St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-08
TASTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Its Attempt to Commit DEM
ocratS to Silver Consid-
cred Dangerous.
THE PATRIOTSOF THE PARTY
Will Take No Part in the
Gathering to Occur Next
June.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April Sen
ator John M. Palmer does not ap-
prove of the action of the Demo-
cratic central committee in calling a
monetary conference to meet here
June 4. He says it was an unwise
move and does not represent the
sentiment of Illinois Democracy. In
an interview he said:
Even if the authority of the COM
mittee to call a convention for the
purpose indicated was admitted, the
present call is highly injudicious.
This is an off-year in politics, and
no immediate party action is poSSi-
bic. The congress elected in 1892 by
Democrats repealed the purchasing
clause of the Sherman act, and did
other work in harmony with Demo-
cratic opinion, including call for
an international monetary confer
ence. The president and secretary
of the treasury, by a wise and dis
crete exercise of lawful powers, have
maintained the public credit, and the
receipts of the treasury under the
operation of the Democratic legis-
lation are largely increasing. Moth
ing more is necessary to the return
of prosperity to the country than
that Democratic policies be allowed
to accomplish their beneficial re-
suits. 1t is true the people are suf-
fering under conditions not produced
by any act of the Democratic party,
yet they
HOLD IT RESPONSIBLE,
and the result has been a stunning
defeat in the late election, but the
most humiliating fact is that the
gentlemen who lately assembled
here, claiming to be representatives
of the Democratic party, refused to
await the result of the Democratic
policies upon the interests of the
country. They proceeded to call a
convention, which will meet at
least a year before the party in the
state will have any occasion to act
effectively, for the purpose, as they
avow, of committing the party to
free and unlimited coinage of silver
dl ltIC IdlIO VI lO " L. LII OlI6T
words, the so-caIled Democratic state
committee is prepared to call a con-
Vention to commit the party to silver
monometallism, and make that dis
turbing, dangerous dogma the signal
article in the political creed of the
Democracy of Illinois.
You ask" said the senator, "if the
of 10 TO 70 will
in the action of the state convention,
which declares free and unlimited
coinage at 16 to 1 an article of Demo.
cratic faith. 1 answer: No. All Demo-
Gratis, so far as l know their views,
are anxious to extend the usefulness
of silver as money metal. Some be-
lieve free coinage on the present ratio
would bring about this result Another
class
DO NOT BELIEVE IT.
''They want a dollar of silver to be
made the standard of values and legal
tender. If they believed free coinage
of silver would produce a dollar OF
equal usefulness as a gold dollar, they
would not care for the free coinage OF
silver. They care nothing about the
disturbance in values which free coin.
age would certainly produce. They
will take part in the convention, but
r the great body of the Democratic
party-men who believe the party still
represents in the highest degree de,
Votion to constitutional liberty; pro-
lection of individual rights under Just
and equal laws; maintenance of public
and private credit on the basis of ex,
listing values. or as values may be
affected by business changes and con.
ditions-will take no part in the con-
vention called by the state committee,
These men will unite and preserve the
Democratic organization in the state.
Ihey viii neither be transferred as
chattels to the silver party nor driven
out of the Democratic party by the
action of a convention ayowedlv
called by the state committee to sane
tion the abandonment of Democratic
principles