San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-19
FOR SOUND MONEY.
DEMOCRATIC CLUB ORGANIZED
LAST NIGHT.
Resolutions Passed Denouncing the Chicago
Platform as Anarchistic-Oolonel
Epson Answers Question.

1 WAS lOTiueu III tui5 Guy Idsb uiB II
, at a mass meeting held in the
Grand Opera house. A large at
. tendance was present.
The meeting was called to order
by Judge c. A. X eller,aiter which q
telegram OF fra ternsl greetings was
J sent to Bourke Cochran, who re-
! sponded to Bryan's speech at Mad.
ison Square garden, New York,
last night.
| Colonel Columbus Epson was
elected chairman of the meeting
and Hon. j. l.. Burgess secre-
tary.
The following committees were
appointed:
| On credentials-J. n. Brown, B.
H. Meyers, Edwin Chamberlain,
James Downey and F. j. Badger.
On resolutions VIM. Aubrey, ].
A. Buckler, PaullMeerscheidt, Geo.
r. Hines, H. G. Carter and A. Y.
Walton.
On permanent organization-W.
w. King, VIC. Berry, G. s. Aus
tin, w. q. Sullivan, @. F. Cotton,
John Sehorn and P. G. Maffi.
The following resolutions, adj
dressed to the chairman and sign
ed by the committee, were read and
adopted:
Resolved, That first, we reaffirm
our allegiance to the principles of
the Democratic party, as they have
been determined by the party In
national conventions prior to the
national convention of 1896, and
deny the right Of the latter con-
vention to fasten upon the party
new political tenets never hereto
fore espoused by the party, and the
adoption of which we believe in
wolves the disruption and over
throw of the party, ana If adopted
by the people, ruin and disaster to
the country.
We deplore the tendency dis.
played in the deliberations and
platform of that convention, to
drift on varying waves of popular
delusion to the opposite extremes
of anarchy and paternalism. AS
Democrats we feel bound to insist
that that country is best governed
which is governed least, and that
as law making and law governed
people Americans must uphold the
majesty of the law at all times and
at all hazards.
2. This Is a country in which
the laws have their origin in the
will Of the people, and therefore
we believe in the supremacy of the
law, and If 1t became necessary to
uphold the law, quell mob vic.
lence, protect person and property,
and enforce respect for the manda-
ties Of our courts, and II the state
fail to vouchsafe the necessary
protection, we favor and applaud
a prompt recourse, under existing
constitutional restrictions, to all
the powers Of the general govern
ment.
3. We endorse the wisdom, fair
ness and farsighted patriotism of
the present Democratic national
administration, and believe that
the American people will one day
place Grover Cleveland high up in
the rank Of great American presi-
dents, by the side of the beloved
Jefferson and the venerated Jack
son.
| 4. In all cleo tions involving gov
ernmental policies we are opposed
to all entangling alliances between
parties Of lrreconcilable political
| views, feeling that such alliances
OF the parties allied, and Of sub
jecting them to the just suspicion
that such alliances were made
rather to secure divisisn OF politi-
cal spoils than to promote the
Ipublic welfare by adherence to
correct political principles.
/ 5. We join the state Democracy
In its expression VI adherence at
the tendency of some of the people
to adopt the wild vsgaries advo.
Gated by tho Populist party" and
have witnessed with contempt the
conduct of a chairman of a Demo-
cratic national committee, in dane
ing attendance upon the delibera-
lions of q convention of the Peo-
Piles party (so-called), and endeay-
oring by we know not what
promises and concessions to infiu-
ence Its action.
i 6. We are opposed to all legisla-
ton having for its object the crea.
ton and arraying Of classes against
each other and of discriminating