The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-09-10
Inc Sound Money Democrats
Aaop' fiatlorm and Nominate Candtdates
ra!riotic speeches Of Gov. Flower and Senator
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| Ahe speeches at the sound money! Dano-
cratlc convention in Indianapolis last veel
were ooth eloquent and patriotic. notably
those py ex-Gov. Roswell P. Flower of New
York and the permanent chairman Senator
Gallery. Gov. Flower struck tha ksr o+o
"neu ne SAD: This gathering is notice to
'ne "oiio that the Democratic party has not
yet surrendered to Populism and Anarchy. ,,
lie spoke in behalf of the Democracy of TIL.
den and Cleveland, and then said:
The danger of the Chicago platform liaS
not alone nor chiefly in its declaration for a
III financial pollcy which would be ruinous,
The danger lies in the revolutionary intiI1'
ences which controlled the convention and
animated its platform.
| Men may justly differ as to the hest
| schemes of national finance and NAV debate
their differences without recrimination or
Wlthout questioning the honesty of motives.
But when men, led ON by ambitious polti-
| Clans, their minds fired not by the examine of
American patriots, but by that of the radj-
Gals of the French Revolution, overturn party
| precedents and pack a convention to secure
an effective majority, then by aid of that ma
| Jorlty ra1se aloft the incendary banner of
the poor against the rich, attack the integri-
ty OF the Supreme Court, threaten the sub
| version of national institutions and the indi
| rect perversion OF constitutional: guarantees.
! lnclte dlsrespect to law and authority, sug-
| gest and in substance recommend the repudi-
! alton of national and private debts, and re-
| Ject by intended implication the fundamen-
| tal principle of Democracy that that govern
ment governs best which governs least
| then it is time not only for Democrats to
lorsake that motley and un-American gath
| erlng, to reject that un-Democratic and un-
American enunciation of doctrines, and to
! JOIN, IN such manner as may seem best with
| all patriots who cherish their country's hon
or and wish to protect the welfare Of its peo-
pie.
II mistake the moral sense of the Ameri-
can people if the action of the Populists at
| Chicago, reinforced and emphasized by the
| action OF the Populists at st. Louis, has not
rekindled the spirit of American patriotism
and awakened the American conscience to
| the national dangers which lurk in the forces
and influences behind Bryan and Sewall or
| Bryan and Watson. The real issue in this
| campaign is an issue of patriotism.
| In many Presidential election has the
| fight waged fercely between the advocates
of different political doctrines, and the ruin
of the country has been freely predicted if
| either set OF doctrines were established as
| the policy of the Government-such predic-
| tlons being merely the extreme expression
of party politics but in this election the is
sues around which the battle is waging in
volve the integrity of our institutions and
| the Sacredness of our national honor, and
when men have stirred that deep well of
sentiment, ordinary party differences dsap-
| pear, the moral issue predominates, and all
good citizens stand shoulder to shoulder
| against those who would defile the Ameri-
| can name and undermine the walls of her
| political structure.
The revolutionary spirit which forced
| Bryans nomination is manifest in his
| speeches now being delivered throughout
the country. His conspicuous failure at
Madison Square Garden to advance the
Cause OF SILVER by close argument has Undue
ed him to abandon the weapon of the
loglcian and statesman and to employ the
arts Of the orator. From the rear end of
cars he has been tlinging out social and po-
lltlcal firebrands among the people. He ap-
peals to the base instincts of the ignorant or
to the misery of the distressed. He strives
to array class against class, to incte employe
against employer, to stir up debtor against
creditor, to make this a contest of the poor
against the rich. May God prevent this in
cendlarys work! In this broad land it has
been our proud boast that the avenues of
success have been open TO all. The rich to-
day were the poor of yesterday. No families
of inherited wealth dominate our politics or
our society. Before the law all men are
equal"
Chairman Caffery's remarks We're in like
key. He said;
''If we do not look into the evidence al
luded to to show the Michigan frauds and
other devious acts and practices designed to
pack the convention, the Chicago platform
has the stamp Of our party and claims its al
legiance. But it is a mere simulacrum;
form without the substance of Democracy,
and no Democrat is bound by it, nor is it
entitled to his fealty.
| sit is the IShmael of platforms. 1t raises
| It's head against some OF the principles of
| both parties, and all the principles of the
| Democratic Party. 1t is begotten of the un-
| hallowed union between so-called Democ-
| racy, Popuism and Anarchy. And that the
| Scriptures say be fulfilled, it will be fugi-
| tive and d wanderer on the face of the earth
| "We hold that no argument is needed to
| show the revolutionary and Anarchistc
| character of the doctrine that the laws can
not be enforced in State to protect property
| which is in the jurisdiction of Federal
| Courts, or to protect the United States
| mails, or that the Supreme Court ought to
| be reorganized, or that the national honor
| should be stained, or the national faith vio-
| lated or that the freedom of private contract
| ought to be limited, or that the function of
| issuing paper money ought to be exclusive
| ly exercised by the Federal Government.
"We hold that the theory of free coinage
| of silver with gold at the ratio of Is to l ad-
mits of argument, but hold that the
| weight of authority, the strength of reason
ing and the facts of history all point to its
adoption,
"We hold that it will rob the poor man of
| his wages and the rich man Of his veal tn
| the widow of her savings, the child of its
| patrimony, the soldier Of his pension, the
| Industrious of his toll and the inventor of the
reward of his genius, We hold that it will
| demoralize and seriously disturb the i'm
| mense trade and commerce of the republic
| and drive the country to a discredited, de-
! pfeciated and depreciating standard, and
smite our finances with palsy and trade
with blight. We hold that the nations
| credit will fall PROSTATE, its obligations will
| be dishonored and it's unsullied character
| will be stained with fraud and deceit
1.-The election of Mckinley or of Bryan
with our support, would mean the destruc
| tion of our whole party for generation
| We therefore stand fast. We sound bugle
| call throughout the land for all Democrats
to rally for the support of Government and
| law, for the honor of their country and for
| the maintenance and preservation of their
| creed, its memories and its glOries.'
| Thursday the report of the committee on
resolutions was unanimously adopted The
! platform denounces the action of the Chca-
! go convention and also that of the Populist
| convention at St. Louis. 1t scores the Re
publican party for eXtravagant appropra-
tions and legstion for protection. 1t de-
| clares for tariff for revenue only. 1t de-
mands modern legislation III favor of free
| shipping and opposes discriminating duties
| levied for the purpose of increasing COM