The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-14
ILLINOIS PROTEST.
Sound Money Democrats
Urge the Nomination of
a Third Ticket.
BRYAN NOT A DEMOCRAT
The Platform Mere populism-A
New Convention the Log
ical Outcome.
BRYAN NOT A DEMOCRAT

Tbe following is the text of the address
issued yesterday by the Gold Standard
democracy of Illinois 10 the Democrats Of
other States
TO Oar Fellow Democrats OF Other
States:-A National Convention convened
under the construed authority OF our
city. Of Chicago. II entered upon its
Work by violating all party precedents
in the rejection OF a distinguished Demo-
1t deprived a sovereign state OF a
voice in its deliberations by unseatins
without cause or legal justification dele
known TO parry organization. Ii refused
to in5orse the honesty and Idelity Of
the present Dsmo-ca-ic National Admin
1T adop.ed n platform which f2vors
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
by this country alone Al The ratio OF L
honored and Democratic principle winch
demands the s~trietast maintenance OF a
sound and stable currency.
FINALLY, to make IL still palmer, that
although in name Il was not IN fact, a
Democratic Convention, II nominated fo'
President one wis is no. n his politics
ard has not always been even in profess
sfons, a Democrat.
This has made such a crisis. both for
t ths n goand m ana saf Dem nomasga'iq md pfrs y.
once decide what political action they
viii take for the protection of the honor
pie and the life and usefulness OF the
party. -.
noi ss hav gs fully made qic N Up tnelr r minds fna5
should be called for the earliest feasible
cay TO nominate, Democratic, candidates
for President and Vice-President and to
adopt a platform Of Democratic principles,
and they desire to state TO the Democrats
Of the other states their results as fol-
- so,,nj rnarev nemncr9ts o7ye II to
the country IN make it certain at once
that their revolt against free silver is
a anfain rs ,o sns TIE Se'i er eafai Il the nations q rs
and the business aid industrial interests
Of the peopss y merely guess wnaf the
venber and wait until November 10 find
a2. The nomination of a new ticket is
the logical course. Without It and a
whole educational force of sound-money
Democratic sentiment would be par
aAyzed from the beginning. Republic
can cannot argue the sound-money
question to Democratic voters. Repub-
lican sincerity on that question is
doubted by the mass of Democrats.
This tariff question will be put 70 the
speakers and the Republican press as It
has persistently been by Mr.. Mckinley
himself. Democrats will not listen to
lessons on finance when accompanied by
OO4SE - lllC III l1C Bd1l L TX
most effective force at this time for a
campaign is the force resting in the
so~und-rroney Democrats, for they are
profoundly in earnest and can get a
hearing from Democrats that the Re-
publican cannot possibly get.
%, A new convention would also pre-
serve for the future the opportunities Of
the Democratic party. Unless a clear
cut separation is made between the
genuine Democrats and Democrats who
are drifting into populisrn, or are al
ready in popuiism. and unless q clear
cut separation is supported by organi-
cation. the party has no chance of re-
gaining public confidence for years to
come. The sound money Democrats in
the different States must either make
1t CHAR that they have no association
with the Bryan party, or they must ae-
cept association and enlargement with
it; and all State organizations will, in
the pubic mind, be for 1t that do not
make it absolutely clear that they are
against It.
tseThe sound-money Democrats are al
ready sufficiently organized in this State
to be able to meet their fellow-Demo-
Gratis in a new convention, and are anx-
iou to confer with representatives of
other States whenever a representative
conference can be brought about.
Communications should be addressed
to Mr.. Charles E.. Ewing. Chairman,
Palmer House, Chicago.
Signed: John NJ. Palmer, Charles E.
Ewing, James H. Eckles. Franklin Nc
Weigh, Ben. T. Gable, VIM. S. Foreman.
Thomas A. Moran, ohm P. Hopkins
Henry s. Robbins, A. A. Goodrich. James
7, Heblitt, Adolph Kraus. James Nj.
Sheehan. Charles N. Williamson, Lynden
mittee Of the Honest Money Democracy
of Illinois,