 COM
pl NJ to oppose him in the present cAntyH
paign. Al the heresies, financial and
popullahc, which were embodied in he
un-Dsmotratic, ~crasy-quilt platform IL
1905 are readopteA without any attempt,
At modification or Modification BY the
Kansas City platform. The l6 to ! plank
Is expressly reanarmed and redeclared,,
and this at the instance of Mr.. Bryan;
himself. I cannot support . candidate
who still adheres to q proposition which,
to mp mind, 10 a monstrosity ana whtcha
4 carried into effect, weuld In my judgs.
msnt produce untold disaster to 4l
classes Of the community and bring o.
honor and humiliation to our ~nation.y The
fact, II 1t be q fact, that recent legisla<
lion has made 1t d1fncult for Mr.. Bryan,
70 carry into practice his avowed princi.
OLE does not, It seems to be, make i
my the more right to vote for q MAJ
WHO still maintains these principles. 4
h quite within the possibilities that dur
fug hi administration, II he should be
elected. q complete change might be aks
feoted In the political composition Of both
houses Of Congress, and the verdict 81
the people ~expYessed At the polls In fatof
Of Mr.. Bryan's election as Preside1
fright be carried into effect. It will ta&s
tatniy DO M. Bryan's duty, according 81
his expressed declaration, to do what ~
Rim lies 70 htans about this result.
Il IL not TO be forgotten, that Mr.. Rsys4
b not opy tho candidate Of what II isst
Of the Democratic party, .klt he is The
candidate also Of the Populist party, and
Aas scespssd the nomination on their plat
torn. The radical notions Of the Popg.
lisa. II ever carried into effect in tim
country, would reduce popular govern
tuant 70 q poSitioh where we should bA
he laughing stock Of the nations. and
would H1o4u6e q reaction In the minds OF
o. votesa which would carry us tar II
GAs Direction Of domestic imperialisM
which I suppose will be conceded to be
II vastly WoFe Monnspt to ue and to our
posesav hsh colonial, imperialism. In
dssd, the chief Objection to colonial I'm.
pss4alfsm Is ID probable effect upon on
domestic institutions, and it, tendency To-
wprds enlargdng the powers Of the execu.
tive Al between the executive and t4s
legislative departments Of the GOVERN
msnt, aud towsrds increasing the pow.
ers u the Federal government as BE-
twesn itself and tie States.
The question "a to what Is the para.
mount issue" in this campaign Il. one on
70 me, however, that the most itapefta4A
issue before us at 1.-The present moment d
whether our domestic affairs are to be
thrown into confusion and exposed to dlg
astsr. The rights and wrones Of our a.
lonial possessions must In this emergency
be snhofdlnstsd to this rights and wrong
Of CDR w affairs.
Furthermore, / am by pS means salts
Rsd that MI. BrTen would Re a safe PEI.
son to whom to intrust the impertalIstls
questions which will confront us ip a.
future. m ny Judgment be ought "a
Nave made hlt dynt at the time when thu
treaty with Spain was before the Sen,
hhe. he shouid have upheld the hAndl
4 such dissenting Republicans a. senA
r Hoas, AID be should have opposed t
ths bitter end the principle OF buying for
ntsn peoplss without their consent AID X
The midst Of a war for Independence Of
their part. By supporting the treaty Mr.
ps1sA made himself a party to it's con,
b&tt, and ID, more than any other on
ban, except Mr.. Mckinley, responsible
TOR the situation. The treaty was rsti
fsd, the purchase money was paid, tn,
tsatnds are In our possession. In m,
tndEment, the question Of their future
Ina Of our future, as determined iudi
Heotly by their future, must wait until ",
have settled the question of the present
and that question Is whether honesty, IN
teSr!ty and common sense shall be an
Ratsd 70 the financial affairs Of the United
1tates, or whether popular approval shall
pe given to the vagarics, whims, and fal
, tactes Of the Populists and Bryanites
WITH all the resulting disaster and dis
knnor.
) WILLIAM B. HORNBLoWER.
SSaar Vail H.-A 10