Show THE REAL ISSUE The New York Journal has the following fol-lowing as the opening lines of an editorial edi-torial With Ono accord the Republican organs fro harking back on Uio cold trail or an hnrlclnl old IH Uo They are barking olonpr n trook that has not ben trodden for tour years and will not bo trodden again until conditions oriso audI a existed In 15W That old issue so contemptuously referred re-ferred to by Mr Bryans New York organ or-gan is the silver question the 16 to 1 issue What do our ranting Democratic Democrat-ic friends hereabout think of it Aro they going to shout for frco silver and designate as traitors all people who tell theth that silver for this year is dead while on the other side ot tho continent con-tinent Mr Bryans organs and orators arc tolling the people that the issue is of Con dead that were both houses o gress Democratic Sir Bryan as Brcsl dent could not force free silver upon the country In the same arliclq tho Journal declares S de-clares that there is but one issue Republic or empire Constitution or crown The World qchpcs the same i cry that the paramount Issue is imperialism im-perialism and the Springfield Republican Re-publican crawls out of Its hole to say Congressman Richardsons speech to Ir Bryan at tho Indianapolis meeting to notify tho Democratic candidate of his nomination is being prepared with im umial dire Tho Slato of Indiana and tho whole German population of tho Vcst In l to 0 appealed to with Increasing force by 1 malting the sliver Issue as Inconspicuous Inconspicu-ous as possible and It Is now being Inll maled that Mr Bryans 4sj > ccch In reply to Richardson will bo In harmony with thft prognunmo of laying nil possible emphasis em-phasis upon imperialism There we have it Mr Bryan has I already said that the great issue Is Imperialism That Is the final hope is to scare enough Germans In Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota by the bogle of imperialism to capture the needed votes > to carry I the election A brave position for n j party is it not What a compliment it IB to thp intelligence and patriotism of the Germanborn citizens of this country coun-try is it not How beautifully It will sound In St Louis where a Democratic Governor stands by while women are denuded and whipped In the streets or in South Carolina where Senator Tlll man kills American citizens if they J dare to want to vote and boasts of I the exploit Why should not Silver I Republicans of the West be tumbling over each other to vote that ticket I |