The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-17
AN ADDRESS ISSUED.
Illinois SQUAD Money Democrats RPpudiate
the Late National Convention.


Illinois SQUAD Money democrats RppudIate
the Late National Convention.
CHICAGO, July 1.-THE executive
committee of the gold standard demo-
Gratis of Illinois met in a protracted
session yesterday and prepared an adj
dress to the democracy of the other
states in the union. 1t was the unani-
nous opinion of the committee that a
second democratic national convention
should be called to nominate candi-
dates for president and vice president
The address is as follows:
To Our Fellow-Demo-rats OF Other Stetesi
national convention convened under the
constituted authority Of our party. has jusS
closed its session in the city Of Chicago II en-
tered upon IT'S work by violating all party
preeedentS in the rejection Of a distinguished
democrat as its temporary presiding officer
II deprived a sovereign state OF voice in its
deliberations BY unseating- without cause OF
legal justification. delegates elected with all
the regularity known 10 party crg iniZation
II refused 70 indorse the honesty and fidelity
Of the present democratic national admins
tra.ion
II adopted a platform which ft-ors the free
and unlimited cOin-Ee Il 8 yer by ta1s country
alone At the ratio ~ Slxts en- Z cne- ana
LLEEEnF j EtUluLltEu q t4llt-Etlttc4 u1L4-
ocratic principle. which demands the stricteSt
maintenance of Z sound and stab national
currency.
Finally 70 make il still palmer that. al
though in name. . was not in fact democratic
cow It.on, it nominated for pr sdent one who
is not in his pOliti, al convictions. and has not
always been. even in his professions. DEM
ocrat
This has made such crisis. both for the na-
ton and the democratic party that sound
money democrats must az once decide what
political action thew viii take for the prOtec-
tion 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 q new
democratic national convention should be
ealiei for the earliest feasible day to nominate
democratic candidates for president and vice
president. and TO adopt a platform Of demo-
cratic prin ciplts. and. they desire 70 state 70
their fellow-democrats Of other states theiR
reasons. a. follows:
First-Scund money democrats owe IL 70 tbs
country 10 make il certain st once that their
revolt against free silver is determined and
will be organized II is unfa TO oblige the
credit of the nation and the business and In
dustrisl interests Of the people to merely guess
what the sound money democrats will do IN
November, and to await until November 10 ind
OF
Second-The nomination Of a new ticket Is
the Logical course. Without il. and a sound
money democratic campaign. the whole edu-s a.
tfonal force Of sound money democratic seati-
ment would he paralyzed from the beginning
Republicans cannot arEue the sound money
question TO democratic voters Republican
sincerity on that question is doubted by the
mass Of democrats. The tariff question will
be put 10 the front and insisted upon by repuo-
! Iican speakers and the republican press. as IL
has persistently been done by Mr.. Mckinley
himself Democrats will not listen to lessons
on finance when accompanied BY abuse OF the
/ democratic party. The most effective force s5
/ this time for a campaign is the force residing
| in the sound money democrats. for they are
I profoundly in earnest and can get hearing
| from democrats that the republicans cannot
/ possibly get
Third-A new convention would also pre-
/ serve for the future the opportunities Of the
! democratic party. Unless a elear-cut separa-
! tiOn is made between the genuine democrats
/ and democrats who are drifting into pOpulism,
/ or are already in pOpulism. and unless that
/ clear-cut separation is supported By Organika-
/ tion and recognized democratic party is the
result. the party has no chance Of regsining
/ public confidence for years TO come The sound
money democrats in the different states must
/ either make il clear that they have no as
ISOLATION with the Bryan party, or they
must accept association and entanglement
/ with it and ali st1te organizations viii in the
I public mind be for IL that DO not make It a6sO-
/ lutely clear that they are against it. The
I sound money democrats are already sufficiently
organized n this state 70 be able 70 meet their
/ fe.Iow-democrat in new convention, and are
/ anxious 10 confer with representatives Of ether
states whenever representative conference
Z can be brought about Communications should
! be addressed 70 Charles 4 Ewing chairman,
b Palmer house, Chicago
James T. Soblitt- Adolph Kraus. James "
y
ans. r Z Spangler. John VI Palmer. Charles
a Ewing. james 4 Ec<els. Franklin Mac
Veagh, Ben T. Gable. William ). Forman.
Thomas A Moran, John P. Hopkins. Henry &
Robbins A A Goodrich. executive committee
Of the honest money democracy Of Illinois