The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-30
HARRITY AND THE BOILERS.
THE CHAIRMAN GIVES his VIEWS
ON THE DUTY OF DELEGATES.

The Minority should Abide by the
Decision of the Majority, No Mat
ter which Side Wins in the Coin
age Fight in the National COnven-
LONESOME OF the stories About
His Intentions Denied.
Washington, May 29.-senator-elect
Money Of Mississippi. who is one Of the
delegates-at-large from his state TO the
Chicago convention. wrote a letter TO
1r. Harrity of Pennsylvania, chairman
Of the democratic executive committee,
calling his attention TO the widely pub
hshed reports that he Qarrity) was cred
tied with having announced that an at
tempt would be made to exclude from
the convention free silver delegates who
might DE suspected of an intention TO
bolt in case the convention declared for
gold.
Mr.. Money asked Mr.. Harrity If these
reports We're true. Mr.. Harrity. in reply.
says; 1t is not true that have declar-
ed my intention to secure action by the
democratic national committee to exclude
from the convention any delegate who
has expressed a purpose to bolt If the
convention does not favor in its platform
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
at 16 TO I. In any statement made by
me, either privately or publicly. l did
not undertake to speak for the committee,
nor any officer thereof. What l d.d say
was that in my personal judgment no
man ought to enter or be admitted in
any political convention or caucus who
is not prepared to abide by the will Of
the majority and acQuiesce in its de-
clslons. And 1 further stated that in
my opinion, this ought to apply with
equal force to those who oppose and to
those who favor free and unlimited and
Independent coinage of silver. l. too, am
delegate 10 the Chicago convention,
and should a majority of that body make
a platform and nominate candidates not
in accord with my views, I will abide
by the result and give loyal and cordial
support TO the candidates. II / did not
intend to do so, 1 should consider it
my duty not to enter the convention.
Political conventions are called for the
purpose of harmonizing or compromising
such differences as may exist, and OF as
certaining the will of the majority as to
principles, policies and candidates. To
hold that those who entertain certain
fixed views are TO be permitted to be so
tenacious of them as to first endeaVor
TO influence or control the body of which
draw from that body in the event that
they prove unsuccessful, seems to me to
be very long step towards contending
always understood it to be sound demo-
cratic doctrine that the will of the ma
jority shall prevail. Ii is usually SO
recognized to such an extent in all pOliti-
cal conventions that once that will is as
certained, the minority promptly make it
unanimous.
Let me add that my attention has
just been called TO a statement that ap-
peared i'm some newspapers, notably in
some of those published in states where
democratic state conventions have all
ready declared for the free coinage of
silver, to the effect that I had announced
that the democratic national committee
would keep out of the convention every
contesting delegate who will not pledge
himself, in advance, to abide by the
action Of the committee in making UP the
is no foundation whatever for that state
ment 1t is a pure invention, and was
doubtless made in order to annoy and
ocrats be correctly reported the author
of the story has been successful in his
purpose"