Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-07-17
all Rand of Illinois Wall Street
Adherents Are Earning Their
Money.
bNT ANOTHER CANDIDATE
II for a Convention That Will Do
tbe Bidding of the Mono
metallists.

Itee Of the gold standard democrats
Illinois met in protracted session to-
and prepared an address to the de-
cracy of the other states of the union.
use, unanimously, the opinion of the
cmittee that second democratic ma
hal convention should be called to
innate candidates for president and
president The address is as fol
|s "T'o our fellow democrats of
er states-A national convention con-
,ed under constituted authority of
party, has just closed its session in
city of Chicago. 1t entered upon its
TX by violating all party precedents,
The rejection of a distinguished demo
as its temporary presiding officer; it
briyed sovereign state Of voice in
deliberations by unseating, without
|se or legal justification, delegates
tied with all the regularity known to
|ty organizations. 1t refused to in
be the honesty and fidelity Of the
bent democratic national administra-
it adopted a platform which
brs the free and unlimited coinage of
eV, by this country alone, at a
oof 1G to |. and thereby it repudi
the time -honored democratic prln-
Ia, al, Il Il t,i,. n nj t,lf,
Of sound and stable national
tcncy; finally to make it still palmer
I, although in name, it was not in
a democratic convention, it nomin-
for president one who is not in his
&ucal convictions and has not always
b even in his professions democrat;
J has made such crisis, both for the
6on and the democratic party, that
hid money democrats must at once
Sde what political action they will
fol the protection Of the honor Of
nation, the prosperity of the people
tue life and usefulness of the party.
sound money democrats of Illinois
+ fully made up their minds that Il
demOcratic national convention
uId be called for the earliest feasible
10 nominate democratic candidates
president and vice president, and 10
pp a platform Of democratic princi-
Is, and they desire to state IT, their
low democrats of other states their
syns, as follows:
J. Sound money democrats owe il to
country TO make it certain at once
their revolt against free silver IS de
bined and will be otganiZed Ii is
ajc 70 oblige the credit Of the nation
the business and industrial interests
la people to merely guess what sound
ley democrats will do in November,
h wait until November to tiQd out.
The nomination of new ticket is
Egical course. Without it and q
td democratic campaign, the whole
cational force Of the sound money
Focratc sentiment would be paraly2ed
the beginning Republicans can
argue tee sound money question to
pocrAtc voters. Republican SINGER
Qn that question is doubted by the
sot democrats The tariff question
se put 70 the frout and insisted up
NPubliean speakers and tie re
lcan press, as it has pereistently
BY Mckinley himself Democrats
not listen 10 lessons ON finance when
|mpanied by abuse Of the democratic
y, The moet effective force at this
for tbe carlpaign is the force rBsid
sound money democrats; for they
brofoundly in earnest and can get a
f1g from democrats that the repub,
ts cannot possibly get,
A new convention would also pre-
for the future the opportunities of
democratic party. Unless a clear
separation is made between genuine
Ocrats and democrats who are drift
INTO popullsm, or are already in pop
p; and unless that clear, cut separa-
ls supported by an organization and
forganized democratic party is the
1t, the party has no chance Of re-
ing the public confidence for years
ome. The sound money democrats
different states must must either
e it clear that they have no associa-
! with the Bryan party or they
i accept the association and
|nglement with it; and all state
\ |nizations will in the public mind
d pr it that do not make it absolutely
that they are against it. The
u d money democrats are already
y GENTLY organized in this state to be
d to meet their fellow democrats in a
NJ Convention, and are anxious to con-
nth representatives of other states
a psver a representative conference
y Ne brought about.
pmmunications should be addressed
harles A. Ewing, Chairman, Palmer
ii Re, Chicago"
~ 4sned by the executive committee.
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