Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-09-23
They Nominated CandidateI
Who Voted for Free Silver.
PEOPLE CAN FORGIVE ER70l
Which Is Now Prac ticaIIy Admitte!
but VIII Not Trust the Party with
Power Because Of the
Blunder.

w HFu an inutNluu1t Hlkta anu tH4
crates startling statements which lall
on are proved 20 be absolutely f1lS
his further utterances on any snh1el
whatsoever are liable not to be t6k6
seriously. aud this is putting the Al
mildly Even though the statense1
were uttered In honest belief as 10 tl<
accuracy. the fact that they were l04
on proven TO be wrong. furnished A
dence OF mental capacity TO make a.
Their gross blunders from time 20 tiuz@
In this respect the record Of the I'M
oeratc party on the silver Issue has
| that party the same sinister signiiicSH|
that falsihcations from an individN
who Is found out, would have for m
| Individual.
We may all be willing 10 ehartfM
admit that In its advocacy of che K1
| free silver error in 1896 aud 1llOe
Democratic party was honestly Win
There Is no patriotic American
| would like 10 think. hint Or sltfRS
| that Bryan was not aetinted by ii
est md sincere belief in his cause W
he uttered his famous Gross 81 GdI
and Grown of Thornsv speech Ia IA
nor is there any American with III
mistic faith ia the honesty and patr3
ism Of the leading public men 0f
| United States who would want to {H
| for moment that Alton Il. PaYxpf,s
| candidate Of great political partx
| President OF the United States. 81
| against his honest convictions Az to
was for the good OF his country u
he voted for free silver IN 1Sl)d.
| then again voted for free silver ID d
ca-nat he 1ruste
But while the American people
never impufe dishonorn,le motives
the leaders or the silver eause ha
and 1900. yet nevertheless II viii
tate IN the future 10 place implicit n
in those who sought 10 lend them
a dish strous error in those years.
the majority Of the voters 81 TIN N
try Ia 1896 and 1000 not been Of
ter judgment than Judge Parker
during those two years the United 81
would have had the silver standard
the currency 81 the country would +
been debased to the bullion value 8f
YER; just debts would have been III
off over fifty per cent; the la]ke
whom the Bible says Is worthy o.
hire" would have been paid his 81
in cheap dollars OF not half the vol1
the honest dollars based on the
standard: the country would have
fercd unparalleled hard times; III G.
would have sunk as low a. that *
| key, Venezuela. and OF other nj
which repudate their just obligatl64
Ii was for such calamity ~ thl1
the Democratic free silver error
In 1896 and again In 1900. and +
aud Davis both times stood with
error, contributed money to furth1
along. aud voted for Il.
| Now the error Is practically ednni
Both Parker and Davis. while ref1
to say that they now behave 10 thc
standard, nevertheless say that
.sirrevocabIy established BY law
IL when on December IL. 1879, the
standard was established BY va
l79 Republican yeas and only 1l
ocratic yeas, against 142 Democ
nays and no Republican nays il
Z, House Of Representatives. aud ~ \
Of Al Republican and Gold Democ
yeas against 70 Democratic and onlz
Republican nay in the Senate.
so WE'LL ESTABLISHED
PARKER AND DAVIS NOW
SLIDER 1T ''IRRkt OCABLY N41
LISHED."
| "siiencs IL cenfsssion.
The Americas people will BE- IA
to forgive the Democratic record a.
silver question. They will not d6l
humiIiating verbal confessions
| Democratic leaders OF the fact thaf
were terribly wrong in 1906 and
As Daniel Webster once said-~S
Ia confession the fact that
Democrats now want silence -
paramount" issue Of 1905 and the
tamount'' issue OF 1900. il sui1cie0l
fession OF past error.
But while the American peopl6
eeiving Democracy's silent c0nfes1
past error. can forgive, yet II cann6
| get. II will moi be ia haste to IN
the White House the representative
party whose free silver pri4
put In jeopardy the business stahll
the country. III WILL NOT VQT
HONOR NTH THE HIGH
OFFICE IN THE LAND A CA
DATE WHO IN 1896 AND "A
IN 1900 VOTED FOR A PQI
THAT WOULD HAVE FINANf
LIZ DlSHONORED THIS C0UX
AND MADE 1T LOWER THANH
KEY AND yENEZU Ella In I'M
NATIONAL OPINION AS AZ
CREDIT.