Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-05-06
GETTING RED HOT.
Democrats of Illinois Up in Arms and
Demanding Justice for silver
Some spicy Discussions.

Chicago, May 6.-President Clevelan
and Senator John M. Palmer each r,
ceived "jacketing" at the hands of e.
Congressman W. j. Bryan, of Nebraska
as the Democratic free silver county cor
vention Saturday afternoon, and as each c
them wes pulled over the Goals the dele
gates signified their approval by roun
after round of applause. Comptroller Q
the Currency Eckels,,was also the target TO
Mr.. Bryan's arrows, and his thrusts wer
evidently regarded as center shots by th
delegates, as they yelled with delight.
Ex-Judge s. P. Mcconnell was mad
temporary chairman. He said during hi
speech: "The president of the Unte'
States, the man who was elected by Dem
ocratio franchise, has repudiated tn
Democratic party (applause and cries o
Rightly We repudiate him. (Applause.
We stand on the platform of 1892. W
| are in favor of the restoration of silve
as we declared then"
He then scorched Senator Palmer TO
his attitude on the MI money question, ant
his remarks.
Ex-Congressman W. J. Bryan, of Ne
braska, came next. He said, in part:
eve are not here to denounce the pres
ident of the United States. We are moi
here because we love him less, but be
because we love our countrymen more
(S.oud applause.) We are not here to say
anything against the rights of individua
opinion, either in the chief executive OF
in the humblest citizen, but We are here
to protest against the language used in a
letter written by Grover Cleveland pub
lshed in this mornings papers, indica
ting that it is indecent for a man to hold
Office under this administration withou.
bowing to the dictatorship of the head OF
it.
"This ia the first official declaration,
my friends, that to hold Office under this
administration forbids Democrats from
interfering in politics to defeat Repub-
lican-it is the first announcement that
Democratic officeholding depends on the
willingness to fight Dem ocrats when they
could not fight Republicans" Zap
plause.)
He then paid his respects to Senator
Palmer, declaring that his power as a
loduOI Hhu kOHC3 anu tiluu hO idu Nv lUl-
lowing among the Dem ocrats.
The convention adopted a 1G to l
platform out-and-out, and elected dele
gates to the Springfield convention.
DEMocRAcY's STAND.
Springfield, 1ll.-Andrew j. Hunter, OF
Paris, ex-congressman-at -at-large from
Illinois, has addressed an open letter to
United States Senator John NJ. Palmer
After referring at length to the duty OF
public servants to the people, to the Ceve.
land policy and to the history of silver
since 1873, Judge Hunter asks the follow
ing questions: "Are you in favor of
maintaining the law of 1873, demonetiz-
ing silver?
"Are you in favor of the gold standard
alone?
"By what authority and from what
source does Mr.. Cleveland and the self
styled honest money Democrats derive
the right to make change IN the creed
of the Democratic party without consult
ing it?
"By what authority does Mr.. Cleveland
use the great Office of president to COM
pei his secretary to pay gold to the credi-
tors of the government when the law pro-
vides for the payment of coin, forcing
gold loans, when there is silver in the
treasury
"What new emergency has arisen in this
country, that demands that the Demo-
cratic party shall abandon its policy and
principles of more than 100 years stand
ing on the question of money and accept
and adopt the Hamilton and Sherman
doctrine in finance?
"Shall the Democratic party be gov
erned in it's party and its Legislative
action by the platform made by the
Democracy of the United States or by the
president?
II ask you if silver was not an honest
Democratic legislation, worth per cent
more than gold at the time it was de-
monetized by the Republican party!
Sand further ask you if you have not
Joined Mr.. Cleveland and John Sherman
in continuing this dishonor of silver in
the interests of the Republican partyS
"Are you not also asking Democrats to
follow you in perpetuating this dishonor
and resisting every effort of the Demo-
cratic party to make the silver dollar an
honest dollar?
~ ask you if the free coinage of silver
has not been Democratic doctrine from
1892 to this hour, and has not the de-
monetizing of silver been one of the car
dinal principles of the Republican party
since it was born?
II now ask you further, and, think,
more important question: Can man
be good Democrat that uses all of his
efforts and power to force the Demo.
cratic party off their own platform on
the money question and place them on
the Republican platform!
II ask you if Mr.. Cleveland's financial
policy did not cost the Democratic party
more than 100000 votes last fall, and is
it good politics to go with him any fur
ther on the financial question, repudiat-
ing the Chicago platform and continue in
defeat?
"Do you think Mr.. Cleveland should be
recognized in the right to commit the
Democratic party to the Republican
platform without giving them chance
to be heard, and is it fair to the Democ-
racy of Illinois to be forced to accept the
doctrine of gold alone as the standard Of
value without their consent?
"Do you think We can repudiate our
own platform and 60 over to the Re-
publican party and carry out their plat
form on the money question and still be
DemocratsS"
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