The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-09-23

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Finley; Keller, H. Conklin; Lawrence,
5 Nj. Hess; Pine Grove. A. Webster;
Porter, Elijah Warner; Paw Paw, Bert
p. Bryar; South Haven, A. &. Runyan;
Waverly, K. A. Chase.
Did these gentlemen protest
against the resolutions adopted? Did
they, or any of them, refuse to act
on such committee because of the
resolutions? Are they not to this
day the democratic county commit
tee of Van Buren, County under res.
olutions endorsing the financial pol
icy of Grover Cleveland? 1t is
remarkable fact that eight of these
gentlemen are also members of the
free silver county committee, making
up the democratic contingent of that
body, and carrying on campaign in
opposition to the ticket and princi-
Piles advocated by Grover Cleveland,
whom as democratic county commit
teemcn, under the resolutions, they
endorse.
According to the Courier, this
same April convention sent the fol-
lowing delegates to the state conven-
ton:
Nj. V. Meredith, Levi DeHaven, O.
NJ Vaughn, NJ. S. Carney, II. NJ.
Olney, ). M. Hess, o. b Virgins, G.. S.
Maynard, y. j. Cavanaugh, A. Lynn
Free, Fred Cookbook, H Nj. Avery, John
Mackey, Geo. N. Hale.
1t is but just to say that portion
of the delegation resented the adop-
ton of gold resolutions there and
the sending of gold delegates to the
national convention, and also that a
few of the delegatesyet stick to their
gold ideas and refuse to be popo-
Gratis. But how do the majority of
them harmonic their spring record
with their present position?
According to the Courier, the fol-
lowing gentlemen were chosen by
the Paw Paw caucus to represent
this township at the April conven-
ton:
G. s. Maynard, T. j. Cavanaugh,
VI. II. PugSley, II. 4. Cole, q. T. !Sher.
rod, Bert p. Bryan, w. H. Mason, II. Il.
McNeii, Chas. Lake, q. W. Lee, W. W.
Craadau, Harry Wilson, +. B. Cookbook,
Bert Gleason.
Did Messrs Cavanaugh and Nc
Neil then endorsed "Gold Bug"
Grover? If so, how can they ask the
votes of free silverites at this time:
Did Mr.. Cole protest against such
endorsement? Verify, no, not either
in the convention or in the columns
of his paper. Nor would he vet had
the populists not captured the Chica-
60 convention.
Another democratic county con-
vention was held Aug. 10. The
gentlemen whose names appear
above in italics were likewise select.
ed as delegates from this township to
this convention, where the following
resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That we declare ourselves
unalterably opposed to universal
single gold standard and demand a re-
turn TO the free and unlimited coinage
of both gold and silver at a ratio of 10
To 1, into coins of full debt paying
power, without waiting for or asking
for advice of any foreign power or
potentate."
Gentlemen, are there two kinds of
democrats in Van Buren, County?
Are two sets of political principles
wrapped up in the person of the
Courier man and other democrats of
the county? Is it possible they be-
he'd their true sentiments in their
spring convention? Didn't the chair
man and secretary of the democratic
county committee openly and publicly
protest, after coming home from
the Chicago convention, against the
unseating of the regularly chosen
delegates from the state of Michigan
1t may be that Van Buren, County
democrats have all at once become
free coiners from deep seated princi-
pie, but in light Of the above facts it