Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-16
DEMOCRATIC COMMENT.
Leading Party Papers Repudiate Ma
tionaI Platform and Ticket.


convention by the democratic press is
not encouraging to the Bryan boomers.
1t Is not bolt here and there, but
veritahl stampede. Leading democratic
papers on every side repudiate the plat
form and ticket. Not single demo-
cratic newspaper of consequence in New
York, New England, Pennsylvania, Mary
land or Delaware supports the ticket thus
far. OF 100 German papers that discuss
politics only thirty-one approve the plat
form. The sentiments expressed by the
papers represented below, all OF which
are democratic, are echoed by many
others:
MACHIAs UNION.
The Machas Union repudiates the is TO
l plank III Bryan's Chicago platform.
Will not support any candidate on such
platform. Too populistic and nihilistic
for any safe currency system.
LEWISTON sun.
The Lewiston Sun will not support the
platform or nominees of the silver demo-
cratic convention. The platform has been
adopted and the candidates nominated.
The passage of a silver platform. the Sun
honestly believes, would bring disaster
and panic. 1t means the reputation OF
the country's honest obligations. Be-
lieyiDg that the future prosperity OF the
people would be endangered by such
course, and that the silver platform, II APP
proved by the country, would add only
riches to the wealthy mine owners and
those who hold gold in their possession,
for gold would certainly advance to pre-
MUM, and as the democrats of Maine have
placed themselves on record at a recent
convention for gold, the Sun cannot con-
sistently support the platform and the
nominee OF the silver convention.
PHILADELPHIA TIMES.
The platform should be stunned by
patriotic voters as they would shun
pestilence, and the candidates must be
opposed because they represent the pur-
poses OF reyoiutionists.
THE IRISH AMERICAN.
The platform advocates the mad spirit
of free and unlimited coinage OF silver,
tricked out with demagogue appeals to
class, and sectional hatred, and sops to
anarchy and the rankest socialism. The
candidate Is fully in accord with all this.
He thoroughly represents all that is
reprehensible and to be condemned in
the pleas for national dishonor, financial
disaster and party disgrace that bulit up
the Chicago platform.
CHICAGO CHRONICLE.
The money plank of the Chicago con-
falsehooCs and economic OF errors and
heresies that have been reiterated end
lessly for the last twenty years in all the
populstic and silver gulch platforms
iron Ocsla to Denver. and hat have been
made the text of furious distribes by
vengeful rebels and screeching populists.
1t Is that plus an anarchlstic assault upon
the sacred right OF private contract.
MANCHESTER N. H. UNION.
Union refuses to place al the head OF its
editorial column the name of the candi-
date selected by national convention OF
its party. The candidate has been placed
upon platform which no true democrat
can inteliigently and sincerely support.
HARTFORD CONN TIMES.
No reasonable man can ask the Times
to stultify and dishonor itself and its
long time democratic principles. We
name and the organization of the demo-
cratic party, but We cannot support
principles nor candidates OF the Bland,
Teller and AItgeld stripe.
PHILADELPHIA TIMES.
The peril is grave one, but united pa
triotic citizens IN the heroic effort the oc-
caslon demands can win an overw helming
triumph over the combined foes of ma
tlonal honor.
BALTIMORE NEWS.
There is no duty half so urgent to-day
as the duty of seeing that the Chicago
idea OF democracy is buried as deep as
possible next November.
LOUISVILLE (KY.) POST.
The convention is mournful spectacle
for democ rats ii is an instructive 5 pectacle
for every American citizen. For il makes
plain the first duty OF every voter, which
is TO enter into a solemn obligation with
himself and his owcitizens never to
permit this aggregation of political in
competents 10 secure control Of the gov
eminent of the United States.
AUSTIN (TEXAs) STATESMAN.
Even Texas will break the solid line
with several electoral votes. The sound
money democrats of Texas will not sup
port such platform.
ILLINOIS STATS ZEITUNG.
The Illinois Stats Zeitunq. one of the
most influential German papers in the
West, has bolted the Chicago convention
and platform.
ST. PAUL tMINN.) GLOBE
To-day every man whose democracy is
craven ON MS heart and stored among the
ideals dearer to him than all save honor,
Is absolved from party ties.
GALVESTON (TEXAsl NEWS.
The government j. too lofty in design
and promise, too vast in its ramifications
and too thoroughly interviewer with the
hopes and aspirations of these seventy
millions of people, to have its administra-
ton interrupted by the csllow experience
and utopian craftsmanship OF a youth
whose fame rests upon the oratorical
explorations OF the cardinal features of
populism.
LOUISVILLE tKY.) COURIER JOURNAL.
They have put forth. in the democratic
name, a platform which violates every
cardinal democratic tenet, and have NOM
mated The democratic leader a young
hot head. who but recently abandoned
the democratic for the populist party.
NEw HAVEN CONN NEWS.
Can any democrat indorse the Altgeld-
ism with which the Chicago platform
teens? Decidedly not.
NEW YORK WORLD.