The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-05
Is There a faint Test?

~ AAChs ohhNN ALNb ~ MAN
has resigned the craftsmanship Of the
Massachusetts Democratic executive
committee because he cannot stomach
the Hon. HENRY NJ. WHITNEY. a candi-
date for the Democratic nomination for
Governor. Mr.. MCFARLAND is not
known so well beyond the Boston pale
as he ought TO be. His devotion to true
BUTIN MORAN, that truest Of Jefferson
ian ~truepennies, touches every feeling
heart, and his remuneration Of Mr.. WHIT
NEY is a memorable act. Why does he
turn a protesting back. utter a wild
screech and shudder violently at the
forbidden WHITNEY, Because WHIT
NEY stands for nothing but "boldness
and money; and his boldness is mot
the virtuous courage of the Democrat"
who scorns the octopus and exercises the
money devil; and his money has not come
to him by Democratic practices"
Here is where Mr.. MCFARLAND be-
comes interesting. There are plenty of
virtuously courageous Democrats and
plenty of rich Democrats; and there is
no lack of Democrats both ~virtuously
courageous and rich, like Colonel BRYAN,
for example, and Colonel jim GUFFEY
and Colonel MOSES CINcINNArUs WET
MORE. How their virtuous courage is TO
be distinguished and differentiated from
the ungodly boldness of WHITNEY is a
problem which we are content to leave to
the psychologist. Professor MUNSTER
BERG is back from Boise and would like
nothing better than TO take this fascinat-
ing excursion into the quiddity of daring.
To him we leave it.
What we want to know and long have
wanted to know and have asked in vain
for years il: What are authorized and
orthodox practices in getting rich? What
is permissible and true Jehersonian
wealth? What is un-Democratic and
accursed wealth? Does the 50 per cent.
rule apply, which Mr.. BRYAN applies in
the case OF trusts seeking the sanctity
Of an asylum in the advertising pages of
his weekly organ? Not all trust money
can be bad, for trust money flows into
the Bryan strong box. What percentage
OF evil money in a fortune OF competence
taints the whole and makes it non-Demo-
cratic? How much valuable interest in
the interests" must a Democrat have to
be no Democrat?
Mr.. MCFARLAND finds that Mr.. WHIT
NEY has -uncleaned hands. Now what
are clean hands? How many Demo-
cratic candidates have had them? There
must be some infallible test of faint, some
sure means Of picking the true Demo-
cratic sheep from the corporation goats.
Probably Mr.. MCFARLAND knows that
means. The Hon. GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS
must know il. Will not one or both OF
these quick throbbing patriots speak the
fateful word that will halo with radiance
every true J~effersonian head, give a GER
tifcate of cleanliness to every true DEM
ocratic hand and expose to the scorn of
all the virtuous the bold moneyed rec
reants who have become f~orehanded by
on-Democraticp practices?
Yet il is due TO our honored and
thoughtful friend the Hon. GRANVILLE
s. MCFARLAND not to hide the revela-
tions that he makes. He shows us this
man WHITNEY bent with the shameless
guilt Of advocating reciprocity with
Canada" and the merger Of the Boston
and Maine and New Haven roads There
is but too much TO fear that
WHITNEY's intelligence is as anti Demo-
cratic as his money making practices are
said to be.