, 1877-10-03

plank With which The okl-fnahloned Democracy
uscd to co.Mtruct itH platforms This new depart
urc is nil tho nnre turrriatnR when We look over
tic llst OF delegates In that Convention, and re-
r1ll tho
AHTEcEpEsTa OF THE LEADING SPIRITS
who controlled tllat remarkable asae1nblagc.
s..cl1 llcbc1 synpathEzers M II. l.. 1'ai.ner, Of
Milwaukee,, wh2, When a candidate for tr,y.
crnos In 1868, expressed his warm appreciation
Of tho co,,r.e of U. il. Vnflanlig1an, who hal
hccn fnrcl to flee tho ca'nntrY, and was then
Gsnss ask d FL Kesvgxb v bssies Giea'ss fsst fsis = M
walkeo colleagues; sat Clark, af Dodge, n
notorious Coppcrlacad I'LL through the War; CT.
t;nv. Nclfon Dewey of Grant; Jim Knight, Of
saysim ony f. wne Wilt e. ot & ss lin bses Gs5ps' 5e Il
Fairs. u. W, Maxm,, Of. Washington; Joc
1lnnktn and Senator s,uitf1, Of Manttowoc;
s s's S 9'qffss e f a e GfK Ksx sf y %t'saksss a;ses
RosIinsnt't OF brown; Ryan. ut OutaRanie;
Rinclc. uf Marathon, aud q hundred others that
might be named, less notcd, but always active
1asy e NJ to oe rnks n ta, +. .s
o., the other l.assa, suca wcll-kuo* n " I.tter-
oils " a. Attorncy.tIct,efal sloan, Of Du!Ee; TX
Congressman !: e. Sloan, of Rock; cx.tjoy:.
scasf; e. cfs % anil SS5; 6r :. u wsha of M%aEce.
WIRE neither tflcru M delegates nnr as outsiders
to nlst. by their wisdom anil cxcrenee, IN NOM
mating suttahIe candidates far ot1lrc, and in
rronu'gattng NJ, hnl!cst an tctl1'ite statement
1T tho ]arty'K principles.
So this llcw departure Of tho Wisconsin De-
inocracy ca.1,lrt he accounted Tor IN tho theory
that t!,c late State Conycntion Tas7 tl,'leel. as
ccrn m t.s lnti teen "go.Ib'cd'' by TIC Liberals
and rruEfessircs uf the purity, u tho exclusion
OF a'l lie cid wllee1-ilorscs alnt iaynrite SONS
That hayu bcen 80 pso.nancne ls lAe Yast. Not
Ut nt!. rhc, few l1ctpIcut Ketos,'lcrs who nh
pearc,I Ia delegates III that Cunvc1,tfol. suclI
~ II. II. Johnson, I'd Ilurlist, Capt. NiIhon.
anil Dave N,ItDu, were invited 10 tako back
seats where they could sce Just is well while
thu battlc-searsesf veterans t,f thu ancient De-
Inocrary ollcs! tile old machinery atIl managed
1t NJ they plcascu
lied .nd controlled by bllcls class Of organic
I}u,lr.,ons, slt,1ll Deliberately, uni without
single l,rJtest, adopt platform as lts confess
tcsxun of politteal fntth TINT is wholly al rnrt.
n,cc with all the accepted notions n1lA trati!-
tlons Of The National Democracy, is strance
pul''!e ii. disgusting spectacle Of class of lncn
wi,o Itsuncstly Ryow Ia pul,llc that wl.s1s they
sincerely disbclfeyc n,.u rcputliatc IN pFiyntC.
Huvh epurse IL all tic lnorc snEu lar nil reprc-
hcasittc bccAuke nearly every leading politician
Ia tint Convention IL known anil read of oil ncn
To hc iu favor .lf l1ar1 1ItuncY and speedy rc-
sumption. aud ns utterly oppasel to cach
and every scllcie 1T the c,irrcrlry-walcring III
nnns.,, ',oi,v s,u' %rs ~ ,o aa,"
1T, f,.aa uan Z, ts,'r,,na,r ra NJ isty H. .,,
sg, T., tl,I, -; ~ n,,r .,,."@i,rc nor
~ .,n,, tau ~ ,s, ,vn,cn,. ., tnr
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ts ,neu ar ~ ,,S nss "nnss,'@iI ~ s' ~ ''e'
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ca! ',s tnu ,'ti,3, ~ nv tre.i. n,!,t .o
ne,s tno i.t.tos ~ H. ,x,,,Ir. Ynrnt.h
pn.io,. xa,, ~ .vt,.hoi,y srI,+tw, IL