Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-22
SOUND MONEY MEN.
Disappearing County Demo-
Gratis Hold a Conference.
OPPOSITION TO CHICAGO PLATFORM.
Dele gates to the state Convention Sc
lected and Resolutions Adopted Piedg-
Ing support Of such Action a. May be
Taken At India q nuQlla.


Ing support of such Action ~ May be
Taken at Indianapolis.
Sound money democrats OF Rock
Island county held conference at
the Harper house Yesterday after
noon at 5 O'Clock and chose delegates
to the stale convention to be held ut
Chicago the 18th OF this month. The
delegates are:
Hon Ben +. Gable, John Volk,
George w. Henry, Fred Hass, Paul
kersch, A. S. Wright. w. c. Thede.
c. q. Wheeler, II. l.. Framing and
Andrew Donaldson. Alternates:
Otto Huber. d. W. Gould, o. Huck-
staedt. G. W. Negus, Eugene j Burns,
A. +. Vinton, z. G. Simmon, Frank
Gleusing. Hadley Peterson and Will
liam Donaldson.
| The conference was attended by 40
sound money party representatives
1t was an earnest gathering which
finished it's work by the adoption of
the following resolutions:
IAN organization under the name
OF the democratic party at the late
Chicago convention. having entirely
ignored all he historic principles
associated with that name for the
past hundred years substituted 9TH
ers SO strange and foreign to its ira
ditions. that were it not for the
name they have retained, not a grain
Of its former self would be recognize
able.
LAS a logical consequence, we find
that a number of heretofore anti
democratic political organizations,
seeing their own vital issues en-
bodied in the Chicago platform. have
rallied to its support, while the old
and original democracy all over the
country. assemble to perfect an or
ganization to apply to the old prin-
ciples their old name which is a con-
tradiction and an infringement when
lapplied to any but them.
Thus have the.rightful owners OF
the name, the democrats of Rock Isl
AMI county, Iassembled here Today for
tn purpose Of organizing their forces
and to choose 10 delegates to the
ergo the Goth OF August to elect del
egates to national democratic con-
vention which will meet in Indian
] apolis Sept. =, to nominate upon a
faithful democratic platform, faith
full democratic candidates for che
presidency and vice presidency OF
the United States.
The democrats OF Rock Island
county will support enthusiastically
any course that said national conven.
tion may find most fit and honorable
to defeatthe thoughtless, needless,
hazardous and hssty declarations OF
the Chicago platform. which, if al.
lowed to be carried out, would prove
so destructive TO the prosperity oil
the nation, as 10 destroy the party
responsible, and thereby leaving the
country's' future fate oppositionles.
to the mercy of republicanism.
"For they are convinced that with
in the next two or four years, many
of their brother democrats whom tn.
siren song of silver had led estra,
or had driven to the republican
ranks, as we'll as thousands Of repub
iicans. weary of the party, will bles
the foresight OF the brave patriot
assembling now ill over the country
to preserve and to perpetuate thu
greatest principles ever laid dowr
for the governmental free men.
"And that four years hence thi
= noble party OF rescuers, thu
swelled and strengthened to a mos
formidab c array. will easily con
quer the weakened ranks of the enc
my and that once more the tried oil,
standard of untarnished democrac
will have saved the country froI
dishonor. disgrace and discord."
Mr.. Banding offered the followiu
additional resolution, which was ais
adopted:
"Resolved. That We neither dc
sire nor deem it expedient nor neces
sary it this time to call a conventio
to nominate county ticket; on tn
contrary we expressly declare again.
such procedure under existing politi
cal conditions"
Mayor Volimer's Remarks.
The conference was addressed l
Mayor Henry Eollmer, of Davenport
j. NJ. Buford was chairman OF I'll
meeting, which was callet to ord,
and its objects outlined by Pa,
kersch. c. z. Skinner, of Moiiu,
having been selected to act as seer,
tary. MIR. Buford in assuming III
craftsmanship said that he had bee
lifelong democrat; he loved IL
grand old principles Of the part,
"but it scenes to me- he continued
1.-The party has left us; in other wore
it has gone after strange gods"
IL believe that it is our duty
reassert the cardinal principles
democracy" said Mayor Volume
who followed Mr.. Buford. land d,
in the field true democrat. 1t +,
mains for the true adherents of d
mocracy to rise up and rcpudia,
= those who have repudiatcd them an
their teachings before the party
enyulfed forever in the mad whir
8 pool which is now seething arouu
3 us. Sectionslism. which brought {
s The civil war. was bad enough, but Il
J issue now before the American pc