The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-25
SOUND MONEY DEMOCRATS
AN ADDRESS ISSUED TO THE DEMo-
 GRATIS or CONNECTICUT,

Democratic Voters Urged Not to Submit to the Vio1ators of Party Rights Time Honorad Doctrines Not to be Repudi- ated-The Convention Will Emphasize the Principles of the Hartford Conven- ton.
 A number of the sound money demo- crats have issued an address to the democratic voters of Connecticut call- ing for a convention to be held in the Hyperion theater on Wednesday, Au- gust l2, at 8 p. m. The address is sign ed by many of the best known demo- crats in this city. It is as follows: To the Democrats of Connections:
 At a convention of the democrats of Connecticut, held at Hartford on the 10th day of June, 1896, it was unani- mously voted that the fundamental principles of the democratic party, as declared by Jefferson and reaf1irmed by Jackson, Tilden and Cleveland, are binding at all times; that among them are certain essential doctrines in the creed of the party, and that one of these essential doctrines requires "the ilOljCoL pSty ylllClll Ol Odl 0Cbl0 stAlA eAiS sacred preservation of the public faith" That convention of democrats so assembled at Hartford then de- clared that 'the honest payment of public debts and the preservation of the public faith and credit require that the gold standard of money as a meas ure of value shall be maintained;" that, under existing circumstances, to pay public debts in silver coin is repudiation; to pay privatesdebts in the same coin is to rob the wage earner: and to provide for the free coinage Of Silver means the destruction of legiti- mate business. and great suffering among the laboring classes"
 A convention for the nomination of candidates for president and vice. president, called by the national com- nittee of the democratic party, has been recently held in Chicago.
 A majority oe the persons sitting in that convention at Chicago voted to submit to the considerate judgment of the American people a declaration of political principles held by that nla- aority,s and their purposes, if the can didates nominated by them shall be elected Many of the propositions con- tained in the declaration, in addition to those upon the financial issue, are Aangerous, novel and revolutionary of the well-recognized and time-honored principles of the democratic party.
 The declaration of the majority ad- Tnits that the money question is paramount to all others at this time;' and 1t then proceeds to demand the un- limited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to l. without waiting for the aid or consent Of any other nation; that silver dollars so coined shall be full legal tenderS for the payment of all debts public and private; that con- gress has power to issue legal tender paper money; that legal tender treasury notes shall be issued by the government insplace of the bills of na- tional banks: and that appropriate legislation shall be adopted to abridge the right of private contract.
 Such declarations are utterly opposed 4e the essential financial principles adopted unanimously by the democrat ic state convention. held at Hartford ,June 10. 1896. They repudiate the doc trines held by the democratic party TOT generations and especially the financial Df1nC1plGSs sQGCIdIcu Dy LildCAi e@iAS4 NANNsA tained by Cleveland.
 As the honor of the great American nation is as important as it's life, SC the money issue now presented IS as important as were the war issues ol 1861. The democrats of Connectlcu' have eye been taught by their trusted leaders, to place principle above expe' diency. courage above time serving patriotfsm above party, and in the cause of Justice and right not to finch no matteK how great the majority nol how overpowering may be it's com mands.
 We believeAit would be an abandon nent Of all sound party doctrine fo1 Ahe democrats Of Connecticut to sub ,nit to these gross violations of part. nrinciple. or to admit that it's time honored doctrines so explicitly ant unanimously reaffirn1ed at Hartford ol she 10th of last June, can be reoudiat kd by the action of men who have see1 Nt to abandon the old creed for that o sa recently born party, whose declared principles are in so many respects an fagonistic to all that democrats be 1ieve.
 We therefore call upon those dem ocrats who hold with us to the princi ples taught by the leaders of the party from Jefferson to Cleveland, to mee with us in convention at the Hyperio theater, New Haven. on "Wednesday August 12, at 8 p. m., for the purpos of taking such steps as may be neces sary to preserve the ark of the demo cratic covenant, and the honor, falt ard credit of the nation.
 The following gentlemen signed Thursday and yesterday in New Ha ven:
 Joel A, Sperry, Pierce N Welch, B, l Etoddard, Dr. Charles A, Lindsley, Ger eral Edward D. Bradley, William
 Mills, Lynde Harrison, Colin M Ingei
 soil, Henry F. English, John D. Jack
 son. George M Gum, D. Cady Eatol Mn XkTEIIG