Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-17
FOR ANOTHER TICKET
TIE GOLD DEMOCRATS OF iLLlNoIs
ISSUE AN ADDRESS.

Democratic National Comnittee-Ch Chair
man Hanna Names His Candidate
Bryan at Hts Old Home.
CHICAGO, July 15.-The executive com
mittee Of the gold standard Democrats Of
Illinois has prepared an address to theI
Democracy Of the other stntes in theI
Union. 1t was the unanimous opinion oil
the committee that second Democratic
national convention should be called to
nominate candidates for president and
vice president The address is as follows:
ITO Our Fellow Democrats of Other
States:
"a national convention convened un-
der the constituted authority Of our par
ty has just closed its session in the city of
Chicago It entered upon It's work by viO
lating all party precedents In the rejection
OF a distinguished Democrat as its tempo
rary presiding officer.
"It deprived sovereign state OF voice
in its deliberations by unseating without
cause OF legal justification delegates elect
cd with all the regularity known 10 party
organization.
cit refused to indorse the honesty and
fidelity OF the present Democratic national
administration.
"It adopted a platform which favors
the free and unlimited coinage Of silver by
this country alone at the ratio Of 16 to 1,
and thereby It repudiated a time honored
Democratic principle, which demands the
striotest maintenance of O sound and sta
BILE currency.
Finally, to make 1t still palmer that
although in name II was not in fact a
Democratic convention, It nominated for
president one who is not In his politics and
has not always been even in professions
Democrat. This has made such a crisis
both for the nation and the Democratic
party that sound money Democrats must
at onoe decide what political action they
will take for the protection OF the honor
Of the nation, the prosperity Of the people
and the life and usefulness of the party.
The sound money Democrats of Illinois
have fully made up their minds that a new
Democratic national convention should be
called for the earliest feasible day to nom.
mate Democratic candidates for president
and vice president and to adopt platform
of Democratic principles and they desire
to state to the Democrats Of the Other
states their reasons as follows;
Reasons For the Call.
"First.-Sound money Democrats ow1
It to the country to make it certain at once
that their revolt against free silver is de-
termined and will be organized 1t is un-
| fair to oblige the credit Of the nation and
the business and industrial interests Of
the people to merely guess what the sound
money Democrats will do in November
and wait until November to find out
Second. The nomination of a new
ticket is the logical course. without 1t and
a sound money Democratic campaign the
| whole educational force of sound money
Democratic sentiment would be- paralyzed
from the beginning. Republicans cannot
argue the sound money question to DEM
ocratio voters Republican sincerity on
that question is doubted by the mass Of
Democrats The tariff question will be put
to the front and insisted upon by Repub-
lican speakers and the Republican press as
it has persistently been by Mr.. McKin-
| ley himself. Democrats will not listen to
lessons on finance when accompanied by
abuse Of the Democratic party. The most
effective force at this time for a campaign
| is the force resting In the sound money
| Democrats, for they are profoundly in ear
nest and can get hearing from Democrats
that the Republicans cannot possibly get
Third "A new convention would also
preserve for the future the opportunities
of the Democratic party. Unless clear
out separation is made between the genu'
inc Democrats and Democrats who are
drifting to Populism or are already in
Populism, and unless q clear cut sepAra-
tion is supported by organization, the par
ty has no chance Of regaining public oon-
fdenoe for years to come. The sound mon
ey Democrats In the different states must
either make it clear that they have no as
ISOLATION with the Bryan party OF they
must accept association and ENHANCEMENT
with 1t, and all state organizations will
in the public mind be for It that do not
make 1t absolutely clear that they are
against It, The sound money Democrats
are already sufficiently organized in this
state to be able to meet their fellow Dem
oorats In a new convention and are anx-
ious to confer with representatives Of 9th
or states whenever representative confer
enoe can be brought about
Communication should be addressed
to Mr.. Charles e. Ewing, chairman,
Palmer House, Chicago"