Show I THE DEMOCRATIC OPPORTUNITY The movement in Washington D C to unite the silver men of the Democratic Demo-cratic party with a view to pledging the party to a sound financial platform plat-form which means free silver in the fullest sense is advancing in the right direction If It should not succeed immedIately Im-mediately it ought not to be dropped It should be kept up and held in sight and we believe will eventually gain the lctory The project to organize a silver party in which to gather Democrats Republicans and Populists who favor I free silver cannot accomplish the purpose pur-pose desired The elements are too incongruous in-congruous The Populists want to be in the lead Their paternalistic notions no-tions though kept for a time in the rear will come to the front and damage dam-age all they try to do with men of the other parties Populism and Democracy Dem-ocracy are incompatible Paternalism and Democratic doctrine are as opposed op-posed to each other as darkness and light V Democrats should steer clear of all entangling alliances The principles of their political faith are undying and are bound eventually to prevail The sliver Question is one for that party to solve Let a vigorous platform be framed containing the true bimetallic material without an ambiguous knot or spot and the real friends of silver will gather to it and stand together for the financial redemption of the country No doubt there are many conservative conserva-tive men In the Populist ranks who seeing no probability of triumph under the flag of that party would rally to the silver banner unfurled by the Democrats Dem-ocrats and fight vigorously for Its success suc-cess leaving their other theories for future advocacy This would add strength to the sliver cause V Both at home and abroad the outlook out-look is brightening for the white metal Goldite journals may flatter themselves that the sliver cause Is dead But if they mean what they say they must be blind to the signs of the times in Europe and in the United States There 3s a silver sound in the air and a silver sil-ver light shining through the financial clouds And here is the opportunity which the Democratic party ought to take advantage of without delay The silver movement must be pursued to a finish I |