The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-11
PMNNSYLYANIA DEM0CRArS.
They Indorse Bryan and Sewall-Protest
 by Gold Delegates.

by Gold Delegates. Allentown, Pa, Sept 10.-At the den- ocratic state convention, held here to- day, the sentiment was almost com pletely in favor of Bryan and the Chi cago platform. A row ensued between the gold and silver men, during which MT. James, a sound money delegate, of fered the following protest:
 We deny the right of this convention to change line of the body of sound democratic doctrine unanimously pro- claimed at Allentown by the author | ized convention of our party We pro- test against the unlawful organization of this body in violation of particular, and against your arbitrary action in ! unseating lawful delegates for the of | fense of fidelity to principles and the substitution of others whose only claim to recognition lies in their abandonment of democratic doctrines. We especially protest against your substitution of the l Chicago platform for the Allentown 1 declaration of principles.
 | We conceive the declarations of the l Chicago convention to be unpatriotic, 1 vicious and un- democratic. If all the pressing questions of the hour they vio- late democratic doctrine; subvert dem ocratic precedent; falsify democratic history and trample on democratic pur- poses and aims.
 For one hundred years our party has maintained an unbroken front in the | battle for sound money, correct finan- cial principles and the sanctity, the in violablity of private and public obliga- | tions.
 | We are ready to battle with those who have stolen the name and banner of our party and would prostitute them to the purpose of populism and repudi- ation.
 We denounce the action of the Chi cago convention in refusing to endorse the wise, pure and patriotic adminis- 1 tration of Grover Cleveland
 We denounce the threat to reorganize the supreme court of the nation, to make it subservient to party behests as little short of revolutionary. We re- gard the maintenance of public order and peace. the suppression of riot and l the protection of property and life as one of the first and most important functions of government. When un- lawful assaults are made against fed- | eral laws it is the right and duty of the federal government to protect itself and enforce it's laws without depend ence upon the consent of any state To establish this principle the war against | the rebellion was fought and won at I too great sacrifice to permit it to be | questioned now.
 Ii, disregarding our protest and the 1 rights Of the democratic party of Penn- sylvania, this convention insists upon engrafting these undemocratic doe | trlnes in your platform, we reluctantly, l but unalterably, declare that we can ! not follow it in this dishonorng and disastrous venture.
 1 The protest is signed by twenty del- egates.
 l Thomas F. Emmens of Northampton declared that MT. James did not rep resent the democracy of that county Judge Dewitt criticised MT. James re- marks as undemocratic.
 The platform was then adopted by a vote intermingled with cheers
 Ex-Congressman Sowden of Allen town offered a resolution to oust MT Harrity as the Pennsylvania national committeeman. The resolution states that MT. Harrity has publicly declared that he has retired from politics, and he has not participated in the delib- erations of the committee since his selection It requests Chairman Jones of the national democratic committee to declare vacancy and appoint a suc- cessor to Harrity who will be in hearty sympathy with the Chicago ticket and platform, until such time as the state central committee shall fill said vacan- cy. The introduction of this resolu- tion created another exciting scene The resolution was finally tabled by a vote of I'll to 167.
 The report of the committee which conferred with the peoples party rep resentatives on the question of fusion and which recommended the accept ance of the populists' offer, was read and accepted.
 The populists' proposition was that if the democrats agreed to place upon their electoral ticket the names of foul populists the populists would place up on their ticket the names of twenty eight silver democrats, the thirty-twc electoral votes Gin case of election) tc | pS CdSl IOI bl ydu. l ue pOpullSlS SuB gested Thomas Sterrell and Louis N Ireland for electors at large and Dr John J. Taylor and Robert J. Thomp- son for district electors.
 The first named two were formally nominated, but the convention refused to nominate Taylor and Thompson regular democratic candidates being named. However, J. T. Altman, one o1 the peoples party candidates for con- gressman at large, was placed upon the democratic ticket and this may be } accepted by the pope1ists in lieu of the district electors.
 The nominations made are as fol lows: Judge D. c. Dewitt and J. T Altman, congresmen at large, to suc- ceed Messrs. Potts and Braden, resign