Morris tribune., 1896-08-19

| iZatiOnS. Ii they are abandoned the party
! ceases to exist. 1t was, therefore, not
within the power of any majority of the
| delegates assembled at Chicago to bind
| the Democrats of the United States to a
platform inconsistent with the party
principles, or to any action that should re-
suit in their surrender.
Convention Doings Denounced.
In violation of the trust committed to
them a majority of the delegates assem-
bled in that convention, ignoring the
rights of the minority, unseated regularly
elected delegates to make places for others
in sympathy with themselves. They pro-
claimed sectional combination of the
South and West against the North and
East. They impeached the honesty and
patriotism of President Cleveland, who,
under exceptional embarrassments pro
duced by past errors Of legislation, has
heroically maintained the honor and in
tegrity of the republic Against the pro-
test of one-third of the delegates they pro-
mu1gated platform at variance with the
essential principles of the Democratic
party.
This platform is in it's policies danger
Gus to the welfare and life of free govern
ment. 1t is mischievOus in its tendencies.
But even more threatening and mischiev-
GUS was the spirit of the convention that
adopted it, a spirit manifested not alone
by it's affirmative action, but as well by it's
reckless rejection of every proposition
tending to temper the declarations of the
convention with conservatism and justice.
Regarding the Silver Question.
The platform proposes to degrade the
coin of the United States by means of the
free, unlimited and independent coinage
of silver by our government and by the
exercise of the power of the nation to COM
pei the acceptance of deprecated coins at
their nominal value, thereby working an
injustice to creditors, defrauding the la
borer of large part of his earnings and
savings, robbing pensioned soldiers of a
part of their pensions, contracting the
currency by the expulsion of gold coin
from circulation, and injuring if not de-
stroying, domestic trade and foreign com
merce.
While proposing to advocate policy of
bimetallis1n, it censures the present DEM
cratic administration for maintaining the
parity of gold and silver. 1t proposes to
reduces this country to a condition of sill
yer monometallism, with it's vacillating
and unreliable standard of values, and
tends to bring the farmer, the wageearner
and the salaried man to the wretched con-
dition of the same classes in countries in
which the silver standard prevails, and
where the rewards of agriculture and la
Dor are lower than anywhere else in the
world.
Absolved From Obligation.
The Chicago convention having thus de-
parted from the recognized Democratic
faith and promulgated doctrines new and
strange to the Democracy all Democrats
are absolved from obligation to support
its programme.
The duty of the hour is to stand stead
fast in the defense of our ancient faith
That this party, as we have known it,
may not die, let the faithful of years rally
around it's historic banner, reform it's
broken lines, and, with abiding faith in
the final triumph of its principles, unite to
restore the name Democrat to it's former
meaning and proud distinction
To this end we request all Democrats
who are opposed to the platform adopted
and candidates nominated at Chicago to
organize in their several states and to send
representatives to the convention of the
National Democratic party, to be held at
indianapolis on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1896,
in accordance with the call heretofore
issued by the national committee
One Of the most important matters
settled at the meeting was the selection
of Walter Kesseler for sergeant-at- arms.
Mr.. Kesseler is the manager of a large
quarry company at Minneapolis.
The Superior board of trade has de-
cided to allow the Minnesota system to
be retained for the, inspection of wheat
as compromise. Other grains will have
Wisconsin inspection.