Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-07-23

milwaukee,, july ~. nHlt VIII Nv d
second democratic ticket in Wisconsin
II The gold leaders In the party have
their way, whether there IL second ma
tional ticket or not. Most OF the lead
ers-Gen. Bragg Is about the only cX-
ception now admit that the silvcrtes
will be able to control the state con.
yentiOn, and in the event OF the en-
dorsemcnt Of the Chicago platform and
ticket, they are In favor Of nominating
an independent ticket upon gold plat
form. j. J. Hogan, one OF the delegates
at-largc to the Chicago convention and
one OF the gold leaders, who was here TO
attend the conference Of gold demo
Gratis, says that If he can bring It
about the gold men will walk out Of the
state convention and proceed to nom
mate ticket Of their own, +, gardlcSB
OF what may be done about national
ticket. Mr.. Hogan, however, believes
that there is a strong probability Of the
nomination of another national ticket.
Sentiment in favor Of 1t seems to be
growing all over the country, he says.
people viii be able to control the con
vention, said Mr.. Hogan.
Tho four democratic electors ut large
Messrs Bragg, Villas. Hogan and Elan
dcrs met in this city Saturday to pre-
pare IN address, setting forth the mis-
takes made by the recent democratic
convention In Chicago. Drafts were
submitted by both Senator Villas ana
Gen. Bragg They spent the morning
talking over the subject IN the Pan
kinton hotel and met again In the AT
tcrnoon to continue the work.
At this meeting Il gold address was
drawn up. It rccitcs the course pnr-
sued by the silvcrmcn In the cohN"n
ton tells Of the policy carried out ny
the Wisconsin delegates favoring the
gold standard and snyS, while the
democracy has for nearly II century
been the advocate Of honest money and
ut all times opposed to It's dcbasrmcnt
the Chicago convention declared In
favor Of compelling the citizcnr If the
United States to receive m n dollar OF
one half value the proAucl Of single
y
has sturdily maintained that the
courts In which Justice IL administered
should he beyond political control the
convention at Chicago adopted Il RES
olution looking to the reconstruction
Of the supreme court Of TIA" United
States to accomplish a reversal Of ISL
decision; that the convention refused
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Of the one democratic national admin
istratiun elected during the past furtNl
years. The principles cnuncialcd in thUI
Chicago platform other than those
In favor OF free silver are Hocialistlr In
character and Corlmund themselves tDI
TIE communist Of the country Th"I
candidate chosen by the convention
publicly announced his determination
years ago to leave the democratic party !
TO fight for tree silver IN the ranks Of
the popullStlC party. Under these cir
CumStNnccS, the undersigned delegates
TO that convention felt 1t their duty. |
under the instructions received by them
to oppose with the utmost NiEOr thcl
adoption OF the platform and, after iii
was adopted, to decline to vote tor the
candidate who represented 1t. We have,
faith to believe chat II large majority of,
the democrats of Wisconsin are nsI
much today in favor of the principles
declared by our state convention as
when that declaration was made We
have entire confidence If Il proper op-
portunity Is afforded that Il majority
will express It's views In mass meeting
or convention according to the true
principles of democratic faith and that
some way will be found by which dem
ocrats can cast their votes in favor Of
n democrat and at the same time
against the protectionist nominated by
the 81. Louis convention and the popu
list nomil ntod Ivy the Chicago convcn
ton