The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1900-09-27
DEMOcRAcYS ONLY DANGER.
Denver News

Party Leaders Caution the Voter
Against Ovcrconfidence.
Headquarters National DemOcrati
Committee. Chicago.
''Over-confidence," that, according t
wise political leaders, is the only dan
ger that Democracy has to fear in tn
coming campaign. The most cOnser
vative men in the party have all alOn:
anticipated hard, uphill fight in :
large number of the Eastern States.
WIS feared that in that region convert:
would be hard to get. 1t was conceded
early in the campaign that the leaders
of what has been termed the .GOll
Democracy" would, with one accord
support Mckinley. However. during
tie last week the political situation II
| the East has assumed an entirely new
aspect. David Bennett Hills dictum
Il am Democrat" seems to have beer
the slogan adopted by nearly all of the
leaders of the Palmer-Buckner move
ment of 1886. Being Democrats, and
being men with live consciences and q
keen sense of honor and patriotism
they could not do otherwise than rally
to the Support of those fundamental
are grounded not only the Democratic
party but the fabric of our government
as well. Whatever the fancied dangers
of free silver might be, they fade into
insiSnificance when compared to the
unutterable loss of free government
Imperialism and militarism have been
termed ''bogies," shadow issues
''phantasies of light-headed pOliti-
cians," but within the last few days it
has become evident that they are re-
garded as of such vital Importance that
the men who have been lauded by the
Republican press as the sonndest and
ablest leaders of Democracy are will
ing upon those two issues alone to cast
their fortunes and unite their efforts
with the forces supporting the nOmi-
nee of the Democratic party.
While the landslide in the East was
expected. it was not expected so soon,
and only the most sanguine entertained
hopes that the landslide would ever
assume the proportions of an avail
anche, but nevertheless the movement
has been started in the East that bids
fair to sweep away the dearest hopes
of Republican leaders.
Richard Olney, in an open letter, has
publicly announced his intention Of
supporting the candidacy of Mr. Bry-
an. Who is Mr.. Olney? Every school
boy could answer the question: he was
Mr.. Cleveland's Secretary of State. He
was moreover 4 man concerning whose
abilities, discernment, sound common
sense and patriotism the Republican
press in 1896 wrote volumes He was
pointed to with pride as leader who
..reputliated Organism" 1t will he in
teresting 10 notice the changed attitude
that the Republican press will assume.
Mr.. Olney will undoubtedly he termed
a cheap politician, rattle-brained IA
natic: some may even go so far as to
term him traitor, but let them say
what they will, the announcement of
Mr.. Olrey. together with the declara-
tion of William L. Wilson that he, too,
means 10 support the Democratific
ticket will have Il tremendous effect not
only upon the campaign in the East but
upon the campaign in the whole Uni
ted States. 1t is confidently expected
that the next two weeks will see the
whole Gold Democracy" headed by
Mr.. Cleveland. in line for Bryan.
The coming out of Mr.. Olney is one
of the most recent links in the long
chain of prominent men who have re-
Mckinley and the interests
which he has officially subScrved; he
is. however, the link which united the
hitherto diverging branches of Democ-
racy. Among other recent converts
may be named Thomas Wentworth
Bourke Cochran. Webster
Davis, Senator Wellington, Patrick
Egan, Henry Z. Johnson, John J. Val
entinc. Patrick Collins. the friend and
adviser of Tilden and Cleveland.
The administration is evidently spar
ring for wind in the little affair con-
rerning the ccssion of American terri
tory in Alaska To Great Britain. Secre-
tary of State Hay has just announced
10 the miners inf the district in question
hat while it is true that the United
States has given not only them but
heir lands To Great Britain, that the
,cssion is only temporary. 1t was not
'or nothing that the administration has
been engaged i'm negotiations with
Spanish diplomats for the last four
Years. Hay can now inject the cOnven-
ent term Tomorrow into all the af-
airs of state with grace equal TO that
If Il Castilian Don. 1t will be remem-
lercd that the Spaniards were always
,oing 10 grant the demands made by
heir Cuban subjects Tomorrow"
Likewise they were going to grant the
liberty demanded by the EilipinOs TO-
morrow" Bound TO carry out the tra- |
litions of the worst government that |
'xistcd in Europe during the last years
# the nineteenth century, it will be re- !
nembered that the occupation of Cuba |
" American forces was TO be only |
temporary" We were going to retire