New-York tribune., 1900-07-27
WHERE HE BELONGS.

On the dav before the conference of Gold
Democrats met IN Indianapolis Mr. Louis r.
Enrich of Colorado. gave his views on the
situation to the public in a long letter. in the
course of which he said: "A third ticket should
he nominated. hut not by Gold Democrats.
1T should be nominated by the anti-imperial-
lists as n special refuge for anti-imperialst
Republicans" This advice was published on
TUESDAY On Wednesday the Gold Democrats
resolved not to nominate a third ticket, leaving
the anti-mperialist convention TO take such
action as il pleases next month Thereupon MIR.
E;hrch. being present as delegate, arose and
said:
This action Of the National Committee Of the
Gold Democracy is outrageous. The whole thlng
is simply a Mckinley Endorsement. and have
no doubt that those Immediately interested IN
issuing the call intended it as such. have
done with the committee and the present or
ganiZation Of the party and shall tender my
resignation.
To those who had neglected the opportunity
of reading his letter of the previous day this
performance on the part of Mr.. Enrich must
have occasioned some surprise, but we hasten
to assure them that in reality it was quite con-
sistent, for in that letter he had announced that
as a standard of value in the United States
silver was as much a thing of the past as wam-
pun; that free silver as political issue was
dead: that If there were any lOOpholes in the
existing law Mr.. Bryan was not the man to
take advantage of them, his purpose being to
convert the people to the bimetallc principle,
not to play a smart game on them, and that
Gold Democrats would show themselves to be
governed by a blind pride of opinion if. recog-
nzing the definite establishment of the gold
standard they nevertheless used it as a divid-
ing issue In q word, Mr.. Enrich had freely
put himself on exhibition rs a supporter Of
Bryan, and hence it is easy to see why the
action of the Indianapolis Conference so deeply
lacerated his feelings. For il did not adopt
his views that free silver is dead issue
but urged the voters not to be deceived by any
such pretence, and called particular attention
TO other abOminable features of Bryanism, such
as it's attacks on the right of private contract,
the independence of the judiciary and the au-
thority of the President to enforce Federal
laws. Mr. Enrich had hoped that the action of
the conference would practically amount to an
Endorsement Of Bryan, and had done what he
could to bring about that result, 1t is not to
be wondered at, therefore. that he is greatly
distressed by the conviction that 1.-The whole
thing is simply Mckinley Endorsement" but
we are inclined to think he would have done
better to refrain from adding that he had no
doubt that that is what it was intended to be-
Inasmuch as he himself intended it to be Just the
opposite, q sense of humor, if he had only pos
sessed that invaluable gift, would have led him
to exclaim, ut is TO Taught" and to let it go at
that
We would not be understood as reproaching
Mr. Enrich. His announcement was not a
degradation, but merely an infelicity. In our
opinion the Bryan camp is where he be-
longs. He knows what he wants most of all,
and is going TO vote for it. Mr.. Bryan is as far
as possible from agreeing with him that free
silver has been relegated to the wampum class,
but he will readily excuse that misapprehension
in so warm and resolute 4 supporter.