The republicans in their district oon ve...

The republicans in their district oon vention adopted a rueaningless financia plank. They evidently want a dollar o gold, silvpi-, paper or sawdnsr, unlimit ed nurnbers of them, whether with intrinsic valne or without, and yet they have not the courage to say so in explicit terms. This idea that is current in come rninds that. a government can make money of all kinds by setting its mints going, or ite presses, and keep all kinds of money floating together, betrays the fact that the lessons of history have not been stndied and the principies of finance have not been understood. Mouey is simply a measure o: valué. If a government could sirapl make money in such manner as this all taxes shonld be done away with and everyman, woman and child in tb country put on the pension roll a Í1, 000 a month. Then we could all b millionaires and poverty would be unknown. But who would part with Tning oí vauiü ior suuu jLuuuo.y aa iiuao Duiiag the late confederaoy did i not cost f 1,500 of confedérate money t get a horse sfaod. Who wants that kin of mouey? The demoeratio candidatos for th presidential noraination are increasin in number. Aruong them is William E. Russell, three times elected governo of republican Massachusetts ; Pattison twice elected governor of the banne state of Pennsylvania ; G-ov. Mathew of Indiana, ex-Gov. Horace Boies o Iow.a and Richard Bland the silve ruonometalist of Missouri. Beside these there have been rnentioned Secre tary John G. Carlisle, Secretary Rich ard QÏney, ex-Secretary William E Whitney of New York, and Moriison o Illinois. It will be seen that the dem ocratic convention has no lack of avail able material to make a good ohoice As a rille, the delegates are being sen to the convention, untramineled by in strnctions, which will prevent thei ohoosing a winner. A few convention have recommeuded their delegates to support certain candidates. For in stance, Massachussetts and Rhod Island have reoommended Russell Pennsylvania has recommended Pat ti8on, and Missouri, Bland. The youngest presidential candidat this year is William E. Russell, who i ihirty-nine years old next September Bnt he has had a long official career for his years. He served f our years on the Cambridge council, was eleotec three Times rnayor of Cambridge anc three times governor of Aiassachussetts eaoh time in the face of almost super human efforts of the republicans to de feat him. His last run was made in 1892, when he was elected in spite of the faot that at the same election Harjtison oarried Massachussetts by 26,000. fíe is an orator and statesman, a brainy man, persuasivo on the stump, sound in his state papers, a reformer in administrativo methods and the best example young America has to present of the highest and best type of the politician. Our own Don M. Diokinson may yet loom np as a favorable democratie canxlidate fbr president. If he does, it will not be through any effort of his own, bnt as a spontaneous tribute of the deuiooracy to his leadership, abilities and availability as a western candidate who is not purely a seotional one.