The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-17
THE TRUE DEMOCRACY.
the RETOLT AGAINST THE PhRTf'S
ENLMIES CONTINUES.
Represetative Newspapers Refuse to stuI-
tify Themseives-sorne Favor IA Third
Ticket-Current Comments.

/ We 90 not understand how conscientious
Southern Democrats can follow the leader
ship Of such blatherskites as Bryan and
! Tiilman.-Vicksbur Post.
We viii not stultify our record by adj
vocating the election Of the nominee.
We are Democratic; this platform and
ticket are anarchistic. socialistic. every
thing but Democratic. We cannot join
a movement in which Altgeld and Till
man and their sort are set up as apostles.
Chattanooga Times.
Does the great old Democratic party CT
this country intend TO submit quietly to
such an outrage? Does the Democratic
party intend % submit TO have It's prin-
| ciples eradicatcd from the political arena
! OF this country and its banner uailcd
in the dust after the car Of a populistic
! and free-sllver hero? We do not believe
it Will. There IS life in the old party
yet. Its ranks are purified from the Vul-
| gar Socialist from South Carolina, Ben.
Tillman, IA well as trom the violent
Anarchist Ct Illinois, John +. Atgeid.
II stands now purified and united, await
ing the action OF its real leaders, David b.
Hill, Of New York, and the sound-money
Democrats OF the country. II has
tremendous responsibility upon it.-Austin
Statesman.
The platform which the Democrats at
Chicago have adopted is a remarkable
document. II bears tho message of intol-
erance in every line and breathes spirit
OF defiance hitherto unknown In party
I utterance. The News IS free 10 say that
the platform puts a bad taste In its
! mouth. IL does not believe that II is such
an utterance as will commend itself TO the
sober-thinkng people CT the country. IL
is bold and yet cowardly; IL is bold in
declaring itself on the money question.
| but its cOwardice takes en- the form OF
infamy when II speaks Of the Federal
Interference The American people are
not fools. They know that this plank
in the platform is I'm reality a denunciation
Of President Cleveland. which was put
in al the command OF Altgeld. II would
have looked more manly II they had come
out ilat-footed for anarchy and denounced
Cleveland for unfolding the law and re-
storing order and II would have pleased
their boss, Altgeld, much better. Jackson
News.
II is idle 10 talk OF leaving the field
10 the Chicago and the st. Louis tickets.
Thousands Of Democrats IN every state
cannot vote for either. To them the
Hanna platform is only less cdious than
the Altgeld platform. With the excep-
ton OF IT'S s0und-money plank. the Re-
publican platform is as offensive TO DEM
ocrats as IL was possible to we'll make
f.. Almost every sentence IS either
stiletto or a bludgeon directed at true
Democracy. 10 could hardly have been
more cXecrab,e ln tho eyes Cf Demo rats
II it had been studiously constructed with
n deliberate and malignant view to- gOad-
ing and ropellng Democratic voters.
1t is essential that We shall have n
Democratic ticket. not only that thou
sands Of Democrats who could not other
wise vote shall have an opportunity 20
register their protest against the pro-
gramme OF c0mmunistic revolution set on
foot AZ Chicago but IN order that the
Democratic party may be- preserved from
complete ABSORPTION by tho Populists on
the one hand and by tho Republicans on
the other. IL s always easier 20 leave
party than % IS to return 10 IL, and
many Of those who this year abandon
the Democratic party FOR tho Popullst
party, and many Of those who may be
forced out Of the Democratic party 10 tho
Republican party. viii never come back.
We must keep all Democrats that we can
I'm the Democratic fold, we must give
Democratic ground on which 10 stand
and fight: and In that way, and In that
way alone shall we not only preserve
the nucleus OF "A true Democracy for the
benefit Of cur country IN the future. but
we shall also strike our blow against the
mad assailants OF The honor and welfare
Of our country in the present.-Louis-
vills Courier-Journal.
II IS not Democracy but Socialism that
seeks TO enlarge the governments already
too EXTENSIVE dealings I'm notes OF hand,
fat silver d6lcH and other forms ~
promises 20 pay that circulate as money.
No one who IS a Democrat from principle,
and who IS acquainted with the teachings
Of Thomas jefferson and Andrew Jackson,
can for a moment cCuntenance such dan
eerous enlargement OF the powers Of
tho Federal government. On the contrary
every Democrat should strive 70 diminish
these unconstitutional powers already
exercised ~ IT, The failure 10 prompt
lv retro the groenback issue and 10 re-
establish the treasury upon a sound con-
sttiutiOnal money basis is the cause OF
our present financial woes and the dis
indignation Of the party whose special
tNi'lf IT. WIZ AN rHniR Ntt' f''lt' +A'iti
the Cncroachments OF q centralized and
"slrons" ovenmont.-Mobne Register.
The lest and INST effective work that
can be done i'm the States which are NOT
I'm slavery TO party tyranny is in the
selection Of members OF Congress. The
present distemper will have disappeared
from the Democratic ranks within two
years or four years az most. when get
ting together again the united Democracy
will march forward 90 success. There is
no hope FOR the Democracy In the Chi
cago platform-it is not Democratic
platform. there IS no announcement in
the Republican platform or candidate or
PARTY for those who are Democrats on
principle. Let the Capitol be controlled
los the sound-money idea and IL will not
matter who and what controls the White
House.-Charleston News and Courier.
No assemblage Of excited French revo-
mtionists could have screamed forth "A
wilder platform. nor placed upon IL a
more theatrical Bouianger. And yet
serious. earnest. responsible Anglo
Saxon nation and Anglo-Saxon people
are called upon 10 countenance. approve
AM peipetuate such midsummer mad
ness as this.
Surely there can be no danger OF its
Success. The people already-even those
subjected TO tho excitement incident 10
the mob az Chicagc-are catching their
sober second thought. are coming 10 their
senses They are looking 10 the con-