The morning times., 1896-07-14
CALL FOR 4 THIRD TICKET
Illinois Gold Democrats Issue
an Address to the Party.
"HoNEsT MONEY
FOR
Communication Is Signed by Senator
Palmer, Franklin Macyeagh ,tnd
Other Well Party Men-Car.
iisie, Watterson, Palmer and Morton
Mentioned TO Head tue Ticket.

| N''"Sop Juiy lo.-lHe honest none
democracy of Illinois. through its execu
1--WE committee. issued an address ton;rh
10 the Democrats OF ether States, calIin
upon ihenl 10 Nominate another uationa
| ticket and adopt platform of ..soun
money principles upon which the moi, in.e
can appeal TO the people OF that opinion
This address was authorized at a m eetin,
of the executive mittee Saturday nigh
and committee of three was appointe,
| TO write and issue it, This Comm lite
met today in the law office OF Henry S
Robhns, president of the Illinois Demo
cratic Sound Money League, and agree,
uopn the address, which is as follows: -
''ToOur Fellow Democrats OF OF herstates
national convention convened under tt,
+, constituted authority of our party has jusi
| closed IFS session in the city OF Chicago
1t entered upon its work by violating al
! party precedents in the rejection OF a dis
tinguished nernocratasits temporary presid
| ing officer
ut deprived n sovereign state OF q
voice in its deliberations by unscating. with
out caSse or legal Justification, delega les
, elected with all tie regularity known e
party organization. 1t refused 10 indorsg
the toDcsty and fidelity of the present Demo
cratic Nationa! Democracy
1T adopted Il platform which favors the
free and unlimited coinage of silver by
this country alone mt a ratio of 16 to L
and thereby it repudiated tiInc-honored
Desoocra,ic principle which demands the
strict maintenance of sound and stable
national currency.
NOT A DEMOCRAT.
''Finally. to make itystill palmer, that,
although IN name, 1T was not in fact n
Democratic convention. it nominated for
President one who is not in his political
convictions, and has not always been even
in his professions. a Democrat.
This has made such crisis, both for the
nation and the Democratic party, that
the sound money Democrats must at once
decide what political action they will
take FOR the protection of the honor OF
the nation, the prosperity Of the people and
the life and usefulness of the party.
The sound money Democrats Of Illinois
have fully made up their minds that new
Democratic national convention should he
called for the earliest feasible day to
nominate Democratic candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice President and 10 adopt
platform OF Democratic principles; and
tlcy desire 10 state to their Fellow Demo
Gratis of the other States their reasons, as
follows:
Il. The sound money Democrats owe
1T to the country tn make il certain at
once that their revolt against free silver
is determined. and will be organized. 1t
is unfair TO oblige the credit of the nation
md the business and industrial interests
or tie people to merely guess what the
sound money Democrats will do in No
vember. and to wait until November tn
find out.
THE LOGICAL COURSE.
"2. The nomination of q new ticket is
the logical course; without it, and a sound
money Democratic campaign. the whole
educational force of sound money Demo-
cratic sentiment would be paraIyzed
from the teginning. Republicans cannot
argue the sound money question to Demo-
cratic voters. Republican sincerity on
that question is doubted by the Democratic
masses. The tariff question Will be put
" tbS ny 1T
publican speakers. and tine Republican
press. as IL has been repeatedly done by
II ckiniey himself.
democrats Will not listen TO talks on
finance when it is accompanied by abuse
OF the Democratic party. The most er-
iective force at this time for campaign
is the force residing in the sound money
Democrats; for they are profoundly In
earnest and can get hearing from Demo-
Gratis that the Republicans cannot pos
sibiy get. Without campaign We should
not only have no speakers but our press
would he firing in the air, and the whole
Force of campaign organization and cam
paiSn workers, in campaign literature
and the great power of constant private
discussion and appeal would all be lost
'3. new convention would also preserve
for thefuture the uppcrt unitics OF he Demo
cratic party. Unless clear comparison
is made h" seen the genuine Democrats
ana thr democrats who are drifting into
Populism, or are already in Popullsm;
and unless that clear cut separation is
Reorganization and a reorganized
Democratic party is the result, the party
has no chance OF regaining public confidence
for ycarsto Come. The soundnoney Demo
Gratis in the different States must either
make it clear that they have no association
with the Bryan party, or they must accept
association and ENHANCEMENT with Il;
and all State organizations will in the public
mind be for it that DO not make
IL absolutely clear that they are against
It.
MUST HAVE A PARTY.
-. Democrats who believe in Demo-