Show ANY SORT OF FSION I I A Republican organ expreses a hypocritical hyp-ocritical regret hat fusion in the interest of silver was not effected during dur-ing the brief period I favored such an arrangement Inasmuch as that organ was the chIef advocate of fusion there was always some doubt as to whether I would remain constant to the Idea log enough for any ort of cooper ton to be brought about And the fact that fusion was urge In the interest of an indivIdual rather than a principle naturally made It unpOpular But this alleged champion of fusIon with Democrats suddenly and susplc lously beg tQ urge fusion wit 1lc Knleyites Nothing further was needed need-ed to show that the dIstrust with whIch Its proposals were first met were tolerably toler-ably well founded The siverte man or news aper who can preach fusion wIth a free coinage partyone day and fusion with a gold standard party next day Is not en titled to the unbounded confidence of either pat I I I shows that selfish Interests and partisan prejudIce control the gita ton The silver man who trains I with the McKinley crowd who wears the uniform of a Republican who drops t from hIs party name everything that I distnguisl s him from a follower of I Hanna who goes Into this campaIgn to aid the Republican organization Is either workIng for office of for spite The newspaper that professes loyalty to silver while commends the part calls and declarations of adminIstra ton appoIntees supporters of McKinley and the St Louis platform Is a hypocrite hypo-crite a pretender or a spy in the cap of the Republican party Silver is nothing to such an organ compared with the spoils of office or the satisfaction of beIng able to vilify a political opponent |