The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-14
NATIONAL DEMOCRACY
!Same Of the New Cold Democratic Party
It's Purpose.

IN%pIANAroLIs, Ind, Aug. Tho
provisional national committee OF
those Democrats who do not indorse
the recent Chicago platform, met here
yesterday and decided to call a ma
tional convention to place II third
ticket In the field. The movement
was given the name OF the National
Democratic party. Its organizers call
those supporting the Chicago plat
form and ticket the populist Demo
cratic party. The national convention
Of the new party will he held at
indianapolis the first week in Sep.
TENDER.
Some Of the Eastern and Southern
members opposed II third ticket at
first, but when they were told that in
the Middle States party fcalty IA SO
regarded that many Den ocrats would
cot vote unless there was n third
ticket, then all objections from the
East and South were withdrawn and
the decision TO hold a convention was
unanimous.
The strongest opposition to a third
ticket came from Rhode Island and
Texas-the smallest and the largest
State. They were given the fullest
consideration because OF the desire for
unanimous action, which vas finally
secured.
The Illinois and Ohio delegation d id
not ask for anything, but there was q
general drift for Senator Palmer for
President. The Kentucky delegation
also asked for the convention at Louis.
vile, but Indianapolis showed n guar.
anteed fund of $4,000 for all expenses,
and the guarantee in this case was
made to u body of very substantial
men, who duly appreciated the best
bid. There were objections from nll
to holding the convention in any city
in which n national convention had
been held this year. The committee.
men said: 1--WE will go before the
people on tho difference between tho
Indianapolis platform and ticket, and
the platform and ticket that bear the
brands Of other cities"
General John NJ. Palmer Of Illinois
was unanimously chosen chairman OF
the national committee. John X.
Wilson OF Indiana was elected secre-
tarv. John 7. +. Frenzel OF Indiana
was elected treasurer. Hon. Joseph
II. Cultivate of Ohio as chairman of
the committee on u cali for the ma
tional convention and plan OF organ
i~zation. reported the following. which
was repeatedly interrupted by ap-
plausc in its reading, aud adopted
unanimously:
The Address.
"To the Democrats Of the United
States:
"A political party has always been
defined to be ar association OF voters
to promote tho success of political
principle held in common. The Dem
ocratic party, during its whole his.
tory, has been pledged to promote the
liberty Of the individual, the security
Of private rights and property, and
the supremacy Of the law. 1t has
always insisted upon "a safe and stable
money for the peoples use. 1t has
insisted upon the maintenance OF the
financial honor of the nation, as we'll
MS upon the preservation iuviolate OF
the institutions established by tho
constitution. These, its principles,
were abandoned by the supposed rep
r~esentatives of the party ata national
convention recently assembled at Chi
cago.
The Democratic party will, there.
fore, cease To exist unless il be pre-.
served by the voluntary action of such
VI iNo ~ Htii- ohiSiS " WV
fundamental principles. No majority
of the members of that convention,
however large, had any right or
power to surrender those principles.
When they undertook to do so, that
assemblage ceased to be "a Democratic
convention. The action taken, the
irregular proceedings and the plat
form enunciated by that body were
and are utterly and indefensibly rev.
dictionary and constitute such radical
departures from the principles OF true
Democracy, which should character
ize a sound and patriotic administra-
ton Of our country's affairs, that its
results are not entitled to the conf
dencc or support OF true Democrats.
Therefore, the National Demo-
cratic party of the United States,
through its regularly constituted COM
mittee, hereby calls a national con-
v~cntion Of that party, for the an
nouncement of its platform and the
nomination of candidates for tho
offices OF president and vice president
Of the United States, and the trans.
action OF such business as Is incidental
thereto, "a be held at indianapolis on
Wednesday, the cd day Of September.
1896, at IL o'clock noon, and hereby
request that the members of the party
in the several states who believe in
sound money and the preservation Of
law and order and who are unalter-
ably opposed to the platform adopted
and candidates nominated at Chicago,
will select, in such manner as to them
shall seem best, a number Of dele
gates to the same, equal to twice tho
number Of electoral votes to which
such states are respectively entitled.