Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-07-24
NEW CONVENTION.
Illinois SOund-MOney Democrats
Issue an Address.
PARTY DUTY IN THE CRISIS.

II to the Country to Organize
Revolt and ering to Bear
the Force cf Sound
Money Democratic
Sentiment.
The executive committee Of the gold-stand-
ard democrats of Illinois met In protracteu
session Monday and prepared an ADDRESS
10 the democracy of the other States In the
Union. 1t was the unanimous opinion OF the
committee that second democratic national
convention sboul2 be called to nonln"eo
candidates for President and Vice-President
The address is as follows:
To our .fel'oC democrats Of o her dteS'
A national convention convened under the
constituted authority 5f our party has JUST
closed its session In the city OF Chicago. IL
entered upon its work by violating all party
precedents in the rejection ola distinguished
democrat as its temporary presiding officer
1t deprived sovereign State OF voice In
its deliberations by unseating without cause
or legal justification delegates elected with
all the regularity know to party organization.
II refused to indorse the honesty and fldelity
OF the present democratic national admins
tration.
It adopted a platform which favors the
free and unlimited coinage OF silver by
this country alone at the ratio of 16to l, and
thereby il repudiated time-honored demo-
cratic principle which demands the strictest
maintenance OF sound and stable cur.
rency
Finally, to make 1t still palmer that al
though In name 1t was not In fact demo-
cratic convention, 1t nominated Tor Prosl-
dent one who Is not in his politics and has
not always been even in profession demo'
crat.
This has made such a crisls, both for the
nation and the democratic party, that sound
money democrats must at once decide what
political action they wi take for the pro-
tectiOn OF the honor OF the nation, tho pros
perlty of the people, and the life and useful
ness Of the party
The sound-moRey democrats OF Illinois
have fully made up their minds that new
democratic national convention should b.
called for the earliest feasible day to nomf
nate democratic candidates for President an(
Vlce-P President and to adopt platform
democratic principles, and they desire t.
state to she democrats Of the other State
their reasons as follows:
First democrats owe it t
the country to make 1t certain at once tha
their revolt against free silver is determiner
and will be organized. 1T is unfair to obig
the credit OF the nation and the business AM
! industrial interests OF the people to merel
guess what the soundmoney democrats vii
do in November and wait until November t.
find out.
Second-Ihe nomination OF a new ticket
the logical course. Without 1t and a SOUND
money democratic campaign the whole edu
aational force of sound-money democrati
eentiment would be paralyzed from the be
ginning. Republicans cannot argue tn
sound-money question to the democrati
voters. Republican sincerity on that ques
ton is doubted by the mass OF democrats
The tariff question will be put to the Iron
and insisted upon by republican speaker
and the republican press, as 1t has persls
emily been by Mr. Mckinley himself. Dem'
Gratis will not listen to lessons on finanC
when accompanied by abuse OF the demo
cratic party The most effective force
this time for campaign is the force restin
in the sound money democrats, they a
, nrofoundly In earnest and can get a heariI
from democrats that the republicans cam
possibly get
Third-A new convention would also pr
serve for the future the opportunities OF t
democratic party. Unless a clear-cut sep
ration is made between the genuine dem
Gratis and democrats who are drifting in
populism, or are already in populisl
and unless clear-cut separation is su
ported by organization the party has
, chance OF reganing public confidence
= wears to come The sound-money democra
in the different States must either make
clear that they have no association vi
J the BRYAN party or they must accept asi
J. lciation and entanglsment with 1t, and
+ State organ n'zations will In the public mi
J, be for it that do not make 1t absolutely Gle
! that they are against It, The sound-mon
l. democrats are a ready sufficiently organic
I. in this State to be able to meet their fello
e democrats In a new convention and
@ anxious to confer with representatives
" other States whenever representative c'
e ference can be brought about.
" Communications should be addressed
It Mr.. Charles E. Ewing, chairman, Pain
House, Chicago.
JOHN NJ. PALMER,
CHARLES Z. EWING,
n JAMES II ECKLEs,
FRANKLIN NcYEAGH,
q BEN. 7. CABLE,
b. VIM. S. FOREMAN,
ia THOMAS A. MORAN,
JOHN P. HOPKINS,
te HENRY S. ROBBINS,
A. A. GooDRICH.
ys JAMES T. HoBLITT,
d. ADoL PHI KRAUs,
TO JAMES NJ. SHEEHAN,
r. CHARLES H. WILLIAMSON
It. LYNDEN EVANS,
Oh R. E. SPANGLER,
Il rxoou.iva Committee of the Honest Mo