The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-14
B0L7ING DEMOCRATS
Illinois Gold Men Issue an Address
to the Party.
FAvoRlNG INDEPENDENT ACTION.
Since the Regular Convention Of tho Party
"Has Deserted Time Honored Principles"
the Illinois Men Declare In Favor of o
Now Presidential Ticket,


CHICAGO, July 1.-THE executive COM
mittee Of the standard Democrats of ILL
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
. second Democratic national convention
should be called to nominate candidates
for president and vice president. Tho ad-
dress is us follows:
"A national convention, convened under
the constituted authority of our party, has
Just closed It's session in the city of Chi
cago 1t entered upon Its work by violat-
ing all the party precedents in the rejcc-
tion of distinguished Democrat as It's
temporary presiding officer. 1t deprived
sovereign state of II voice in Its delibera-
tions by unseating without cause or legal
justification delegates elected with all tho
regularity known to party organization.
1T refused to indorso tho honesty and
Adclity of the present Democratic national
administration.
1T adopted a platform which favors the
free and unlimited coinage Of silver by
this country alone at the ratio of rs to |, 4,
and thereby 1t repudiated IL time honored
Democratic principle, which demands tho
strlctest maintenance of sound and
stable currency.
Finally, to make it still palmer, that
although in name, 1t was not in fact
Democratic convention, it nominated for
president ono who is not in his politics,
and has not always been even in profess
sions u Democrat.
"Ths 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
for the protection of the honor Of the nation,
the prosperity of the people and the life
and usefulness of the party. Tho sound
money Democrats Of Illinois have fully
made up their minds that u new Demo.
cratic national convention should be called
Tor the earliest feasible day to nominate
democratic candidates for president and
yice president, and to adopta platform Of
Democratic principles, and they desire to
state to the Democrats of the other states
their reasons, as follows:
"Sound money Democrats owe it to the
country to make il certain at once that
their revolt against free silver Is deter
&lned and will !e organized. 1t is unfair
10 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 iu November
and wait until November to flna out
Fn.The nomination OF how ticket is the
lcgical coilfSe. Without 1t and sound
money Democratic campaign the whole
educational force Of sound money Demo-
cratic sentiment would be paralyzed from
the beginning. Republicans cnnnot argue
The sound money question to Democratic
voters Republican sincerity on that qiles-
tion Is doubted by the mass of Democrats.
The tariff question will 10 put to the front
and Insisted upon by Republican speakers
and the Republican press as 1t has persis-
hsntly been by Mr.. Mckinley himself.
Democrats will not listen to lessons on
finance when accompanied by abuse of the
Democratic party The most effective force
~ this time for campaign is the force
resting in the sound money Democrats,
for they are profoundly in earnest and can
get hearing from Democrats that the
Republicans cannot possibly get.
ga new convention would also preserve
Tor tho future the opportunities Of the
Democratic party Unless clear cut
separation is made between the genuine
Democrats and Democrats who are drift
Ing into Populism, or arc already in Popu-
1ism, and unless clear cut separation Is
supported by organization tho 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 u.s.
sociaton with the Bryan party, or they
must accept association and entanglement
with 1t, and all state organizations will
In the public mind be for it that do not
make it absolutely clear that they are
against 1t.
"The sound money Democrats arc al
ready sufficiently organized in this state
10 be able to meet Ieir fellow Democrats
In new convention, and are anxious to
confer with the representatives of other
states whenever a representative confer
once can be brought about"
I The address Is signed by Charles L. Ew-
ing, Palmer House Chicago John NJ.
Palmer, James Eckels, Franklin Mac
Veagh, Bon L. Cable and eleven others Of
tho executive committee of the honest
Democracy Of Illinois.