The record-union., 1896-07-14
Appealing to the States to Join in
Nominating Another Ticket.
Names of Secretary Carlisle, Henry
WatterSon, Senator Palmer and
Secretary Morton Freely Men,
toned for the Presidency-Sen Senator
Operation of Eastern Party Organ
iZatiOnS.
iZatiOns.

CHICAGO, July 13-The honest
money Democracy of Illinois, through
its Executive Committee issued an ad-
dress tonight to the Democrats of other
States, calling upon them to nominate
another national ticket and adopt a
platform of sound money" principles
upon which the nominees can appeal to
the people of that opinion This address
was authorized at meeting OF the Ex-
ecutive Committee Saturday night, and
committee of three was appointed to
write and issue it. This committee met
to-day and agreed upon the address,
which is as follows:
ITO our fellow Democrats of other
States: A National Convention, con-
vened under the constituted authority of
our party, has just closed it's session
in the city of Chicago. 1t entered upon
it's work by violating all party prece-
dents in the rejection OF a distinguished
Democrat as it's temporary presiding
officer. 1t deprived a sovereign State
of a voice in it's deliberations by un-
seating without cause Or legal justifica-
tiCn delegates elected with all the regu-
larity known to party organization. 1t
refused to indOrse the honesty and fidel-
| ity of the present Democratic Admins
t-ation. 1t adopted platform which
| favors the free and unlimited coinage of
silver by this country alone at a ratio
OF 16 to /, and thereby it repudiated a
| time honored Democratic principle,
| which demands the strict maintenance
| of a sound and stable national currency.
Finally, to make it still palmer, that al
| N a
| Democratic Convention, it nominated
| for President one who is not in his po-
litical convictions and has not always
even in his professions been a Democrat
| This has made such a crisis both for
the Nation and for the Democratic par
ty, that sound money Democrats must
at once decide what action they will take
for the protection of the Nation, the
prosperity of the people and the life
and usefulness of the party.
'The sound money Democrats of Illi-
| nOiS have fully made up their minds
| that a new National Democratic Con-
| Vention should be called for the earliest
feasible day to nominate candidates for
President and Vice President, and adopt
platform of Democratic principles
and they desire to state to their fellow
| Democrats of other States their reasons
as follows:
''First-The sound money Democrats
| owe it to the country TO make it certain
| at once that their revolt against free
silver is determined and will be organ
| ized. 1t is unfair to the credit of the
Nation and of the business and indus
trial enterprises of the people to not dis
close the intentions of the party.
Reconsideration cannot argue the
sound money question to Democratic
voters. Republican sincerity on that
| question is doubted by the Democratic
masses. The tariff question will be put
to the front and insisted upon by Re
publican speakers and the Republican
press, as it has been repeatedly done by
Mckinley himself. Democrats viii not
| listen to talks on finance when it is ac-
| companied by abuse of the Democratic
| party. The most effective force a this
time for campaign is the force resid-
| ing in the sound money Democrats; for
| they are profoundly in earnest and can
get a hearing from Democrats which
Republicans cannot possibly get. With
out a campaign we should not only have
no speakers, but our press would be
| firing in the air; and the whole force of