Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
STRAIGHTOUT DEMOCRATS
Give Out Their Address to the Voters-A
Regular Roast for the People They Are
FIghting-The Paper Prepared by c. A.
o'Brien-Why They Act as They Do.

Regular Roast for the People They Are
Fighting-The Paper Prepared by c. A.
o'Brien-Why They Act as They Do.
The straightout Democrats, after bitter
wrangle among themselves, have agreed
upon an address, which they gave out for
publication last night. The stralghtout
Democratic organization is composed prin-
cipally of orators and writers. Each one OF
them had prepared declaration OF lnde-
pendence which they were anxious to have
adopted as their party's platform, and eacn
made vigorous effort in their OWE behalf.
The appended address was written by Z. A.
O'Brien. At the meeting yesterday after
noon it was subjected to many alterations.
"We Just took some of the vicious person
alities out of it," w. D. Moore explained.
The address, as signed by all the members
of the committee save two, one OF Wnom re-
fused to sign it, is appended:
To the Democratic Voters of Allegheny County:
The undersigned committee, appointed by
the Lafayette Hall Democratic meeting o.
October ], to consider the adv1saD1l1ty O.
nominating candidates for District Attor
ney and Prothonotary, report unanimously
against the propriety of such nominations,
solely on the ground that the time between
allow of any efficient canvass OF the county,
and, further. because both ring organiZa-
tions would antagoniZe our interests. We
feel that 1t would be an injustice to ask or
expect any person to accept the candidacy
of either office, and to eXpend the money
and labor required for any attempt at or
ganized effort, with but little more than
three weeks in which to make the trial.
Success, under these circumstances, would
be out of the question, and any effort thus
made would only aid instead of defeat and
rebuke those who have created the present
humiiating and disastrous condition of our
party.
THE RESPONSIBILITY FIXED.
The direct responsibility for this entire
absence of any real Democratic ticket at
this important election is chargeable to the
County Chairman, who, by contemplate
prevarication and shuff1ing, deferred the
appointment of the Committee OF Eighteen
for more than three months after the con-
vention adjourned, and then Joined and
urged and assisted the majority of that COM
mittee in abdicating and refusing the per-
formance of plain duty to the party, which
result became known only when it was too
late to remedy the evil by the people them
selves. There can be no doubt that this
action of the Chairman and the majority of
the committee in postponing the final
settlement OF this all-important ques-
tion until it was beyond correction in
side of the party, was part of precon-
certed scheme to SUPPRESS the party for
this year at least. 1t will not be forgotten
that the chairmen of the various cOnven-
tionS for State delegates, who were all ap-
pointed by the county chairman, ruled out,
by a curious unanimity, any attempt at
popular expression in favor of ticket; the
chairman delayed the appointment of the
Eighteen without decent excuse, and there
is most convincing evidence tina. the ma jor
ity of the committee was constituted of per-
sons known to be unfavorable to nomina-
tion or easily persuaded that way. Every
effort was put forth to prevent and exclude
popular sentiment. A partial meeting o:
the County Committee has been called since
man and his coadjutors did not even seek
ratification of his acts at their hands, fear
ing the result.
BLOW AT THE BOSSES.
What is the apology for the present alb
surd attitude and disorgaHized condition of
the party? Certain selfappointed and self
seeking alleged leaders of the Allegheny
county Democracy took upon themselves
for their own purposes to misrepresent to
Governor Pattison that, instead of appoint
ing three Democrats as Judges of the new
Court of Common Pleas No 3, it would be
better to select two Republicans and one
Democrat, ana thus originate a humbug
called Il "non-partisan judiciary" Rank
ringsters of both Iarties, with headquarters
at Pittsburg City Hall, chose the members
OF the ''non- partisan" court. \ Demo-
cratic convention, hastily, and principally
e,
this arrangement. The Republican Conven-
tion never did indorse it, but the Republican
County Committee, controlled by the bosses,
usurped the power of the people, and in
dorsed the so-called ''non- partisan judici-
ary" and q most Objectionable candidate
for District Attorney, and justly distrustful
of their ability to elect the latter, they de-
mand of their Democratic allies and fellows
in this hopeful deal that they take measures
to suppress all opposition to Burleigh
and leave them clear field to obtain con-
troll of what is perhaps the most important
Office in the county. If this is not done they
will not guarantee the election of the Demo
cratic contingent of the "non-partisan Ju-
dietary" Therefore, at the best of the most
unscrupulouS ring that ever infested q COM
munity, and to secure the election of its
creature to office, under the specious pre-
text of being allowed q non-partisan Judge,
the Democracy, through the agency of
those who have betrayed its trust and traded
upon its honor, is stripped of all claim to re-
spectability, and degraded to the position of
an humble suppliant for favor at the hands
of its natural and habitual enemies.
SOME UGLY NAMES CALLED.
The hucksters and shutters who are re-
sponsible for this shameful prostitution of
party honor and integrity, and who obtain
some selfish gain thereby, coolly tell us this
is expediency rs distinguished from prin-
ciple, and we are sure of q non-partisan
The Democratic voters must say whether
this infamous bargain shall be ratified, and
those who have usurped the authority to
trade and barter away the rights and best
interests of the party be approved and sane
toned, or whether they hold principle above
questionable expedients, and party honor
above the commands of the time-servers and
intriguers who misrepresent the party and
its organization.
For ourselves we deem 1t right and q
duty to denounce and repudiate this shame
ful surrender of all that is noble and worthy
in Democ racy as political creed and rule
of a ction of all that is worth contendinC for
from honest conviction and honorable senti-
ment, to the base schemes and expedients
of selfish few who have arrogated TO them
selves the liberty of hawking and trading
our votes.
We denounce this abject giving up of the
party's interests and opportunities, at the
Silly threat of an insolent ring, aided and
abetted bv ringsters disguised as leading
Democrats.
We denounce those who have betarayed
and misused the party Organization as allies