El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-04

than any fight since the four cOrnered
campaign Of 1850. are of such recent
occurrence as to live in the memory of
most people. It witnessed the breaking
down Of more of the old party lines
than any other fight since the begin
ming Of the civil war. In that respect
it transcribed even the Mugwump cam
paign Of 1884 and the Liberal Republi-
can schism of 1872 1t is comparable
only to the present campaign in the
breaking Of party ties.
Storm Clouds Of a Panic.
Ceveland's start for his second term
in office was not promising. The storm
clouds Of a panic were on the horizon
before he was elected. and caused the
Harrison administration to order the
preparation Of plates for the issuance
Of bonds to keep up the treasury re-
serve. BY the time Cleveland was in
augurated hard times" had arrived,
and before the Wilson tariff bill was
written, they were pressing down upon
the nation. But the Cleveland admins
tration was blamed for it, just as Van
Buren, was blamed for the panic of 1887,
and just as the Republicans were made
responsible for the panic Of 1873
With its hopes for the immediate fu-
ture ruined by the tariff situation and
the panic, Democracy turned to Tree sill
yer in its bid for popularity and sup
port. But here ii found itself at cross
Durposes with its chief in the white
house. Cleveland sought to make the
country a gold standard country. Be
fore this happened he became involved
in q controversy with England over the
Venezuelan boundary dispute, and read
the law on the Monroe doctrine to Eng
land with such directness and determ-
inatiOu that Britain decided to accept
his contentious. Some Of the Republi-
cans hailed this as a bid for third
term. Senator DepeW went so Tar as TO
give out an interview saying that It was
beyond all question that the PRESIDENT
first move on the political checkerboard
looking to a. denomination and reelec-
ton. But the country was too absorbed
over its internal affairs to let outside
! matters divert its mind
Split Over Money Question
The repeal Of the Sherman silver pur-
chasing law and the Democratic split
/ over the money question, coupled with
the panic, the tariff and the bond issue
I led the Republicans TO believe they
could, as they boosted nominate a rag
| baby for president in 1896 and win at
I the polls" The two real candidates for
| the Republican nomination were VIII
! liam Mckinley and Thomas b. Reed
/ The opposition to Mckinley sought to
break down the backbone OF his
/ strength by bringing out favorite sons
/ everywhere. Iowa brought out senator
Allison, and they tried to bring out
| senator Cullom in Illinois.
to sfdetrack the CullOm boom by offer
ing him a good position under Mck1n-
I ley CullOm himself says ne could have
I had anything he wanted In return Tor
a promise Of support, and Wnen ne de-
clined to give that promise, the. MctA1n-
! ley managers decided TO carry the state
1 for their candidate, Cullom boom or no
/ CullOm boom, and they succeeded
PIatt Forced "sOund Money
/ The Mckinley managers-with Mark
Hanna as their chief-decided to "strad-
, die" the money question They held an
! early convention in Ohio for the pur-
pose OF adopting a platform when
/ should serve as guide IN orher states
/ The money plank was complete eN-
/ ample OF concealing thought with Ian
/ guage. Both silver and gold men read
! in ii q full endorsement OF their vary
. ing views. Hanna managed things with
! great success in the way Of lining up
/ the delegates, and went 10 the conNen-
! tion prepared to win.
I The one problem n ivy confronting the
! Republicans was the attitude they
] should take on the money question.
/ Some say Hanna wanted a sound money
/ plank. but he held out against IL long
! enough to carry out several other OBJ
] jects he had in view An eastern COM
I mittee waited upon him at his Motel
/ and told him they would sacrifice Nc
/ Kinley u he did ut let them have a
/ sound money plank Tt is said that sen
atOr Plat the Easy Boss" Of New
] York. announced to Hanna that he had
an hour in 'fhich to come to terms, and
! that Hanna Gid so in half an hour
I When the platform finally was adopt
! ed the money plank declared for gold,
] simply using international olmeta1snn
4 as a ladder by which the silver Repub-
ucans might climb upon enc platform,
! and to eaten voters who leaned toward
! free silver. Twenty-Five Republican
4 state cow snti1ls had declared for free
! silver.
Nomination OF Bryan
/ The Democrats were a badly split
I party when they arrived at Chicago.
I The silver wing was so violently OPP
, posed to Mr.. Cleveland that they de-
I feated a resolution endorsing their own
{ administration, something perhaps un-
exampled in party politics in the United
I States. They rode rOughshOd over the
I Cleveland adherents, and when it came
( TO voting for a party nominee, the
4 Cleveland supporters were silent
In the Republican convention the sill
/ verites who could not favor the plat
form, walked out. some of them with
! tears streaming down their cheeks; but
I the anti free silver Democrats sat tight
! until after the convention. Bryan's
/ crown OF thOrns and cross of gold
/ speech swept him up the political lad
/ der from a cOntesting delegate TO the
{ IOminee of the convention, after one
I Of the most dramatic scenes in the his
I tory of political gatherings.
The silver Republicans ratified the
I action of the Democratic convention,
I the POpUlists put up Bryan and Wat
son. and the bulk of the Prohibition
/ vote went for free silver Later the
I gold Democrats met and gave the
] Cleveland administration the endorse
I ment it had been denied by the regu-
lar Democratic convention. and nOmin-
I ated Palmer and Buckner on a gold
/ Democrat platform.
Bryan Lacked Funds.
! After the conventions were over the
I Republicans found that they had ser
/ fous business on hand, for Bryan and
! free silver, it seemed, had at one time
( carried more voters away from the Re
/ publican party than the Republican
I leaders could hope TO get in recruits
] from the Democracy. Bryan went 10
I New York, and initiating Lincoln, read
! a carefully prepared speech of accept
! ance, rather than to take any chance
of sacrificing his thoughts for orator.
I cal efforts.
When the canvass began in earnest
! Bryan fOuEd himself handicapped 10y
/ poverty-personal and political He Of
ten had to borrow money to get from
I one stopping place to another, and the
/ first part OF his tour was made in day
| coaches. The railroads were against
( him. and it was q long while before
| they gave him private car.
| Prosperity Argument.
/ Meanwhile the Republicans cOujured
I with the prosperity argument and the
( threat of worse times if Bryan came