The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-11
COLD STANDARD DEMOCRATS.
- ,rTERsoN TALKS OF THE FL
TURE OF THE PARTY.

-, uoIds That the National Democ-
r,cy Must Continue Its orSaniz"-
,i,n in order to Defeat the EN-
...mists of Both the old Parties.
r,inks the National Democracy
,,-iII Hold the Balance of Power in
1900.
7..l.,ranolis. Ind, Dec. 10-The nation
.ecutiye committee Of the national
,.corratic party held its first meeting
s the election at the Bates house in
.,t, city this afternoon, and in the even
t.o enjoyed a little supper with Henry
wotterson as the guest of honor.
i ,r1e business of the afternoon was the
,olittns of the accounts of the commit
-. and discussing the question of organ
,..ton during the next four years. The
\ counts we're found to be correct with
: balance left in the treasury, not a large
ans but sufficient to send out a good dead
Of literature before the next presidential
election comes around.
Those present were: D. Bynum, chair
,an. John p. Frenzel, treasurer, and
a Iopn r. Wilson of this city, the latter
"A So,linc the proxy of l.. G. Krauthoff of
q Kansas city; Henry Watterson. w. B!
a ualleman and George NJ. Davis all of
Ioifsyille; Thomas II. Clark of Montgom-
ery Ala, holding the proxy Of j. NJ.
Faulkner: r. Spellman of New Orleans.
e Foster Peabody of Brooklyn, John f.
4 Hopkins of Chicago, c. Vey Holman of
Rockland, Me. F. w. NJ Cutcheon of
81 Paul, and William S. Given of Column
ba. Pa, holding the proxy of John c.
Buritt of Philadelphia
II was decided to hold the organization
intact and to make an effort to extend
If into states where it had no footing in
i the last campaign.
Various sub-committees were appointed
and resolutions were adopted on the death
4 of John E. Fellows of New York. and G
A. Ewing of Illinois.
At $50 o'clock in the evening the mem
4 bers of the committee sat down to a little
banquet in the ordinary of the Bates
house and the supper resolved itself into
a discussion of the future of the national
4 democracy. Chairman Bynum introduced
4 the speech making with a few introduc-
& tory remarks and then proposed toast
TO Henry Watterson.
Mr.. Watterson was received with ap-
a plause as he arose to acknowledge the
s compliment. lie said: Gentlemen: 1
a am in entire sympathy with the movement
4 which has brought you together here. Of
s. course, there are two courses open to those
Of us who are in the movement Inaugural
ted here at Indianapolis. One is alying
q ourselves with the republican party
8 which elected the President-the other is
10 maintain our own organization and
4 use it to disband both of these party ex-
uemes on the one side and the other.
"Manilestly, we cannot identify ourselves
with the republican party because the re-
publican party is committed to policy
the results of which we can have no faith
in. Mr. Mckinley himself, if he is an hon
est and sincere man, and / take ii for
granted he is. is also committed to that
policy. In that event we can have nothing
in common with him.
our movement in the beginning had for
its aim the preservation of the democrat
c party pure and undehled. Incidentally
the result of our action assisted in the
election of Mr.. Mckinley and the defeat
of Mr. Bryan. But in our present position
we are compelled to follow one of two lines
either to act with the republican party or
TO re-organize the democratic party. If we
are to have a democratic party it must be
organized upon the lines laid down by you
gentlemen at your convention in this city
and upon no other. l believe if we adhere
TO this organization that in the next eigh-
teen months perhaps a million and half
or two million of democrats who voted for
Mr.. Bryan will have no other place to go.
! see no reason why in 1900 this organiza-
ton will not be able to dictate terms to
the country. / agree most heart
lily with this movement be
cause if the country is to go year in
and year out between these two extremes
OF see-saw, first up and then down, 1t is
only question of time when this moboc-
racy will be in the saddle and get hold of
the country. In that case / see nothing
between the country and the peril which
some of us prophesied during the lasJ
campaign. We cannot stand with the re-
publican party and protection, and with
out protection the republican party can
not stand with us. 1t has no great leader
who can combine these two forces, as Sir
Robert Peel did in English politics fifty
Years ago. when the liberal-unionists
formed their coalition with the conserva-
tVes. 1t is only a question of time when
9eteat will overtake the republican parry.
Faternalism IS the father of protection
ana the godfather of populism We can.
not follow the republican party on those
mes, and, therefore, I can see no way in
Whlch we can cooperate with the repub-
means, as the Observation-Disclosures did with
me conservatives. And, therefore, |
wholly agree with this organization which
you have assembled here to-day to per-
rect. 1t should be perfected. We should
stand by our guns"
Alter a little more general talk, the
committee went into executive session,
fha the subcommittee reported.
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