The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-30
The Republican Party The Enemy of
The South.
BRYAN NOT A MENACE NOW
Conditions Have Changed, and Bryan
il He Wonld, Could Not Carry Free
Silver Into Eject = The Man
svl:o Refuses TO Nctc at All
Falls Far Short OF
His Duty.
Especial dispatch 10 Tho Timcs.o

Especial Dispatch To The Iimcs)
UNIVERSITY cF VIRGINIA, VA, oc-#
tober ea.-Prof r. H Dabncy. who sup
ported the Palmer aud Buckner ticket i'll
1876 on account of The silver sssnc, has
written letter in support of Mr. bryan,
OF which, the following is q part:
-Four years ago WAS attacked with
some bitterness for supporting Palmer
rather than Bryan: yet, while 1t was pain
full to me. to antagonize the majority OF
people in my State, have no apologies to
make. and s..ll believe that the election
s Of Bryan a. that time would have oeen a
great calamity for the country. But row
the situantion is different. MY opinion OF
the silver plank in the Democratic pias-
form is, OF course. unchanged. Politicians
il, both parties. striving to catch votes and
secure offices. may differ. or pretend 10
differ on the subject. But among econo-
,nisss tffsre has been. and Is practically
but one opinion. In spite OF this TACT, L
intend for The tollow.ng and other rea-5
.,n. TO cast my ballot for Bryan, and
wnuld urge my fellow Democrats who
s,,,.oor;cd tho gold standard in 1896 to do
= the same.
AN ERRONEOUS IDEA
an the first place it is an utterly erro-5
neo,s tbousi, Il. common idea. that a vote
for Bryan VIII be an endorsement of every
plank N The platform. To cast Vote Is
by no means 10 express faith III all the ar
ticIes OF a complete political creed, but
simply 10 do a practical! act-to choose,
viz that one of two alternatives which,
on the whole, seems best Tor the country.
The man who refuses to vote at all fails,
therefore to do his whole duty. For, even
If he regards the election of BRYAN as
merely the lesser of two evils. it is his duty
10 his fellow-citizens to do all in his power
te save them from the greater evil. IT his
contempt for Bryan be SO great that he re-
CARDS voting for him as taking a nauseous
dose of medicine. let him swallow the dose
nevertheless, to escape the disease OF NC
k;nle yisn1. If Bryan be merely d biildseon
wherewifh to brain Mckinley and the =still
more dangerous Roosevelt, lei every Dam
ocrat help TO wieid that bludgeoll
A MORIBuND ISSUE.
at do not believe, however, that Bryan's
election would bring upon the country
all the evils threatened in 1886. l am
not even entirely certain that Bryan IN
self believes IN free silver, any more tha15
Mckinley did when in former DAYS ne
professea to do SO. Butt do feei tolefapiS
sure that the Democratic party has
ceased to take any genuine interest in
so rnorihund an issue--tne silver plank
being retainsd. not because of real faith
in It. but 10 avoid the humiliation oil
frankly confessinS a former blnnder. to
retain the votes of the silver mining
States. and to avoid Offending Bryan
Even lie studiously ignores the subject
IN his speeches. and doubt whether a
free silver bill would be passed even ii.
Il Democratic majority in both houses OF
Congress were elected along with BRYAN.
..!t is reasonably certain however that
tho Senate Will be Republican for ths
next few years, and will pass no such.
bill. Nor do believe that Bryan will
lse silver exclusively in paying. The int r
est and principal of the national debt
To distribute offices, regulate the trusts
and get rid of the Philippines will give
him ample employment without meddilng
with the bonds.
GREATER EVILS.
..But even if a free coinage bill be
passed, is this rnsrely pecuniary evil.
great though it would be, to be balanced
against the far greater permanent curses
OF high taxes. ever .l. increasing il.i.'als
and naval forces. the setting aside of the
Constitution, and the erection of arbitrary
rule over subject provinces by president al
appointees?
.:It is not my purpose to make an Ella
borats argument against lmpsr-alisrn.
Eut. while i do not share the extraNasant
fears of those who imagine that McKia-s
:
iiespotism of the sword and the money
bag on tbs ruins of the Republic. do not
feel profoundly convinced ttat IL the
country persists for four years more II
its present courses. tendencies ana forces.
SO powerful Will be created that II VIII
5 be extremely difficult. if MT impossible
TO prevent the ultimate decay of free
government in The United States.
M'kINLEY,S PARTY.
: Iy.,l,,
ing that the Democratic party has com
m:tted many sins. But It was aicIsin,eys
party that for years forcibis trampled
ths. Constitution under foot ltsHas Nc
K..lleyss party that spli. Virginia ii twain
and illegally, created ENsest Virginia IL
was Mck,aies's party that gave 10 what
WAS left of the mangled Statt~a number
and rot a 1same. WAS Nckiniest's party
that held hayoaets al threats of the South
era people for a dozen wears after Lee
had Sheathed his sword. il was leading
organ OF MeKiglesfs party that recently
branded Lee as a criminal 1eserter, Who5
had surrendered his soidierly honor II
was Mckinley's rnnntng-mate. the SWssh-
buckler Roosevelt, who is SO enamorea OF
mlitar!sm as to have proclaimed the cut
throat ruftians Of Western barrooms vast
S Is superior to peaceable farmers and me-
charics.
THE FORCE BILL.
And surely il has not been forgotten
that only a few years ago desperate efforts
we're made by this Rough RlSers party
10 ride roash-silod over the South 10y pass
ms a force blli, and restoring the rule or .he
bayonst at Southern polls. Nor can VT. be
sure that the same party. If successful in
November. will not reduce the Congress
sionai representation OF several Southern
E Suites.
Seeing. then that the snperiaisstie nil
erobes We're Injected :hree decades ago
:r.to the life-hiood of our governmental
system. and that even the tough tissues
sf our wonderful body polite have NOT yet
oeer able 10 eliminate the poison complsts-
81. can any lover OF liberty support the
party that deliberately proposes to inject
aAAiusnnl bacteria into the patients veins