The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-30
SILVERITES WILL
NOT BE EXCLUDED
WILL TREAT DELEGATES ALIKE
Has No Intention Of Excluding from
the Roll Call Any Delegate Who Has
Announced His Inlention of Bolt.
ing Gold standard Ticket.

Washington, May 29.-Senator-elect
Money (Dem.. Missy. who IL one OF the
delegates-at-large from his state to the
Chicago convention, recently wrote
letter to Mr.. Harrlty, Of Pennsylvania,
chairman Of the Democratic executive
committee, calling his attention to the
widely published reports that he (Har-
rity) was credited with having an
nounced that an attempt would be made
to exclude from the convention free
silver delegates who might be suspect
ed Of an intention to bolt In case the
convention declared for gold. Mr..
Money, who is an ardent free-silver
man, as delegate asked Mr.. Harrity
to make o frank reply to him as to the
truth Of these reports. He received q
response today In which Mr.. Harrity
says:
1T Is not true that I have declared
any intention by the Democratic ma
tiOnal committee to exclude from the
roll-call Of the convention any delegate
who has expressed q purpose to bolt II
the convention does not favor IN Its
platform the free and unlimited coin
age of silver at 16 to l. II any state
ment was made by me. either private
ly or publicly, I did not undertake to
speak for the committee nor any Of
ficer thereof
What did say was that in my per-
sonal Judgment no man ought to enter
or be admitted in any political conven-
ton or caucus who Ia not prepared to
abide by the will Of the majority and
acquieEce In this direction; and I fur
ther~ stated that In my opinion this
ought to apply with equal force to those
who oppose as to those who favor free
coinage.
WILL SUPPORT THE MAJORITY.
81, too, am a delegate to the Chicago
convention and should a majority of
that body make platform and nomin-
ate candidates not In accord with my
views. ] will abide by the result and
give loyal and cordial support to the
candidates. II did not intend to do so,
should consider it my duty not to
enter the convention. Political conven-
tions are called for the purpose Of har-
moni.ing or compromising such differ
ercesas may exist. and OF ascertaining
the will of the majority as to p,in-
clllss, policies or candidates. To hold
/, that those who entertain fixed views are
ITO be PRINTED 10 be SO tenacious Of
them as to first endeavor to control and
then to withdraw In case Of failure, is
long step towards contending that a
minority should govern. 1t Is sound
Democratic doctrine that the will Of
| the pajority should govern. 1t IL usu-
ally s6sfrcokhizedto such an extent In
allpolitical conventions that once the
conventions will is ascertained the mi
nority promptly make 1t unanimous.
Let me add that my attention has
been called to statement that ap-
peared in some newspapers. not only In
+ some of those pblished In states whuere
Democratic state conventions have al
ready declared for free coinage. to the
effect that have announced that the
net ional committee would keep out Of
the convention every contesting dele
gate who will not pledge himself in ad-
| vance to abide by the action Of the COM
| mitteein making up the temporary roll
| cfthe convention. There is no founda-
tion whatever for that statement 1t is
a pure invention, and was doubtless
made In order to annoy and irritate,
and II some distinguished Democrats be
correctly reported. the author Of the
story has been successful In his pur-
pose"