Show fit BEWARE w RE OF OP STRINGS It is n now nv v certain that tha the he Rational democratic convenes conven conven- f f V es will b be un under er the he control of the them m advocates t of free silver coinage 1 f Hi is candidate te mt must t b be positively anc and k unequivocally a free silver ilver man mall pa conviction and on op his record He must not not ot be e a fl new pew convert or a trimmer The masses of the people III be quick to detect any string that shrewd managers may tie to the the p platform fo a and d any string siring that tha t the c candidate te may mav have tied to his r Jetter fetter of acceptance It is only a r Wf ip tt and arp fl a t bound plat S s. s Y V jV 0 r r l form that can can command success s. s To them would rall rally every silver sliver coinage advocate in the United States regard t to his previous previous pre pre- political antecedents There are tw two elements without which the success of the democratic party part would b be absolutely tey impossible and without which indeed it would be he distanced in in this race One of these elements is the so- so called p populist party This party consists entirely of the men who Vho left eft the two great parties because they hey had been cheated by both both- bothon on the he silver question A burnt child dreads fire Th There re s 's not a populist in n the United States who is not shrewd enough to detect any word of pr prevarication v or dodging in the platform of the convention or the words of the candidate and not net one who will vote for any candidate of doubtful antecedents The great body jody of the p populists went out out- of i the democratic party They will only return to that party on the conditions above named Unless they return the democratic party can lia have liate e no hope of success The other othe element t to which we we allude is that of the silver m men n now In m th the republican party Their foremost leaders are Senators Teller feller Carter and Dubois This element will vilt separate from the republican I party arty upon upon the nomination by the Republican Na National ional convention of an anti silver candidate upon an anti silver platform There will be enough of these republicans republic ns to tomake tomake tomake make republican n success impossible ble blein in any state w west st of of the Missouri river if the National democratic con convention acts wisely enough to secure their s support A union of the democrats populists and free silver republicans would c carry rry the entire South a arid and d West and leave lea fie tre republican candidate with a a dozen states in the East But any attempt to pl please any portion of the anti anti sUver element would leave the democrats divided and cut cut cutoff off all hope of any support from either either populists or republicans In such an event as this the populists anc and silver republicans republic ns would combine comLine and cake a new silver party with silver coinage for its pIa form anc and Henry M. M Teller for its candidate Under such conditions Mr Teller would get more votes in the Southern States than the straddling democratic democratic democratic demo demo- cratic nominee and and would carry carryall all the he far West This rids would insure McKinley election But it would also insure the formation of a new party to keep up the si silver ver contest with witha a certainty of success in the future In a three three cornered cornered race of this kind the democratic party would be buried with its face down- down ward Any word of reservation n non on the silver question in the democratic pl platform would be led ledas as a astraddle astraddle astraddle straddle b bj populists and silver re re- re publicans Such a reservation would woul defeat the party part even en if it secured the vote of every administration administration administration democrat in m the country The ranks anks of the populists have been steadily increasing since 1892 Their support is to democratic success success and their votes cannot be had by any man who is not t heart bent and soul soui wi with h them on the coinage question and kno known to o be beso beso beso so beyond any doubt Cincinnati Enquirer |