The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-06-11
KENTUCKY
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
FREE SILVER MEN
HAVE CONTROL.
Speech of the Chairman of the
Convention. The ResOlu-
tiOns Sound Like the
Sentiments of Ohio Democrats.

"While | and many other Demo.
Gratis in the country differ from yor
greatly on the money issue, ard re
gard it as the one of supreme impor
tance to cur country, [ am a Demo
crat, and submit the issne and its re
suits to the party. The issue will be
met squarely by the Democratic
party in our National Convention,
and if your position and views prevail
! and are approved under the ballot
by the majority of the American peo
your hopes and expectations will be
realized or not.
"Moderation and justice should
have place and influence in our Gov
ernmental affairs if We are to be ii
the majority. You know that divis
ions and antagonism have wrought
serious inroads in the Governmental
powers and influence of the Demo
cratic party. If we succeed to power
we must command the confidence and
support of the majority of people.
Divisions, dissentions and antago
nlsms are rife in our ranks: wise lead
ershlp is certainly at discount, and
these baneful conditions must be met
and relieved if the Democratic party
is to be successful at the polls in
November next.
"This work and this responsibility
are in part yours. and the results the
future will unfold. believe in party
organization and discipline and party
loyalty and devotion. Nevertheless,
there are many others who claim to
be Democrats, and who call them.
selves Democrats, who work for the
support of the party if the party's
action is in accord with their views,
but when not in accord they reserve
the right to oppose the party, and
their influence if not their votes for
its defeat.
s"There is another class of Demo
Gratis who threaten to bolt and fight
the party, but at the same time are
constantly seeking to be its leaders
This class of Democrats, if they may
be so styled, are potential to the ex-
tent that they have influence and
prestige with the party, tempered in
some degree by the wise or unwise
course of party action. We hope that
the action Of the party here and IN
Chicago may be tempered with wis,
dom and sound judgment for the best
interests of the party and for our
country, and we shall await the re-
suit, after which the people will pass
judgment at the November election,
1896, and render their verdict ac-
cordinsly.
"NOw | surrender to you the pos
ition you honored ne with year
ago. Before l conclude 1 beg your
kind indulgence to state that Grover
Cleveland stands to-day as an equal,
in devotion to the best interests of
our government and faithful service,
of any president that has preceded
him in Office, and the country is in
debted to the Democratic party for
his election, and l doubt not that you
will give him your support.
"John G. Carlisle stands before
the American people to-day as one of
the purest and ablest statesmen and
patriotic public servants. He to-day
embodles the elements of political
character and official capacity and
faithtulness that would make him the
next Democratic President of the
United States if our party could have
and exercise that clearness of poIit-
ical foresight that lies before u.s.
THE PLATFORMS ON FINANCE.
1. The Democracy of Kentucky in
convention assembled do reaffirm
their allegiance to the principles of
the party as announced by Jefferson
and jackson.
2. We arei in favor of bimetalism,
and to that end We hold to the use of
both gold and silver as the standard
money of the country, and the free
coinage of both gold and silver,
without discrimination against either
metal, at the ratio of Is to l, indie
pendent of agreement with any other
nation. We favor the immediate re-
peal of all laws by which silver was
demonetized and demand its unquali-
fed restoration to the right of free
and unlimited coinage in the mints of
the United States as money of final
redemption.
In Not, Why Not?
No rtlur n Iuna Tho Me-