Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-07-17
Washlngtun STANDARD
GsNNPIa. WASTE.
IElbN NLNIM. JULY II. 1896.
a Proposition TO Bolt.

bird issued an address to Fellow
a holt i!om the regular nominee and
The calling Ot a CONVENTION that shall
/" uujrr The entire domination OF the
moueyed power. 1t ayc.s, as justiiica.
ton 81 the bolt, that the Chicago con-
vcnti0n violated all party prcccdents
in the rejection of a distinguished
Democrat As It's temporary presiding
officer; that it deprived a sovereign
State OF a voice in its deliberations by
unSeating, withOu. cause or legal JUS
tliicatiOn, delegates elected with AL
the regularity known to party organi-
cation; that it refused to endorse the
honesty and fidelity OF the present
Democratic Administration. and (worsc
than alb it adopted platform which
favors the free and unlimited coinage
OF silver, by this country alone, at a
ratio of IL to l." and that ait nomi-
mated candidate who has not always
been, even in his professions, Demo-
GRAFT"
What fearful array OF causes for
grievance. These gentlemen seem to
forget that an occasion such as existed
had never before been presented for
ignoring rule that had only been
established through precedent. There
never had been a prolonged, system
attic attempt OF an administration to
build up league against the wishes OF
a majority of the party which had
placed it in power. There never had
arisen the necessity to call down an
Executive and his Cabinet for the
same pernicious activity" and col
fensive partisanship" so vigorously
condemned by the same Executive at
time when he held to various other
excellent tenets, among which was
an emphatic declaration that no man
should be elected a second time to the
office of President. The rule that the
National Committee should name the
temporary officers Of the convention
was adopted simply for convenience,
and was never intended to overthrow
or subvert the cardinal principle upon
which Democracy is founded-obedi-
ence to the sovereign will of the ma
jority. The privilege accorded the
committee was never intended to
abridge this right, nor to make it pos
sible for q rabble to take possession OF
convention, as was attempted by the
galleries through manipulation OF the
gold-bug National Committee, and by
distracting its attention from vital is
sues endeavor to bring confusion to its
deliberations and defeat its will.
While the distinguished Democrat"
who was cooked and primed with a
goldbug speech, was firmly but gently
turned down, it was done with all the
delicacy and care for his and his
friends personal feelings that the &C.
casion warranted. In fact the act was
done largely by those who have been
in times past his political supporters,
and are yet his personal admirers in
all else but the vital issue of finance.
The deprivation of sovereign State
OF voice in the convention by I'm.
seating certain delegates, is simply q
misstatement Of facts. 1.-THE Sover.
eign State" was, by the conventions
action, enabled to voice her true sen.
timents, and was released from the
hold.up OF Federal office-holders. The
boilers only claim that this was done
without legal Justification" virtual
admission that the moral right to dc
so was unquestioned.
The refusal to endorse the honesty
and fidelity" of an Administration
which has brought such widespread
disaster upon the people of the coun'
try, is by no means surprising. 1t il
only q Democratic" administration
in name. What greater proof is re-
quired than the fact that the st. Louis
convention has accepted its labors in
full, and embodied the principle thai
has caused an overwhelming majority
of the party which elected it 10 pro-
test, as the principal plank of the Ma
tional Republican platform. Have
the old guard become slaves that they
must swallow doctrine 80 odious and
which is RECALLED as fat morsel under
the tongue of their political opponents
Could it be expected, for a moment
that the silver delegates could stultify
themselves and weaken their cause BY
such an act of subordination?
The late convention did indeed adopt
measure for the reconciliation Of
was WudC tuC uCiCSdtGt
were elected for by the masses of the
people and which they were pledged
to support in many instances by the
most imperative instructions. They
were pledged to make this the ulti
matum of individual effort by resolu
lions which to ignore would be dis
honor. 1t seems the people realized
the foe they had to deal with; they
expected that delegates would be con-
fronted by an INSCRIPTIONS and disci'
plined lobby, and very generally elected
men of known stability and honor te
represent them; but, to make assur
ance doubly sure, adopted resolutions
expressing precisely the principle gel
forth in the financial plank of the
national platform. These primary