The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-09

The New York Times is IN Il lever OIL
avcitonant oyel. the free silver reS0lu-
tons of the democrats in Arkansas ana
Michigan.
Our contemporary says:
Ponulism is not democracy. and populists
are not democrats. The so-called Demo
cratic convention in Arkansas dld Well III
voting down the resolution endorsing the
administration of President Cleveland altei
adjoining one resolution which was pure
p0pulism and rejecting another which was
fine miIdest sort of democracy. The preSl-
dents administration is democratic. 1t rep
resents Loyalty and with a good deal Oh
wisdom what the people OF the oIlteu
States understood that they were voting
for in 1892 when the majority or theh Voteu
the democratic national ticket. lTaI au-
ministration has absolutely nothing IN COM
mon with the men who constituted the Ar
kansas convention, except their pro1eSSed
ideas as to the tariff, and the difference
between the administration and the conVeh-
ton on finance is far more important es-
sential and controlling than the agreement
on the tariff. Ihey are hoI oeIn-
ocrats They are unfaithful to democratic
principles They speak only for themselves,
and what they say will be again. wnen the
time comes, as it has already peen' coH-
demned by the autnorized representatives OF
the democratic party.
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Michigan is no better in substance, though
a little less candidly anu con9l0 'eii'AS
avoWed.
We repeat that the professed views or the
pretended democrats of Arkansas ana o.
Michigan are not democracy. we 10 NO
say that they will never De accepteo ny
the democratic party, though we 90 not
think that they ever will be. II that disgrace
should fall upon the party, the party Wll
have to make up its mind to follow new
leaders, and follow them to defeat.
The Times should not have stopped
here. 1t should have proceeded to read
out of the party the democrats of Iii
nois, who adopted the following plank:
We edorse the action of President CleVe-
land, the public services of all democrats
In executive and legislative stations, IN all
things that they have done to give force
and effect to the principles of the party
as laid down by the Chicago convention OF
1892 and condemn the contemplate par
tisanship which seeks to prolong for party
advantages that period OF hnanclal depfes-
sion and unrest which has been the direct
outcome of republican legislation and profll-
gate expenditures and eXtravagant notions
of the republican leaders.
II, musJ very the goldbug oracle not
a little to find the Illinois democrats only
endorsing the administration and con-
eress Gin all things that they have done
to give force and effect to the principles
of the party as laid down by the Chi
cage convention of 1892"
But The Times has Il little prudence
left After reading out the democrats
of Arkansas and Michigan, it pauseS for
reflection when it reaches the great
state Of Illinois. Possibly the thought
struck the big goldbug newspaper that
if it continued to brand all the silver
democrats rs popullsts it would soon be
left with so-called democratic party
composed of few eastern money
sharks, monopolists and trust kings
The genuine democrats of the coun-