The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-27

finance. who can fix the limit TO our cap
ability for insanity, who put q hook In the
mouth OF this leviathan of folly? sure as L
am that no such fate is ours, i cannot Tor
get that such has been the doom some,
times foretold by men who were reckoned
wise in their generation, men VINO put
no faith in the people. nor can We ran 10
see that this is the very challenge or the
asinine villainy of free coinage that now
brays from the skin of the Demoerapc
lion. Were it's rancorous roaring TO be
taken for portents, there might be a future
OF awful peril which must not, cannon De.
But the confidence which warrants It's
mersion in folly and will bid this devil to
avaunt and quit our sight, lies In such
men as gather here to-day OF such as
you. fellow-Democrats who take your stand
on the imperishable principles OF hoerty.
honor, law and social order. have been the
savlors OF enlightenment and progress IN an
the crises of human affairs. A minority
only? Perhaps. but IL so, the saving rem
nant that maintains the race. A minority
upon which the Democratic party snail be
rebuilded. yea, the chief stone OF It's
corner.
WHO that sees conditions with under
standing can doubt the duty OF a Democrat
now? Who among us can suppress ms IN
telllgence, deny the forecast OF his COM
mon sense and in presence OF such con-
fronting perils supinely crawl TO cover
when miSfOrtunes are prepared Tor the land
in which his children are to live? Shall
We not rather take arms against a sea or
troubles and by opposing. end them!
ALL RE DUCK perhaps SUM- III
Democrat, but all you do will be 10 help
Mckinley and serve McKinleyism. Not so,
my brother. Your view is too snort, your
measurement of affairs too limited. The
political interests of the United States will
not all be settled in the present year.
Nothing, indeed. will be determined now
but the eXtinguishment of the fiscal folly
which has thrust aside all other issues by
its fanatical insistence.. No other contro-
versy can engage attention and elicit popu-
lar Judgment until this cloud shall pass
aHaX The imminpnra of its menace SUD
presses all other questions, as II casts INTO
the shadows of eclipse all industrial and
business courage.
mo, we purpose no support to Mckinley,
no adhesion TO McKinleyism by the course
we pursue. Our antagonism to the lniquiues
and baneful tendencies of MS party Is out
the better declared by IL. All our struggle,
all our hopes are to save the Democratic
party and perpetuate its benign principles
for the benefit of the country. We shall
ocrats now. the sweet comfort OF labor, ana
vote for the faith our fathers taught and
we have followed and which We trust IN
generations TO come shall be established
as secure to the Constitution which must
find in them its safety and abiding author
fty. And from the false hands Whlcn nave
seized them we shall recover the old flag
of Democracy and the ark of the covenant
in which are the tables of our law. We
shall saw the old party from the ruin of
defeat now impending and lay defeat alone
on them who have put 1T TO banefui and
undemocratic uses
Before its adjournment the convention
adopted resolutions declaring for the gold
standard, condemning the action of the
Chicago convention in ignoring the unit
rule and overthrowing the lo~ng-founded
and well known principles of true Democ-
racy'' and for it's adopting a silver stand
ard: indorsing the administration of Presi-
dent Cleveland and urging the continuation
of a monetary system (which will insure
the payment of government and private
debts of all kinds and of pensions in a
dollar worth 100 cents
Gen. E.. S. Bragg, on moving the adoption
of the report. made a strong speech for a
gold standard and attacked the Chicago
convention, its platform and its
nominees. The. convention named
an electoral ticket. delegates and
four delegates at large to the In
dianapolis convention. a resolution was
adopted recommending TO the indianapolis
convention the name of Gen. Edward s:
Bragg, of Wisconsin, for the presidential
nomination.. General Bragg made a brief
speech thanking the convention. The Wis
consin national party organization was
then made permanent and the State Gen.
trail committee was instructed to name a
State ticket or call a convention for that
purpose as ii saw fit.