The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-14
THE BOLTING DEMOCRATS !
Illinois Gold Men Issue an Address to
the Party.
FAVORING INDEPENDENT ACTION.
Since the Regular Convention of the Party
Has Deserted Time Honored Principles"
the Illinois Men Declare in Favor Of
a New Presidential Ticket


mittee of the standard Democrats of Hi
nois met in protracted session yesterday
and prepared an address TO the Democracy
of the states in the Union. 1t was the
unanimous opinion of the committee that
q second Democratic national convention
should be called to nominate candidates
for president and vice president. The adj
dress is as follows:
"a national convention, convened under
the constituted authority of our party, has
just closed its session in the city of Chi
cago 1t entered upon its work by violat-
ing all the party precedents in the rejec-
ton of distinguished Democrat as its
temporary presiding officer 1t deprived
a sovereign state of a voice in it's delibera-
tions by unseating without cause or legal
Justification delegates elected with all the
regularity known to party organization.
1T refused to indorse the honesty and
| fidelity of the present Democratic national
administration.
ut adopted platform which favors the
free and unlimited coinage of silver by
this country alone at the ratio of Is to l.
and thereby it repudiated "A time honored
Democratic principle, which demands the
strictest maintenance of a sound and
stable currency.
Finally, to make it still palmer, that
although in name, it was not in fact a
Democratic convention it nominated for
president one who is not in his politics,
and has not always been even in profess
sions, Democrat.
This has made such a crisis both for the
nation and the Democratic party, that
sound money Democrats must at once de-
eide what political action they will take
ha ,ft = ba e
the prosperity of the people and the life
and usefulness of the party. The sound
money Democrats of Illinois have fully
made up their minds that new Demo-
cratic national convention should be called
for the earliest feasible day to nominate
Democratic candidates for president and
vice president, and to adopt a platform of
| Democratic principles, and they desire to
state TO the Democrats Of the other states
! their reasons, as follows:
! Sound money Democrats owe il to the
country to make it certain at once that
! their revolt against free silver is deter
mined and will be organized 1t is unfair
to oblige the credit of the nation and the
| business and industrial interests of the
! people to merely guess what the sound
money Democrats will do in November
and wait until November to find out
! "The nomination of new ticket is the
| logical course. Without it and a sound
money Democratic campaign the whole
educational force of sound money Demo.
cratic sentiment would be paralyzed from
the beginning, Republicans cannot argue
! the sound money question to Democratic
voters. Republican sincerity on that uues-
| ton is doubted by the mass of Democrats.
| The tariff question viii be put to the front
and insisted upon by Republican speakers
and the Republican press, as it has persis-
tently been by Mr. Mckinley himself.
| Democrats will not listen to lessons on
| finance when accompanied by abuse of the
Democratic party. The sted'cctive force
at this time for a campaign is the force
resting in the sound money Democrats,
for they are profoundly in earnest and can
| get IA hearing from Democrats that the
! Republicans cannot possibly get.
"a new convention would also preserve
for the future the opportunities of the
! Democratic party. Unless a clear cut
| separation is made between the genuine
! Democrats and Democrats who are drift
ing into Populism, or are already in Popu-
| lism, and unless IA clear cut separation is
! supported by organization the party has
no chance of regaining public confidence
| for years to come The sound money
! Democrats in the different states must
either make it clear that they have no as
sociatiOn with the Bryan party, or they
must accept association and cntunglCmunt
with it, and all state organizations win
in the public mind he for it that do not
make it absolutely clear that they are
| against it.
"The sound money Democrats are al
ready sufficiently organized i'm this state