The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-18
LOTS OF LETTERS
DEMOCRATIC LEGIoEs ARE B0LTIEG
THE CHICAGO CANDIDATE

Sound Money Organization of Illinois Fl
Overwhelmed With Correspondence
What they Call the Chicago Outrage
Bnt Many of the Writers are In Doubt
What to Do-some Favor q Sound
Money Ticket While Others Think II
Best to Vote for Mckinley.
Chicago. H., July 17.-Secretary Char
les A Ewing Of the committee of sound
money Democrats Of Illinois, was fairly
overwhelmed yesterday by the replies to
the address recently put forth by the
committee. Only two days have elaps-
ed since 1t was made public, yet Mr.. Ew-
ing yesterday estimated the number of
replies already received at about 500.
AS was to be expected, most of the re-
plies come from points IN Illinois. al
though many were received from ad-
| joining states. one being a telegram
from C. Vey Holman, a distinguished
resident Of RDckland, Me. They al con-
denJned unsparfngly the ticket and plat
form put forth by the recent convention
and with few exceptions endorsed the
suggestion as to the holding of a con-
| vention and the placing Of e sound
money Democratic ticket IN the field
Some OF them. however, doubt the eX-
pediency Of placing ticket IN the fed,
saying the surest way of enco1npassing
the defeat OF the silverites is TO vote for
Mckinley. They all speak OF a formid-
able and steady growing revolt against
the nominees Of the Chicago convention,
and even from Mississippi comes the
statement that there are thousands OF
tried and true Democrats who will re-
fuse TO swallow the ticket.
One Of the most pointed replies comes
from Judge W. R. Curran OF the Taze-
well county court. He writes:
ALLOW me to congratulate the execu-
tive committee OF the honest money Dem
ocrats OF Illinois IN their Determination
to make an independent stand for the
principles Of the party The convention
recently held IN Chicago has tranplsd
under foot nearly every cardinal princf-
pie Of Democracy, and substituted there
for reputation. PopuIism and anarchy
The spirit Of revolution lowered over IT'S
delibera lions and dictated its platform
No Democrat can bolt the ticket or plat
form because neither are Democratic.
The Democratic voters of the nation
should have platform that Is true to
the. grand principles Of Democracy. and
a ticket composed Of men who are DEM
ocrats."
Another striking letter comes from
Edward Yates, an attorney OF Pitts
field, Ill. He writes:
II doubt the policy Of the sound
money Democrats putting ticket IN the
field. The so-called Democratic conven-
ton, platform, and nominees, repre-
sent regulation, comm unis1n and poIftf
cal fdiocy. am an American and a
Democrat. I win not support the tick
ct. I will vote for Mckinley and by so
doing my vote is placed where It viii
do the most good. The reasonable ca
bal of IYllran and Alleged must be over
thrown. This can surely be brought
about by the election Of Mckinley"
The following telegram was received
from c. Vey Holman of Rockford, Ne:
Enroll me in your organization. God
speed honest Democracy's cause"
Joseph C. Orr, an attorney OF South |
Bend, Ind, writes:
81 welcome the cheering in formation |
and the prospect of having Democratic |
ticket to vote for. and hundreds uf other |
Democrats here join in repudiating the |
Populist ticket"
G. A Gross1nan Of Waverly, Ia. edi- |
tor Of the Familien Freund. German |
paper at that place, writes:
Not less that nine-tenths OF the Ger |
mans in this BTemer) county will not |
vote for Bran and free silver because |
they are Democrats. and they want to |
vote for a Democrat"
The following came from Carl Daen-
ger, the editor of Anzeiger des Westerns
Of ST. Louis:
Am in thorough accord with your
recent call, and will heartily support
the candidates on sound money plat /
form selected by a convention or by
conference of prominent sound money
Democrats"
Edward NJ. Kinman, an attorney at
ILL.,, writes:
I'm conversation with many prorni-
nent Democrats of Morgan county 1
find disposition to repudiate the action
Of the Chicago convention as a seu out
TO Populism by Altgeld and Hinrich-
sem"
II. L. Roberts Of Avon, H., writes:
MANY prominent Democrats here will
vote a sound money ticket if given an
The feeling against the
chicago ticket Is apparently stronger
han at any other time
New headquarters have been estab-
ished by the committee at Room Al,
Palmer house.