, 1900-11-01
Don. M. Dickinson Resents the
Effort to Precipitate Civil
Strife and Disorder.
Ex = President Cleveland's Post
master General Will Vote the
Republican Ticket.
Decides That Duty Requires Him to
Support Mckinley and
Roosevelt.

Don NJ. Dickinson. of Michigan, who
was postmaster general under Presi-
lent C~Icyclard. has decided to vote
for Mckinley and Roosevelt. Mr..
Dickinson believes that the money
question is sIiil the leading issue ana
he has made a >carhing Remuneration OF
Rrvan's arguments, 'Llling them the
gospel of hate.
MIR. Dickinson intended to remain
from the polls, but 3ryan's utterances
have convinced Inn hat as a law
abiding citiZc he must vote Tor the
republican nominees.
His letter i rs follows.
Since the adoption of the Kansas City
platfofm. and his nomination, | have never
entertained 81 thought of voting lot Mr..
BRYAN. confess. however, IN common
with many democrats, l hoped for a time
that might with Il clear conscience stay
away IRON the polls. But Mr.. Bryan's
speeches. particularly his later ones. nave
DESTROYED that Illusion and convinced me
that must vote at the coming election.
| criticise 10 man of different views VINO
can reconcile himself to the other COURSE
/ but as for me. with the light ! have. am
forced to the conviction that | would De a
recreant American. false to my country.
| and false to my party as well. II l sioulo
| take to the woods.
am a democrat on all the fundamental
| issues on which our party joined battle in
the past with the republicans. the wings.
| and the federalists. a democrat without
the prefix gold, because my party mas
| been the party of sound finance from JEFF
ferson to Cleveland. | could not be a re-
| publican IL would. and l say the creed OF
| democracy with all my old-time sincerity
and faith.
But recognize scarcely a vestise OF
democratic principle in either the chicago
or Kansas City platform. Tie organiza-
| ton is In the hands of the populists. ana
by these the livery of true democracy mas
| been stolen in which to serve all the dew
l lis that make for social disorder.
Mr.. BRYAN il preaching the gospel OF
hate. Noicing that. he appeals to the enNl-
| Gus. the discontinued. the improvident, the
incompetent and the unworthy.
| But worse still. he endeavors to set
| friend against friend. neighbor against
neighbor, family against family. section
against section and nation against nation.
He makes the always dangerous appeal to
the evil in human nature. His p~ostulates
are Boxer and his propaganda Is Boxer.
He speaks no encouragement TO the unsuc-
| cessful. but tells him to lay the blame at
| the door of his more fortunate neighbor,
and that his sole remedy is to attack him.
Where is the intelligent citizen who be-
lleves in his heart that his republican
neiShbors are not as good Americans and
as good patriots as himself? And yet in
connection with his making a charge that
the republicans demanded a larger army
an increase. by the way. that was voted
for by the Bryan men in the senate and
carried in the house with a minority vote
of but %9-he has repeatedly said in his
public speeches. as he said at Indianapolis:
"Why DO they want it? So that they can
build a fort near every large city and use
the army to suppress by force the dis
content that ought to be cured by remedial
legislation"
This from a candidate of the presidency
OF the United States, using all the power
OF his clo]auence to carry conviction. espe-
cially TO our foreign-born workinEmen,
whose vote he soiicits.
Our policy is peace. We seek no more
wars. We want the friendship of all ma
tons. but now, as ever, Ne stand, at
peace but ready" to battle with any Of
them for the integrity of our territory.
the honor OF our flag and the protection of
! Americans everywhere
The Philippine question is a problem to
be solved by congress. SO far as the whole
territory is concerned. 1t may he deter
mined to withdraw the flag. as in Cuba.
But in no place on earth must that flag
be hauled down under fire.
On the finance question two or three re-
spected friends use this logic substantial
ly:
proposes to have the nation make IA debt
paying dollar or a labor paying dollar
out OF 80 cents of silver and 90 cents of
Vacuum is sincere in his views of political
economy. So is the anarchist sincere. and
his physical and moral courage. though
perverted, cannot be questioned when, taxi
ing his life in his hands, he adopts assas-
s%ination as a proper political method.
We should never lose faith in the stabili-
ty of the works of God. least of all in the
Eoblest of Them. an honest man.
/ take my place proudly by the side Of
Abram S. Hewitt. under whom l fought in
the great battle for Tilden and democracy
in 1876. waiting in confidence the call Of
men like him to gather for the re~organiza-
lion o. my party. Like him. l conceive 1t
to be my solemn duty to vote against
Bryanizins the democratic party, and to
rid the party and country of Organism.
And so. like him. in the ranks of the true
democracy. | shall go to the polls and cast
my ballot Tor President Mckinley.