| Show i II CITn i CfllLII IWI C IIIN Lord Dundreary asked the young lidy D ddoes your bbbrother like cheesy T I have no brother nhe re rled If you hhhad tt h b brother do you think he would llllko chchcheeee then asked his lordship The tolltlclans of one of the parties are asking the voters of thin rlty If they like free sliver The voters answer an-swer that the munlclpalltj has not no-t olco nor choice lu such IL maUr Then the politicians proceed to duplicate dupli-cate the folly of Dundrearys second question There urn three tickets In the field for the coming clip election The supporters sup-porters of one of them Insist that sit Oer U an Issue In the city campaign but the followers of both the others deny this usxertlon and Insist tint It Is absurd In politics as In IIIW I jralemlcs and phlloknphy of all kinds nn Issue must embrace at lea1 two elements an afilimatlon an 1 a negu tlon Something must be ninrmwl and that something must be denied before on Issue eon exist I One of the purllra putting up a clip tlcliit asacits that free nllvcr would be a good thing Neither of Hit nther parties denies this and I It Is I a matter of cOmmon notoriety that a very Urge majority of the supporteis of each i ticket believe In free coinage With what show of reason then can It be held that silver In I on Issue In the election of oiflceis for halt Lilto City T i It la I urged that silver Is an lease In the municipal campaign In New York silo where a nonpartl ticket Is one of tho severil in tho field This in I not true free silver Is nol an Iuo In tho New York city campaign The Itsuo la 1 this one wing of the Democratic Demo-cratic party In that city Justifies Itself in withholding endorsement of the Chicago Platform but makes no afllrmatlon nor denial respecting silt sil-t Or Another wing holds tint the nlloll1 rlotronn ought to ho en dorsed by the party throughout the nation In order 11101 hnrmeny nntl unity may he maintained In the host in all the stales It Is a question of party policy nod not a financial question Again It U doubtful 1C n majorlls of the voters of New York city could be prevailed upon under nny clrcum stances to vote for flee silver while In this city fourfifths of them have done It once aM no doubt would do It smote were opportunity offered There facts destroy anj attempted comiariaon between this city and Nn York on this question If cities could Issue coin the coin spa qubtlon might prop sly enter their politics Dut nt pi 1 nt till control uf n city like the conlr of a railroad nra fact try or n m rcantiU institution IB a buslnc s proposition l and them would be us much sense Ins In-s hooslng a llroad director a factory fac-tory foreman or IL mrcuntll uprln ndent because ho tree or 1580 not II believer In free coinage na here 10 In choosing a city councUman 00 the ame ground |
