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rHTiqn?$ The Commoner. those democrats, or so-called democrats, who find in the tariff question about the only tio vhioh hinds them to the democratic party, and yet th'o absurdity of their position is evident from the fact that they voted for Mr. McKiu loy, the high priest of protection, in order to loouro the gold standard. They now declare that tho money question is dead, and that tliey want to return to tho democratic party, or rather, as they express it, are willing to allow tho democratic party to return to them. And yet they are so afraid of an issue which they call dead that they will vote for a high tariff, trust-controlled and imperialistic administra tion rather than support a democratic tickets on a platform endorsing free silver. Tho tariff question is an important ques tion, and tho democratic position on tho tariff question remains unchanged, but the question of imperialism is more important than all tho other national questions combined, and tho trust question is at present more important than a question of taxation, for if the trusts are al lowed to obtain control of the industries of the country t will "hn difliniilfc to Ttn.HR jittv 1nw ( i -w - mr. i AW f m r H a mm a Hik W M - f AM f which they oppose. Tho money question, ignored entirely by tho Ohio convention, is more important than tho tariff question. While the increased pro motion of gold has brought in part tho relief W-hich bimetallism would have brought in a largo measure, there, is no assurance that tho present or prospective supply of gold will be Sufficient for a universal gold standard, and this country cannot afford to declare for the w. gold standard until there is enough gold for the whole world. "We must consider not only present conditions, but those that would be produced by a universal gold, standard. Ac cording to the London Economist, prices have already commenced to fall, and Germany is even now suffering from an industrial depres- js.'juon. Present conditions are now abnormal and no one can safely assert the sufficiency of the supply of gold. While circumstances are determining what financial legislation may be necessary, it is criminal folly for democrats to court the favor of financiers by silence upon f the money question. The same great financiers who threatened a panic in case of the adoption of free silver have their vaults full of trust certificates, and will fight any anti-trust lcgis- ' lation as hard as they fought bimetallism. Those sami) financiers are pecuniarily interested in the railroad pools, and will fight any regu- ' lation of railroad rates. They are also inter ested in the syndicates formed to exploit tho Philippine Islands, and will oppose any resto ration of constitutional government or of the doctrines set forth in tho Declaration of Inde pendence. The democratic party of Ohio can - not secure the support of the financial element of thecountry unlesp it endorses all, the repub- uoan policies, jraruai repentance will not re- HtorA til ft flmrtrtArn.t.in r nrf.tr in tmm-, ?, TXT-n , w..ww,v..v. jh-uj iu j.uvux m ty uu Street. If tho party wants to collect campaign contributions from the corporations; .if it de sires to bask in tho smiloB of the great finan ciers, it must be entirely Clevelandized. And even then it is likely to get flattery rather than votes from tho men who control tho policy of tho i cpublican party and, during Mr. Cleve land's administration, controlled ""the policy of tho democratic party. In the campaign of 1800, tho democratic party received four hun dred and seventy-seven thousand votes in Ohio seventy-three thousand more than Mr. Cleve land reoeived in that state four years before. Tho democratic ticket received nearly four hundred and seventy-five thousand votes in Ohio "last year when it stood for the Kansas City platform. These are the voters to whom the democratic organization of Ohio must ap peal, and tho state committee should lose no time in assuring tho voters that democracy in Ohio means the same thing that it did last fall. There is no evidence of a change among tho voters, and the party in Ohio cannot afford to alienate a large number of real democrats in order to gratify a small number of men who have become so accustomed to adulterating their democracy that they are not good judges of the pure article. Mr. Kilbourne supported the ticket in 1896 and in 1900 and the more ho emphasizes his adherence to tho princi ples for which tho party stood in these cam paigns the stronger ho will be. W Principles, Not Hen. Mr. McLean mates a mistake when ho as sumes that ho can overthrow the Kansas City platform by attacking Mr. Bryan. He was so exultant over tho triumph which he achieved in the recent .Ohio convention that his paper,, the Enquirer, contained .the following editorial item: "Since the adoption of the Ohio democratic plal-Tjrm perhaps Marse Henry Watterson will not regard it as necessary to persevere in a con troversy with William Jennings Bryan." It has been an open secret for some time that Mr. McLean did not like Mr. Bryan but the public 1b not so much interested in knowing Mr. McLean opinion of Mr. Bryan as it is in know ing his views on public questions. Mr. McLean aspires to represent Ohio in the United 'States senate and as a senator holding office for six years he would vote on Beveral important ques tions. His platform denounces trusts but the remedies proposed are not sufficient; he ought to endorse the remedies set forth in the Kan sas City platform or suggest others equally good. His platform denounces imperialism; foe ought to endorse the remedy proposed by the Kansas City platform or suggest some other remedy equally as good. His platform does not state his views on government by injunc tion, arbitration and the black list; Mr. Mo Lean ought to make his position clear on these points. Mr. McLean will have to vote on various, phases of the money question. Whether con grosswill have to deal with the proposition to open the mintB to tho free and unlimited coin age of silver at tho ratio of 16 to 1 will depend upon conditions. No one is able to speak with certainty upon the subject, but tho re publicans are pushing the following: BILL. To maintain the legal tender silver dollar at parity with gold. - r Bo it enacted by the senate and house of rep resentatives of tho United States of America !b congress assembled, That the secretary of the treasury is hereby authorized to coin tho silver bullion in the treasury, purchased under the act of July 14th, J890, into such denominations of subsidiary silver coin as he may deem necessary to meet public requirements, and thereafter, as . public necessities may demand, to recoin silver dollars into subsidiary coin, and as much of any act as fixes a limit to the aggregate of subsidiary silver coin outstanding, and so much of any act an directs the coinage of any portion of the bullion purchased under the act of July 14th, 1890, into . standard silver dollars, is hereby repealed. The secretary of the treasury is hereby di rected to maintain at all times at parity with gold the legal tender silver dollars remaining outstand ing; and to that end he is hereby directed to ex change gold for Jegal tender silver dollars when presented to the treasury in the sum of live dol lars or any multiple thereof, and all provisions of law for the use or maintenance of the reserve fund in the treasury relating to United States notes are, in the discretion ,of the secretary of the treasury, hereby made applicable to the exchange of legal tender silver dollars. Mr. McLean resides at the .national capital and knows wliat is going on, why was hia. platform silent about this question? It is easy to "sit down on" Mr. Bryan lie is only ini-, pQrtant as he aids in accomplishing reforms but to "sit down on" democratic principles and a .national platform is a more serious mat ter. Before Mr. McLean puts on the sena torial toga hods likely to discover that the, yotors of the democratic party are a great deal, more interested in principles .than: they .are in, individuals. 1 :fCj&&' k Wishing. By JonN Q. Saxe, I wish that Sympathy and Love, - And every human passion That has its origin above, Would come and keep in fashion; That Scorn and Jealousy and Hate, And every base emotion, Were buried fifty fathoms deep v Beneath the waves of Ocean! I wish that friends were always .true, And motives always pure; I wish the good were not so few, I wish the bad were fewer; I wish that parsons ne'er forgot To heed their pious teaching; I wish that practicing was not So different from preaching! " - ."-V . s1' nrri o ,w 7 A. yA 'Xr vSjy J&W I wish that modest worth might be' Appraised with truth and candor; I wish that innocence were free From treachery and slander, I wish that men their vows would mind; That women ne'er .were rovers; I wish that wives were always kind, And husbands always lovers! s ,J it j- I wish in fine that Joy and Mirth ' And every good Ideal, May come erewhile throughout the earth To be the glorious Real; - ,'.lp Till God shall every creature bless 5 " With His Sunremest blessinc. : '&V And Hone ba lost in HannlnfiRs. ' ' ? Fs'i And Wishing in Possessing! '& ;- ft K v yv r-.V Now that King Edward has decided to re lieve the Peers of the necessity of kissing him at tho time of his coronation Mr. Hanna ought to bo less exacting of ' tho republican leadora who pay homage to him. -'4