Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-07-30

Milwaukee, July 2S.-Six of the Wis
consin district delegates to the Chica-
go convention have united in an ad-
dress prepared by E. J. Dockery OF
Ashland, defending the Chicago plat
fo1m and ticket The address declares
that the conventions acts were demo
cratic in every respect and that free
coinage of silver was a policy that
Jefferson himself favored. After justi-
flying the turning down of Senator
Hill, and the settling of the Michigan
contest in favor of the silver delegates.
the address proceeds: "The Wisconsin
convention held to select delegates to
the national convention empowered
majority of the delegates to control
the votes of all, and such authority
was fully recognized by the conven-
ton. It was only when the chairman
of the Wisconsin delegation an
nonunced that Wisconsin declined to
vote on the nomination of a candidate
for president that the undersigned
asked and obtained from the presiding
officer the privilege of casting their
votes, and from this decision of the
chairman, no appeal was taken by any
delegate from Wisconsin, but they all
remained in attendance at the conven-
ton" 1t is declared that "The ma
tional democratic platform does not
submit to the American people new
and untried system of finance for
adoption. The great Hamilton and
the greater Jefferson framed the law at
the time of the birth of this nation
which gave to both gold and silver the
right of free and unlimited coinage
and made both these metals funda-
mental and redemption money.
| The function of measuring values, sup
porting commerce and credit imposed
upon gold and silver was by the de-
monetizatiOn of silver shifted to gold
alone. The Importance of gold was in
creased twO-fold as the demands upon
it were doubled, and as result all
! commodities of the world declined in
value as expressed in golden dollars.
The merchant who has had bankruptcy
slowly but surely creep upon him in
| spite of his every effort and economy:
the tiller of the soil who has seen the
products of his farm gradually reach
a price below the cost of production
in spite of his ceaSeless care and toll:
the man who depends upon his daily
labor to furnish him the necessities of
! life appeals in vain for the privilege
to do work; all ask why, in land of
plenty, in a nation peopled by will
ing WOrkmen in a country of limitless
resources; why is there widespread
business disaster and cruel want
History records prosperity from the
birthday of America to 1873 under a
bimetallic system of finance. 4
The democratic national convention,
! in response to the call for help from
! the people has promised to reinstate
! the money of the constitution and
! thereby lift the golden yoke from
Americas neck. We challenge any
man to point out wherein this promise
is violation of democratic principles.
| We defy any man to turn to any page
of democratic history which records
| gold monOmetallism as a tenet of
democratic faith.
= THAT the present administration
was unindOrsed was not intended to
reflect on any mans honesty or fidel-
! ity. To have Endorsed an administra-
! ton SO at variance with the conven-
tons financial views would have been
a manifest inconsistency.
The greatest convention ever as
! semhled in America needs no defense
at our hands. Its acts have gone into
history. Each man will judge for
himself if it is good or bad taste for
men who remained throughout the
convention to now cast aspersions
upon it.
we cheerfully accord to every man,
as we assume for ourselves, the right
of independent thought and action,
but we question the propriety of men
made great by a great party of DELHI
erately seeking to ruin that party
when they can no longer run it,
1--WE respectfully submit to the
voters of Wisconsin this address as a
defense to the crime of having thought
4
thirds of the delegates of the national
democratic convention and we con-
fidently await your verdict on that
conventions course. We take the oc-
! casion to say to the democrats of Wis
consin that an expression of their will
! in the coming state convention held
on Sept. 2. can only be obtained by
their attending the primaries which
select the delegates to the various
] county conventions, which in turn
select delegates to the state conven-
/ ton.
! e. J. Dockery,
! Amos Holgate,
wv. A Synon,
"A. c. Larson,
u. E. Malone"
STATE POLITICS.