Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-06
pressed in the platform.-syracuse Cou.

JIeIM.ocrats VINO love democracy and who
ueGiine to be counted among its betrayers
VIII nave a ticket in the near future tina,
will satisfy their desires and aims. This
would be the most desirable result, but,
colne what may, the Chronicle absolves
itself from all responsibility for the ut
terances of the alleged Democratic cor.
ven,tion just closed at Chicago, and
pledges itself to aid in the defeat nf its
nominees. To participate in a CAMPAIGN
LOT such a ticket on such a platform
YOU'D De TO be untrue to every patriotic
democratic principle.-La Crosse wis.,
Chronicle. $3.50
"A bright young man with a s:lvnry,
4emagogic tongue is planted on the anti
democratic platform adopted at Chicago,
ana the excited victims of a singular and
Illogical craze vie with the sympataizers
Win Anarchy and Populism in the long
acclaim to William J. Bryan. the elo-
t boiters ana Of ef Nebr,stg representative i've. Of IT., the !.
form and the candidate threaten a par
aiysls OF business until the day If cleo
Iion; Tor a longer period if success could
possibly attend: and they condemn the
democratic party to a fate that would
o. death to any other party. but the
Democratic party is undying.-Utica OBJ
server.
Will Lose Hundreds Of Thousands.
Savannah News: All Democrats will
not approve the declarations in respect
to coinage. bonds, the currency. income
tax and railroads. These latter d~eclara-
Tons are much more Populistic than
Democratic. 1t looks very much as if
they were put into the platform for the
express purpose of currying favor with
the POpulists. In fact, if we are not
mistaken. Senator Tillman said in his
speech in the convention that the purpose
or them is to influence the Populists to
come into the lines of the Democracy
anu become q part of the Democratic
party; He did not seem to take into
consideration the fact that the adoption
OF Populistic declarations might not
break up the Populist party. but would
pretty certainly drive hundreds of thou
sands OF Democrats out of the Democrat.
ic party.
Boss Champions of Disorder.
Trenton n. j. American Dem.):
But. whatever may be the course of the
politicians and the party leaders. there
Will be thousands of Democrats in New
Jersey who-not in resentment of the
c!ontumcly, with which the state and its
interests have been treated, but from
personal and public motives-will refuse
to give their approval to a convention
and a candidate which have publicly
and vainglorio,sly threatened the de-
struction of the nations credit. the dim
mutton OF values, the retardment of BUSH
ness; the attack on property. and the tri-
umph of disorder above the law and
those called upon to administer it. And
they will so refuse in the belief that
all other party issues fade into ~insignifi-
canoe in comparison with the issue as it
has been formulated at Chicago.
Danger to Liberty.
Galveston News: The fact is that the
programme formulated at Chicago mere
ly marks the skirmish line of a great and
final battle for social revolution, indus
trial reconstruction. and constitutional
subversion. Without constitutional safe
guards there can be no assurance of eth
er free government or individual liberty.
An unchecked social Democracy means
no law but the law Of brute force. no
rule and no order but the rule and order
OF irresponsible tyranny. Intelligent
citizens grounded in wholesome appre-
citation of the constitutional essentials
Of a stable republic. who supremely
cherish the priceless interests of consti-
tutional liberty and security, who feel
that there can be no true progress with
out the conservation of these interests,
Will not fail to see in present emergen-
cies where their common danger lies.
Realizing also that the problem of de-
1ense Is their common concern, they can
well understand that how they may best
proceed to combat. defeat and disarm
their common enemy is a question of
momentary e%xpediency to be decided in
the light of current events and modify.
ing circumstances.
south Dakota Views.
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: The Dem.
ocrats have declared for a policy which
Will inevitably establish the single silver
standard; will. in II opinion. wreck the
national credit and regulations: will for
many years, make commercial confidence
impossible; will spread ruin over the
land; will destroy all hopes of bimetal.
lism in the generations: and will indefi-
nlteiy postpone a revival Of good times,
Under these circumstances the Argus.
Leader can see its duty only in one chan.
mel. Believing. as this paper does, that
the honor. safety and prosperity Of the
United States would be seriously leon
ardized BY the success of the Democratic
party on its presetn platform, the Argus
Leader. with sorrow for the broken assoc
cations. with regret at parting from n
name II mas revered and loved, but with
a consciousness of unavoidable duty.
witndraws from the grand old Demo-
cratic party, which has. in our judgment
left its time-honored principles in pursuit
OF strange gods. and will throw what
ever influence 1t may possess on the
side of the Nations prosperity and honor.
To Attempt the Impossible.
Staunton (Va.) News: A law ia.
claring that wheat, regardless Of the
surplus on the markets or the demand
for it. should sell the year round nj 81
per bushel, and that corr and oats
no matter what their intrinsic vaine
should always sell at the same figure
as wheat. would be just as sensible ma
q free coinage Of silver law and would
be just as easy to carry into effect, Thc
gist of the whole matter is that tn at.
tempt to coin silver in unlimited 0nan.
titles and to make it even in value Mt n
given fixed ratio with gold is to aftemnt
the impossible and to do what in tha
very nature of things cannot be done.
Looking to tho Now York Convention.
Syracuse News: The Chicago Mat.
form is a wide departure from fhe nlot-
form adopted by the last Democratic
state convention at Saratoga. It was
SO wide a departure that the New York
felt compelled to abstain
from participation in the nomination ~
on that platform. II 70.
for the coming Democratic state
convention to formulate the DOlicv NJ
the New York Democracy. That ron.
v~ention, in nominating presidential cleo
tors, will point the way to Democrat.
which shall lead to the preservation Of