Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1901-07-25

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Intentionally or Internationally, u
mention government by injunction
the black list and arbitration. A re
affirmation OF the Kansas City plat
form would have covered these point
also, bat having failed TO reaffirm, thu
convention ghOuld have been carefu
to touch on all the important ques
tions.
The convention not only failed, bu
refused to endorse or reaffirm the Kan
sas City platform, and, from tht
manner in which the gold element has
reioiced over this feature OF the con
vention, one would suppose that tbs
main object OF the convention vas not
to write new platform, but to repu-
diate the one upon which the last
national campaign was fought.
: Gen. Finley was right in insisting
upon a vote on his resolution endora-
! ing the Kansas City platform, but he
made mistake in including in his
/ resolution p complimentary reference
to Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Bryan is not a can
didate for any office, and mention OF
/ him might have been construed by
some ga an endorsement Of him for
office. The vote should have been upon
| the naked proposition to endorse the
platform Of last year, and then no one
could have excused his abandonment
Of democratic principles by pleading
his dislike for Mr.. Bryan. The cause
ought not to be made to bear the sins
of an individual. Mr.. Bryan will en-
dure without complaint any punish
ment which the democracy OF Ohio
may see fit to administer to him, but
he does not want his name used to the
injury Of good platform.
The gold papers assume that the con-
vention refused to adopt the Kansas
! City platform because it contained a
silver plank. If so, it would have
been more courageous to have declared
openly for the gold standard. II the
gold standard is good, it ought to have
been endorsed-if bad, it ought to have
been denounced. To ignore the subject
entirely was inexcusable.
The money question is not yet out OF
politics. Every session of congress will
have 20 deal with it. Republicans de
clare that it is dead, but they keep
working at it. At the last session OF
congress they tried to make tie silver
dollar redeemable in gold, and when
that is accom- plished they will try to
limit the legal tender qualities Of the
dollar. The gold standard will not bea
complete until gold is the only legal
tender money and bank notes the only
paper money. Then our supply Of
primary money will be controlled by
foreign fnanciers, and our supply OF
credit money by domestic fnanciers.
This plan has been developed gradu.
ally and every step has been taken
secretly and steathily. The republic
can leaders have been in this move.
ment for years; as soon as the demo-
cratic party found that some OF its
leaders had Joined the conspiracy those
leaders were deposed. 1t looks now a.
if the reactionary Influences were once
more trying to secure control. II they
succeed in Ohio or elsewhere it simply
means another gigantic struggle such
as was witnessed in 1896. The demo-
cratic party cannot be made a
plutocratic party, even If there was
room in this country for two such
parties. There was time, under the
Cleveland regime, when the party
leaders used general and ambiguous
phrases to deceive the voters, but that
scheme can not be worked again. We
can not expect the voters 10 have con-
flence in the party unless the party
has confidence in the voters, and if the
party has confidence in the voters it
will state its position on all the i'm
portant questions before the country
and invite judgment.
The present campaign in Ohio in
VnlVaG uEll a 70
ticket, and as the convention dealt
with other national questions, it should F..
have dealt candidly and honestly with /
the money question. Mr.. Mclean il /
supposed to be a candidate for the
United States senate. and is also sup
posed to have dictated that portion of .
the platform which has to do with .
national issues. The senator elected /
by the next Ohio legislature will have /
to vote on the money question. The
democratic party OF the nation is op-
posed to making the silver dollar
promise to pay gold, and is also op- !,
posed to substituting national bank
notes for government paper, but the
democratic party in Ohio was silent
upon these important subjects. Why
Did the leaders ignore the money ques-
tion in order TO please those who
bolted? Or does Mr.. Mclean want to
be left free to affiliate with the re-
publicans on financial questions in
case OF his election?
Mr. kilb0urne, the nominee for gov
ernor, is an excellent man, lifelong
democrat and an active supporter OF
the national ticket in both 1896 and
1900. He Is better than his platform.
He deserves and should receive the
vote Of every democrat in Ouio.
II any of the Ohio democrats feel
aggrieyed because the reorganizing ele-
ment OF the party triumphed at the
let them not visit their dis
ppointment upon the state ticket. but
-ather see to the nomination of sena-
tors and representatives who will select
A trustworthy senator. Let them see 10
It also that the state platform is made
al the primaries next time rather
.hau at the convention. If the voters
At the primaries had instructed their
delegates to insist upon the reatiirma-
lion of the Kansas City platform the
result would have been different.
SNAKE AND CHICKEN.
They Fight Draw Battle in which