Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-16

Chicago, July 14.--The executive
committee of the sold standard demo
Gratis of Illinois met in rrotracted ses-
sion yesterday and prepared an address
to the democracy Of the other states in
the union. 1t was the unaninlou cpin-
ion of the committee that a second
demo cratic national convention should
be called to nominate candidates for
president and vice president. The adj
dress is as follows:
ITO our fellow democrats III other
states: The national convention con-
vened under the constituted authority
OF our party has just closed its session
in the city of Chicago. 1t entered up
on its work by violating all party prec-
edents in the rejection of a diSUin-
guisked democrat as its temporary pre-
siding officer. 1t deprived a sovereign
state of voice in its deliberations by
unseating without cause Or legal justi-
fcatior delegates elected with al the
regularity known to the party organi-
cation. 1t refused to endorse the hon
esty and fidelity of the present demo
cratic national administration. 1t
adopted platform which favors tue
free and unlimited collage of silver by
this country alone at q ratio of 16 to l
and thereby it repu1iated the time-hon-
ored democratic principle which de-
mands the strict maintenance Of
sound and stable national currency.
Finally, to make it still palmer that,
although in name it was not in fact
& democratic convention, it nominated
for president one who Is not in his po-
litical convictions and las not always
been even in his profess ions, demo-
cratic. This has made such crisis
both to the nation and to the demo.
cratic Iarty that the sound money dem
ocrats must at once decide what pollt-
ical action they will take for the pro-
lection Of the homes of the nation. Inc
sound money democrats of Illinois nave
fully made up their minds that a new
democratic national convention should
be called for the earliest feasible day
tc nominate democratic candidates for
president and vice president and TO
adopt a platform of democratic prlncl-
pies, and they desire to state to their
fellow democrats of other states their
reasons as follows:
"1.-Sound money democrats owe 1t
to the country to make it certain at
once that their revolt against free sill
yer is determined and will be organ
lied. 1t is unfair to oblige the credit
of the nation and the business and in
terests merely to guess what the sound
money democrats will do in November
and to wait until November to find out.
"2.-The nomination of a new ticket
is a logical course. Without it and a
sound money democratic campaign, the
whole educational force of sound
money democrats cannot be brought
into the service. Republicans cannot
argue the sound money question to
democratic voters. Republican sin
cerity on that question is doubted by
the mass of democrats. The tariff
question will be put to the front and
insisted upon by the republican speak
ers and the republican press at is has
persistently been by Mckinley himself.
GA new convention would pre-
serve for the future the opportunities
of the democratic party. Unless a
clear-cut separation is made between
genuine democrats and democrats who
are drifting into populism or are al.
ready in populism, and unless that
clear-cut separation is supported by an
organization and reOrganiZed demo-
cratic party is tkc rccult, the party has
no chance of regaining public conf
dence for years to come. Sound
money democrats in the different
states must either make it clear that
they have no association with the
Bryan party or they must accept as
ISOLATION and ENHANCEMENT with it;
and all the state organizations viii in
the public mind be for it that do not
make it absolutely clear that they are
against it."