The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-09-18
pressed in the platform.-syracuse cou-


decline to be counted among its betrayers
will have ticket in the near future that
will satisfy their desires and aims iliis
would be the most desirable result. brt.
itself from all responsibility for the ut
terances of the alleged Democratic ccr-
vention just closed at Chicago, and
pledges itself to aid in the defeat Vt its
nominees. To participate in a canplign
for such a ticket on such platform
would be to be untrue to every f,dtriotlc
Democratic principle.-La Crosse Cfls-)
Chronicle.
A bright young man with s.ivery,
demagogic tongue is planted on the anti
Democratic platform adopted at chicago;
and the excited victims of a singular and
Illogical craze vie with the sympataizers
with Anarchy and Populism i'll the long
acclaim to William ]. Bryan. the eio-
quent and eccentric representative OF tne
bolters of Nebraska. The plat
form and the candidate threaten PAR
alysis of business until the day IT eiec-
ton: for a. longer period if success could
possibly attend; and they condemn the
Democratic party to a fate that Would
he death to any other party. but the
Democratic party is undying.-Utica OD-
server.
Will Lose Hundreds of Thousands.
Savannah News: All Democrats will
not approve the declarations in respect
TO coinage. bonds. the currency, income
tax and railroads. These latter declara-
Democratic 1t looks very much as II
they were put into the platform for the
express purpose of currying favor with
the Populists. In fact. if we are not
mistaken. Senator Tillman said in his
speech in the convention that the purpose
of them is to influence the Popullsts to
come into the lines of the democracy
and become part of the Democratic
party He did not seem to take into
consideration the fact that the adoption
break up the Populist party, but would
pretty certainly drive hundreds of thou
sands of Democrats out of the Democrat
ic party.
Boss Champions of Disorder.
Trenton (N. j. American Oem):
But. whatever may be the course of the
politicians and the party leaders. there
will be thousands of Democrats in New
Jersey who-not in resentment of the
interests have been treated. but from
personal and public motives-will refuse
to give their approval to convention
and candidate which have publicly
and yaingloriously Threatened the de-
struction of the nations credit. the dim
mutton of values, the retardment of busl-
ness. the atsack on property. and the tri-
umph of disorder above the law and
those called upon to administer it. And
they will so refuse in the belief that
all other party issues fade into insignifi-
canoe in comparison with the issue as 1t
has been formulated at Chicago.
Danger to Liberty.
Galveston News: The fact is that the
programme formulated at Chicago mere
ly marks the skirmish line of great and
final battle for social revolution. indus
trial reconstruction. and constitutional
subversion. Without constitutional safe
guards there can be no assurance of eth
An unchecked social Democracy means
no law but the law of brute force, no
rule and no order but the rule and order
of irresponsible tyranny. Intelligent
citizens grounded in wholesome appre-
citation of the constitutional essentials
of a stable republic. who supremely
cherish the priceless interests of. consti-
i tutional liberty and security, who feel
that there can be no true progress with
out the conservation of these interests,
will not fail to see in present emergen-
cies where their common danger lies
Realizing also that the problem of de-
| fense is their common concern. they can
well understand that how they may best
| proceed to combat. defeat and disarm
| their common enemy is question OF
| the light of current events and modify
| ing circumstances.
South Dakota Views.
| Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: The Dem
ocrats have declared for policy which
will inevitably esta blish the single silver
standard; will. in our opinion wreck the
national credit and reputation; will, for
many years, make commercial confidence
| impossible; will spread ruin over the
| land; will destroy all hopes of bimetal.
| lism in the generation: and will indef-
1 IL,
| Under these circumstances the Argus.
| Leader can see its duty only in one chan
mel. Believing. as this paper does, that
the honor. safety and prosperity of the
| United States would be seriously jeop-
| ardized by the success of the Democra tic
| party on its presetn platform. the Argus.
Leader. with sorrow for the broken asso-
| ciations. with regret at parting from a
| name it has revered and loved but with
consciousness of unavoidab BILE duty,
wlthdraws from the grand old Demo
| cratic party, which has, in our judgment
| left its time-honored principles in pursuit
of strange gods. and will throw what.
| ever influence it may possess on the
side of the Nations prosperity and honor
| To Attempt the Impossible.
stalrntona 'Cva) News: "A law, de.
claring that wheat, regardless of the
surplus on the markets or the demand
for it, should sell the year round at ST
per bushel, and that corn and oats,
no matetr what their intrinsic value
| should always sell at the same figure
as wheat. would be just as sensible as
free coinage of silver law and would
be just as easy to carry into effect The
| gist of the whole matter is that to at.
| tempt to coin silver in unlimited uuan.
| titles and to make it even in value at a
given fixed ratio with gold is to attempt
the impossible and to do what in the
very nature of things cannot be done.
Looking to the New York Convention
Syracuse News: The Chicago plat
form is wide departure from the plat
form adopted by the last Democratic
state convention at Saratoga 1t was
| SO wide a departure that the New York
| delegation felt compelled to abstain
from participation in the nomination OF
candidates on that platform. 1t re.
mains for the coming Democratic state
convention to formulate the policy OF
the New York Democracy That con.
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