The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-13
!. PuDIATIcs THE CHICAGO TICKET
AND IT'S PLATFORM.
FOR PALMER AND BUCKNER.
DUTY OF ALL PATRIOTIC DEMO-
Gratis is TO SUPPORT NATIONAL
NOMINEES.
Tie CANNOT ACCEPT FIAT VALUES.
That. In Itself, Is Enough to Turn
Mr.. BRyard From the Bryan
Democracy.

WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. 12.-In a
letter to Samuel Bancroft, Jr., editor
of Every Evening, the Hon. Thomas +.
Bayard, United States ambassador to
Great Britain, has repudiated the plat
form and nominees of the Democratic
national convention, held at Chicago,
and advises constitutional Democrats
10 vote at the approaching presidential
election for Palmer and Buckner, the
nominees of the Indianapolis conven-
ton. The letter is dated at London,
Sept. 30, and is as follows:
1t seems scarcely possible that any one
could be in doubt in relation to my personal
opinion upon the very serious issue now
placed before our countrymen, by the ma
chinery of the several political organiza-
lions. When a citizen, protesting himself
to be Democrat is called upon by many.
or by few, totyield his convictions and assert
10 the doctrine that congress has the power
, and can rightfully exercise it by its legislat
i've fiat to create values, and regardless of
their intrinsic or commercial value to in
vest one or the other OF the earth's metals
with arbitrary power as money, and
override and alter at legislative will or cap
rice the ratio of the exchangabilty of such
metal, regardless of the impairment of the
obligation of contracts, his answer should be
that such a claim of power is not consistent
with a government of limited powers as
defined by constitution, but contains the
quintescence of tyranny, dishonesty and alb
solutism, and is destructive of that morality
which is essential to the peace and stability
OF civilized society. 1t is in plain words
proposition to destroy the institution of prop
erty and break down every legal defense for
Its protection. This one question and it is
answered sufficiently, juStifies the prompt and
absolute refusal of a constitutional Democrat
TO support In any degree the nominees of the
chicago convention bryan and SewalD. and
the preposterOus claim of legislative power
contained in their platform under which the
credit of the nation and the peace and order
OF society would inevitably perish.
N On the other hand we have an organization
whose measures and whose leaders have
steadily created such ticket and such prop
os1uons as were presented at Chicago While
compelled to recoil from the policy of COM
pulsory purchase and coinage of silver as an
unlimited legal tender, yet it is inconsistency
proposed to employ and intensity the pro-
found powers Of public taxation to prohibit
commerce with other countries, and thereby
prevent revenue from coming into the public
treasury to levy taxes which shall prevent
the payment and collection of other taxes
necessary for the support of the government
whose powers are exerted directly and peri
sonally upon each individual citizen and over
boundaries.
Every constitutional Democrat can truly
reply TO such propositions that they are
fraught with such gross inequality between
man and man is inconsistent with public
safety, because it employs the most far
reaching and sovereign power known to gov
eminent to impoverish the working men
and the poorer members of society, who form
the great numerical majority, and aggrandize
those already financially strong.
Democrat faithful to the principles of his
party can properly refuse to aid the election
OF candidates avowing principles and politics
that have so plainly led to our present dangers
and which are manifestly fatal to the wei
care or our country. But happily there re-
mains citadel and an asylum for the politi-
cal conscience Of any man honestly convinced
that the path of duty leads him to keep stead
lily IN view the great purposes for which our
= rathers ordained the constitution of the Unit.
ed states. The formation of a more perfect
union; the establishment of justice; the as
surance of domestic tranquility; provision for
the common defense; the promotion of the
general welfare and the security of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity. Happily candi-
oates are presented upon clear and unar,,-
biguous platform that assures safety to the
financial honor of our country; to the honest
business transactions of all its citizens. with
out discrimination of race, age sex. occupa-
zion or fortune F