The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-18
COLD-STANDARD MEN
CALL ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC PARTY's COMMITTEES.
Democrats Who Believe in Sound
Money Asked to Meet In Conven-
ton at Indianapolis Sept. 2.
WORK OF POPOCRATS SCORED
CHICAGO PLATFORM CALLED MIS-
CHIEvOUs IN ITS TENDENCIES,
And the Spirit That Adopted 1t and
Controlled the Convention De-
nounced as Dangerous.
ITS MONEY PLANK is VICIOUS
AND MEANS SILVER MONOMETAILISN
If BRYAN BE ELECTED.
All the Chicago Declarations De-
scribed New and Strange DecIa-
rations That Invite Disaster.
And the Spirit That Adopted 1t and
Controlled the Convention De-
nOunced Dangerous.
ITS MONEY PLANK is VICIOUS
AND MEANS SILVER MONOMETALLISM
If BRYAN BE ELECTED.
All the Chicago Declarations De-
scribed New and Strange DecIa-
rations That Invite Disaster.

| CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE executive COM
mittee of the National Democratic party
was in session here to-day and issued the
| following call for a national convention at
Indianapolis Sept. 2:
| ITO the Democrats of the United States:
| THE Democratic party is the only exist
ing political organization with history ex-
| tending back TO the birth of the Republic.
! Party after party has attempted its over
| throw. Some have achieved temporary
triumphs; With each triumph was heard
| would surely die. 1t has survived all de-
| feats By virtue of its indestructible prn-
cipies 1t has witnessed the birth and death
of every rival save one, and this its present
great antagonist, with history of no more
| than forty years. had no part in laying the
| foundations of constitutional popular gov
| ernment. For more than a century men of
high principles, noble, ambitious. unselfish
and patriotic aims have adhered to the
| Democratic party with a constancy of de-
votion unparalleled in the history OF pol
| itics. For more than century, through
| good and evil report, in times of prosperity
| and days of adversity Ii has kept it's faith.
| Without variabeness or shadow of turn
| ing it has held fast TO the fundamental
principles of free government formulated
| by its founders and subsequently enforced
| by it's great leaders from Jefferson to
| Cleveland. For more than a century no
| man was ever in doubt as to what
stituted Democracy. He who proclaimed
himself a Democrat defined his principles
| He believed, and this was the cardinal artl-
| Gle of his political faith in the ability OF
| every individual. unassisted. il unfettered
by law, to achieve his own happiness, and,
| therefore that TO every citizen there should
| be secured the right and opportunity peace
| ably to pursue whatever course of conduct
| he would. provided such conduct deprived
| no other individual of the equal enjoyment
| of the same right and opportunity lie
! stood for freedom OF speech freedom OF
| conscience freedom OF trade and freedom
| of contract, all of which are implied by
| the century old battle cry of the Demo-
| cratic party Individual liberty
"As a consequence every Democrat be-
| lieved in the rule of law. and in the rule of
| an impartial law. in the unhesitaung pro-
| lection, not only of the lives of citizens,
| but of private rights and property. and in
| the enforcement of obedience to duly con-
| stituted authority. Every true Democrat
insisted upon a strict observance OF the
| mandates of the federal Constitution and
| of the limitations therein prescribed, as
well as upon loyal support %, OF an rne IN IN
of the liberty il sought 10 perpetuate. He
| profoundly disbelieved in the ability of gov
ernment. through paternal legislation or
| supervision TO increase the happiness of
| the Nation. He was opposed to all attempts
| to conjure comfort into the homes or It's
citizens or wealth into their pockets lie
| believed that ii is the function of govern
| ment to provide the people with an honest
and stable medium of exchange. thus
| enabling them to transact their business
| safely and conveniently in every mart and
| market of the world. He reprobated every
! attempt to supply to money by means OF
| legislation that value which it can pos
sess only by reason Of those qualities that
| render ii acceptable to the world when un,
| supported by legislative nat. lie believed
| i'm the greatest measure of freedom of
| trade and industry compatible with the
necessity to obtain by constitutional means
| an adeuuate revenue for the support OF the
| government. He believed in simple, econ
| onical. honest and efficient administration
| of the affairs of the Nation. to the end that
| the prime object of government, the liber-
| ty of the people, should be preserved with
| the least possible resulting burden and the
| gltatest possible certainty.
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
with such a record and such creed.
| the President. moreover. being a Democrat,
| elected on a platform reaffirming the sound
| principles of Democracy the Democratic
| party was called upon to select delegates
| 10 a national convention. The delegates TO
| the convention held at Chicago were au-
| thorized and had the power to proclaim
| platform embodying their views of the true
solution of the particular problems of the
| government now agitating the Nation. but
upon the condition that such platform
| should be consistent with the cardinal
| principles held by the party throughout its
| existence. These principles constitute the
| essential element of the partys life. They
distinguish it from all other political organ
| izations. If they are abandoned the party
ceases to exist. 1t was. therefore, not
gates assembled at Chicago to bind the
Democrats of the United States to plat
form inconsistent with the partys princi-
pies or to any action that should result in
their surrender.
In violation TO the trust committed to
them. majority of the delegates assem-
bled in that convention, ignoring the rights
of the minority, unseated regularly elected
delegates to make places for others in SYM
pathy with themselves. They proclaimed
sectional combination of the South and
West against the North and East. They i'm
peached the honesty and patriotism of
President Cleveland, who, under exception
al embarrassment, produced by past errors
of legislation, has heroically maintained the
honor and integrity or the Republic.
Against the protest of one third of the del
egates they promulgated a platform "a
variance with the essential principles of
the Democratic party. This platform is in
its poicies dangerous to the welfare and
life OF free government IL is mischievous
i'm its tendencies. But even more threat
ening and mschievouS was the spirit of the
convention that adopted il. a spirit mani
tested not alone by its affirmative action.
but as well by its reckless rejection of
every proposition tending to temper the
declarations of the convention with con-
servatism and justice.
"The platform proposes to degrade the
coin of the United states by the means
of the free. unlimited and Independent
coinage of silver by our government and
bv the exercise of the power of the Nation
10 compel the acceptance of deprecated
COINS at their nominal value, thereby work
ing an injustice TO creditors, defraudng
the laborer OF n large part OF MS earnings
and savings. robbng pensioned soldiers of
a part of their pensions, contracting the
currency by the expulsion of gold coin from
circulation, injrring. IL not destroying do
nestle trade and foreign commerce
while processing TO advocate a policy
of bimetaliisnl. il censureS the present
Democratic dT-inistratioa for maintaining
the parity of gold and silver. lit proposes
TO reduce this country to a condition of
silver moncmetallism. with its vacllating
and unreliable standard OF values. and
tends TO bring the farmer, the wage earn
er and the salaried man TO the wretched
condition OF the same classes in countries