The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-16
I PATRIOTIC LETTER.
Andrew D. White Denounces the Chicago
 Platform.

Platform.
 Ithaca, July 15.-Ex- Minister to Rus sit Andrew D. White has addressed an open letter on the present political sit uation to the following prominent dem ocrats: Hon. J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska, President Julius Drurer, Hon. w. L. Wilson of West Virginia, Colonel William Preston Johnston of Louisiana, Hon. Josiah Patterson of Tennessee, Hon. s. Edwin Uhl, Will liam r. Quimby and George " N. Lotkrop of Michigan, Hon. Wayne Mac- Neagh of Pennsylvania, Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin of Connecticut, Hon. H. A. Richmond of Buffalo, Hon. Theodore Bacon of Rochester, Hon. Samuel D. Halliday of Ithaca, Hon. St. Clair Me- Kelway, Hon. Frederic Coudert, Hon. Charles Fairchild, Roswell P Flower, Joseph c. Hendricks, Abram $. Hewitt. Oswald Ottendorfer, Carl Schurz, Os- car s. Strauss, Henry Willard, John Dewitt Warner and Everett P. Wheeler of New York
 MT. White assures the gentlemen that what he shall say will not be atsall the utterance of a republican as such to democrats but of a citizen to his fel- low citizens, whom he knows to be ex- perienced, thoughtful and patriotic. He then proceeds to say that the majority, masquerading under the garb of de- nocracy at Chicago, has made a plat form which is diametrically opposed to democracy, as developed by all the great leaders of the party. It is a platform leading logically and histor- ically to a despotism.
 The platform is the negation of mod ern civilization to say nothing of jus tice, honesty and honor, and it is but the first installment of anarchistic doc Urine. If not resisted and overwhelmed now it is absolutely certain to be fol- lowed by other parts of the program, especially the absorption of the bonds and stocks of railroads, telegraphs and various productive enterprises of the country, with payment in paper currency of nominal value and their management by the central govern ment under the cry that all such things have been built up for the people and should be managed by the people. Nor will contiscation stop even here. Other extreme measures are already fore shadowed and will be pushed.
 The candidate himself gives no un- certain warning of more highly de- veloped policy of spoliation. MT. White declared that MT. Bryan has never giv- en the slightest evidence of statesman ship and that nothing beyond his speeches is needed to show that both in temper and intellect MT. Bryan is ut terly unfit to deal with the great ques- tions which now confront the country, or, indeed, with any large questions whatever
 Mir White refers to the sensational scenes in the late convention and says: At this convention we see in control heterogeneous mass of anarchists, so- cialists, populists, speculators and sec tionalists-the strength of neither of the great parties and the pest of both' What other outcome, he asks, from such course could there be than policy of confiscation ruin, distress and dis honor?
 Answering the question, What is the duty of sound money democrats?" ne says:
 T can see but one way eventually to preserve the democratic party as well as to prevent a national catastrophe. This one way is for you and the sound democracy, frankly, boldly, unequivo- cally, to break loose from this wild mob masquerading in the democratic garb. and, like the great war democrats dur ing our civil struggle, to cast in your lot fully, for the time at least, with the party which you have heretofore op- posed"
 MT. White declares that this is no or dinary crisis, and that it is possibly revolution.