Evening journal., 1896-08-26
JsFFeRsoNlAN PARTY.
Tho Gold Standard Democrats OF Penn
syivania Meet and Organize.

tyifHnin Mcct ana OfSantNcs
pHILADElPRTA, Aug 60 The gold
standard Democrats Of Pennsylvania met
in convention in this city, nominated
presidential electors and delegates to tho
national convention 60 he held IN Indi-
annapolis on Sept. and adopted vigor-
Gus platform responsive 60 their views on
tho money question aud denouncing In
unmoasured terms the nominees chosen
and tho principles declared at Chicago.
With this convention new state party
CAME into being, to be known hencoforth
as the Jefforsonian party Sinculrrly
enough, its birthplace was Musical Fand
hail. vhero, 40 years aco, was held the
first national convention of the Republican
party. The word Democratic was ro-
grotfully omitted from the namo in defer
cnco to judicial decisions that tho title Of
tho older party could not bo infringcd up
on.
The standard bearers of the now party
selected are:
Electors at Largo-william NJ Singcrly,
Philadelphia; A. $. lands, Blair county;
S. G. MoCandless Alleghany comfy;
John Blanchard, Center county.
Presidential Electors Zone from each
congressional district in the state)-Iirst,
John Samuels; Second Nicholas J. Grit
fin; Third, Charles Henry Jones; Fourth,
Jacob Muir; Fifth, Henry ID. Welsh;
Sixth, John D. Hinkson; Seventh, Jaiues
Tracey; Eighth, Jeremiah :. Hess Ninth,
Louis Kraemer; Tonth, George Steinnan;
Eleventh, not selected; Twelfth, George
r. Wright; Thirteenth, Henry Roger;
Fourteenth, James J. Dull Fifteenth,
Chauncey S. Russell Sixteonth, Freder-
ick ELY Embick; Seventeenth, Isaac
West; Eighteenth, Samuel B. Henry;
Nineteenth, John NJ. Nell; Twentieth,
Donald Il. Dufton Twonty-first, not Sc
lected; Twenty-second, Thomas G. La
zoar; Twonty-third, James Drndin Twon-
ty-fourth, James NJ Hustled; Twenty fifth,
not selected; Twenty-sixth, not selectedi
Twenty +. II. Lamberton; Tween
ty-eighth George II. Fielding.
Eight delegates at large and 90 national
delegates were also chosen Go 20 to the In
dianapolis convention, and a state contral
committee, with William b. Givon OF Ian
caster as chairman, was selected to con-
duct the campaign It's headquarters viii
be I'M this city The executive committed
of tho state committee was authorized TO
Gil the blanks in the above lists.
The platform says
owe the representatives Of the National
Democratic party Of Pennsylvania In con-
vention assembled, asserting the principle
that representatives Of free people derive
their powers from the consent Of those for
whom they are delegated TO act. deny the
power or authority Of the recent Chicago
convention to impose upon the DON'T Gratis
of the sovereign state OF Pennsylvania h,1y
obligation Co support candidates for prosi-
dent and vice president of tho United
States whose declarations and the plat
form upon which they are at variance with
the vital principles of the Democratic par
ty OF the country as heretofore declared
and reiterated throughout its patriotic and
glorious history. We also deny that allie
glance to any party organization requires
or viii excuse our support Of policies
which we believe TO be subverslve Of integ
rity and general welfare Of our country
and dangerous to the perpetuity Of our
government
We declare our unalternble adhesion TO
the declaration Of principles unanimously
| adopted by the representatives Of the Dem
ocratic party OF Pennsylvania at Allen
! town on the goth day OF April last as true
| Democratic doctrine and OF binding forco.
1--WE hold that the Chicago convention
violated the established laws and tradi-
tions Of tho Democratic party and tram
| pied upon its time honored usaPes and
| principles by rejecting the expressed choice
OF a majority of the states through their
national committeeman for the temporary
presiding officer Of the convention by I'M
seating delegates chosen by tho unanimous
vote of the state convention In order to So
cure a two thirds majority TO carry out its
revolutionary purposes, by repudinting
sound and honest currency the gold and
| silver of the constitution of equal value
and through the unlimited coinage OF sill
yer on false ratio OF value demonotizing
gold, by attacking the sanctity Of con-
/ tracts, by declaring tho purpose to suhvert
the supreme court to partisan control and
the dangerous dictation of popular passion
and exoitement through its membership
Co conform TO the varying will OF tho leg
islntive and executive branches Of govern
ment, by refusing to indorse the patriotic
and pure Democratic administration Of
President Cleveland and by encouraging
| lawlessness, rebellion and anarchy in the
resolution donounoing the enforcement Of
the laws and the preservation of peace
and public order through the Legitimate
| functions Of the courts and executive %