New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-07
FLOWER HEADS A BOLT.
A CLUB OF GOLD DEMOCRATS ORGAN
IZED IN WATERFOWL.
STRONG souND-MoNEY SPEECHES MADE BY THE
EX-GOVERNOR AND OTHERS CHICAGO
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Watertown. ~ Y. Aug. 6.-Ex-Governor
Flower made a speech here tonight TO MS
townsmen and led bolt among the Democrats
which insures Republican majority In Jener-
son County double what 1t ever has been Tor
any Presidential. candidate. gold club was or
ganized amid great enthusiasm. and more than
200 prominent Democrats. including all the
leaders declared that they would do all IN their
power to defeat the Chicago nominees and wou'd
ask their friends to do likewise The success
of to-nights meeting has demorallzed the De-
mocracy In Watertown. The call for the meet
ing was signed by 101 Democrats. including II.
p Flower d. G. Griffin. Henry Purcell George
c. Sherman. s. F. Bagg. James A. ward. Johh
W. Griffin. George H. Babcock. Henry boyer
George F. Clark John Lansing. George H. Sher-
man. Charles Tubbs. j. B. Taylor. H. H. hice'
John c. streeter. !. p. Powers, J. W. Griffin A.
T. f Lansing, O. NJ. Paddock, F. A. Hinds. H.
E. Smiley, Thomas Waller Loveland fadooch
and others.
The meeting called to order In MUSIC nan
by Judge Henry Purcell. and 5. f. Bage was
made chairman and Charles e. Hobrook sec
retary The chairman said that the opJec' VI
the meeting was TO organize gold club ana
Chicago nominees Ex-Governor Flower SAID
that they were here tonight to protest against
the Chicago platform as undemocratc and as
onnosed TO all the principles of Democracy from
the foundation Of this Government. ard to form
an organization to defeat its nominee ana 'he
principles which Bryan seeks to ncuicate.
N, r,,ouer then made a strong argument In
FAVOR NJ sound money and pointed out the ruin
n interests
event Of the election OF Bryan. He said IN part
So long as we pay debts In the kind OIL n'o"es
we borrow the rate OF interest VIII continue 10
oboansn for the farmer, merchant, MANUFACTURER
and miner and for those engaged In other inous-
tries In this country The rate OF interest III every
country where they have solid and fxed stahoaru
IS nearly half Of the rate prevailing IN any s''e'
country The aboring men tell me that 'he! a'o
getting more wages than they did twenty years
ovo and that their dollars are all good now and
OF greater purchasing power than they nave ever
been and they desire TO keep them So IN
ever since silver was demoretized IN ls'o , an ~,
,ps Irnited States according to the census in
creased In value nearly 80 per cent 49,.
They say that such organizations as we are mere
to inaugurate tonight are not regular; and | an
swer that will never advocate principles that !.
know VIII take the nreac strs Tut and panic under
any name whatever. be 1t regular or Otherwise
than regular with my party, II the Chicago Con,
venton can be called regular The great mass OF
Tho Democratic party Is composed Of laborng men,
and when It adopts platform. or when men auoPss
platform for 1t under cover OF the organization or
my party prefer TO stand on my convicuons
rather than on that platform It Is principle tina
makes me a Democrat. and in the platform adopted
at Chicago the principles of the lemocratlc party
have been abandoned Had the Chicago platform
expressed the true sentiments OF Democracy; as
we have been taught them from Jefrerson ana from
the early fathers of the Republic. this meeting
would not have been called nor would this assem-
blage have been necessary
George c. Sherman. a paper manufacturer
and formerly nenil er OF the Demociatic State
Committed followed Mr. Flower He said that
every manufacturer in the Black River Valley
would vote against Bryan. II shall vote against
BRYAN and ask my friends t. do likewise" con-
cluded Mr. Sherman
The last sneaker was Daniel G. Griffin, ex-
chairman of the Democratic State Executive
Committee Among other things he said
Termination Is whether they more esteem the prin
clpes OF hei- party than they do the call ot party
regularity which. ii obeyed. must lead n suit
nc4tlon OF some OF the most important principles Tor
which they have so long contended We have made
our choice We prefer remain Democrats from
respect for principles rather than to be awed into
support of PoDulsm and other heresies by the cry
OF party regula rity based exclusively the force
our State Convention to repudate the Chicago plat
form and nominees
All the speeches were frequently Interrupted
lv loud applause. showing that the audience
was In sympathy with the movement. COM
nittee was appointed to correspond with D"no-
Gratis throughout the county. and induce tnem
tc vote against Bryan and Sewall