The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-11
NATIONAL DEMOCRACY.
Efforts to Be Made to Re-
unite the Two Branches
Of the Party.
NO REPUBLICAN ALLIANCE
Results Of the Indianapolis Con-
ference-State Organizations
to Be Kept Alive.
NO REPUBLICAN ALLIANCE

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. IL. 1885,
Ire Executive Committee of the National
democratic party at one O'Clock this
morning decided not to issue an address
at the present time, but gave out a state
ment that the national organization will
be preserved in all the States; that ma
uonai headquarters will be in New York.
7 that no alliance will be made with the
Republican party Meantime all honor
able efforts will be made to reunite the
Two wings of the Democratic party. The
statement follows
he National Democracy will perman-
entity maintain its organization in full
machinery already exists and viii en-.
deavor to perfect organization in those
states IN which such do not now exist. 1t
VII az once open and maintain perman-
ent natlonal headquarters in the city of
New York. Those h-eadquarters viii he
IN charge of the Chairman of the National
Committee, who will give his Immediate
supervision and SO much of his time as
may De required for the work undertaken
by the committee. That work win COM
prise not only the perfecting and extend
ing OF the political Organization, but the
disseminating of Information and the
Io-mlng OF opinion on political questions
by means of literature to be prepared and
circulated under the direction of the COM
mittee and of addresses to be delivered
Dy prominent speakers under it's auspices.
Vt VIII be the endeavor of the committee
net only to confirm those Democrats who
ase already IN sympathy with the Nation
al Democratic movement In their adher-
ence to the principles of the Indianapolis
PLATFORM, but to secure the adoption of
those principles by all others, of whatever
previous political utilization, that it is pos
sfble for it to reach.
It IS the unanimous opinion of the mem
pers OF the hat any alliance
between the Democrats who have been
opposed to the Chicago platform and the
Republicans is entirely -impracticable.
Tnese two elements represent radically
conflicting and seemingly irreconcilable
theories OF the functions of government
All National Democrats, however. ear
nestly hope for a reunion of the " wings
OF the old Democratic party upon a sound
and patriotic platform of principles. such
as time and again they nave stood upon
together in the past The National Dem
ocTacy. however, is irrevocably committed
to that governmental policy that accords
equal rights to all, special privileges to
none-the traditional in~dividualistic policy
of the Democracy. This policy, of which
the Indianapolis platform IS the current
expression, the National Democracy.
whatever the course of political events
may be, will defend and
In this, its mission, it win welcome the
cooperation of all those who are actu-
ated by an unselish desire to promote the
welfare of our country, and who believe
that all schemes of paternalism or class
favoritis1n, no matter from whom they
may emanate, are fraught with peril to
the prosperity of n people and to the
perpetuity Of u government.