The evening times., 1896-09-02
EX-GOV. FLOWERS SPEECH.
He Declares That Silverites WiIruIly
Misleud People.

| Mlsltuu feOpie.
| Ex-Goy. Flower said In part:
This gathering is notice to the world that
| the eDemocraticpartyh has not yet surrendered
| TO Popuiisin and Anarchy. The true prin-
| ciples OF Democracy, eApounded by JeIfer-
| son and eAelnplified through u century of
| laLlonat history, are not uedd because those
| principles nave been fepuulated by q con
SeHtiUn calling Itself DtiLucratic but con
trUileu by bureaucratic Influences.
Those are true Democrats whorcmain true
| TO the principles OF their party, anu who re-
| fuse To be bound by party declarations which
J tetray party faiths ana threaten both party
and Country with disaster.
By our presence here we emphasize the
genuine Character OF our Democracy, and
ueInonstrate the patriotic nature OF our par
tisanst.ip- There have been numerous III
stances III npoliticalhistory where in the maine
OF party loyalty, men nave Justified their
| nufi-support OF party platforms or caudi-
oates. and In too many oi such cases has tie
movement failed, because. when aualyzed,
It's Inspiring influence was founu to De nouii-
Ing higher than desire TO aNeige dlsap-
pointed ambitious, or TO overthrow point
lcal organization.
No such sordid motive can be charged
against this gathering. No Democrat here
sought hoIors from those who framed the
Chicago platform. Every Democrat here
has only political humiliation to expect in
the event Of the success or the Chicago
ticket
NO HOPE OF REWARD.
No Democrat honored here by being made
the candidate OF this convention can look
forward win any reasonable hope 10 an
election. None OF us VITO help To NOMINATE
him caneXpect TO Ia participants III any Gis-
tribution OF political favors.
We are Leie UeCause we love the Demo
cratic party, ana because. We love our coun-
try That Is the Inspiration Which has
urawn Us together anu encourages our ac-
ton. That Is The fact Which eNIoences our
sincerity and makes our cause StrOuR With
the people.
inr uamger of tie Chicago platform lies
not alone nor cIieTly in lts declaration for
u financial policy which would he ruInous.
The oauger Les in the revolutionary in
rluences which controlled the convention
aud animated Its platform. Men may justly
differ as To the best scheme or national
finance. and may debate their differences
without recrimiDatioD or without question
ing the honesty OF motives. But when men.
Leu "y AMBITIOUS politicians. Jnelr minus
fired not by the example OF American pa
trIots. but by that OF TIE raoIcals OF lue
French revolution, overturn party prece-
dents and pacA u convention 10 secure
an effective majority, thea by the ana or
that majority raise aloft the incendiary
banner OF the poor against the rich, at
lacx the integrity OF Tie supreme Court.
threaten the subyersiOn or national lnsti-
tutIons and the Indirect perversion of CON
stituuoDal guarantees, lncIte dIsTespeet TO
law and authority, suggest and in sub
stance recommend the reputation of na-
I.onaI and private debts and reject ny in
tended implication The fundamental prn-
ciple of Deuoc racy, that that government
1ONtTlS Dcsl which SONtIlls nttst-ttitn IL
time not only Tor Deinocrats To forsake
that motley and un- American gathering, to
re iect that un-A American and un- Democratic
euuDc!ation OF doctrines. and to Join, in
such manner may seem best, with all
patriots who cherish their country'S honor
and wish to protect the welfare of its
people.
Mr Bryan takes pairs to reitcrate, in
about every second speech, that tie stands
sauarely on the Chica go platform and sup
ports every one OF It's planks. He has not
yet apnounced his acceptance of all the
planks of the Populist platform, but inas-
much as these are only different i'll degree
and lie has been Identified with PCpuiism
quite as much as with Democracy. ii is but
falr to assume that he stands on both plat
forms. Not quite SO RADICAL in his views,
perhaps, as AltEeld or 1lllnIaD not quite
so frank as Tom Watson, he is nevertheless
mt representative or the revolutionary
forces behind him = ambitious, unsteady ana
unsafe. There is rcN1ing IN lis career or
in his present ut;crances to encourage the
surroundings or stay the hand which |
threatens TO destroy I'd pervert.
BRYAN APPEALS TO PASSION.
An untried man, u demaet que, Il word |
juggler, he perhaps will represent the rest- |
less mob from winch Ne rose, anu with |
characteristic rCckcssress does OF resi- |
tate to appeal to tasc human passions in |
oruer TO attract votes. That III this III |
cendlary's role, standing as lie IlCiesses |
to stand on principles rs urf-DemOcIatIc as |
those of Herr Most, he Should deserve, by !
any conception ui party Regularity, The SUP |
port of true Democrats Is past oomprchen-
sion ard eXpiaiEable only Dy ignorance OF |
the man and his platform or ulslOyalty.to !
genuine party faith. NJ sound conception |
OF party regularity can justify encourage
ment to social disorder.
Not even the honest believer In silver |
standard or the most enthusiastic bimetal
list, can, ir he be patriotic citizen. con-
scienIiouSly SUPPORT the forces of political |
anarchy Even the advocacy OF free silver |
coinage by Bryan and many OF his associ-
ates Is only a cloak Tor the siirit OF reyo-
luton behind it. Every true Liu.etallist
for success upon those who would reorganize |
the Supreme Court when It's decisions do |
not please party convention, who would |
repudiate thu national debt IL flee silver |
coinage did not accomplish bimetallism, |
who would attempt to destroy The sanctity |
cf private contracts, Who would have the |
and telcgraphs, who would re- |
strain the strong arm of the law from |
the suppression OF disorder, Even IL be-
licved tnat free coinage of silver by the |
United States Independently and alone
would, under proper conditions, restore
could not bring myself to
entrust SO delicate and important an un-
dertaking to men or BryaH's inexperience
or associations, and would suffer for
ever the alleged evils of a gold standard
before / would be party to contempt Tor
to a sUbverSion OF our form OF government |
by loading il DOWN with ungovernmental
functions. Before such spectacle how
would the shades of jefferson, jackson and
Tilden shutislcr and shrink Hr-r e-af5i-is
All OF Mr.. Bryan's speclous pleas and ar
euments for silver are based Oh the as
sumption that the free coinage OF silver
by the United States alone would establish |
and maintain btmet aliism-the parity of |
gold and silver at the exchaDgeable ratio |
OF 16 to I. II that assumption is incor- |
rect or ill-founded each Of his arguments |
falls to the ground and everyone OF his |
predictions loses its force. Not one word |
has he uttered in advocacy OF silver stand |
ard. He will declaim by the hour against !
the evils OF gold molometallism. and nearly !
applicable to silver monometaliism also. |
BmetaIism Is a genuine Democratic doc |
trine, but binetailism can never be at
tained by the men who dominated the chi.
cago convention or by the method implied |