Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-08-15

states and from the r0tton borough
states of the rans-Misslssippi and The
territories. Every well-informed per
son who was on the ground know
| that II the question had been carried
to the floor Of the convention the re
affirmation would have been over
whelmingly voted down, and that the
question would have been carried Il
the floor Of the convention had moi
Boss Croker prevented. Boss Croker
had a bargain with Boss Platt, b,
which he Croker was to make it i'm
| possible for the Democratic electorar
ticket to carry New York, and in re
turn he was to be allowed full swing
and plenty Of plunder In New York
City.
'There it is, Mr.. Seneff. The cats
out Of the bag. But you're right
about one thing. Thrice repeated
ayalanches never killed principle.
But a principal is one thing; a policy
is another. THE free coinage OF sill.
yer at the ratio Of 10 to / without the
consent of any other nation was a
Democratic policy when conditions
we're vastly different from what they
are to-day. But it is no more a Demo
cratic principle than dose of pare
goric is principle of medicine.
When the dose is indicated by the pa
TENTS condition the doctor admins
ters it; when it is not indicated he
withholds 1t; the laws OF medical
science continue the same.
1.-THE editor Of the Sentinel has been
bimetallist ever since the coinage
question came to the front in 1878. He
gave the casting vote in 1890 as chair
man of the platform committee Of the
Democratic State Convention of In
diana, in favor Of free coinage reso-
luton. He maintains now that under
the conditions which existed then and
for some years later the demand for
free coinage was logical and rational,
and he believes that the country as a
whole would be better off to-day had
that demand prevailed. But the evil
which it was meant to heal has been
cured by other methods. There is an
abundant supply Of primary money.
The curse Of an appreciating dollar no
longer exists. Practically all the
public and private indebtedness now
existing was contracted under the
present monetary standard. The
business OF the world has adjusted IT.
self 10 the actual coinage system OF
this country and Europe. There is
to-day no reason for agltating the
silver question; In fact, there is no
silver question.
"There has been enough bad blood
and bad temper; enough strife and
pickering; enough Of ugly faces and
hard names;enough OF intolerance and
proscrlption-enough, in short, Of folly.
The editor Of the Sentinel, who came
Of good Democratic stock, and voted
every Democratic ticket without a
single omission from his first vote In
1875 for Tilden and Hendricks, to his
last vote In 1900 for Bryan and Steven
son; who was pronounced and active
bimetallist before Mr.. Bryan was
heard Of, and has never been anything
else; who is not, and never was, an
office-seeker; who has been In politics
long enough to have learned to take
his medicine and look pleasant, even
when 1t doesn't suit him little bit;
who is not too old to learn a thing or
two, and who, with his little knowing,
yet knows enough to know that there
is neither pleasure nor profit in but
ting ones head against stone wall
the editor Of the Sentinel pleads for
harmony, for reconciliation, for con-
cession, for anything and everything
short OF a surrender of vital principles
which will convert the Democratic
party from a discredited and impotent
minority into real force for good in
the political life Of the country