The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-07-27
SLIPPERY SAM.
A Democratic Delegate Repudiatcs
Him and Gives His Reason. for So
nofuv.

Inc ion. tcorgc W. llouk, OF Day
ton, who was u Democratic delegate, oI
ST. Louis, has accepted the awful re-.
sponsibility of being u Democratic Dol.
ter. He tells us, in II speech he has
made on the subject, that T,lden wa,
4 supporter ur tho boiler Van Buren,.
and by his inllencc defeated Alien last
iall-,hat he was nominated ut st. Loui,
by intrigue, and that his friends force,
the Nicc-prcsidential nomination uppr
Governor llrudrirks. The Tildcn cry
Tor ''rcfcrm' Mr. llVuk SAWS Is stale. -,
cry for power, and empty, hollow.
heartlvss promise, au appeal for place
and patronagc-givc US power. and we
will bless YOU" As 10 tho Democratic
| platform. Mr.. llouk Says:
Ii i the evident design Of the drafts.
men OF the ST. Louis platform to the
subordinate every other idea In Il to this
one oG"relorm." There Is no signal dis.
tinct tcrSo cnunciation OF n Democratic
principal in the whole concern. Moth
ing that declares the rights OF produc.
tive labor. the duties. responsibilities
and true functions of capital, Nothing
that attempts To prescribe the trnc pin.
cipals of taxation. the Constitutional
limits oC Federal legislation. the scope
of the right Of local sclt-governmcnt or
tie principals oi sound iinancc-alli these
vital matters are altogether ignored. or
slurrcd oven with bad rhcturiS-and un-
der a vCrbiagc, rs mCretririois as it,
purpose j. Mavhiavclian. the charges are
rung in every paragraph upon the odd
word Reform with the manifest de-
sign SO 10 magnify the ona virtue of n
single candidate, rs to make the adop-
ton of the platform an antCcCdcnt to his
necessary nomination. II is perhaps
the first instance in the history oil the
Democratic party of the construction of
II Presidential platform oithc candidate.
for the candidate, and by the candi-
date.
Mr.. lIouk gave n summary Of his
reasons for not supporting Tilden, rs
follows:
"First-Bccausc he iutcrrcrcd. with
out iustililblc cause. tu bring defeat up
on the Democracy OF Ohio last fll, that
he might further his own aspirations for
the Presidency.
"Second-Brcausc the Democratic
party had been defeated in three sue
rcSsivc Presidential campaigns under
NV ANalilNl sup vi ANGN l'lh. allN Stlt
had no right TO again demand OF us to
take rs a leader Il man who has aiargc
and influential opposition in his own
delegation, and n opposition COM
prising men of the very highest person.
al and official character throughout the
State.
"Third-Because the action Of his
friends in ctlccting his nomination by
the convention was in violation of par
liancntry usage. unfair and unjust to all
opposing candidates. The decorum of
the convention was grossly insultcd by
three chcere for Tilden being called for
from the platform, occupied by the Pres
idcnt, and given by his friends before
the call oi the States had been complete
ed on The second ballot.
''Fonrth- Because the platform adop-
ted by the convention does not declare
the true principles of the Democratic
party. it commits the party to the Ma
tional banking system.as our pcrman-
cnt system Of currency and finance. 1t
disCrclitS the grecnblck currency, seeks
its entire destruction, and proposes the
forced and immediate resumption of
specie payment.
''Fiith-BcCauSc the convention, at
the instance Of Mr.. Tildcn's supporters.
and in the interest of the New York gold
ring, rcpiidiatcd the resolution offered
by Mr.. Duolittle to restore the law pro-
viding for the coinage of the Silver dol
lar, and making it Il legal tender for all
The amounts aud alt de0ts, rs it always
has been in the United States, from the
foundation of the Republic up to the
lime when that law WAS repealed by
stealth in February, 1873, thus incrcaS
ing the burden OF the public debt on tie
people 20 the amount Of from one TO
Two hundred millions, to benefit the
hoHd-holderS, and increasing by the
difference between the value of silver
and gold. the debt every mar in the
United States owes to his creditor.
''ISixth because the forced nominal
ton Of Thomas A. Hendricks, a man Of
pronounced views, in preference for a
grccnbach currency, and in opposition
10 the resumption laws, on the same
ticket with Mr.. Tildcn, and on the plat
form adopted by the convention, Is an
Inconsistency 50 glaring rs 10 amount
to an insult TO the intelligence Of the
people of the country.
'Sevcnth-BccauSe Mr.. Tildcn is not
in characteror qualification what heand
his friends claim him TO be. He has re-
sorted to means to promote his wi rs.
pirations to the Presidency that are us
unprecedented in this country as they
are disrcputablc. His record as II re-
former has been seriously impcached by
some of his most ardent supporters two
wears aTO. His connection with rail