The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
THEIR APOLOGY.
Democratic GoIdbugs Issue an Al
dress.

dress.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, July 1s.-At a con-
ference today of the Democratic delegates
to the Chicago convention who refused
to vote for a presidential nominee, an
address to the party in Wisconsin was
drawn up. 1t recites the course pursued
by the silver men in the convention.
tells of the policy carried out by the
wisconsin delegates faVoring a gold
standard and says:
The platform adopted by the Chicago
conEsntion is directly at variance with
the doctrine which, since its creation,
mas been a part of the creed Of the
Democratic party. While Democracy has
for nearly a century been the advocate OF
honest money nd at all times OPPOSED 10
its debaSement, the Chicago convention
declared in favor of compelling the citi-
zens of the United States TO receive as
q dollar of coin of one-half its value.
w nile the Democratic party has StuTdily
maintained that courts in which justice
is administered should be above and be-
yond political control, the convention at
Chicago adopted a resolution looking TO
the reconstruction of the supreme court
OF the United States to accomplish the
reversal of its decision. While we con-
demned the use of that court in 1871 for
political purposes, and to accomplish the
Inauguration as president of a candidate
not elected; while we denounced an ap-
pointmenE made by Republican presi-
dent TO a position in that court for the
purpose of reversing a decision which de-
MED the right of the government to issue
paper money in times of peace, We are
asked by the resolution referred to to
adopt the same methods which we have
condemned in our opponents.
That convention refused to approve OF
the fidelity and honesty of the one Demo-
cratic national administration elected
during the past forty years.
The principles enunCiated in the Chicago
platform ether than those in favor of the
free coinage of silver are socialistic in
their character and commend Themselves
TO the communists of the country. The
candidate chosen by that COW ntion pub
licly announced his determination years
ago to leave the Democratic party and
fight for free silver in the ranks Of the
Populist party. Under these circum-
cumStancsS, the undersigned delegates
under the Instructions received by them,
to oppose with the utmost Vigor the
adoption of the platform. and after it
was adopted. to decline to vote for a can
diGaJe who represented it.
We have thought it only proper to make
report OF our action to the Democrats Of
Wisconsin and to say that a crisis is now
imminent, such as has never in the history
of the Democratic party confronted it
Its enemies predict it's dissolution; its
false friends invite its absorption by the
Populist party. Such enemies and such
false friends are untruStWCrthy and mis-
taken The Democratic principles are the
foundation upon which a free government
rests; they are firmly established in the
HedItS u Clle american people, tueS Se4l-
not be destroyed so long as the love OF
liberty and q. belief in a republican form
of government acts. No acts of men seiz-
ing forcibly upon the machinery of the
party can control the votes of Democrats
believing in those principles.
We have faith to believe that large
majority of the Democrats of Wisconsin
are as much today in favor of the prin-
I ciples declared by our state convention
as when the declaration was made. We
| have entire confidence that if a proper
I opportunity would be afforded to that ma
! jority to express it's views in a mass meet
lES OF conEeltlon 70 De calIed az some
Democratic faith will be again pronounce
ed in no uncertain tone, and that some
/ way viii be found by which Democrats
/ can cast their votes in favor of a Demo-
1 crat and at the same time against the.
( protectionist nominated by the ST. Louis
| convention and the Populist nominated
/ by the Chicago convention.