Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-07-29
THIN CAMPAIGN OPENS
Many Patriotic Democrats In
Pennsylvania Will Vote
for Mckinley.
THEY RISE TO TEE OCCASION
Ringing Address to Sound Money
Men in the State.
THREE ELECTORS HAVE RESIGNED.

THREE ELECTORS HAVE RESIGNED
They Could Not Consistently Stand Upon
the Chicago i'latform--No Political Issue
Involved in This Canapai:n-A Union Of
All Loyal Citizens Needed a. This Time
Against the Force sr Reputation and
Disorder.
Especial Correspondence.
PHILADELPHIA, July 27.-The sentiment
of the state rs reflected in the last week
has been entirely favorable to Mckinley
and Hobart and against Bryan and Sewall.
The patriotic Democrats of the common
wealth have arisen to the Importance Of
the occasion, and, like the war Democrats
of 1850, are for the Union first and the
party afterwards. Already three electors
have resigned from the ticket. while thou
sands of Democratic voters have an
nounced their intention of bolting In No
vember.
| There is much s.snifica nee In the consul
| taticn held by leading Democrats of this
city TO consider what line Of duty they
si,ould accept in the present presidential
offered by John C. Bullitt and unani-
nously adopted
| Resolved, I. That the platform adopted
by the Chicago convention is neither
! honest nor patriotic, and, therefore, nor
! Democratic,
2. That il differs 50 radically from the
past doctrines of the Democratic party,
and particularly froIa the national plat
form Of ISs2, ana Of she Pennsylvania
yIatf0rIn of the year 1895 that We cannot,
, O., homes. Democrats, accept it, wide de-
paf.urc from true Democratic doctrine.
and we believe tha: the highest duty Of
true Democrats Is To make every effort to
defeat the ticket nominated at Chicago.
Resolved, That Ii committee of seven be
appointed, OF whom the president OF this
meeting shall he chairman, with instruc-
ten, TO confer with representative Demo
Gratis throughout the state, for the purpose
of Formulating so,ne plan 10 preserve the
integrity of thc Democratic party in Penn
sylyani;l, and secure the defeat of Bryan
and ScwaE.
As result of this meeting ar address
has been issued to the Democracy of the
state II is signed by Henry d. Welsh.
chairman; John C. Builitt, George +.
J,.cr. James +. sullivan, William NJ. Sin
ceriy. Joseph Norwit, and Emanuel
Fufth Commenting upon the platform
the address says:
This platform i bold ccd startling
departure from the principles, traditions
and teachings of the Democratic party as
procIalmc.l from the birth Of the republic,
down TO tine assembling o; the convention
u. Chicago, platform 50 false. 50 mis-
chicvouS in It's Tendencies, and - dan
rcrous IL It's policies r. the welfare
pe.cc and life Of t-Se government that it
lehcoves IL hon",t cGl patriotic men to
l.aoGnoc and condemn i:
1T proposes - Gebass the coin OF the
United States hy the free ana unlimited
coinage of silver AZ the rasc OF 33 cents for
q dollar of 100 cents, and by the power Of
the government to compc! the acceptance
Of .heee false c-s. dehase,, coins--ao longer
So limited IN :.:noUrt n to be Convertible
into gold-hy the people, AT their nominal
value. thereby cl;sating honest creditors,
defrauGing the lahcrcr of nearly cne-half
Of lis w-Scs. rphbinc the pensionod soldier
OF onclaE OF the value Of his pension.
contracting the currency, hy tho expulsion
of ,;u!d coin from circulation, and injur-
ing, II 10, destroying, our conimercs with
European countries, c;richinSa few silver
Inirs owners AT The expense Of the people,
and permitting. under cover OF law, =. dis
homes: debtor 20 evat. payment of half
. I. h.
farmers and the workingmcn down to the
wrctchei financial condition OF the people
| of Mexico, India, China and Japan, aeri-
| cultural countries in which the silver
| standard prevails and where the rewards
| of labor are lower than anywhere else in
| the world
| -.
| The address further says: "Tae Chicago
! convention having thus departed from the
| Democratic faith and promulgated new
j and strange doctrines and having erected
within the temple OF Dem ,cracy shrine
! ior the worsi.i2 IF false gods. ali Demo
Gratis are aSs,lvei from every obligation
! to respect or support its revolutionary
! methods and as the doctrines announced
are dishonest, destructive of national
! honor and private obligation, and tend to
I
| gender divisions and hatred and strife
| among the people, we are bound as true
! citizens Of the republic to rcpidiate it. and
! exert every lawful means 10 insure the le-
! feat of BRYAN and Sewali, who have both
| given their adhesion 20 its f;iiss doctrines
| POSSIBLE STATE CONVENTION.
| Many of our fellow Democrats who re-
gard tine integrity oi party organization Us
| of the first Importance will doubtless feel
! constrained to accept the platform and
nominees OF the Chicago convention under
! protest, and trust &c the future TO restore
sound Democratic principles; but those
| who are Democrats from belief in and at
| tachment to the just princip;ss of free
| government, which the party has hitherto
SO courag6ously and pcrsiStently asserted
and who regard party organization as only
means to secure the practical enforce
ment of those principles in the admins
] tration of government, cannot conscien
| tiously accept so narrow view of thei
duty to their country"
The over-enthusiastic and oveT-conf
| dent Populists and Silverites who counte,
Senator Cameron as one of their own III
disappointed. He has not been fgurin,
prominently of late, but he turns up al
right, as might be expected. Cameron
will support Mckinley. Il am for FIRE
silver" he says, but am not "a fool"
There is u world of wisdom in this br,e
| sentence Senator Cameron was one Of
those who entertained the idea that In
some way, 1t was never quite clear how.
silver might be restored co circulation
without repudiation, robbery and revolu.
ton. Hs rather coquetted with the idea
as possibly good politics. But he is not
and never was { fool. And seeing what
has come Of the faiiacy, and into what
company it would take him, he draws out
Whatever may have been Senator Cam
erons notions on silver, he has no place
in the PopuNstic gallery. And there are
many others who will come TO q similar
cOnclu sion and will define their position