The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-18
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result in their surrend T.
VIOLATED THE TRUST.
In violation OF trust committed 10
them. a majority Of the delegates as
Sembled in that convention ignoring
the rights of the minority, unseated
regularly elected delegates to make
places for others in sympathy with
themselves.
They proclaimed a sectional conlbina-
tion of the south and west against the
north and east. They hnueached the
honesty and patriotism Of President
Cleveland who under exceptional en-
barrassments produced by past errors
of flegisla ton has heroically maintained
the honor and integrity of the republic.
Against the protest of one third of the
delegates. they promulgated n platform
at variance with the essential prin-
ciples of the Democratic party.
This platform is in its policies dan
gerous 40 the welfare and life of free
government. 1t is miScheVous in it's
tendencies. hut even more threatening
and mischievous was the spirit of the
convention that adopted it, spirit
manifested not alone by its affirmative
action but as well by its reckless re-
lection of every proposition tending to
temper the declarations of the cOnven-
tion with conservatism and justice.
The platform proposes to degrade the
coin OF the United States by means of
free, unlimited and indenendent coin
age of silver by our government and by
the exercise Of the power of the nation
to compel the acceptance of deprecated
coins at the nominal value, thereby
working an injustice to creditors. de
frauding the laborer of II large part of
his earnings and savings. robbing PEN
stoned soldiers Of a part of their pen
S!onS, contracting the currency by the
expulsion of gold coin from circulation.
injuring if not destroying domestic
trade and foreign commerce.
ATTEMPT TO MISLEAD.
While protesting to advocate a policy
of bimetallism it rensures the present
Democratic admnistra tion for MAIN
tanning the parity of gold and silver. 1t
proposes to reduce this country to u
condition of silver monometallism. with
its vacillating and unreliable standard
of values and tends to bring the farm
er, the wage Garner and the salared
man to the wretched condition of the
same classes in countries in which the
silver standard prevails and where the
rewards of agriculture and labor are
lower than anywhere else in the world.
With what seems to be q deliberate at
tempt To mislead the people 1t asserts
that by the coinage act of 1873, the
United States abandoned the use of
silver as money and that gold has ap-
preciated and commodities have fallen
in price solely by reason of this legis-
lation. 1t demands the free coinage of
silver at the arbitrary and fictitious
ratio of IL 10 ! although the ratio es-
tahlished in the worlds market is about
81 to and although neither experience
nor reason warrants the belief that the
commercial ratio between the metals
can be reduced by the action of this
government. to any ratio even approXi-
mating that proposed.
Its declarations invite and have al
most produced financial panic and
many OF It's proponents announce that
to accomplish their purpose they are
prepared to involve their country i'm a
disastr. comparable to nothing in its
history save the calamity of civil war.
1t assails the independence of the ju-
dietary by a covert threat to reorganize
the courts whenever their decisions con-
travene the DEGREES of the party eau
Gus. 1t seeks to allure Office seekers
and spoilsmen to its support by at
tacking the existing civil service laws,
which good men of all parties have
lahored so long to establish and to eN-
tend to all departments of the public
service.
ASKED TO BOLT.
The Chicago convention having thus
departed from the recognized Demo-
cratic faith and promulgated doctrines
new and strange to the Democrats, all
Democrats are absolved from obligation
to support its programme. More than
this, as the doctrines announced are de-
structive of national honor and priva te
obligation and tend to create sectional
and class distinctions and engcnder dis
cord and strife among the people, all
good citizens of the republic are bound
to repudiate them and exert every law
full means to insure The defeat of the
candidates that represent these false
doctrines.
TO this end We request all Demo-
Gratis VINO are opposed tn the plat form
adopted and the candidates nominated
at Chicago to organize in their respcct-
i've states ana TO send representatives
Il he convention of the National DEM
ocratic party tu be Eeld at Indianapolis
on Wednesday, ScIt. ., 1896 in accord
aGc" with The call heretofore issued by
the national committee.